McInnis (R) governor candidate apologizes for plagiarism

[catgirl]

AP story:

Republican Scott McInnis offered private apologies Tuesday to a Colorado judge for lifting part of the judge's work for a series of essays on water rights that the gubernatorial candidate passed off as his own.
McInnis had no immediate plans for a public apology after revelations of the plagiarism in essays that he was paid $300,000 to write as part of a fellowship. McInnis spokesman Sean Duffy called it "a serious mistake" and blamed a research assistant for failing to cite the original author, Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs.
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Whole sections of McInnis' "Musings On Water" about the history of Colorado water rights were identical to a 1984 piece that Hobbs wrote. McInnis' essays were accompanied by a 2005 letter stating the essays were original.
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The same day McInnis' plagiarism was reported, Maes agreed to pay a $17,500 fine for campaign finance violations, including improper mileage reimbursement.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100713/ap_on_el_gu/us_colorado_governor_plagiarism

Note: Maes is his opponent in the republican primary. ;-)

[rurallib]

1. "Sorry I got caught"

[KingFlorez]

2. He stole someone else's work and got paid for it?

Yeah, that's someone who is fit to be a Governor, integrity to a fault.

[eleny]

3. "blamed a research assistant for failing to cite the original author"

Let me hold my side.

[WI_DEM]

4. As a writer that is the ultimate cop-out. If your name is on the book--the buck stops there.

[curlyred]

5. now he's calling it a "non-issue"

at the 9news website here in Denver.
That's the party of personal responsibility.....everything is someone else's personal responsibility.