Foley's Policy Proposal Uses Same Wording As 'Think Tank' Articles On Internet

[George II]

Source: Hartford Courant

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley released an urban policy proposal Wednesday that contained wording identical to passages previously posted on Internet websites of public policy think tanks..

The state Democratic Party pointed out the similarities in wording less than three hours after an afternoon press conference in New Britain at which Foley unveiled his proposals.

"It appears that they are plagiarized – word for word, sentence for sentence – from other sources," a Democratic spokesman said in an email to news organizations.

The Foley plan covers jobs, housing, crime, taxes and education in urban communities. It includes proposals to cut the car tax in cities where it is the highest, strip funding from and reconstitute low-performing schools, and provide economic incentives for businesses to grow. The proposal is based on free market principles that Foley said would restore growth in Connecticut's cities – through "public policy that protects the integrity of the private market."


Read more: http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-tom-foley-urban-policy-20140924-story.html

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Is this Foley's "Biden Moment"? How lazy can a candidate be? Hopefully it blows up in his face!

[Jackpine Radical]

1. He's a Republican. Nobody expexts THEM to write their own stuff.

And, really, its sort of a mercy for the rest of us.

Could you imagine what kind of speeches Dubya might have come up with if left to his own devices?

[sharp_stick]

2. This guy is a piece of work

I don't think I've ever seen a more entitled Fairfield millionaire asshole and they are thick as flies on a pile of horseshit down there.

He's constantly touting his business experience as a plus but all I can find is that every damned business he's ever been involved with goes tits-up shortly after he gets in the door. Of course he pulls out a beautiful severance package for himself on the way to the next debacle.

He shows up at a paperboard plant in Sprague CT, steps out of the back of a fancy new BMW (gotta have a driver, it's just too much work to handle the curvy roads around the hoi polloi in this non-rich part of the State) and starts to berate the workers for losing their own jobs.

Fortunately he's his own worst enemy, he shot himself in the foot last time he ran and I hope he does it again.

[NewJeffCT]

5. Yes, that was classic Republican

blaming the workers for the owners bad business dealings.

However, Malloy inherited a horrible economy from his Republican predecessors, and has been hard pressed to dig the state out of the economic doldrums.

[tazkcmo]

3. Give them all microphones

It's the best strategy we have. Just put them on stage, let them start talking and wait. They'll do all our work for us. The only issue left is getting the folks the insult to do something about it by which I mean vote.

[NewJeffCT]

4. Didn't a Democrat recently drop out of the race for Senate

for plagiarism? Shouldn't Foley do the same?

Nah, republicans just blame it on a low level staffer and say it's not their fault.