The AP’s reporting that Rob Simmons’ campaign for GOP Senate nomination lifted some material verbatim from the National Federation of Independent Businesse. It’s called plagiarism. ”Regrettably, in a very small section of the plan, one of our young staffers who helped draft the language made the mistake of borrowing words from another source,” his campaign just said. “Rob Simmons takes this issue seriously, the staffer has been admonished, and the part of the plan in question will be immediately re-worded.”
In case you don’t think they’re playing hardball with Greenwich wrestling czarina Linda McMahon, the statement continues: “Linda McMahon is in no position to talk about credibility on jobs given spent last year receiving millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies designed to create jobs, then turning around and slashing jobs after taking them money, and then receiving millions more from the Wall Street bailout bill she supports. At least this kid’s mistake didn’t cost taxpayers over $800 billion.
