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Cha

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20. It was really unique and profound when Michelle said it from her heart.. having lived it.
Wed Jul 20, 2016, 04:03 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

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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.'"

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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
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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
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