OK this section looks plagiarized. “Your word is your bond”? Of all people to steal material from — Michelle Obama? Fire the idiot that did this.
TRUMP: 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 me to show the values and morals in my daily life. That is the lesson that I continue to pass along to our son.
And we need to pass those lessons on to the many generations to follow. [Cheering] 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’s a similar passage from (Michelle) Obama’s speech in 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 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.”
Those are words anybody would come up with to talk about their upbringing. It’s absurd to call in plagiarism. There’s nothing original here to steal.
That’s why people have discussed this hear last night and why I posted this. To me, it looks lifted. As I said in post one, there are some different possibilities with this. Media seemed to think, including CNN and MSNBC, that if the speech writer was fired, that would be the end of it. Chris Matthews even said he was going to find out who the speech writer is according one of the posts on FR.