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StarsStripes
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I'm voting third party, I decided last night. I just can't.
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Not one person can deny this wasn't plagiarism. No one in their right mind can. It was more than a sentence. If this was done in college, she would be gone.
And his campaign is denying it. Denying plagiarism. How stupid. They should just admit someone ****** up and is now fired. And then move on. And move on to allow more room for discussion about the other speeches. Like the mother of the fallen soldier.
But to keep denying is insane. It will do them no good.
Message edited 7/19/2016 9:32:50 AM.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:30 AM |
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DMT
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
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Not one person can deny this wasn't plagiarism. No one in their right mind can. It was more than a sentence. If this was done in college, she would be gone.
And his campaign is denying it. Denying plagiarism. How stupid. They should just admit someone ****** up and is now fired. And then move on. And move on to allow more room for discussion about the other speeches. Like the mother of the fallen soldier.
But to keep denying is insane. It will do then no good.
The side by side speech analysis on cnn is HYSTERICAL.
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
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Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Not one person can deny this wasn't plagiarism. No one in their right mind can. It was more than a sentence. If this was done in college, she would be gone.
And his campaign is denying it. Denying plagiarism. How stupid. They should just admit someone ****** up and is now fired. And then move on. And move on to allow more room for discussion about the other speeches. Like the mother of the fallen soldier.
But to keep denying is insane. It will do then no good.
The side by side speech analysis on cnn is HYSTERICAL.
Yes. And for anyone to sit there and say it was just use of common phrases is INSANE. No one thinks she did this on purpose. It was mismanagement and maybe sabotage. Then fire whoever and move on.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:35 AM |
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DMT
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I agree. I highly doubt she sat and drafted this on her own. I am sure she is being told what to say at all times.
I cannot get over this side show circus.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:37 AM |
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
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Not one person can deny this wasn't plagiarism. No one in their right mind can. It was more than a sentence. If this was done in college, she would be gone.
And his campaign is denying it. Denying plagiarism. How stupid. They should just admit someone ****** up and is now fired. And then move on. And move on to allow more room for discussion about the other speeches. Like the mother of the fallen soldier.
But to keep denying is insane. It will do then no good.
The side by side speech analysis on cnn is HYSTERICAL.
Yes. And for anyone to sit there and say it was just use of common phrases is INSANE. No one thinks she did this on purpose. It was mismanagement and maybe sabotage. Then fire whoever and move on.
Did you see Chris Christie on the Today Show this morning - basically said it was no big deal since "93 percent of the speech" differed from Michelle Obama's speech. Oh well then, I guess it's ok to only plagiarize a little bit.  .
Also heard on the radio this morning that Michelle Obama's head speech writer used to be Hillary's speech writer, so if you want to really get into it, you could say Melania used Hillary's speech writer
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:40 AM |
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Pumpkin1
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I love how everyone is blaming this on a speech writer. If people could just pass the buck to speechwriters, no-one would be responsible for a single word they uttered in a speech because everyone uses speechwriters!
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:42 AM |
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
^ exactly.
And apparently Melania was really nervous beforehand. She also reportedly didn't agree with Pence either and felt Ivanka and the rest pressured him into the pick. They speculate that's why she was absent from the VP announcement.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:43 AM |
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
And honestly something does feel fishy. It's a shame that this is the focus today and not the mother who gave her powerful speech.
I may be more on one side than the other, but I like an equal playing field.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:47 AM |
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
^ exactly.
And apparently Melania was really nervous beforehand. She also reportedly didn't agree with Pence either and felt Ivanka and the rest pressured him into the pick. They speculate that's why she was absent from the VP announcement.
She shouldn't involve herself in the campaign at all. She should stick to what she does best. Having plastic surgery.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:49 AM |
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Kitten1929
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Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I can't think of a bigger FU to Trump and his campaign than to trot out Melania for her first speech and have it blow up like this.
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| Posted 7/19/16 9:51 AM |
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ElizaRags35
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
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If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
This thread is about the speech Melania plagiarized. Feel free to start your own thread.
More like a sentence, not an entire speech.
More THAN a sentence but no not the entire speech. I suggest reading the side by side transcripts and seeing the videos.
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
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I can't think of a bigger FU to Trump and his campaign than to trot out Melania for her first speech and have it blow up like this.
Exactly.
But you'd think (hope?) that with their power and money and all the assholery, they'd have a few others review the speech and make sure it's on the up & up. I mean, we aren't talking taking pieces from a speech by a wife given 20 years ago. This is literally only a few years ago. That's like yesterday. It's baffling. Trump even said once how he's never been accused of plagerism (which was a dig at Biden) so I just would assume he would be so thorough, you know?
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ElizaRags35
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
^ exactly.
And apparently Melania was really nervous beforehand. She also reportedly didn't agree with Pence either and felt Ivanka and the rest pressured him into the pick. They speculate that's why she was absent from the VP announcement.
She shouldn't involve herself in the campaign at all. She should stick to what she does best. Having plastic surgery.
If she gets any more filler in those cheeks, she won't be able to see anymore.
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
The campaign would be much better off if they just admitted that parts of her speech were lifted from Michelle's. Melania is probably the most sympathetic of the bunch, given that she has had a pretty low profile and is not a native English speaker. There are multiple ways they could have spun this where it would not be a big deal. Their denials, when it's so obvious there was plagiarism (intentional or not) are making it worse.
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| Posted 7/19/16 10:05 AM |
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ohbaby08
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by clotheshorse
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Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
You know what I saw?? A woman, who is obviously still sick with grief, being exploited by Trump and the RNC. It was disgusting.
Hey, did you see when the GOP cut security funding for overseas embassies, which directly led to those deaths? Or when Bush sent countless men and woman to the wrong country to die? Or when the GOP spent BILLIONS in taxpayer money to investigate Clinton over Benghazi and found nothing? Or how many Americans died at foreign embassies during the Bush administration? Did you see all of those things? Give me a break.
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ElizaRags35
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
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Posted by clotheshorse
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Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
You know what I saw?? A woman, who is obviously still sick with grief, being exploited by Trump and the RNC. It was disgusting.
Hey, did you see when the GOP cut security funding for overseas embassies, which directly led to those deaths? Or when Bush sent countless men and woman to the wrong country to die? Or when the GOP spent BILLIONS in taxpayer money to investigate Clinton over Benghazi and found nothing? Or how many Americans died at foreign embassies during the Bush administration? Did you see all of those things? Give me a break.
Come on! None of that matters when you can blame Hillary!!
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Kitten1929
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by Kitten1929
I can't think of a bigger FU to Trump and his campaign than to trot out Melania for her first speech and have it blow up like this.
Exactly.
But you'd think (hope?) that with their power and money and all the assholery, they'd have a few others review the speech and make sure it's on the up & up. I mean, we aren't talking taking pieces from a speech by a wife given 20 years ago. This is literally only a few years ago. That's like yesterday. It's baffling. Trump even said once how he's never been accused of plagerism (which was a dig at Biden) so I just would assume he would be so thorough, you know?
I would be inclined to agree if it were any other professional political campaign - but with Trump's track record and ego I just can't see him having that kind of checks and balances.
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| Posted 7/19/16 10:16 AM |
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Diane
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
It's not like anyone writes their own speeches anyway
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
Thank you!!!!! I saw NO discussion about how she got away with her email scandal......I dont know why people LOVE her!!!!!! I cant stand the sight of her
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I kinda feel sorry for her. From what I keep hearing she didn't want to do the speech in the first place. She was clearly nervous when delivering it but she did a good job. I can't stand Trump but I watched because my curiosity got the best of me. I honestly thought she did a decent job. Not great but not terrible.
Once the plagiarism claims came out I really felt like someone either sabotaged her or they really have a bunch of amateurs working for the campaign. You know she didn't write the speech. No one writes their own speeches. She may have participated in the writing process when it came time to give info about her parents and sister but that's it. Honestly, for someone to lift sections of Michelle Obama's speech just tells me that they have their heads up their asses.
To make matters worse they keep denying it. Just fire the speech writer and move on. It's not that difficult.
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
I feel bad for her. I am sure that they gave her a speech and her job was to deliver it effectively without seeming too nervous. She isn't a native speaker, so it was doubly difficult for her. Now, with this "scandal" she probably feels terrible.
The truth is that the media is out to get Trump for EVERYTHING. At the end of the day, no one even cares what she said, they just want to make him look bad.
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by Christine2
I feel bad for her. I am sure that they gave her a speech and her job was to deliver it effectively without seeming too nervous. She isn't a native speaker, so it was doubly difficult for her. Now, with this "scandal" she probably feels terrible.
The truth is that the media is out to get Trump for EVERYTHING. At the end of the day, no one even cares what she said, they just want to make him look bad.
Ita!!
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by Diane
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Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
Thank you!!!!! I saw NO discussion about how she got away with her email scandal......I dont know why people LOVE her!!!!!! I cant stand the sight of her
Exactly but people are ignorant!!
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Re: Melania stole parts of Michelle Obama's speech
Posted by Diane
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by EatingMyVeggies
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
Posted by clotheshorse
Posted by ElizaRags35
If you're on Twitter, look up #famousmelaniatrumpquotes - pretty hilarious.
Judd Apatow summed up the evening quite nicely- https://twitter.com/juddapatow/status/755282713498750976
Who is Judd Apatow?? SmH. Lol
He's the guy behind movies like knocked up, this is 40, 40 year old virgin, bridesmaids, etc. His wife is Leslie Mann.
I waa being sarcastic. Who cares what Judd Apatow has to say?? More important things in this world to worry about.
To be fair....Who cares what a guy from duck dynasty says or Scott Baio? Or Antonio Sabato Jr.? And then you have the future First Lady up there who is stealing directly from Michelle's speech, someone they all claim they can't stand. This is actually happening on the American stage and it's an embarrassment.
Bingo.
To be fair, why was this posted to be discussed yet nothing about how what Hillary got away with was posted? How about the speech of the mother who lost her son in Bengazi? Did you see that???
Thank you!!!!! I saw NO discussion about how she got away with her email scandal......I dont know why people LOVE her!!!!!! I cant stand the sight of her
I noticed that there was nothing about Hillary not being indicted, but people ran to breathlessly post this nonsense. It's fascinating and really gives your an idea about how people think.
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