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Cha

(305,406 posts)
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 12:19 AM Jul 2016

Melania looking over First Lady Michelle's shoulder~A Tribute to Michelle~


blue paint ‎@_bluepaint
😂😂
5:37 PM - 19 Jul 2016
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Nerdy Wonka ‎@NerdyWonka
Irony is: A racist campaign plagiarizing the work of the Black First Lady.#FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes #RNCinCLE
4:50 AM - 19 Jul 2016
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https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/19/chat-away-842/

In Honor of FL Michelle~ Carpool Karaoke with The First Lady



https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/18/tweets-of-the-day-56/





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Melania looking over First Lady Michelle's shoulder~A Tribute to Michelle~ (Original Post) Cha Jul 2016 OP
Kick rbrnmw Jul 2016 #1
I thought someone might.. other than moi, rbr! Cha Jul 2016 #2
Haaaaaa shenmue Jul 2016 #3
See.. it's funny! Cha Jul 2016 #4
Hee hee shenmue Jul 2016 #6
Thank you, Shenmue.. I appreciate it so much! Cha Jul 2016 #7
K&R! stopbush Jul 2016 #5
Thank you, stop! Cha Jul 2016 #8
Loved the Carpool Karaoke! SunSeeker Jul 2016 #9
Mahalo for watching, SunSeeker! Our First Lady is Awesome in soooo Cha Jul 2016 #10
Oh my Gawd--that cribbing pic is hilarious!!! nt MADem Jul 2016 #11
Floating head.. as someone dubbed it on the Obama Diary.. Cha Jul 2016 #14
If it hadn't been for twitter and DU, I might not have known either! MADem Jul 2016 #18
It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it. Cha Jul 2016 #20
I hope Jarrett Hill gets hired soon--he sounds like a guy who pays attention! nt MADem Jul 2016 #21
My thoughts, too.. I'm rooting for Jarrett Hill to get snapped up by Cha Jul 2016 #23
Yes, we owe him. But 0 chance this wouldn't have been Hortensis Jul 2016 #43
Hilarious! lunamagica Jul 2016 #12
Gracias Luna! I was telling MADem.. my sister in California Cha Jul 2016 #15
And it wasn't just that Cha...Don't forget the Rickroll! lunamagica Jul 2016 #22
Yeah, I read about that.. too funny! I never knew Cha Jul 2016 #25
K&R. TexasTowelie Jul 2016 #13
Mahalo, Texas! Cha Jul 2016 #16
Funny meme and lovely pics, Cha...! Surya Gayatri Jul 2016 #17
Glad you like them, Surya.. Cha Jul 2016 #19
Perfect! yardwork Jul 2016 #27
Yes, Hillary and Michelle laughing about Cha Jul 2016 #30
This whole incident gets more gross as time goes on. Thanks for pic riversedge Jul 2016 #24
It's not going away.. nor should they be able to get away it, rivers! Cha Jul 2016 #26
She wishes! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #28
Thank you, great aunt~ Cha Jul 2016 #34
You're welcome, Cha! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2016 #36
Creepy Melania perfect wife to the sleazy Trump! Her Sister Jul 2016 #29
Yeah, all the reporters @ the rnc Cha Jul 2016 #39
can't wait............ KewlKat Jul 2016 #31
Mahalo KewlKat! Cha Jul 2016 #40
This is great. Good stuff Cha still_one Jul 2016 #32
I see it as unending as long as trump keeps denying it.. Cha Jul 2016 #42
The only song I can picture Melania singing is the theme to Green Acres Rose Siding Jul 2016 #33
Hey Rose! Mahalo for the Cha Jul 2016 #45
Yesterday when my RW friend brought up Melania, I stated Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #35
Melania lied when she said she wrote it with as little help as possible.. now I hear Cha Jul 2016 #48
Oooops! I just found this for your rw friend, Thinking! Cha Jul 2016 #49
I told her to be funny but seems like it was true, will see her today but unless Thinkingabout Jul 2016 #51
At least this person said it was true.. who knows how much of Cha Jul 2016 #52
Perfect!! Haveadream Jul 2016 #37
Aloha, Haveadream~ Just found this with Stephen Colbert & "Melania".. Cha Jul 2016 #50
Won't it be great brer cat Jul 2016 #38
We'll never forget that! And, so much more pleasant than this.. Cha Jul 2016 #54
K&R NastyRiffraff Jul 2016 #41
Mahalo nui loa Cha n/t cosmicone Jul 2016 #44
Omg, I literally LOL in this silent restaurant!! Everyone turned and looked at me. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #46
Melania is the gift that keeps on giving. sheshe2 Jul 2016 #47
Our first Lady is such an awesome person! workinclasszero Jul 2016 #53
That carpool Karaoke was incredible ismnotwasm Jul 2016 #55

Cha

(305,406 posts)
7. Thank you, Shenmue.. I appreciate it so much!
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:20 AM
Jul 2016

I was just about to take this OP to GD.. but, it's on the greatest now.. so peeps can see it.. thanks to you all.

Cha

(305,406 posts)
10. Mahalo for watching, SunSeeker! Our First Lady is Awesome in soooo
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 01:39 AM
Jul 2016

many ways!

Thank you, ! lol

Cha

(305,406 posts)
14. Floating head.. as someone dubbed it on the Obama Diary..
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 02:12 AM
Jul 2016

They deserve every bit of this!

Mahalo, MADem!

An anecdote from last night.. my sister had watched Melania's "speech" in Cailifornia.. but hadn't heard about the plagiarism when I told her tonight.

She said something didn't set right with her when she heard it.. but, then I read the part that was cribbed and she kept saying .. omg.. omg.. she remembered the part.. said she had thought it was the best part of her speech. lol smh!

MADem

(135,425 posts)
18. If it hadn't been for twitter and DU, I might not have known either!
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 02:25 AM
Jul 2016

But I watched it too--and it didn't sound right to me, it DID seem familiar.

Now I know why!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
20. It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 03:03 AM
Jul 2016

Not really something Melania should have recycled for herself.

Another funny story about the plagiarism is the guy who first broke the story. He was an out of work journalist sitting in Starbucks who scooped 170 reporters @ the RNC.

On Melania Trump’s plagiarism, a laid-off journalist watching in an L.A. Starbucks scooped everyone

As well as Axelrod seemed to remember Obama's speech, he apparently didn't notice that Trump had repeated some of her lines. In fact, the journalist widely credited as the first to document the apparent plagiarism, Jarrett Hill, wasn't at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland and wasn't even assigned to cover the convention at all. He was 2,000 miles away at a coffee shop in Los Angeles

snip//

The New York Times caught up with Hill, who described his discovery.

Mr. Hill, a television journalist who was recently laid off, said in an interview that one of Ms. Trump's lines — the words "strength of your dreams" — caught his attention as he was watching on his computer from a Starbucks in Los Angeles, juggling Facebook chats and browsing Twitter.

Mr. Hill, 31, found the clip of Mrs. Obama's speech online and noticed that parts of the two speeches sounded the same. He then realized that a larger portion appeared to have been borrowed as he continued to examine both.

"I thought, 'That's legit plagiarism,'" said Mr. Hill, who described himself as a supporter of President Obama. "'Someone took this piece and plugged in their own information.'"

snip//

Got it.

What's clear is that whoever wrote/copy-pasted Trump's speech figured the journalists covering the convention wouldn't notice. That turned out to be true. But the aide responsible for the speech didn't account for the out-of-work reporter in an L.A. Starbucks.


Jarrett Hill ‎@JarrettHill
Melania must’ve liked Michelle Obama’s 2008 Convention speech, since she plagiarized it.#GOPConvention #RNCinCLE
4:40 PM - 18 Jul 2016
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Full Story!
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/07/19/on-melania-trumps-plagiarism-a-laid-off-journalist-watching-in-an-l-a-starbucks-scooped-everyone/

Cha

(305,406 posts)
23. My thoughts, too.. I'm rooting for Jarrett Hill to get snapped up by
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:38 AM
Jul 2016

worthy news org!

Jarrett Hill~

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
43. Yes, we owe him. But 0 chance this wouldn't have been
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:11 AM
Jul 2016

exposed while the convention was still going. With his help, though, the scandal coverage was filling every news screen before the sun broke on the second day.

Cha

(305,406 posts)
15. Gracias Luna! I was telling MADem.. my sister in California
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 02:17 AM
Jul 2016

heard Melania's "speech" but didn't know about the plagiarism..

She said something didn't set right with her when she heard it.. but, then I read the part that was cribbed and she kept saying .. omg.. omg.. she remembered that part.. said she had thought it was the best part of her speech. lol smh!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
25. Yeah, I read about that.. too funny! I never knew
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:40 AM
Jul 2016

what that meant but I learned last night.

What are the odds?!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
19. Glad you like them, Surya..
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 02:40 AM
Jul 2016

The ol trumpsters asked for this... they could have just as easily stuck to Melania's story and not stole part of Michelle's.

This is what you get when you get when you go after Michelle..


BooScout~

Merci beaucoup~

Cha

(305,406 posts)
30. Yes, Hillary and Michelle laughing about
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:54 AM
Jul 2016

the irony~

File this under Unreal.. with a toast to Jarrett Hill who broke the story @ a Starbucks in LA, while it was going right over the heads of the reporters @ the RNC. lol

Mahlao, yardwork!

 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
29. Creepy Melania perfect wife to the sleazy Trump!
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:39 AM
Jul 2016

So an off-duty journalist is the one that catches the similarities and plagiarism because all the on-duty journalists were not doing their jobs and wanted Melania to have a good night!

So awesome that it backfired on the Trumps, the RNC, & the Media! AWESOME!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
39. Yeah, all the reporters @ the rnc
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 09:40 AM
Jul 2016

must have been so fascinated by Melania's "inspiring words".. they didn't ring a bell from 8 years ago @ the DNC by one Michelle Obama.

It took a sharp laid off tv reporter who is also an Obama supporter to catch on really fast!

So glad it went down the way it did.. 'cause Michelle won the first night and the savage repubs are on the defensive.

Mahalo, Her Sister~ cnn actually did a good job on this.. what's up?!

Cha

(305,406 posts)
42. I see it as unending as long as trump keeps denying it..
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 11:08 AM
Jul 2016

I bet they wish somebody who knew what they were doing.. had vetted her speech like they wish someone had vetted eastwood's back in 2012.

Mahalo, stillone~

Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
33. The only song I can picture Melania singing is the theme to Green Acres
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:23 AM
Jul 2016

As laughable as the idea of her in the WH is, I don't imaging she'd find DC as cosmopolitan as her tastes.

Ava/Melania's part comes at 30 seconds-



Sorry for the ear worm!

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
35. Yesterday when my RW friend brought up Melania, I stated
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:36 AM
Jul 2016

I thought it shows how much Melania admires Michele Obama. I was told that was not the reason. The RWers denied the plagiarism, I said the lines was shown side by side and definitely happened. They praised her speech and said the speech was great. I told them it should have been admitted from the start but the Trump campaign would always deny this, it will continue.

Cha

(305,406 posts)
48. Melania lied when she said she wrote it with as little help as possible.. now I hear
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 10:03 PM
Jul 2016

they've found someone to fall on their sword over this..

As best I understand it this employee was helping Melanie with the speech and provided Melania with talking points including what phrases had been used in other similar situations. Supposedly the employee supplied the (plagiarized) section from Michelle's speech with out telling Melania where it came from
.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=174888

Mahalo, Thinkingabout!

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
51. I told her to be funny but seems like it was true, will see her today but unless
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 03:17 AM
Jul 2016

This was said on FOX she did not hear it. It is funny listening to FOX listeners they do not accept reality.

Cha

(305,406 posts)
52. At least this person said it was true.. who knows how much of
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 03:40 AM
Jul 2016

this concocted story is true.. but, it's documented as such so the deniers can take it up with trump!

I know.. I call them "faux truthers."

Cha

(305,406 posts)
54. We'll never forget that! And, so much more pleasant than this..
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 06:42 PM
Jul 2016

The "no big deal"..



Mahalo, brer cat!

AgadorSparticus

(7,963 posts)
46. Omg, I literally LOL in this silent restaurant!! Everyone turned and looked at me.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:37 PM
Jul 2016

Bwahahahaha. Cha, you are so awesome! Thank you!!

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
53. Our first Lady is such an awesome person!
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:37 AM
Jul 2016

Inside and out she is just wonderful.

The Prez hit a home run when he married Michelle!

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