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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMelania isn't exactly bringing it home.
She spent 5-6 weeks getting ready for THIS speech???
awake
(3,226 posts)tritsofme
(17,449 posts)LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)Ilsa
(61,721 posts)I'm amazed at how nasty Repubs can be towards immigrants, but not the ones that are lovely and statuesque.
ecstatic
(32,814 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Justitia
(9,316 posts)I don't know if her accent is making them tune out, or the obvious bullshit about Trump's "heart" is even too much for them, but most of them are just sitting there like bored fence posts.
deathrind
(1,786 posts)She is not. Kudos to her for getting in front of a thousand + people and giving a speech (that is never easy) but she is not doing real well.
bottomofthehill
(8,368 posts)I can't understand her and I don't get it. What do you think the defense of marriage crowd thinks of the Donald's immigrant third wife. It is a good thing they called it the defense of marriages as he has had multiples........
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)She's not one of *those* immigrants. She's one of the precious white baby chutes who must be protected because you know how those people are around white ladies.
This is an old trope and it's the underlying logic of a whole lot of racist bullshit (including a lot of the racist bullshit posted by nativists on DU.)
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)nt
Statistical
(19,264 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)gordianot
(15,261 posts)It is meaningless.
jmg257
(11,996 posts)Not sure just how good that actually is though.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)tossed out the propaganda meme that the poor poor woman was just SO verklempt, SO nervous, but the slobbering panel all agreed that she DIDN'T even SHOW it!
just imagine how they're going to pick apart every gesture, vocal fry, every unnuanced phrase of Hillary when it's her turn.
I was going to say they've abandoned all their critical faculties, but that would be wrong.....that happened decades ago, with the advent of Reagan
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)I'm not sure how accurate it is.