Kamala Harris: not exactly honest
Now the news comes out about more Kamala Harris plagiarism. This time it involved testimony she gave to Congress in a written statement back in 2007:
On April 24, 2007, Kamala Harris testified before Congress in support of the John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007. The bill, which was introduced that year but never passed the upper chamber, would have created a student loan repayment program for state and local prosecutors, and Harris, then the district attorney of San Francisco, argued it would draw top legal talent to offices like hers. …
Virtually her entire testimony about the bill was taken from that of another district attorney, Paul Logli of Winnebago County, Illinois, who had testified in support of the legislation two months earlier before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Both statements cite the same surveys, use the same language, and make the same points in the same order, with a paragraph added here or there. They even contain the same typos, such as missing punctuation or mistaken plurals. One error—a “who” that should have been a “whom”—was corrected in Harris’s transposition. …
The main difference between their testimonies is that Logli submitted his to the Senate instead of the House. And unlike Harris, Logli is a Republican. …
Harris, who also testified about two other bills that day, devoted approximately 1,500 words to the John R. Justice Act. Nearly 1,200 of them—or 80 percent—were copied verbatim from the statement Logli submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 27, 2007, two months before Harris delivered her testimony.
If you’re going to plagiarize, you may as well do it up right.
The graphics at the article are impressive. There’s more, too – Harris was also “repackaging stories from other locations as though they happened in California.” And “In a 2010 report on organized crime, Harris copied several passages from Bill Lockyer, one of her predecessors as California attorney general, without attribution.”
It’s become much easier to do that sort of thing with the advent of personal computers. However, it’s also become easier to locate instances of plagiarism.
What else has Kamala been up to? Well, there’s this oopsie involving her law school admission and first year:
Harris was admitted [to Hastings Law School] under a program called LEOP. According to the University:
“UC Hastings created the Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP) in 1969 to make an outstanding legal education accessible to those who come from disadvantaged economic and educational backgrounds.
“Students are encouraged to submit a “separate LEOP statement describing the adversity they faced and its impact on their academic preparedness for law school.”
A Politico article from 2021 also referenced this part of Harris’ law school experience:
She was part of the pre-orientation Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP), which had been founded in 1969 to help law students from disadvantaged communities navigate the stringent demands of the first-year curriculum. Harris had come to a predominantly white institution after four years at a historically Black university. Beyond introducing students to Socratic pedagogy, case-briefing and exam-taking, the pre-orientation also gave students of color a sense of community and a hamlet of solidarity in a cut-throat environment.
So, what was Harris’ disadvantage? It seems from that paragraph that it was having gone to a black 4-year college? But Howard is the most famous black college of all, and I think it had a pretty good reputation back then. Isn’t it racist to consider a degree from Howard a disadvantage that wouldn’t have prepared its graduates properly? Or perhaps the idea is that being black at “a predominantly white institution” automatically constituted a disadvantage in the eyes of Hastings? Nowhere is there a hint about Harris’ dual heritage being Indian, but that possibly factored into it as well.
When these things occurred, I doubt Harris expected this level of scrutiny years later.
Plagiarism is more common than I had thought, I discovered in 1995. There was a book on the battle of Jutland which flat out lifted sections from Arthur Marder’s very well known work. And I’ve never seen this mentioned anywhere. So I guess it’s really accepted unless someone has it in for the author.
Eeyore:
I’m curious: what is the book in question? I’ve read a lot about that fascinating battle, most recently the book by Jellico’s son (or is it his grandson?).
I read a WaPo article about Kamala growing up in Westmount. They talked about the civil interest there and made it sound like she was dodging bombs. (The random bombing in Westmount took place on 1963. Though FLQ was doing crap into the late 1970s, and people were fleeing at that point.)
Westmount is (and was) a VERY upscale area of Montreal. I used to know someone who probably went to school with her. Even after “integration” started happening in the schools (as described by WaPo), it was still a very nice place. It’s like complaining about going to school in Tiburon. In the seventies, as described by my friend, it was still an anglophone island of sanity in the midst of Quebec libre insanity.
“.When these things occurred I doubt Harris expected this level of scrutiny years later……”
Well, the mainstream media and the owners of the cloud will ignore and bury all of the Cackler’s misdeeds.
This being the case, the level of scrutiny outside of objective news outlets or conservative outlets will be a big fat zero.
True, Harris never expected zero scrutiny for this, esp. given she is a member of an anointed class – black and female.
The only way to obtain a higher degree of anointment would be for her to proclaim she is a card carrying member of the LGBQT community.
How she passed the bar exam still baffles me.
“How she passed the bar exam still baffles me.”
Hold on to your butts… we might soon discover she didn’t… or at least had some “help.”
IYKWIMAITYD
Harris’s dishonesty is not exactly surprising…though it may not be to everyone’s taste.
If you aren’t terribly thrilled about it, rest easy…since none other than Tim Nutz has assured us that it’s quite alright to lie, particularly if the lie pertains to keeping Donald Trump out of the White House—apparently, lots of, um, things are allowed for this uber-ethical reason—so that should make anyone who feels a tad uneasy about Harris’s untruthfulness to breathe a whole lot better.
On the bright side, one can applaud Nutz’s honest stance on this complex issue (and also be grateful that he, at least, did not invoke “context”…but then he’s not a university president, nor has he said that he ever was…at least not yet).
In any event, think of the alternative: should any Democrat prove to be honest—about anything—the only possible result would likely be a pandemic of heart attacks, strokes, shock, utter moral confusion and other health issues both physical and mental.
So maybe it’s better this way…
Harris has been conclusively proven to be both stupid and dishonest. In a sane world, this would be the end of her candidacy, but we don’t live in a sane world.
Neo replies:
Kamala’s (Que mala) educational and economic backgrounds were in no way “disadvantaged.”
A neighbor of mine went to Howard. She was certainly not economically “disadvantaged.” Her father was an Air Force officer; her mother, a secretary. Solid middle class.
She certainly did not enter Howard educationally “disadvantaged.” She attended the same schools in the States that I did, and I considered my schools to be pretty good. She won a prize in a statewide essay competition in elementary school. When her father was stationed overseas, she attended schools on the base. Again, pretty good.
I’m sure that the quality of her educational experience at Howard was as good or better than the quality of her primary and secondary school experience.
She went on to a career as a magazine editor and author, in addition to being a mother of two.
BTW, her sister didn’t need any assistance in getting admitted to a flagship state university law school. She passed the bar exam on her first try. (Will she vote for Kamala? Yes.)
Kamala Harris possesses the sole qualification necessary for a presidential candidate for the demoncRat party. Commitment to the party agenda. Obama, Biden and now Harris are epitomes of that quality.
“Commitment to the party agenda”
Actually, I thought that you’d write, “Commitment to the destruction of America” but then I realized that hey…
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Related:
“Michigan Voter Rolls Claim 8.4M Voters, When There Are Less Than 8M Eligible Residents”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/michigan-voter-rolls-claim-84m-voters-when-there-are-less-8m-eligible-residents
But then Nutz would assure us that that’s OK—as, for that matter, would Garland, et al.
(I.e., one would certainly not want to discriminate against dead folks…and take away their right to vote—that would be racist, or ageist, or illegalist, or deadist or whatever—or the right of any other group to vote, as long as you think it’ll push, pull, shove, manhandle, yank or otherwise drag Harris over the finish line…)
+ Bonus: The JOY of Plagiarism!
“More Kamala Plagiarism Uncovered As Scandal Widens”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/more-kamala-plagiarism-uncovered-scandal-widens
Key phrase:
“She also lifted roughly 80% of her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee in support of a student loan repayment program.”
Says America’s Criminal-In-Chief….
“Biden Takes Aim at Trump: ‘We Gotta Lock Him Up'”—
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/joe-biden-donald-trump-lock-him-up/2024/10/22/id/1185071/
…unless, of course, he was thinking about the “Smartest Guy I know”(TM)…
(No, I don’t think so, either…)
“Kamala Harris: not exactly honest”???
You don’t say…
Here’s another surprise (if confirmed)!
“Pentagon suspects employee of Iranian origin in Israeli strike plan leak…”—
https://blazingcatfur.ca/2024/10/22/pentagon-suspects-employee-of-iranian-origin-in-israeli-strike-plan-leak-report/
“Kamala Harris: not exactly honest”
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Napoleon Bonaparte: not exactly passive
Heh…(or tall)….
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Related…though for some bizarre reason, the author of this piece STILL seems to believe that “Biden” truly has America’s interests at heart AND would truly like to act in America’s interest, except that…well, um, uh….
‘The House With Nobody In it’ – In Washington D.C.?
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21038/house-with-nobody-in-it
Opening graf:
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THIS is what’s really happening…sponsored by “Biden” and taken up with gusto by the our “elites”!
“Musk Derangement Syndrome: European Censors Warn They May Level Fines Based On All Of Elon’s Businesses”—
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/musk-derangement-syndrome-european-censors-warn-they-may-level-fines-based-all-elons
(It’s also what Israel faces, on a national level—and will be facing even more so in the future under a “Harris” junta, should such an destructive atrocity ever be “elected”….)
Meanwhile, that paragon of virtue and commitment to Judaism—and husband of the inimitable Kamala—appears to be “vexed”(!)
“Doug Emhoff Calls Out Jews Supporting Trump: ‘So Vexing'”—
https://www.newsmax.com/us/doug-emhoff-jewish-vote/2024/10/22/id/1185008/
So let’s see now. What might one find “vexing” about this particular over-vexed individual…?
(Compare this pathetic hypocrite with the Bill Ackman and the detailed 33-point letter he wrote explaining why he decided to switch his support to DJT.)
New guy i guess
Kamala is at her best when standing mute, silently, with Toad Walz.
Their prominence fills me with dread for the future of the American Republic. We live in a sea of Democratic bluefish, which attack anything that moves, including biting one another in their brainlesss vicious attacks. I have seen a school of bluefish gorging on a school of minnows. They are brainless gorgers.
God save America!
Honest!!! Kamala is still looking for that word in the dictionary she borrowed.
Indeed, not remotely honest:
https://x.com/disclosetv/status/1849137011875061970
“Not exactly honest…?” Just heard her “speech” from Naval Observatory today re: tying Donald Trump to Hitler, Fascism (supposedly per remarks by John Kelly). Not a new Dem trope – but her speech was outrageous. I see a lot (purposely) but have to admit to being aghast. And nauseated (literally). Is this the sign of desperation? And the platform the MSM gives her. SHE is the most dangerous candidate ever….
The lies about the use of tariffs is distressing, too.
Trump used them carefully & successfully!!
Dear Joe even left those tariffs on !!
China for example.
Recently, the left really upped their fear mongering targeting lower income groups, with “Trump’s tariffs will destroy you!”
Simply evil tactics.