2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat if Melania had directly quoted Michelle with attribution?
It would have actually been a nice gesture but I am sure would not have been well received in the hall.
anoNY42
(670 posts)except I thought Melania should have prefaced that stolen paragraph with "A wise woman once said..."
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)RNC.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)for respecting FLOTUS. Mere plagiarism would nothing to it.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)Given the intent behind the misleading and twisting of her words.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)To take whatever she wants. Whatever Lola wants Lola gets, dahhhling.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,047 posts)For plagiarizing her speech. But I suspect that the Trumps lack grace.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Even if we never find out.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,257 posts)Even if it was Melania that did the stealing. That's just how they roll. Take all the credit and none of the blame.
jamese777
(546 posts)They say that there are moles n the Trump campaign trying to sabotage the candidate.
#SpeechGate: Who Set Up Melania Trump?
http://www.fitsnews.com/2016/07/19/speechgate-who-set-up-melania-trump/
Ilsa
(61,721 posts)their staffers with with huge responsibilities, and that plenty of republucans will do whatever they can to see him fail.
yellowcanine
(35,707 posts)Think about it. Whoever lifted the passages clearly knew what they were doing. And they had to know it would not go unnoticed. I mean, get real - Michelle Obama's speech was a big deal in 2008. It has to be everywhere. Anyone with Trump's best interest in mind would not have done this. Now, whoever is overseeing the process should have caught it. No kidding about that. The speech should have been run through several kinds of anti-plagiarism software.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)SDJay
(1,089 posts)Feces would have been flying in every direction. Children's ears would have been covered across the country just in case the name of the female antichrist had been uttered again.
I know it's not really on topic, but the hatred that so many at least claim to feel for a woman I along with my wife admire intensely is really hard to believe. What's not to like about this woman? Clearly Mrs. Drumpf thinks she's worth quoting - attributed or otherwise.
Kingofalldems
(38,520 posts)mcar
(42,479 posts)The convention goers may even have booed her.