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McCain's Borrowed Words

In his speech last night, McCain referenced a "holiday from history" to deride his opponents -- well, really, mostly Barack Obama. Guess what -- STOLEN WORDS!

Washington Editor at Large of The Atlantic and founder and senior fellow of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.

Washington Editor at Large of The Atlantic and founder and senior fellow of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.
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In his speech tonight, John McCain referenced a "holiday from history" to deride his opponents -- well, really, mostly Barack Obama.

Guess what -- STOLEN WORDS! There's an epidemic.

Charles Krauthammer seems to be the proprietor of this cliche -- although lots of others have used the term.

We think Krauthammer should be given more nods for at least heading the google list (although I should add that a cursory survey I did from Narita Airport also doesn't produce anything I can find before his 2003 reference).

But to our knowledge, John McCain has not given him credit.

But can Barack exploit this vulnerability? Hillary?

-- Steve Clemons publishes the popular political blog, The Washington Note

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Washington Editor at Large of The Atlantic and founder and senior fellow of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation.

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