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Miles Archer

(18,909 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:41 PM Jul 26

SO SAD, SO UNFAIR that Melania's plagiarism of Michelle Obama is a buzzkill for her...ahem..."memoir."

Melania Trump’s Memoir Announcement Prompts A Very Embarrassing Reminder
The former first lady received an awkward flashback to her husband Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.

By Lee Moran
Jul 26, 2024, 02:36 AM EDT

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/melania-trump-memoir-reminder_n_66a33cc2e4b04c3a3024b92f

Former first lady Melania Trump announced her upcoming memoir on Thursday and was immediately mocked on social media with an awkward blast from the past.

“Melania” is “a powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has carved her own path, overcome adversity and defined personal excellence,” according to the promotional blurb for the book that’s due out this fall.

But many critics just wanted to know if it would bear any resemblance to fellow former FLOTUS Michelle Obama’s bestselling 2018 book “Becoming.”

It’s because Melania Trump’s 2016 Republican National Convention address in support of her husband, the current GOP nominee Donald Trump, contained several lines that had been ripped from Obama’s speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.
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SO SAD, SO UNFAIR that Melania's plagiarism of Michelle Obama is a buzzkill for her...ahem..."memoir." (Original Post) Miles Archer Jul 26 OP
Probably not to worry. Pretty sure she won't be writing it herselr. Will have ...a brush Jul 26 #1
I'll bet Xavier Hollander is preparing a lawsuit. Think. Again. Jul 26 #2
The difference is fmdaddio Jul 26 #3
A pop-up book? bluesbassman Jul 26 #6
Ha ha MustLoveBeagles Jul 26 #7
Will it be checked for plagiarism bmichaelh Jul 26 #4
Bitter, Melons? orthoclad Jul 26 #5
(parody) Oh I just got an advanced copy, I don't see any similarities Montauk6 Jul 26 #8

brush

(56,165 posts)
1. Probably not to worry. Pretty sure she won't be writing it herselr. Will have ...a
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:51 PM
Jul 26

a co-arthur like trump did with his book, then will take all the credit.

bmichaelh

(524 posts)
4. Will it be checked for plagiarism
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:33 PM
Jul 26

What if an enterprising journalist will take the book and run it through a plagiarism checker.

Montauk6

(8,209 posts)
8. (parody) Oh I just got an advanced copy, I don't see any similarities
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 10:59 PM
Jul 26

For example, from the Preface

Since stepping into public life reluctantly, I've been held up as most powerful woman in the world and taken down as "mad Black woman." I wanted to ask the detractors which part of that sentence matter to them most--is it "mad" is it "Black or is it "woman"? I smile for pictures with people who call my husband ugly names on national TV, but still want a keepsake on their mantel.

There is much I don't know about America, about life, about what the future holds. But I know me. My father, Frazier, taught me to work hard, don't smile too much, and keep my word. My mother, Mary Ann, showed me how to think for myself and use my voice.


Yeah, no similarities there.🤡🤣

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