Michelle Obama (2008) vs Melanie Trump (Last Night) Speech

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Michelle Obama (2008) vs Melanie Trump (2016/Last Night) Speech

Who said it better??





Edit note: A thing like this is better than watching a movie...you can't make it up.

[Elvado]

Obviously Michele said it better because she said it first. Just like Deval Patrick was better than Barack...

[EasyEd]

Stupid. Stupid. Real screw up.

[blueeagle]

Others things overheard at the RNC convention podium...

It ain't over till it's over

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

I AM the real slim shady.

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto.

Luke, I am your father.

[Nevada Hoya]

The first line of Donald Trump's speech will be: "Gotcha."

[quickplay]

I was starting to get suspicious about Melania's speech when she kept talking about the reality of growing up a black woman in America.

[kchoya]

Trump should start off his speech "Four score and seven years ago..."

[eagle54]

This whole convention is turning into a Circus sideshow and I wanted to vote for this guy as opposed to our alternative.

[AvantGuardHoya]

Jul 19, 2016 12:37:58 GMT -5 Elvado said:

Obviously Michele said it better because she said it first. Just like Deval Patrick was better than Barack...

There are fundamental differences between the situations that are worth recognizing.

The controversy arose after Mr. Obama, of Illinois, delivered a speech at a Democratic Party dinner in Wisconsin. He responded to criticism from Mrs. Clinton, of New York, who argued that Mr. Obama might deliver smooth speeches, but that she was better prepared to solve problems.

“Don’t tell me words don’t matter,” he said in his remarks. “ ‘I have a dream.’ Just words? ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.’ Just words? ‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself.’ Just words? Just speeches?”

The passage was similar to one used by Mr. Patrick in response to similar criticism.

Mr. Patrick said he and Mr. Obama discussed the argument in advance and he encouraged his friend to defend himself the same way he did during his race in 2006

Obama also did, in fact, acknowledge his use of Patrick's lines.

Mr. Obama told reporters he should have credited Gov. Deval Patrick of Massachusetts, a friend, for a passage in a speech he delivered on Saturday in Milwaukee.

www.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/us/politics/19campaign.html?_r=0

[Elvado]

Yes. After he got caught.

[njhoya78]

This all would have been a non-issue, tempest-in-a-teapot situation had the Trump campaign simply acknowledged that they'd made a mistake. It would have blown over by lunch hour Tuesday. Instead, the denials of plagiarism in the face of clear evidence has caused this to take on a life of its own.

Additionally, for my "esteemed" governor to assert that 93% of the speech was original is an insult. What if any of us had been accused of plagiarism on a submission to a professor, and used that defense?

[SirSaxa]

Jul 20, 2016 11:43:04 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

This all would have been a non-issue, tempest-in-a-teapot situation had the Trump campaign simply acknowledged that they'd made a mistake. It would have blown over by lunch hour Tuesday. Instead, the denials of plagiarism in the face of clear evidence has caused this to take on a life of its own.

Additionally, for my "esteemed" governor to assert that 93% of the speech was original is an insult. What if any of us had been accused of plagiarism on a submission to a professor, and used that defense?

And that guy was a federal prosecutor?

"gee your honor, 93% of the evidence we presented was legit. We only fabricated 7%"

[Elvado]

It is shockingly bad when compared with a Secretary of State exposing classified material and then out right lying about what she did.

[njhoya78]

I don't think it's a stretch of the imagination to begin with the hypothesis that there are many liars on both sides of the aisle. Doesn't mean we need to compare the relative levels of falsification to deplore the overall situation.

Unfortunately, I'm old enough to remember when politics were an honorable calling. Many, many moons ago.

[AvantGuardHoya]

Jul 20, 2016 13:25:42 GMT -5 njhoya78 said:

I don't think it's a stretch of the imagination to begin with the hypothesis that there are many liars on both sides of the aisle. Doesn't mean we need to compare the relative levels of falsification to deplore the overall situation.

Unfortunately, I'm old enough to remember when politics were an honorable calling. Many, many moons ago.

You must be really OLD, nj, 'cause I can't remember when that was the case.... and I'm staring at 70!

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Melanie Trump's speech writher Meredith McIver takes blame for the plagiarism of Mrs. Obama 2008 speech.


 




Some people are questioning if a Meredith McIver even exists.