Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:28     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:Let's catalog the Trump campaign's OFFICIAL responses:

1) It wasn't plagiarism. Lots of people use those words.

2) It wasn't plagiarism. Something something Sparkle Pony.

3) It was plagiarism, but some no name Trump Organization staffer accidentally included words that Melania meant as inspirational.

Now, how do we explain then why Melania didn't recognize those words as lifted? How do we explain that there was already a draft speech that Melania apparently ignored?

More to the point, how many more "explanations" is the Trump Campaign going to offer.


+1. It's not just the plagiarism... it's the utter illogic of these explanations, one after another, as if they think most of America is operating at an IQ level a bajillion points under theirs. No we're not. And we're not buying it.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:27     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


No. We're pissed because this spectacle is showcasing the giant ineptitude of a man and campaign apparatus that has been nominated by a major political party to be President of the United States. Everything about this is just unbelievable wrong, from the sloppiness to the denials to the scapegoating. It's a farce.


Then, you will be REALLY pissed when he is elected.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:27     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand this excuse? If Melania originally told the speechwriter that she admires these remarks of Mrs. Obama, doesn't that indicate that Melania knew they were Mrs. Obama's words when she spoke them at the convention? How does this help things?


Yeah, exactly. Oops, I said those to you over the phone but actually those are Michelle's words... let's take them out/substitute with X. That would be the obvious response if it were Meredith's mistake. But it wasn't. Melania tried to pass them off as her own, that's why the Trumps can't really fire Meredith. Melania knows it and Donald knows it. She's a fraud.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:26     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So who was responsible for the Rick Roll, the speechwriter or Melania?


This is the key question!!!


Yes it is.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:26     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


But I thought there was nothing to take responsibility for? I thought these were "common phrases"?

and that she wrote it herself?
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:26     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


Speak proper English. Y'all is not a word.


Maybe not for the liberal elites living in the DC bubble, but for those of us outside of DC, it really is a word.


You really need to stop with the "liberal elites" trope. Given the giant clusterfu*k that that is the amateurish Republican party right now. At least the "liberal elites" know what we're doing and are competent. We're CLEARLY smarter than you, and you have no business running the country or making policy. The masses are *not* smart -- even the framers knew this.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:25     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Um, Trump did not fire her because it was not really her mistake.

Melania passed those words off as her own on the phone. That much is obvious from reading her statement. She can take the fall all she wants, it's obvious from the actions the campaign took (or didn't take) who really was at fault.

And so much for the idea that it wasn't MO's words. Melania totally had a little delusion going that she was the First Lady, that's why it got muddled in her head.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:23     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


You've missed the point. This whole episode has been hilarious. Twitter was at A+++ levels of comedy for 20 straight hours yesterday.

No one is "pissed" because ...no one really cares what Melania thinks about anything.

As a bonus, we got to see how incompetent the Trump organization is at putting out fires.

Carry on.
Yes, the real issue is how they could have done this the day after it happened and it would be old news. They're not very competent at running a campaign and they're trying to blame their mistakes on people who want answers. They keep accusing Hillary of lying and they have problems telling the truth - even when it's a simple "explanation" like this.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:23     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


Speak proper English. Y'all is not a word.


Maybe not for the liberal elites living in the DC bubble, but for those of us outside of DC, it really is a word.


Don't make this political. I'm liberal as they come and I know its a word.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:22     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
It took them this long to come up with an explanation to cover their a$$es.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:22     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Melania was obviously operating under the "collective ownership" principle espoused during her formative years in the former Yugoslavia.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:22     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


No. We're pissed because this spectacle is showcasing the giant ineptitude of a man and campaign apparatus that has been nominated by a major political party to be President of the United States. Everything about this is just unbelievable wrong, from the sloppiness to the denials to the scapegoating. It's a farce.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:21     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........

who's pissed? The campaign turned Melania into a laughingstock instead of doing immediate damage control.
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:21     Subject: The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:So who was responsible for the Rick Roll, the speechwriter or Melania?


This is the key question!!!
Anonymous
Post 07/20/2016 13:21     Subject: Re:The speechwriter emerges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Y’all are just pissed that

a. The speechwriter took full responsibility
b. The speechwriter is a woman
c. Trump did not fire her

....Because, if he had fired her, y’all would be prattling on and on about how he hates women.........


Speak proper English. Y'all is not a word.


Maybe not for the liberal elites living in the DC bubble, but for those of us outside of DC, it really is a word.


It's more like an odd slang contraction...