Melania Trump's speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama's 2008 speech

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Earlier in the day, Melania Trump told NBC's Matt Lauer: "I read once over it, that's all, because I wrote it ... with (as) little help as possible."

 

[PatsFan1283]

Earlier in the day, Melania Trump told NBC's Matt Lauer: "I read once over it, that's all, because I wrote it ... with (as) little help as possible."

A lot of people who give speeches claim they wrote it and they have speechwriters. Same thing with books and ghostwriters.

Not her fault that some idiot didn't do his job.

 

[buddyboy]

this might be the chance brian williams is looking for, sit down both melania and michelle and ask them if they hired the same speech writer

 

[Willie99]

Here is Trump, on Monday:


"From a young age, my parents impressed on me the values that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect. They taught and showed me values and morals in their daily lives. That is a lesson that I continue to pass along to our son," Trump said.
And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. Because we want our children in this nation to know that the only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."
And here is Obama, on August 25, 2008:


"And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values: that you work hard for what you want in life; that your word is your bond and you do what you say you're going to do; that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don't know them, and even if you don't agree with them.
And Barack and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and to pass them on to the next generation. Because we want our children -- and all children in this nation -- to know that the only limit to the height of your achievements is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them."




Do you believe in miracles?

those were not the quotes I saw being cited by the libtarded media when I watched convention coverage for a few minutes here and a few minutes there

that sentence does look like plagiarism, in the segments I saw they were all talking about commonly used vanilla expressions, they must have just been piling on

I stand corrected with respect to that one quote

and it's still totally irrelevant to this race or our lives (although it appears the Trump campaign didn't choose her assistant(s) very well)

 

[PatsFan1283]

It definitely is irrelevant but you wonder how something like that could happen?

My first thought was sabotage.

I don't know why Trump doesn't make heads roll. That is someone making your wife look like a fool on national TV. He would look like a no-nonsense boss for doing so too.

 

[PatsFan1283]

http://nypost.com/2016/07/19/melania-trump-also-rickrolled-the-rnc/

This is the real controversy.

 

[Willie99]

It definitely is irrelevant but you wonder how something like that could happen?

My first thought was sabotage.

I don't know why Trump doesn't make heads roll. That is someone making your wife look like a fool on national TV. He would look like a no-nonsense boss for doing so too.

my guess is somebody will go down, they may do it quietly and they may wait until the spotlight is off the RNC

 

[Iutoffee]

The scarier part last night were the comments from Steve King. What a loon....

 

[vitterd]

It definitely is irrelevant but you wonder how something like that could happen?

My first thought was sabotage.

I don't know why Trump doesn't make heads roll. That is someone making your wife look like a fool on national TV. He would look like a no-nonsense boss for doing so too.

The term irrelevant might be true. However, a dem plagerizing is seen by repubs as "that's who that person is" or " its speaks to a larger issue of honesty"

Only when it's a republican do those same people find it irrelevant.

 

[ML Dog]

I saw his campaign manager Paul Manafort is denying it and claiming coincidence, why? As Ricky Watters would say "For what? For who?"

If some idiot speechwriter fucked up or sabotaged, this seems like a great opportunity to fire the guy and say he doesn't tolerate incompetence or laziness at any of his businesses and he certainly won't be doing so in the political field.

People would be like oh shit, Trump doesn't mess around. Just make some 25 year old intern take the fall and give him a few hundred K under the table.

Exactly.

Mind-Boggling how much Preparation went into the whole Melania Speech Debacle, Trump's WWE Entrance...then you manage to allow a Plagarized Speech to come from her lips.

Incomprehensible and how totally devastating it is to completely lose "The Talk" within Media on what was hoped for, needed: the content of all those people's speeches that they worked so hard for....to have the focus be not Message but this Plagarized Speech.

MASSIVE PLUS EV if he'd do what you say here (+++++++++++++++++++++EV)

and if he does not then Trump will have accomplished among the most monumental and laughable failures in American Political History.

 

[ML Dog]

In Addition to Very Publicly FIRING some sacrificial lamb here, to turn this embarrassment and Grade-School level fukkup into a fantastic show of Strength

I would personally have Tiffany Trump make the beginning of her speech be:

"Four Score and Twenty Years ago, when I was growing up a Poor Black Child in Chicago, my life was not easy...."

Then pause.....as though waiting for applause....

Massive +EV to this idea ^^^^ .

 

[GoSooners]

I didn't watch a second of it. I saw the side by side comparison of the two speeches....clear plagerizing. But repubs like Willie only care if it's dems doing it.

classic trump campaign ....now blaming Hillary for it. Too funny.....do repubs ever own any of their bullshit?

I watched 10 minutes of that shit show and turned it off. I don't know how anyone could tell Melanie plagiarized, I didn't understand a word she said..

 

[Willie99]

liberals have their talking points now, because heaven knows they don't want to talk about real "shit storms"

they can't possibly talk about the economy, racism, national security, terrorism, jobs, the deficit, violence and healthcare

they prefer to discuss a speech given by an immigrant wife of the nominee and allowing transgenders into girls' restrooms


rock on democrats, be proud baby





PS Melania is out of your league,

 

[festeringZit]

The term irrelevant might be true. However, a dem plagerizing is seen by repubs as "that's who that person is" or " its speaks to a larger issue of honesty"

Only when it's a republican do those same people find it irrelevant.

Um, Biden has a longgggg history of plagiarism and cheating, and he was the one running for office - Melania is not.

Can you see the difference?

http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/melan...eech-barack-obama-neil-kinnock-deval-patrick/

 

[festeringZit]

liberals have their talking points now, because heaven knows they don't want to talk about real "shit storms"

they can't possibly talk about the economy, racism, national security, terrorism, jobs, the deficit, violence and healthcare

they prefer to discuss a speech given by an immigrant wife of the nominee and allowing transgenders into girls' restrooms


rock on democrats, be proud baby





PS Melania is out of your league,

Yeah, they have a candidate that should be a convicted felon, in jail - but they're going to complain about 2 lines in the candidate's wife's speech.

Wheeeee!!!!!!

 

[vitterd]

Um, Biden has a longgggg history of plagiarism and cheating, and he was the one running for office - Melania is not.

Can you see the difference?

http://heavy.com/news/2016/07/melan...eech-barack-obama-neil-kinnock-deval-patrick/

Somehow you guys always find a way to protect those you support.

Obviously plagerizing......if they just admit it and throw some speech writer under the bus it would be over.....instead they deny.

 

[festeringZit]

Somehow you guys always find a way to protect those you support.

Obviously plagerizing......if they just admit it and throw some speech writer under the bus it would be over.....instead they deny.

I agree, they should admit someone f'ed up. They're not handling it well, but the Dems are clearly blowing this out of proportion for
political fodder.

 

[Willie99]

Yeah, they have a candidate that should be a convicted felon, in jail - but they're going to complain about 2 lines in the candidate's wife's speech.

Wheeeee!!!!!!

that's another way of putting it

 

[PatsFan1283]

Let's focus on the serious issues here. Is the RickRoll legit? I wanna believe it was but that would be pretty messed up.

It probably isn't but who the F knows.

(If you don't know what I am talking about see post #26 in this thread)

 

[bilbal]

Moochelle plagiarized those lines from pretty much every fucking parent in America.