Rachel Maddow, host of an MSNBC talk show and bane of Rand Paul’s existence, accused the Kentucky Senator of stealing lines from his speech at Liberty University on Monday from a Wikipedia entry about the 1997 movie Gattaca.
. . . In all, Maddow accused Paul of quoting almost word-for-word four passages in the Wikipedia entry explaining the science fiction movie.
~ Kentucky Courier Journal
Gattaca Wikipedia Page Here
. . . it’s ridiculous enough that the Kentucky Senator used a 16-year-old science fiction film’s plot as some lame attempt to stir up fear while giving a speech. Then he just compounds his absurdity by plagiarizing the movie’s Wikipedia page.
~ Forward Progressives
Paul: “In the movie Gattaca, in the ‘not to distant future,’ eugenics is common and DNA plays a primary role in determining your social class.”
Wikipedia: “In ‘the not-too-distant future’, liberal eugenics is common and DNA plays the primary role in determining social class.
Paul: “Due to frequent screenings, Vincent faces genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way to achieve his dream of being an astronaut, is he has to become what’s called a ‘borrowed ladder.’”
Wikipedia: "Due to frequent screening, Vincent faces genetic discrimination and prejudice. The only way he can achieve his dream of becoming an astronaut is to become a ‘borrowed ladder.’”
Paul: “He assumes the identity of a Jerome Morrow, a world class swimming star with a genetic profile said to be ‘secondary to none,’ but he’s been paralyzed in a car accident.”
Wikipedia: “He assumes the identity of Jerome Eugene Morrow, a former swimming star with a genetic profile “second to none”, who had been injured in a car accident, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.”
Paul: “Jerome buys his identity, uses his DNA — his blood, his hair, his tissue his urine — to pass the screenings.”
Wikipedia: “Vincent ‘buys’ Jerome’s identity and uses his ‘valid’ DNA in blood, hair, tissue, and urine samples to pass screening.”
Outstanding! > Rand Paul plagiarizes Wikipedia in campaign speech for Ken Cuccinelli at Liberty University. http://t.co/VNwWxPrpF0 #gattaca
— Glenn Carlson PE PhD (@CarlsonEngineer) October 29, 2013
So Rand Paul stokes 50-year old fears of eugenics at Falwell's Liberty University. Wait. Don't you gotta believe in evolution first?
— Paul Rodgers (@PaulRodgersKY) October 29, 2013
Apparently Rand Paul is disappearing down the anti-science rabbit hole.
— Tom (@TRLangham) October 29, 2013
Plot twist? Rand Paul is a true #gattaca fanboy and wrote the Wikipedia entry. @maddow
— Erin (@erinsaurus) October 29, 2013
I'll give Rand Paul some props, at least while he was reciting the Gattaca Wiki page his hair almost looked real.
— Kennethinavolgimaski (@skunkwerks16) October 29, 2013
Not sure what's worse: Plagiarizing from Wikipedia or treating it as an authoritative source for information. #RandPaul #Gattaca
— Jason Febery (@JasonFebery) October 29, 2013
Seems to me that Rand Paul immersed himself too much in '#Gattaca', Ayn Rand, and '1984' and not enough in 'Oliver Twist'.
— Jason Febery (@JasonFebery) October 29, 2013
“@Cincienquirer: Rand Paul warns science could be used to alter gene pool http://t.co/OCy9F4fTlz” LOL ever hear "survival of the fittest"
— Дженифер (@onthatnew) October 29, 2013
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