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

[Cha]

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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[rbrnmw]

1. Kick

Love these pictures of our beautiful First Lady

[Cha]

2. I thought someone might.. other than moi, rbr!

Mahalo! yourself!

[shenmue]

3. Haaaaaa

[Cha]

4. See.. it's funny!

Mahalo, Shenmue!

[shenmue]

6. Hee hee

[Cha]

7. Thank you, Shenmue.. I appreciate it so much!

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.

[stopbush]

5. K&R!

[Cha]

8. Thank you, stop!

[SunSeeker]

9. Loved the Carpool Karaoke!

[Cha]

10. Mahalo for watching, SunSeeker! Our First Lady is Awesome in soooo

many ways!

Thank you, ! lol

[MADem]

11. Oh my Gawd--that cribbing pic is hilarious!!! nt

[Cha]

14. Floating head.. as someone dubbed it on the Obama Diary..

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]

18. If it hadn't been for twitter and DU, I might not have known either!

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

Now I know why!

[Cha]

20. It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it.

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

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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/

[MADem]

21. I hope Jarrett Hill gets hired soon--he sounds like a guy who pays attention! nt

[Cha]

23. My thoughts, too.. I'm rooting for Jarrett Hill to get snapped up by

worthy news org!

Jarrett Hill~

[Hortensis]

43. Yes, we owe him. But 0 chance this wouldn't have been

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.

[lunamagica]

12. Hilarious!

[Cha]

15. Gracias Luna! I was telling MADem.. my sister in California

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!

[lunamagica]

22. And it wasn't just that Cha...Don't forget the Rickroll!

Pure comedy gold!

[Cha]

25. Yeah, I read about that.. too funny! I never knew

what that meant but I learned last night.

What are the odds?!

[TexasTowelie]

13. K&R.

[Cha]

16. Mahalo, Texas!

[Surya Gayatri]

17. Funny meme and lovely pics, Cha...!

[Cha]

19. Glad you like them, Surya..

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~

[yardwork]

27. Perfect!

[Cha]

30. Yes, Hillary and Michelle laughing about

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!

[riversedge]

24. This whole incident gets more gross as time goes on. Thanks for pic

[Cha]

26. It's not going away.. nor should they be able to get away it, rivers!

Mahalo!

[greatauntoftriplets]

28. She wishes!

Thanks, Cha!

[Cha]

34. Thank you, great aunt~

to our First Lady!


BooScout~

[greatauntoftriplets]

36. You're welcome, Cha!

[Her Sister]

29. Creepy Melania perfect wife to the sleazy Trump!

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]

39. Yeah, all the reporters @ the rnc

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?!

[KewlKat]

31. can't wait............

smiling already!

[Cha]

40. Mahalo KewlKat!

[still_one]

32. This is great. Good stuff Cha

[Cha]

42. I see it as unending as long as trump keeps denying it..

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]

33. The only song I can picture Melania singing is the theme to Green Acres

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!

[Cha]

45. Hey Rose! Mahalo for the

Vid~

[Thinkingabout]

35. Yesterday when my RW friend brought up Melania, I stated

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]

48. Melania lied when she said she wrote it with as little help as possible.. now I hear

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

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1107&pid=174888

Mahalo, Thinkingabout!

[Cha]

49. Oooops! I just found this for your rw friend, Thinking!

https://theobamadiary.com/2016/07/20/the-presidents-op-ed-on-merrick-garland/

Bullshite!

[Thinkingabout]

51. I told her to be funny but seems like it was true, will see her today but unless

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

[Cha]

52. At least this person said it was true.. who knows how much of

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."

[Haveadream]

37. Perfect!!

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!



Yay Michelle!

[Cha]

50. Aloha, Haveadream~ Just found this with Stephen Colbert & "Melania"..

[brer cat]

38. Won't it be great

if this is the most memorable part of the convention?

[Cha]

54. We'll never forget that! And, so much more pleasant than this..

The "no big deal"..



Mahalo, brer cat!

[NastyRiffraff]

41. K&R

Love her! Michelle, I mean.

Gotta go to the store..I've run out of popcorn!

[cosmicone]

44. Mahalo nui loa Cha n/t

[AgadorSparticus]

46. Omg, I literally LOL in this silent restaurant!! Everyone turned and looked at me.

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

[sheshe2]

47. Melania is the gift that keeps on giving.

Lol~ Thanks Cha.

[workinclasszero]

53. Our first Lady is such an awesome person!

Inside and out she is just wonderful.

The Prez hit a home run when he married Michelle!

[ismnotwasm]

55. That carpool Karaoke was incredible

It made me happy all day