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itsrobert

(14,157 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:12 PM Jul 2016

Am I tracking? Melania read the speech writer Michelle's quotes over the phone

because she admires Michelle Obama. The speechwriter somehow works them into the speech by some freak accident, it wasn't caught in the speech vetting process. And Melania, who first quoted them to her speech writer doesn't remember the lines came from Michelle?


Something smells in Cleveland, and it's not just Chirs Chrisie.

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Am I tracking? Melania read the speech writer Michelle's quotes over the phone (Original Post) itsrobert Jul 2016 OP
I think there are problems between Melania and the step children. lapucelle Jul 2016 #1
It passes the smell test and I give Merideth McIver credit Cosmocat Jul 2016 #2
Frankly, I doubt she was responsible at all. I think she agreed to be the tblue37 Jul 2016 #4
Reads as being genuine Cosmocat Jul 2016 #5
^^^^this^^^^^^ lillypaddle Jul 2016 #18
While I commend her for coming forward with her letter acknowledging her role in the fraud politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2016 #6
what's the gender-neutral term for "fall guy?" nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #9
patsy DawgHouse Jul 2016 #16
Dog ate my homework jcgoldie Jul 2016 #11
Is she a real person? rickford66 Jul 2016 #13
It does not because if happened as claimed treestar Jul 2016 #15
It also may put the Trump organization in violation of the law Maeve Jul 2016 #17
I wonder if Melania will catch flak for... hopeforchange2008 Jul 2016 #3
Michelle is ok now... jcgoldie Jul 2016 #12
+1 treestar Jul 2016 #14
Hmmm... Mike Nelson Jul 2016 #7
It's all nonsense. cwydro Jul 2016 #8
That smell is simply one giant stale Cheeto - n/t lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #10

lapucelle

(18,037 posts)
1. I think there are problems between Melania and the step children.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:14 PM
Jul 2016

They hung her out to dry with the Donald's permission.

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
2. It passes the smell test and I give Merideth McIver credit
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:15 PM
Jul 2016

she fessed up to it, straightforward, took responsibility and apologized to not only the Trumps but Michelle Obama.

Two thumbs up to her, a VERY rare moment of direct personal responsibility.

tblue37

(64,979 posts)
4. Frankly, I doubt she was responsible at all. I think she agreed to be the
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:19 PM
Jul 2016

fall guy, probably in exchange for money or for some other benefit.

Cosmocat

(14,543 posts)
5. Reads as being genuine
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:24 PM
Jul 2016

The odds are that there just might be one person of integrity in that group of mind fucked idiots.

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
6. While I commend her for coming forward with her letter acknowledging her role in the fraud
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:24 PM
Jul 2016

I'm not quite so forgiving. To me it was a way of taking responsibility, but she knew her job was safe since she is a close 'family friend'. As an author, I don't understand how she could have included Michelle's passages in that speech without acknowledging where that information, particularly since she says that Melania had read her the passages related to Michelle over the phone. So she puts together a speech and doesn't say either, "hey where are those passages from Michelle Obama you referred to in our telecon", or "hey those passages you came up with regarding those values you learned from your parents are pretty good, did you do that yourself?"

treestar

(82,383 posts)
15. It does not because if happened as claimed
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:24 PM
Jul 2016

she would have made attribution to the admired Michelle Obama.

Hard to imagine she could say that at RNC and not get booed.

 

hopeforchange2008

(610 posts)
3. I wonder if Melania will catch flak for...
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:19 PM
Jul 2016

Admiring Michelle Obama? I would think that is heresy in repub world.

jcgoldie

(11,582 posts)
12. Michelle is ok now...
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:44 PM
Jul 2016

...As long as she doesn't get uppity and try to tell our fat kids what to eat at school.

Mike Nelson

(9,903 posts)
7. Hmmm...
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:25 PM
Jul 2016

...three wives, all with Trump children and a ton of daddy's money - how could there possibly be discord in the Trump family?

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