2ND DISTRICT - Jean Schmidt evidently never learned that plagiarism was bad.  Maybe she should have finished that degree.  In stunning news last night, it was revealed that an editorial "written" by Schmidt for the Community Press on Sept 13, 2006, read awfully like an editorial Congresswoman Deborah Pryce published on her U.S. House website earlier on July 10, 2006.  It was so awfully similar that... well, they're identical.  The plagiarism was as blatant as Schmidt is short.

After numerous calls to her office for comment were unsuccessful, a press release was thrown quickly out of the door to her campaign headquarters before the door was shut again. 

It read:  "While Congresswoman Pryce's and Congresswoman Schmidt's columns were very similar, this was not a case of plagiarism.  Using the same words, in the same sequence, and in the same quantity does not necessarily imply plagiarism.  Also, note that in the first paragraph, Ms. Pryce uses the word 'Congress', while Ms. Schmidt uses the word 'Republicans'.  I think the evidence speaks for itself."

Congressional gadfly Nate Noy was contacted for a comment via phone.  Through cackling laughter, Noy guffawed, "Ain't no hidden shadow and sweatpants gonna save her this time!"