The statement adds that "we therefore accept the mistake and would like to apologise to His Excellency and the nation for such a mistake and hope that it would never happen again." It says the drafters placed the information for later attention but "unfortunately it found itself slipping through their fingers."
"We have engaged the drafters of the speech and have come to a conclusion, they inadvertently did not properly paraphrase the part in question where the President spoke about the long held democracy in Botswana," the BDP said in a statement. The alleged plagiarised speech was used by President Mokgweetsi Masisi at the just ended BDP special congress where he retained the presidency of the party. (Laughter and applause.) I know there can be a little bit of a sibling rivalry here. There shouldn’t be anything inherently political in the simple fact that the county’s figurehead wishes to press upon the country’s future – its school children – that they ought to do their best in school and work hard.The Ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) on Wednesday apologised to the nation for plagiarising former American president Barack Obama's speech. I will begin by telling a hard truth: Im a Columbia College graduate. A demanding job, to be sure, but also a job that is heavy with symbolism. How could any parent find fault in such advice? Is it simply because the messenger is from a different political party or is it something else entirely? Barack Obama is the president of the United States. “ou can’t let your failures define you – you have to let them teach you.” The statement did however mention that Melania had a 'team of. That’s no excuse for not trying.” And he reminds students that success is hard work and that they should learn from their failures. The Trump campaign issued a statement on the topic, but failed to address the specific issue of passages copied from Obamas speech. Browse a large collection of ASCII art (text art) copypastas. “he circumstances of your life – what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you’ve got going on at home – that’s no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude. (Click to copy) ASCII Art copypasta of Barack Obama. He says, “But at the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most supportive parents, and the best schools in the world – and none of it will matter unless all of you fulfill your responsibilities”? He exhorts students to avoid making excuses about their role in their education. The themes of personal responsibility and hard work pervade the speech. Bush gave a speech at a junior high school, “urg students to study hard, avoid drugs and turn in troublemakers.” Democrats criticized the speech as “paid political advertising.”Īs I read the text of President Obama’s speech, I find it hard to discern “socialist ideology” or even “paid political advertising.” (Let us remember that pretty much everyone to whom his remarks are addressed is unable to vote!) His remarks seem more “Republican” than not. This isn’t, of course, the first time that a sitting president has addressed school children. Another online poll, on Newsvine, showed that 81.3% of the respondents indicating they’d let their children hear the speech, 16.9% saying they wouldn’t, and 1.8% indicating that the idea of a speech was fine, but that there wasn’t enough time in the school day for such a thing. central time, President Obama delivered a speech addressed to school children across the country. The hullabaloo that has preceded this event has amazed me last week, Florida Republican party chairman Jim Greer said he was “absolutely appalled that taxpayer dollars are being used to spread President Obama’s socialist ideology.” A Facebook poll that asked whether President Obama should “be allowed to do a nationwide address to school children without parental consent” was running at 50.2% saying “no,” 46.1% saying “yes,” and 3.7% saying “I don’t care,” as of just before 11 a.m.