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2016 Postmortem

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:00 AM Jul 2016

Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech?

Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech?
Updated by Dylan Matthews on July 19, 2016, 12:43 a.m. ET @dylanmatt [email protected]

At first glance, Melania Trump’s Republican convention speech on Monday was a pretty ordinary candidate’s spouse address, but subsequent readings suggest a whole lot went awry here.

For one thing, she or her speechwriter appears to have cribbed a whole paragraph from Michelle Obama’s Democratic convention speech from 2008. For another, she and/or her speechwriter included a full-on Rickroll...

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/19/12221654/melania-trump-rickroll

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Did Melania Trump include a Rickroll in the middle of her convention speech? (Original Post) workinclasszero Jul 2016 OP

Seems she would plagiarize her cat if she could! Her Sister Jul 2016 #1

Melania Trump...greatest Rickroll in history! workinclasszero Jul 2016 #2

Obama rickrolled the GOP convention first. eShirl Jul 2016 #3

I think there is a third Rickroll line hiding in there 6chars Jul 2016 #4

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)

1. Seems she would plagiarize her cat if she could!

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:02 AM

Jul 2016

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)

2. Melania Trump...greatest Rickroll in history!

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:04 AM

Jul 2016

eShirl

(18,490 posts)

3. Obama rickrolled the GOP convention first.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:17 AM

Jul 2016

Coincidentally, also in 2008.

6chars

(3,967 posts)

4. I think there is a third Rickroll line hiding in there

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Tue Jul 19, 2016, 10:33 AM

Jul 2016

1. He will never, ever, give up.
2. He will never, ever, let you down. (Donald is, and always has been, an amazing leader.)
3. Now, he will go to work for you.

Line 3 works if you sing it, in place of Never gonna run around and desert you.

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