It’s disturbing that some FReepers have zero integrity and defend their guy right or wrong. Glad you understand how STUPID this obvious plagiarism was. We would annihilate Hillary if she did this. And rightly so. Inexcusable.
It pisses me off. Some here are WORSE then Liberals. Like I said to someone else, if this was Bill Clinton copying George W. Bush’s, they would stroke out over it. I can’t stand someone of these hypocrites.
I completely agree it is too similar to be coincidental. It was either a copy of part of Michelle's speech or they were both a copy of something else.
Did some googling for what else it might be and so far have not found it.
Assuming there is no third source, then the speech writer copied Michelle's speech.
I am not sure exactly how much blame is appropriate to pass onto Melania about it though. Seems to me that speech writers are supposed to be professionals who can be trusted not to do this kind of crap.
As for annihilating Hillary over something like this, I am sure there would be some comments about it if she had said, say something similar to Nancy Reagan or some such...but seriously, we are talking about something tacky, not something seriously evil. Hillary has done and said things that are seriously evil, and the comparison is absurd. When Mlelania Trump decides to sign an afadavit falsely testifying that she is aware that an innocent child brutally raped had a fantasies about older men....then we can compare her to Hillary. Please not before. Its kinda of disgusting to think there is any comparison.
It’s true. There are people who will attack you if you criticize Trump or other popular conservatives. This is even if you post something with is constructive criticism, negative (not even because you agree with it) for discussion, or post poll numbers that aren’t favorable. It is cult like. There is nothing wrong with constructive criticism if it can help your candidate do better. There is nothing wrong with addressing negative news head on. If we don’t address it, counter it, and repudiate it, who will? There is nothing wrong with posting poll numbers. We need to know whether it is good or bad. Finally, there is nothing wrong with admitting your candidate made a mistake. To do otherwise goes beyond supporting a political candidate into blind following.
This thing with Melania is that basically, yes, I think it was plagiarized. However, she had writers who helped her with this speech, and I don’t see Melania Googling this speech, changing a couple of words, and then telling her speech writers to put it in. I think her speech writers talked to her, got her thoughts and feelings, some phrases from her, and put the speech together. The thoughts and feelings that Melania expressed are common in a lot of political speeches because most Americans share those values. The speech writer, in looking for a way to convey it, obviously liked the way that message was articulated in the Michelle Obama speech. Therefore, they changed a few words around and lifted it. That is, unless some speculate, someone was trying to sabotage her. The bottom line is, I highly, highly doubt that this is Melania’s fault.