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[HylianTom]

Hell-O, Uncle Sams. =)

Colbert the Persona is back! YES!!!!!!!

 

[sphagnum]

Naw it can't be. One dude stole the "red and blue America" line form Obama.....

FUCK IT'S TRUE LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

I knew something was up when I heard that part but I had no idea what it was. I guess I subconciously recognized it.

Ridiculous.

 

[Geg]

It's Stephen Colbert! He's back!

 

[User 85168]

It's not word for word is it?

There are sentence that are word for word.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

It's not word for word is it?

It's like 80% word for word.

 

[Dierce]

For the love of reason and all the good in our world please don't let this xenophobic lunatic become president.

 

[BlastProcessing]

Melania's speech plagiarized a chunk of Michelle Obama's speech.

https://twitter.com/JarrettHill/status/755242423991709697

I really wonder who wrote that speech.

 

[royalan]

Naw it can't be. One dude stole the "red and blue America" line form Obama.....









FUCK IT'S TRUE LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

omg

Spread it like wildfire.

 

[TestOfTide]

Finally watched the speech from the Benghazi mother. That was a hard 6 minutes.

She is still in very real pain. But what I find truly reprehensible is that rather than get this woman some help, give her the truth free of false debate and let her come to terms with her loss, Republicans would rather keep her suspended in a constant state of grief, just to keep her as a tool to attack Democrats.

But why even bother caring? Republicans are just going to keep doing it, the media will keep publicizing it, and the Democrats will maintain a mask of indifference, smugly secure in the knowledge that because they didn't do any wrong that they don't have to show any heart here.

God the world sucks sometimes.

I feel bad for her since she is clearly still grieving, but I kinda wish someone from SomethingAwful sat her down, made her read the kinds of things Vilerat would express on the forums, and explain to her that her son would be ashamed to know that her mother is using his death to help the party he despised.

I get that this woman is still grieving, but I feel like if someone could do that it has the chance to make her suddenly pissed at being a pawn for the GOP.

 

[AntraxSuicide]

People don't take Megyn Kelly seriously because she squanders how intelligent and talented she really is. Every once in I while that bleeds through and I greatly respect her, but towing the Republican line is what hurts her. As a great example she was against paid family leave--until she became a mother and Fox expected her to take the "standard" 2 weeks off before coming back to work. Since then she has been a vocal critic, and made a lot of rather impassioned arguments about it. When she wants to make a point on an issue that she really cares about, Megyn Kelly is amazingly good at it.

The party as well as Fox News probably doesn't take her seriously because she is an attractive woman, and they have blinders on to avoid the fact that she is very intelligent. It probably doesn't help that the nominee is someone who has been hyper-critical and downright insulting towards her. I'm amazed Kelly hasn't walked at this point.

She's the poster child for "Fuck you, got mine." She only ever champions her personal issues. Zero empathy.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

I really wonder who wrote that speech.

That's Paul Manafort's music.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

It's not word for word is it?

Lets put it this way

I would get at least suspended from my academic institution

I'm fucking amazed

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

This would be too out there for Veep.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

For the love of reason and all the good in our world please don't let this xenophobic lunatic become president.

It is fucking terrifying.

 

[BlastProcessing]

That's Paul Manafort's music.

I would believe that if there had been a Putin shoutout instead of a Bob Dole shoutout.

 

[ampere]

It's not word for word is it?

Well... she didn't say Barack

lmao

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

 

[Voysa Reezun]

This would be too out there for Veep.

Just wait until the EC ends in a 269-269 tie because Hillary loses Delaware and then the House votes for Paul Ryan to be president or some shit that probably shouldn't happen according to the Constitution.

 

[Boke1879]

Well... she didn't say Barack

lmao

Damn near choked on some food lol.

 

[shem935]

Well... she didn't say Barack

lmao

That would have been fucking amazing lol

 

[User 85168]

For those who can't watch;

 

[Slayven]

As much as we yuck yuck and party on the shit show, at the end of the day this is literally half the country. As a minority this shit is heart breaking and terrorizing.

 

[HylianTom]

Welp, this has potential to overshadow much of Day 1's proceedings. The press loves easy controversy like this.

 

[excelsiorlef]

As much as we yuck yuck and party on the shit show, at the end of the day this is literally half the country. As a minority this shit is heart breaking and terrorizing.

Yep, I don't find it funny because it's not like everyone is pointing an laughing, around 50% of the US is nodding and agreeing.


t's a lot less funny when the crazy shit can actually, if things went wrong, become the law of the land.

 

[neurosisxeno]

terrorizing.

I think you mean terrifying. Terrorizing is what people will do to non-whites if these people get a majority and the White House.

 

[Suikoguy]

the rise and fall of Chris Christie has been so insane to watch

There ever being a "rise" is debatable, lol.

His utter failure in compromising any morals he may have had to be an early Trump supporter and such actions failing miserably is a great sight to see though.

 

[NihonTiger90]

For those who can't watch;

Why ... why would you do such things.

I just don't understand. Re-write it while keeping the same themes, that's fine. But an almost word-for-word copy-paste? ON A PRIMETIME CONVENTION SPEECH?!?!

There are no words. Just none. Incredibly stupid.

 

[neurosisxeno]

There ever being a "rise" is debatable, lol.

His utter failure in compromising any morals he may have had to be an early Trump supporter and such actions failing miserably is a great sight to see though.

Wasn't the most "rise" he had that 1 line from the 3rd or 4th debate where he shit on Rubio?

Why ... why would you do such things.

I just don't understand. Re-write it while keeping the same themes, that's fine. But an almost word-for-word copy-paste? ON A PRIMETIME CONVENTION SPEECH?!?!

There are no words. Just none. Incredibly stupid.

Their speechwriter went through EXTREME VETTING.

 

[Sagroth]

It's not word for word is it?

Literally any academic institution would consider that blatant plagiarism.

 

[maabus1999]

The Melania Michelle thing is catching some Internet based news agencies...won't be long until big media does too.

This could be a serious shadow over the convention. Plagerism of the last First Lady...seriously lol.

POLITICIO's got it: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/melania-trump-michelle-obama-225793#ixzz4EpBTTMDF

That means the rest of the media will be right behind.

Game Over.

 

[shem935]

You think they defend plagiarism?

Edit: Literally the only speech of the night where people were like "Oh that wasn't completely terrible, she did well".

 

[Suikoguy]

Wasn't the most "rise" he had that 1 line from the 3rd or 4th debate where he shit on Rubio?



Their speechwriter went through EXTREME VETTING.

Pretty much, he got some notoriety for being among the first to support Trump, but that was basically it.

Extreme Vetting you say?
This is more and more like a shitty E3 conference as I read more and more, with as much "extreme" corptratistism!

 

[NihonTiger90]

Literally any academic institution would consider that blatant plagiarism.

Yep. If one of my co-workers pulled something like this (I work in the media), they would be fired on the spot.

 

[itschris]

In an interview with Matt Lauer, Melania said she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible" (video, jump to 1:10):

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/exclusive-the-trumps-speak-with-matt-lauer-727480899958

 

[Suikoguy]

In an interview with Matt Lauer, Melania said she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible" (video, jump to 1:10):

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/exclusive-the-trumps-speak-with-matt-lauer-727480899958

I love gaf detectives.

 

[B-Dubs]

In an interview with Matt Lauer, Melania said she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible" (video, jump to 1:10):

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/exclusive-the-trumps-speak-with-matt-lauer-727480899958

That's going to end well for her.

 

[User 463088]

MSNBC getting ready to jump on the plagiarism thing, I think.

 

[neurosisxeno]

Pretty much, he got some notoriety for being among the first to support Trump, but that was basically it.

Extreme Vetting you say?

He was one of the first to endorse Trump--like week after he had spent an entire debate targeting him. It was jarring and unnatural, which also describes the press conference they had where Christie endorsed him. He looked like he was being held captive by ISIS and reading their demands into a camera.

The Extreme Vetting© is courtesy of Trump himself.

 

[NihonTiger90]

I'd expect Hillary's team to have something on this tomorrow. Obama is likely to bring it up on the trail at some point, too.

 

[User 463088]

Yup. MSNBC on it. Hahaha

 

[Sianos]

it's not just plagiarizing

it's not just one of the sloppiest examples of plagiarism i've ever seen

it's sloppily plagiarizing your sworn enemy who you claim to stand in opposition to in a speech about how you are more fit to be first lady

than the person who's speech you just copied almost word for word

 

[neurosisxeno]

Yup. MSNBC on it. Hahaha

How you know the Obama's were great speakers--their aspiring replacements can't even come up with their own speeches and have to steal from them.

 

[B-Dubs]

Yup. MSNBC on it. Hahaha

They should call her Thievin' Melania.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

In an interview with Matt Lauer, Melania said she wrote the speech herself "with as little help as possible" (video, jump to 1:10):

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc-news/watch/exclusive-the-trumps-speak-with-matt-lauer-727480899958

Lmao. She probably googled "First Lady speeches" and copied away

 

[Holmes]

I'm disgusted. I respect Michelle Obama too much to feel indifference at someone like Melania Trump plagiarizing her words.

 

[maabus1999]

Wow...this is beyond a disaster. This just makes any attack against Clinton about trustworthiness just beyond hollow.

Catastrophic.

 

[User 463088]

22 out of 26 words.

She claims she wrote it herself. She's a liar or a thief. Pick.

 

[B-Dubs]

22 out of 26 words.

She claims she wrote it herself. She's a liar or a thief. Pick.

Why not both?

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

God is real

 

[Officerrob]

Steve Schmidt, "This (plagiarism) turns this night into a catastrophe"