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Joe the Revelator

(14,915 posts) Tue Jul 19, 2016, 04:45 PM Jul 2016

Does anyone else feel badly for Melania Trump? [View all]

Lets put these things aside:

1. Her choice in men
2. The assumption if she did or didn't write the speech.

I don't think this woman ever believed that she would be, at some point, 'running' for First Lady. She was born in another country, in another culture and...lets just say didn't have the career that most First Lady's have leading up to their run in the spotlight.

The way I see this going down is that a lot of pressure was put on her. She found some pretty words from Michelle Obama, because the speech was a bigger moment then even she expected. She was unprepared, and thrown out to the hungry wolves by her power hungry user of a husband.

Plagiarism is bad and terrible, and what she did should be the purpose of a ton of discussion, but somewhere in my heart, I do feel BADLY for her, because I don't think she appreciated the size of the moment and now she's is taking a ton of fairly personal hits.

Again, I understand that is part of being in the public eye, but I do have sympathy for her.

Edit: Apparently I AM the only one who feels sympathy for her. Got it loud and clear!

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Does anyone else feel badly for Melania Trump? [View all] Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 OP

No giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #1

Fair enough. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #5

Meh, you are who you hang with. giftedgirl77 Jul 2016 #9

especially if you're a gold digger Skittles Jul 2016 #19

Who the hell would marry Trump who WASN'T a golddigger TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #29

no one Skittles Jul 2016 #35

There was that Playboy/Penthouse model TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #66

just the idea of that sweaty orange bastard Skittles Jul 2016 #82

Do you think he gets his whole body spray tanned TexasBushwhacker Jul 2016 #86

SCHEDULING TEXASBUSHWACKER FOR ASS KICKING Skittles Jul 2016 #87

"Seriously, who would want to live with that combed over, orange asshole unless he had money?" 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #92

LOL Skittles Jul 2016 #2

Not at all. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #3

Understood. :) Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #6

Nope JenniferJuniper Jul 2016 #4

Er . . . . Nope. ChairmanAgnostic Jul 2016 #7

LOL. 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #47

ROFL alcibiades_mystery Jul 2016 #8

What's that? nt Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #13

rolling on floor laughing JenniferJuniper Jul 2016 #61

No, that I got :) Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #67

No, she shacked up with Drumpf long enough to know what he is Warpy Jul 2016 #10

Any sympathy I might have for her is mitigated by mental images stopbush Jul 2016 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author REP Jul 2016 #11

Not a shred of sympathy available. She made the choice, so she can face the consequences Siwsan Jul 2016 #12

She Will Cry All The Way to Dirty Socialist Jul 2016 #14

No, she's a grownup in the party of 'personal responsibility' C_U_L8R Jul 2016 #15

Not in the slightest GP6971 Jul 2016 #16

That is also a good point. She is responsible for her actions. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #21

HELL TO THE FUCKING NO. anneboleyn Jul 2016 #17

Not even a tiny little bit Ms.Lib Jul 2016 #18

Hell no! n/t chillfactor Jul 2016 #20

This seems condescending n/t leftstreet Jul 2016 #22

Wasn't meant to be. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #26

you feel deep sympathy over her lying about her degree? she dropped out Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #23

The degree thing I have not read about yet. nt Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #28

I feel sorry for victims of sudden circumstance gratuitous Jul 2016 #24

Nope - no sympathy. I'd bet my SS check that Ineeda Jul 2016 #90

I'll be the first to say it. Yes. joshcryer Jul 2016 #25

but, how fake do you have to be to plagiarize someone when talking about geek tragedy Jul 2016 #41

Absolutely true. joshcryer Jul 2016 #55

I don't hate her, but don't feel much empathy for her either. nt geek tragedy Jul 2016 #69

That is increasingly the case for me. joshcryer Jul 2016 #71

Yes. I feel very sorry for her dem in texas Jul 2016 #52

I shouldn't be astonished by Trumps response. joshcryer Jul 2016 #56

She got caught up in something she never really wanted. tinrobot Jul 2016 #27

That is where I was coming from. nt Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #32

too bad her gold digging prize is suddenly costing her Skittles Jul 2016 #39

No, she's aiding and approaching a racist who wants to turn our country into a fascist dictatorship Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2016 #30

Nailed it. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #37

Another "no". hamsterjill Jul 2016 #31

If you sell your soul to the Devil... hopeforchange2008 Jul 2016 #33

Hell no. Not in a millon years. Peregrine Took Jul 2016 #34

This is kind of what I'm talking about though....were we cool with people commenting on looks of Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #36

No, she stole from another woman's experience in order to use her own family geek tragedy Jul 2016 #38

+1 tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #57

No not at all next question rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #40

Yes. Thanks, Joe. elleng Jul 2016 #42

Feel sorry for melania maynard Jul 2016 #43

I hope she takes everything. white_wolf Jul 2016 #150

No Phentex Jul 2016 #44

As if she had something better to do than be trumps wife. She can go roll around in gold and cash Person 2713 Jul 2016 #46

What does her being a model or 'half naked" have to do with anything? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #59

Somewhere about 8 minutes intoi Melania's speech she did a rickroll. PufPuf23 Jul 2016 #48

Actually, I do ... In the same way I feel badly for ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #49

We agree. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #60

But then, I do not take pleasure in seeing anyone crashing and burning ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #68

hahahaha. nt Cali_Democrat Jul 2016 #50

People on this board have said not to blame Hillary for what Bill has done. So I don't blame Seeinghope Jul 2016 #51

Good point. tinrobot Jul 2016 #54

She said she wrote her speech. WinkyDink Jul 2016 #126

I'm really not in the mood to be mean hearted because I hate Trump. She made a mistake....who Seeinghope Jul 2016 #141

Someone put a speech in her hand and she read it. What's to feel sorry for? Squinch Jul 2016 #53

Links to her being 'vapid'? That's the kind of shit I'm talking about. We wouldn't accept that type Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #65

Gosh, sorry. No. I'm not going to go and find something for you that I read Squinch Jul 2016 #70

So in other words, you called someone vapid, but don't want to back it up. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #73

Now you're just being vapid. Squinch Jul 2016 #75

You brought absolutely nothing to the table. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #77

And you did? Ain't no muffins in your basket, binky. Squinch Jul 2016 #79

Aside from name calling, do you have anything else? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #91

Binky? That qualifies as name calling these days? Squinch Jul 2016 #103

So the answer is 'no' Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #105

If you need to. Do you have anything else? Squinch Jul 2016 #108

Apparently, you are the only one. louis-t Jul 2016 #58

Seriously? OldHippieChick Jul 2016 #62

Let me cure that: she used her 7 year old son to sell her caviar-based moisturizer muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #63

Caviar based moisturizer. How creepy. It's ostentation that is trying too hard to be ostentatious. Squinch Jul 2016 #74

I was going to complain it cost $150 a pot, but then I found a similar product for $300 muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #109

When she finds out, she'll raise the price. No sense NOT being the most wasteful, if the purpose of Squinch Jul 2016 #111

No - she is trying to let Trump get his fingers on the nuclear codes Doodley Jul 2016 #64

I am still way too busy laughing at her to care an ounce about her feelings. Moostache Jul 2016 #72

You're kidding, right? Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #76

About being sympathetic to someone who I think is getting taken on a ride? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #78

OH.... MrWendel Jul 2016 #80

No. I don't feel bad for the complicit wives of Nazis, either. sarae Jul 2016 #81

Not at all.. I don't believe she has even written as much as grocery list HipChick Jul 2016 #83

As far as her choice in men... backscatter712 Jul 2016 #84

God's girlfriend had a bad night. Feel sorry for her, no! B Calm Jul 2016 #85

No, not a bit. stage left Jul 2016 #88

absolutely not Demonaut Jul 2016 #89

not a lot, but a little... hlthe2b Jul 2016 #93

Perhaps, but closer to pity. JohnnyLib2 Jul 2016 #94

No. And have a question for you. fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #95

I'd have to watch the entire thing to answer honestly, but for the sake of argument, sure it was. Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #98

Mel isn't the issue tirebiter Jul 2016 #96

Yeah, but she's taking a lot of personal flack. Check out the political cartoons.... Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #101

Feel sorry for her? No TeddyR Jul 2016 #97

That's how I feel. sarae Jul 2016 #113

She volunteered to give the speech. Ilsa Jul 2016 #99

Does anyone else feel badly for Melania Trump? LenaBaby61 Jul 2016 #100

Post removed Post removed Jul 2016 #102

Right? Squinch Jul 2016 #104

What the hell are you talking about Sea? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #110

I would feel badly were she a victim. Nevernose Jul 2016 #106

She claimed she wrote the speech herself. Now Trump is blaming it on Hillary. OregonBlue Jul 2016 #107

Nope ailsagirl Jul 2016 #112

You're very naive if you think any first lady anywhere writes their own speeches for the Conventions lunatica Jul 2016 #114

Lets assume she didn't write, doesn't it make it worse that she's taking the personal attacks? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #115

Yes. She is only doing what she's been told to do. lunatica Jul 2016 #142

nope n/t Libby2 Jul 2016 #116

Actually...Yes, I do. (n/t) Iggo Jul 2016 #117

I feel sorry for her being married to that maggot Motley13 Jul 2016 #118

No. She'll get by on her looks. tenderfoot Jul 2016 #119

That's pretty disgusting, no matter the person in question. nt Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #133

This message was self-deleted by its author oswaldactedalone Jul 2016 #120

Why? BigDemVoter Jul 2016 #121

As a woman who met Trump in my youth, HockeyMom Jul 2016 #122

I truly believe Trump has done everything he can think of to lose this election & nothing's working. Booster Jul 2016 #123

LOL.... NOPE! Adrahil Jul 2016 #124

Not just no; HELL, no! Good golly, Miss Molly---she married TRUMP!! Lie down with dogs, wake up with WinkyDink Jul 2016 #125

Oh God...look, see a therapist. These aren't people to waste pity on. MichiganVote Jul 2016 #127

What's there to feel sorry for? BlueStater Jul 2016 #128

no, but I'm not a Pinebagger zappaman Jul 2016 #129

Only a little. Aristus Jul 2016 #130

no. But i also don't dislike her. at least not in the way I feel about trump and others. JI7 Jul 2016 #131

NO. Melania the bad Model has made her bed, let her lie in it. trueblue2007 Jul 2016 #132

We're puritans now? Who gives a fuck if she posed nude? Joe the Revelator Jul 2016 #135

really love the career paths you have for women Skittles Jul 2016 #143

She designs expensive watches and purses for other trophy wives Warpy Jul 2016 #151

I do...she has a sad look in her eyes maryellen99 Jul 2016 #134

I would feel sorry for her if radical noodle Jul 2016 #136

No, but... Mike Nelson Jul 2016 #137

I don't care gwheezie Jul 2016 #138

No. Crunchy Frog Jul 2016 #139

lulz Rex Jul 2016 #140

... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2016 #144

Well yeah, I've been feeling kinda sorry for her. Mister Ed Jul 2016 #145

No. blue neen Jul 2016 #146

She married into money and that comes with costs. So no. Kablooie Jul 2016 #147

I'd feel Melania quite well, actually. sir pball Jul 2016 #148

No, she's a college graduate... mrmpa Jul 2016 #149

Yeah, I do. She's out of her element. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2016 #152

No. usedtobedemgurl Jul 2016 #153

This message was self-deleted by its author Chan790 Jul 2016 #154

No ellie Jul 2016 #155