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RB TexLa

(17,003 posts)
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:35 AM Jul 2016

She has to be an idiot


Yes, I don't think the spouses of presidential candidates are writing their speeches to the convention out on napkins themselves, but . . .

If you are giving that speech you would look at what other spouses have done to get a feel of what the speech is and how it has been delivered. Anyone would have looked back and watched several of these from Nancy Reagan to Michelle Obama to Laura Bush, all of them.

She clearly did not do this, there is no way anyone could have seen Michelle's speech and then read that one tonight.

Just wow.
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She has to be an idiot (Original Post) RB TexLa Jul 2016 OP
Doesn't matter, she owns it now. nt ChisolmTrailDem Jul 2016 #1
Was there ever a doubt that she is an idiot? The_Casual_Observer Jul 2016 #2
My introduction to Melania RandySF Jul 2016 #3
Sometimes I feel I am less than a pawn rusty quoin Jul 2016 #4
Remember, English is not her first language Warpy Jul 2016 #5
I Cannot Believe RobinA Jul 2016 #11
You're thinking sabotage when it's only the arrogance of the rich and Republican Warpy Jul 2016 #13
Or......... Separation Jul 2016 #6
Yo Melania LiberalLovinLug Jul 2016 #7
Donald, vhat does dis vord plagiarism mean? eissa Jul 2016 #8
... SunSeeker Jul 2016 #9
she's not an idiot, she just doesn't care. Javaman Jul 2016 #10
Do you really think she wrote it? B2G Jul 2016 #12
She's not an idiot maxsolomon Jul 2016 #14
Why would the speech team troll her? lapislzi Jul 2016 #16
the rickroll makes your scenario likely maxsolomon Jul 2016 #17
#notallinterns n/t lapislzi Jul 2016 #18
Somebody help me ... lpbk2713 Jul 2016 #15

RandySF

(59,167 posts)
3. My introduction to Melania
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:43 AM
Jul 2016

She was on The Apprentice showing a fashion designer how good her ass looked in his jeans.

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
4. Sometimes I feel I am less than a pawn
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:50 AM
Jul 2016

in a political game played by the most rich and powerful in the world. It's like this, "hey, I have a better one. Lets plagiarize Michelle's 2008 speech and see if we get away with THAT too"...laughter in the room.

Warpy

(111,332 posts)
5. Remember, English is not her first language
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 01:52 AM
Jul 2016

so I think the Trump kids most likely had a lot of input. They most likely did watch speeches from women whose husbands won not only the nomination but also the election.

They just didn't think anybody would recognize what they lifted after 8 long years. Well, they were right about their daddy's fans. They weren't right about anyone else.

RobinA

(9,894 posts)
11. I Cannot Believe
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 08:42 AM
Jul 2016

that the Trump kids would do this. Even if there is a massive dose of family dysfunction there, this is a major black eye for the campaign. Of course, if you subscribe to the "trying to lose" theory....

Warpy

(111,332 posts)
13. You're thinking sabotage when it's only the arrogance of the rich and Republican
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:05 PM
Jul 2016

that made them think that no one would remember such a minor speech from a mere woman in that other party.

I know how people like that think. Sabotage was never part of it.

eissa

(4,238 posts)
8. Donald, vhat does dis vord plagiarism mean?
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:14 AM
Jul 2016

It mean someting good, no? Oh! I felt my eyelid move -- hurry! Get me da botox!

Javaman

(62,533 posts)
10. she's not an idiot, she just doesn't care.
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 08:36 AM
Jul 2016

we are having a good look of how the wealthy operate.

she doesn't have time to "proof read" or "edit" or "think of words", that's the job for the little people.

maxsolomon

(33,384 posts)
14. She's not an idiot
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 02:14 PM
Jul 2016

she got trolled by the speechwriter her husband's crack campaign team picked for the job. She isn't going to research previous speeches; she trusted his campaign not to fuck her over. Bad move.

I get the feeling she did this speech only because she had to - she would much rather have been a simple trophy wife, raise her kid in luxury, and not have to stand in front of millions of people and be ridiculed.

lapislzi

(5,762 posts)
16. Why would the speech team troll her?
Tue Jul 19, 2016, 03:17 PM
Jul 2016

Don't they want to keep their jobs? Cui bono?

More likely they're a bunch of poorly-paid freshmen lift-writing under deadline and hoping no one figures it out.

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