Posted on 07/19/2016 7:39:28 AM PDT by IBD editorial writer
CLEVELAND -- So the speech on the first night of the Republican National Convention that "everyone is talking about" was Melania Trump's endorsing her husband's candidacy, which appeared to have lifted passages from Michelle Obama's speech endorsing her husband's candidacy eight years ago.
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If others watched the show, did you happen to notice that Mike Barnacle was not present in any segment when Melanias "plagiarism” was the topic ?
GREAT CATCH!!! I wonder how long it will be before plagiarist Mike gets to come back, lol!
I watched the Morning Joe cast get in an over the top uproar about Melanias'plagiarism'. It was nauseating. They were all gushing about this huge gaffe that could likely put Trump's campaign in jeopardy and demanded to get an explanation. What a PATHETIC group of people - /vomit
Mrs. Trump did not copy Alinksy, Michele Obama did.
the sad part is mooshele went and graduated law school. Words are supposed to be her stock and trade.
The first word of the article is totally unnecessary. Why didn’t you use “Um?” Shows same level of writing. Similar to folks using “like” until it bores you to death.
Good point.
This BS will have many people watching the wonderful, beautiful Melania’s great speech than they would have otherwise.
The focus on Melania is a convenient way to IGNORE all the other powerful speeches of the night. and we continue to fall right into the media’s trap!!!!
Thanks I was wondering what all the fuss was about.
I was also wondering why no one was quoting Melania, as you did.
That’s because they aren’t the same.
Thanks for posting the side-by-side excerpts. There is absolutely no plagiarism. It’s BS
“Ms. Trump:
“I was born in Slovenia, a small, beautiful and then-Communist country in Central Europe. My sister, Ines, who is an incredible woman and a friend, and I were raised by my wonderful parents. My elegant and hard-working mother, Amalija, introduced me to fashion and beauty. My father, Viktor, instilled in me a passion for business and travel. Their integrity, compassion and intelligence reflects to this day on me and for my love of family and America.”
Mrs. Obama, in 2008:
“And I come here as a daughter — raised on the South Side of Chicago by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me. My mother’s love has always been a sustaining force for our family, and one of my greatest joys is seeing her integrity, her compassion and her intelligence reflected in my own daughters.”
The media’s trap? The media didn’t cause it. The Trump campaign needs to own this farce. Donald and Melania Trump are victims of their own staff. I would like to be a fly on the wall this morning. I think the voters are still behind Trump no matter what, but he needs to fire some people, starting with Manafort.
“Nice grammar, babe.
The speeches are being RAN threw a computer.
There. Fixed it. “
how about “through” a computer? also, how about the speech was “run” through a computer?
Speech writer needs his legs broken...
This is Hillary thru and thru...anything she can do to discredit another woman...look at the hell she put ‘bills’ toys through, yep...she is so jealous of Malania she can’t see straight...
AND she knows she’s going down in flames...he, he, he,!!!
Grrrrr. Nobody likes a showoff.
“The DC sniper used the “word is bond” in one of his notes to the idiot police chief...forgot his name.”
was it “Moose”?
Yes...but I thought it started with “a” as in a** or “T” as in token
Why does Michelle always claim some life of poverty when she speaks to children.
Lordy mercy! Jealousy is such a green-eyed monster!
- Melania did a good job. After her speech, the talking
heads on PBS had turned chalk white & immediately went on
a vicious attack. Never mentioned “plagiarism”, though.
Only in the delusional progressive-MSM bubble do they believe everyone is Instagram-ing and tweeting their lives away in between checking out the latest Kardashian selfie while sipping lattes.
The REAL "Uproar" was over how Hitlery was harpooned over and over, the GOP's exciting unconventional Convention, and yes, Melania's charm and grace.
The DNC Convention will look, sound, and smell like a barnyard full of grunting squealing sows and crazed headless chickens.
Their uproar will feature a spectacle of insanity personified -- trannies, b*tches-on-wheels, effete Commies, Jihadis (D), and some BLMer inevitably going off the rails.
this is all pure journ-o-list.
pre approved buzzwords:
crisis mode
disaster
divisive
embarassing
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