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So much overlapped! How can you do that on such stage? got caught red handed! (see Figure below). She diligently read from prompter! Now, they blame the speech writers - poor scapegoats. Don't you see the point? The point is the Trumps got nothing new to offer us! If you copy DNC, why do we need you? All speech writers' thought/ideas - where is yours? Wait, Melanie Trump confessed that she wrote her own speech! below. "blame others, Never deny any wrongdoing!" - That's Trump's playbook (read his camp's denial and accuse, below).(Note, all blue titles below with hypertext linked to the sources). ~~ Republican National Convention: Day One Donald and Melania Trump take the stage. Photo: Joe Raedle/2016 Getty Images There is no reason to go out of the way to be nasty about Melania Trump, an accidental political wife who surely never expected to be playing the part of the immigrant spouse, making the warm and wifely case for her husband’s cold, cruel, anti-immigrant presidential bid on the opening night of the Republican National Convention. But you don’t have to be nasty to her to point out that she was badly ill-served by her husband’s campaign apparatus tonight. Most egregious, as first pointed out by Jarrett Hill on Twitter, is that Melania’s speech appeared to be at least partially lifted from the very successful convention speech given by Michelle Obama in 2008. A large portion of Trump’s oratory — about her parents’ lessons “that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise, that you treat people with respect” — directly repeated Obama’s story of how she and her husband were both raised with certain values, “that you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond and you do what you say you’re going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect.” This is a bad — really, really bad — error. It’s the appropriation of a historic speech, made eight years ago by the first African-American First Lady of the United States, by the white woman who wants to succeed her in the White House. Who knows why it happened. Maybe, as Melania claims, she wrote the speech largely on her own; she could have used Michelle’s excellent speech as a model, hewing way too close to it. More likely is that Trump’s staff or speechwriters wrote it, used Michelle’s speech as a model and hewed way too close to it. Either way, it was political malpractice to let this woman go on national television and deliver these stolen words. But even without the plagiarism, Melania’s speech was bad. Dressed in snowy white with poofed things at the end of her sleeves, she looked beautiful, and spoke pleasantly enough. But the words that came out of her mouth were empty, meaningless. If she had really paid attention to Michelle’s speech from 2008, what she should have taken from it was a lesson about the power of narrative specificity: Michelle told detailed, intimate stories of her life as a young person and her life as a wife and mother, details that shed light on her life, her personality, the nature of her relationship with her husband. There was the story of her father, struck in middle age with multiple sclerosis, working every morning to button his shirt and using two canes to cross the room to kiss his wife; there was the memorable scene of Barack driving Malia home from the hospital, “inching along at a snail’s pace, peering anxiously at us in the rearview mirror, feeling the whole weight of her future in his hands …” Melania’s task should have been to humanize her cartoonish thug of a mate, whether by offering a clear picture of herself, of him, or of their family life together. But short of offering the names of her sister, the country of her birth, and her interest in “the incredible arena of fashion,” Melania provided no detail, no specificity. Instead, she delivered 20 minutes of sentences that seemed to emerge at random from a Bland Platitude Generator, a disconcertingly large percentage of which aimed to reassure an audience that her husband actually has cared about the United States prior to 2016: “When it comes to my husband I will say that I am definitely biased and for a good reason. I have been with Donald for 18 years and have been aware of his love for this country since we first met.” “Like me, he loves this country very much.” “The only limit to your achievements is the strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them.” “My husband has been concerned about our country as long as I have known him.” “With all of my heart, I know he will make a great and lasting difference.” “He will never give up and most importantly he will never let you down.” “His achievements speak for themselves.” Trump’s “kindness is not always noted but it is there for all to see.” “There is no room for small thinking, no room for small results; Donald gets things done.” “My husband’s experience exemplifies growth.” “The race will be hard fought all the way to November. There will be good times and hard times and unexpected turns.” None of these sentences meant anything. They were words without content; clichés as empty and airy as the poofs at the end of her sleeves. Perhaps if she’d had a better speech writer, she wouldn’t have had to steal material from Michelle Obama. But she didn’t have a better speech writer, she didn’t have a better adviser, she didn’t have a better husband, and what Melania Trump is about to have is one of those hard times and unexpected turns she so confidently and blandly predicted. Sad! http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/07/manafort-hillary-is-behind-plagiarism-scandal.html ~~~ "blame others, Never deny any wrongdoing!" - That's Trump's playbook (read his camp's denial and accuse, below).(Note, all blue titles below with hypertext linked to the sources). Republican National Convention: Scrutiny of Melania Trump's speech follows plagiarism allegations Washington Post  - ‎58 minutes ago‎   CLEVELAND - Donald Trump's presidential campaign came under new scrutiny Tuesday after it became apparent that part of Melania Trump's primetime address Monday night at the Republican National Convention bore conspicuous similarities to a ... Why the Plagiarism Problem Matters Zeke J Miller @ZekeJMiller 10:55 AM ET SHARE http://time.com/4412373/why-the-plagiarism-problem-matters/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true (video clip)   Morning Must Reads: July 19 + READ ARTICLE     If you only read one thing: Of all the ways Republicans feared the Donald Trump convention would have hit a speed bump, a plagiarism charge against the candidate’s wife was the last thing on their minds. Sure, they expected a delegate kerfuffle over the party rules as #NeverTrump met its end, but the apparent copying of about 50 words of Michelle Obama’s 2008 convention speech in support of her husband was an unforced error that threatened to overshadow the otherwise golden moment for the Trump campaign. Conventions are multi-day infomercials scripted down to the second, offering campaigns there only opportunity at complete message control, and the sloppiness of Trump’s team points to a larger problem with the organization. While Trump initially told reporters she wrote the speech herself, the campaign backtracked swiftly to say she worked with a team of writers over the course of a month. Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort accused the press of engaging in a political witch-hunt, saying he didn’t see any plagiarism. “They’re not words that are unique words,” he told TIME. Trump’s convention had the look and feel of a traditional political convention, but the message was more designed to tap into the conservative id than the general electorate. With a focus on illegal immigration, Benghazi and police shootings, the opening night featured conservative tropes and speakers who have made their buck on the conservative speaking circuit. To a certain extent, it’s out of necessity, as Trump is still struggling to unify the GOP. Hillary Clinton’s explanation for why her use of a private email server was wrong. The protest scene in Cleveland. And the most political foods in America. Here are your must-reads for now. We’ll be back with more from Cleveland this evening: Must Reads Donald Trump’s Raucous Convention Opens Unconventionally Three television stars. Two Trumps. And one tampon joke. [TIME] Pro-Trump, Anti-Trump Protesters Agree: The Other Side is Brainwashed The scene in Cleveland [TIME] Melania Trump Uses Phrases From Michelle Obama’s 2008 Convention Speech Plagiarism charges mar well-received speech [TIME] Convention Floor Erupts After Never Trump Action Fails The end of Never Trump [TIME] Sign up for and more view example   Sound Off “Frankly if I knew somebody did it, I’d fire them too.” — Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort to TIME Tuesday morning on the Melania Trump speech “Well, it was wrong because—look at what it has—generated.” — Hillary Clinton to Charlie Rose on her private email server Bits and Bites Melania Trump Strikes Rare Note of Compassion at Republican Convention [TIME] How Angry is the Republican Convention Right Now? [TIME] Meet the Rising Star Who Spoke at the Republican Convention [TIME] Rep. Steve King Asks What ‘Subgroup’ Contributed More to Civilization Than Whites [TIME] The Most Political Foods in America [TIME] Do You Eat Like a Republican or a Democrat? [TIME] Donald Trump’s Campaign Still Holding Grudges as Convention Starts [TIME] RNC Chairman Says He’d Consider Firing Melania Trump’s Speechwriter [Bloomberg] Pence vs. Clinton on the Iraq War Vote ‘Mistake’ [Washington Post] Related Donald Trump » Melania Trump » 2016 Republican National Convention » Trump Campaign Struggles to Manage Melania Trump Speech FalloutNBCNews.com Populism Without RacismNew York Times Featured:Did Melania Trump plagiarise Michelle Obama's 2008 Convention speech?Mirror.co.uk Trending on Google+:No one to be fired after Melania Trump speech plagiarism episodeCNN Live Updating:RNC 2016: Watch the Republican convention live stream, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan here starting at 5:30 p.m.NJ.com Wikipedia:2016 Republican National Convention See all 1,922 sources » Related Donald Trump » Melania Trump » 2016 Republican National Convention »     Today.com Melania Trump: 'I Wrote' My RNC Speech 'With As Little Help As Possible' | TODAY - Today.com     Associated Press Similar Speeches: Melania Trump, Michelle Obama - Associated Press       Wall Street Journal Melania Trump/Michelle Obama Speech Similarities - Wall Street Journal

 

 

It is laughable because . . . 　     来源: Derrick_Liu 于 2016-07-19 09:45:11 [档案] [旧帖] [给我悄悄话] 本文已被阅读： 5 次 (462 bytes) 字体：调大/重置/调小 | 加入书签 | 打印 | 所有跟帖 | 加跟贴 | 当前最热讨论主题 本文内容已被 [ Derrick_Liu ] 在 2016-07-19 09:45:47 编辑过。如有问题，请报告版主或论坛管理删除. 回答: RNC plagiarism ? 由 TJKCB 于 2016-07-19 09:25:18 Attendees of the the GOP convention were enthralled and were applauding a speech given by . . . Michelle Obama!  BBC News See realtime coverage

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