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Melania Trump Apparently Plagiarized a Section of Michelle Obama's 2008 Speech

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  1. Sanskrit

    Sanskrit Well-Known Member

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    No it's not -obviously plagiarized-. If you had ever written a speech for presentation, or spoken for a living, you'd know that people tend to say certain things in similar ways, especially political speeches where all the same hackneyed themes are run and rerun endlessly in speech after speech.

    Funny to hear complaints of plagiarism from the left when all their themes are phrased almost exactly the same and chanted out in lockstep verbatim just like the placard slogan soundbites they actually are as opposed to rational policy statements or reasoned thought.
     
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  2. RPA1

    RPA1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So...You have no retort.....Noted.
     
    RPA1, Jul 19, 2016
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  3. The Mello Guy

    The Mello Guy Well-Known Member

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    Pretty obvious plagiarism, but it only reflects poorly on trump (it's not like his wife or him wrote it) if his response to insult people and not hold the speech writers accountable (which is exactly what he'll do)
     
    The Mello Guy, Jul 19, 2016
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  4. jack4freedom

    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    A couple of paragraphs of Melania's speech were word for word plagerisms of Michelle's speech at the 2008 Democratic Convention. However, the bulk of Melania's speech was obviously her own words and thoughts which were quite eloquent and heart felt. Some idiot speech writer obviously gave these two paragraphs to her. At any rate, it sure as hell is not Mrs. Trump's fault, nor is it a big deal unless Trump makes it one by freaking out about the evil media and shoving his foot in his big mouth again. It would not surprise me if the guy who fed these lines to Melania is a Clinton plant.
     
    jack4freedom, Jul 19, 2016
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    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yeah I'm sure no one ever in the history of politics has ever said

    1) work hard/values
    2) Word is your bond
    3) Treat people with respect
    4) Something about "do it for the children"

    So what you have are some generalizations that have probably been in every speech ever. Nice job catching them.
     
    vman12, Jul 19, 2016
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    webrockk Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    They don't have much to celebrate about their prospective queen, so they attack T̶r̶u̶m̶p̶ Trump's wife.

    pathetic.
     
    webrockk, Jul 19, 2016
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  7. vman12

    vman12 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    It's probably content from an Clinton email.

    Melania and everyone else probably has copies.
     
    vman12, Jul 19, 2016
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    akphidelt2007 New Member Past Donor

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    I'll give them some credit, plagiarizing Michelle is a good way to go. She's a great speaker and very intelligent. Too bad Trump didn't learn anything from Obama.
     
    akphidelt2007, Jul 19, 2016
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    Melinia's gonna get Progressive votes. :banana:
     
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    Probably did it on purpose to keep trump at the top of the news.

    Any publicity is good publicity right? That's been Trump's entire campaign.
     
    Jsun947, Jul 19, 2016
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  11. The Mello Guy

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    Most of it is word for word from Michelle's speech
     
    The Mello Guy, Jul 19, 2016
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    10A Chief Deplorable Past Donor

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    I wonder where Melania said, "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country"?
     
    10A, Jul 19, 2016
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    RPA1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So what? Progressives will like it...right?
     
    RPA1, Jul 19, 2016
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    jack4freedom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Two of the paragraphs were word for word. It would be considered plagerism in any arena.
     
    jack4freedom, Jul 19, 2016
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    Looks like Obama ripped off Duval Patrick in his 2008 speech, pretty much wholesale. Here they are, side by side. Judge for yourself:

    [video=youtube;8M6x1H08aFc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M6x1H08aFc&feature=youtu.be[/video]
     
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    politicalcenter Well-Known Member

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    Oh I know... Not only did you not build that but you didn't say that either.
     
    politicalcenter, Jul 19, 2016
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    akphidelt2007 New Member Past Donor

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    In succession in the same paragraph, almost word for word. Yea, you guys are Trump supporters for a reason, lol.
     
    akphidelt2007, Jul 19, 2016
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    RPA1 Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yeah, apparently she left that out. :roflol: These Libbies are really getting desperate. Melinia is a stone-cold goddess. They HATE that.
     
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    akphidelt2007 New Member Past Donor

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    She's beautiful. But she plagiarized. Which is not a good thing.
     
    akphidelt2007, Jul 19, 2016
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    Here's a hint. These people don't write their own speeches, they pay someone to come up with the vast majority of it.

    It's probably the same speech writers plagiarizing themselves.

    - - - Updated - - -

    Yeah nothing more the manly woman and womenly men crowd hates more.
     
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    akphidelt2007 New Member Past Donor

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    Hahaha, Trumps communication adviser just tweeted she took fragments that reflected her own thinking. That's what we call plagiarism if you don't credit the speaker. Resident conservatives wrong again. Bummer
     
    akphidelt2007, Jul 19, 2016
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    So if Obama doesn't credit his speech writers, he's plagiarizing?
     
    10A, Jul 19, 2016
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    We have been warned of this sort of stunt by the Democrats. I got my notice today. The dirty tricks parade has started.

    Note to me

     
    Robert, Jul 19, 2016
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    akphidelt2007 New Member Past Donor

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    The irony of her jacking Michelle Obamas speech is priceless! I knew this clown show of a convention would be hilarious. And it's only started!!
     
    akphidelt2007, Jul 19, 2016
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    People who support the criminal Clinton's don't have a foot to stand on even if it is true.
     
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