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To: Ohioan

Show me ANY political speech by ANYONE who has used this exact wording

““”that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say “”

Yet you claim the speechwriter for Michelle and Melania just happened to think it up.

In fact, show it to me from a book, or an article or anything. Just show me someone else from any walk of life who said THE EXACT SAME THING IN THE SAME WAY


170 posted on 07/19/2016 11:49:59 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: RummyChick
The quotes I saw, were slightly different. But even if the sentence fragment you quote is exactly the same sentence fragment, lifted from the two speeches, it is hardly evidence of anything unethical or sinister. It is similar enough to what many folk have described to be clearly a cliche.

It could result from pure coincidence; could result from one or both writers simply recalling something they had heard, not as something they had heard, but just as a way of conveying three closely related thoughts. It happens all the time, that people use phrases they have heard, without consciously seeking to copy phrases they have heard.

The way to handle this, as I have pointed out in #145 is head on. Let Melania introduce a video of her very effective speech, by explaining the controversy, and asking the viewers to judge the effort for themselves. Putting the whole thing in context completely destroys the idea os some sinister purpose--particularly when it is the speaker, herself, who invites the judgement. She has the natural ability to make this very, very effective.

This could be as effective as Nixon's "Little Dog" speech (about "Checkers." It is opportunity. Properly handled, she could reach a huge audience--a classic opportunity to sell Donald Trump to many now scoffing. (That is because many non-Trump would tune in to see what this whole flap was about!)

183 posted on 07/19/2016 12:03:52 PM PDT by Ohioan
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