Posted on 07/19/2016 2:15:09 PM PDT by Nachum
Today's political press has been captivated by the alleged plagiarism by Melania Trump, who is said to have stolen fragments of a speech delivered by Michelle Obama in 2008. The sections in question are the following:
Melania Trump (July 2016): “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.
Michelle Obama (August 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.
MT: “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.
MO: “And Barack Obama and I set out to build lives guided by these values, and pass them on to the next generations.
MT: “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.”
MO: “Because we want our children, and all children in this nation, to know that the only limit to the height of your achievement is the reach of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.”
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83 dead in Nice.
8 cops dead here!!
If I see anything relatnig to this story one more time, I’m gonna down an entire bottle of Black Label!!!!
And then I’ll do something drastic.
Well who do they want reading those words? Super model Melania or the wookie? They argument is invalid before it begins.
They usually say the cycle is 24 hours for these types of stories. We’re not there yet. But if it continues beyond 24 hours I can offer no more comfort.
I’m gonna need a bigger bottle.
Plagiarism involves taking an original idea or expression. Platitudes cannot be plagiarized.
Michele Obama needs to borrow a face.
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Label with Iced Tea is good ... as Chef John says, En Joy.
If that’s the case, they’re in complete disarray.
Attakcing at the wrong times on the wrong things.
They are taking no time in acting and making themselves the fools.
Great point.
Everything was straight until early 30s.
48 now and slowed down a bit.
Did buy four liters of wine for the fourth weekend and finished it three hours after I bought it.
Had to go back next day for more.
Thanks for the tips@!
I would love to see Michelle’s speech compared to the speeches of the wives of other presidential candidates thru the years. Bet we would find the same thoughts expressed in the same ways in some of them.
I can understand how easy it is for people to get confused over who said what, when and to whom ... personally, I have always had a lot of difficulty telling Melania and Moo apart!
What really bothers me is all those people who plagiarize all the time by closing their speeches with the exhortation “God bless America”...cut it out......
And who is more likely to be speaking from the heart and meaning the words that are spoken?
“...that you treat people with dignity and respect, even if you don’t know them, and even if you don’t agree with them.”
Can you imagine the wookie treating patriotic self-reliant white Tea Party conservatives with respect? Not gonna happen.
Main difference is Mooch’s words were all empty promises.
The two grifters only lie. They both hate America.
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