I suppose the plagiarism thing is the start of the general election freak show season. Sure, the freak show stuff isn't always irrelevant, but often it's about as important as whatever the latest reality show star did. Oh, wait...
News and political junkies often think their particular obsessions are somehow more important than the Kardashians. And, yeah, sure, presumably electing a president is more important than who finds true love on The Bachelor, but the day to day stuff of those contests really isn't so different.
It's a system...