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Alito ribs Biden for plagiarism
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 04, 2008 11:04am |
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| News Date | Thursday, December 4, 2008 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | At a gala dinner hosted by the American Spectator Wednesday evening, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. cracked wise at Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s expense, raising the Delaware senator's past brushes with academic dishonesty to the delight of his conservative audience.
Recalling an incident in which an article he submitted to the Spectator was rejected for publication, Alito began by joking that his unpublished piece had detailed how he would vote on the most controversial issues facing the Supreme Court.
Then – in the process of suggesting things had turned out well for him despite this rejection – Alito trained his sights on Barack Obama’s running mate.
"To coin a phrase, in the spirit of the vice president-elect," Alito began, "you don’t always get what you want, but you get what you need."
Alito paused before continuing: "Did somebody say that before?"
The justice’s delivery was clumsy, but to the laughing audience his joke was clear. |
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