2016 Postmortem

eastwestdem

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24. Exactly. This is all a not-very-well-thought-out plan to try and salvage

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:20 PM

Jul 2016

Melania's reputation. Why else would the staffer not have been fired? She has some guarantee of lifelong employment if she 'confessed'. The Drumf camp knew she would never be able to get another job if they blamed her and then fired her.

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Writer of Melania Trump's "First Lady" Speech Says Melania Lied. [View all] L. Coyote Jul 2016 OP

Has anyone checked this confession statement lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #1

I still can't get over the Rickroll... sarae Jul 2016 #4

I loved the Rickroll fun n serious Jul 2016 #48

Me too!!! yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #53

It's great! fun n serious Jul 2016 #54

yup it as me yuiyoshida Jul 2016 #58

LOL L. Coyote Jul 2016 #6

I don't find it credible anyway. Yesterday the campaign Hortensis Jul 2016 #43

They are all MORONS Florencenj2point0 Jul 2016 #2

Oh, come on. This doesn't pass the smell test. Melania gave her the phrases, word for word, Squinch Jul 2016 #3

The lies just keep piling up and contradicting each other. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #7

Since she's a woman...almost nothing. WhiteTara Jul 2016 #19

I agree. sarae Jul 2016 #9

The excuses are on the "my dog ate my homework" level. stopbush Jul 2016 #13

DUzy L. Coyote Jul 2016 #23

and Melania is a LIAR--she said she wrote the speech (one of the excuses post speech) riversedge Jul 2016 #14

Yes. This puts the blame squarely on Melania, not on the speech writer. This makes it clear Squinch Jul 2016 #20

Exactly. This is all a not-very-well-thought-out plan to try and salvage eastwestdem Jul 2016 #24

She's "creative with the truth." sarae Jul 2016 #28

the claim Melania likes Michelle Obama treestar Jul 2016 #5

Yeah. This is an own goal. auntpurl Jul 2016 #11

Well, at least Michelle isn't evil like Hillary. stopbush Jul 2016 #18

I doubt they like her accent much, either. John Poet Jul 2016 #49

For crying out loud. Melania had to say that as an excuse for stealing her words Sheepshank Jul 2016 #42

Amateur operation Bobbie Jo Jul 2016 #8

Teenagers can keep from plagiarizing papers... sarae Jul 2016 #15

If she is inspired by the values of Michelle Obama Doodley Jul 2016 #10

One thing might be that when she married him, Rump was a Democrat. MoonRiver Jul 2016 #17

She probably fantasizes that she is Michelle Obama sarae Jul 2016 #29

Gotta love these total morons! MoonRiver Jul 2016 #12

"The Meredith McIver letter doesn't look genuine ... that's not pro writing." L. Coyote Jul 2016 #25

I wonder how big a pay bump she received to to the hit? 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2016 #16

New #hashtag ideas everyone? The tweets are rolling in. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #21

So, people in a Trump business are working on the campaign. Are they reporting this? L. Coyote Jul 2016 #22

Colbert: Melania Trump Did Not Plagiarize Her RNC Speech L. Coyote Jul 2016 #26

Fascinating that Michelle Obama is "a person she has always liked" oberliner Jul 2016 #27

That's why McIver calls it the "First Lady" speech, I guess. We all know who the First Lady is. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #30

And Manafort is exposed as a pants on fire liar also. yellowcanine Jul 2016 #31

So Melania lied when she said that she wrote her own speech? MariaThinks Jul 2016 #32

Michelle's speechwriter used to be Hillary's. So McIver plagiarized Hillary speechwriter. The IRONY L. Coyote Jul 2016 #33

Bull. Shit. tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #34

If people in Trump's biz do work on campaign and get paid by the biz, is that a campaign violation? L. Coyote Jul 2016 #37

So....Melania READ her passages from Michelle Obama's speech and she wrote them down.... Avalux Jul 2016 #35

The Michelle Obama pic with "Bring back my speech" is real, the text is photoshopped. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #36

k and r. riversedge Jul 2016 #38

She's apologizing more to the perpetrators than to the victim of the plagiarism. spooky3 Jul 2016 #39

In light of this statement & assuming the speach was real and not peppered with paltitudes and lies Sheepshank Jul 2016 #40

She was notably absent when the Cheeto Incubus arrived in Cleveland today. RonniePudding Jul 2016 #41

Melania Trump Speech Appears To Be An Illegal Campaign Contribution L. Coyote Jul 2016 #44

There's no #MeredithMcIver in Trump's June payroll reported to the FEC. Lawyer up Donald! L. Coyote Jul 2016 #50

Has anyone checked to see Wednesdays Jul 2016 #45

Yes, of course. But we still don't have her long form birth certificate. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #46

Another DU'er posted this yesterday - she found this on Google Picture Search womanofthehills Jul 2016 #55

Yes, there's an entire thread about it. Warren DeMontague Jul 2016 #56

Trump: "Good news is Melania's speech got more publicity than any in the history of politics ....." L. Coyote Jul 2016 #47

Did the Trump campaign violate federal law by using a Trump Organization speechwriter? L. Coyote Jul 2016 #51

Dem PAC charges Trump campaign with breaking finance laws L. Coyote Jul 2016 #52

Deposed Trump threw McIver under the bus for inflating financials. Bet they're deleting e-mails now L. Coyote Jul 2016 #57