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Did McCain Lift His Russia-Georgia Speech from Wikipedia?

Chris Bowers
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Open Left
11 August 2008
Via Political Wire, it appears that McCain's vast policy experience and knowledge of international affairs is derived from wikipedia:
A Wikipedia editor notices some similarities between Sen. John McCain's speech today on the crisis in Georgia and the Wikipedia article on the country Georgia. They appear similar enough that most people would consider parts of McCain's speech to be derived directly from Wikipedia.
First instance:

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