Reagan Speechwriter: Biden Just Plagiarized From Reagan
Yesterday, former Vice President Joe Biden introduced his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris.
Biden said,
We can define America simply in one word: “Possibilities.” Possibilities. Let me say it again; possibilities. That’s America.
Watching as Biden said this was one Ken Khachigian. Ken was astonished. Ken, you see, was once a speechwriter for our former boss — President Ronald Reagan. And he quickly sent a note to his former colleagues — accompanied by a copy of a speech delivered by President Reagan on September 3, 1984. The president was speaking at a Reagan–Bush campaign rally in Fountain Valley, California. And in his typical, always upbeat Reagan style, the president said, among other things, this:
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