Melania TOTALLY sang in a car while being driven around before this. Total copycat, Mrs. Obama. For SHAME. Just because you added being video'd doesn't excuse you!

*promote. Oh yeah!
*quality

And if any Rs are tempted to snarkily criticize her.... just remember Melania. There are photos to post in retaliation. A sincere attempt by the First Lady to reach girls (and boys!) to encourage them to value their education is a laudable, not an opportunity to slam.

If anyone still cares about this, here's what caused it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/20/politics/trump-aide-offers-resignation-in-melania-trump-plagiarism-incident/

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, plagiarism has got to be right up there.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Not her firs public lie, in fact she's been publicly lying about herself since she met Trump, with his help.
Apparently she's repeatedly claimed to have a degree she never had....she actually left college before completing (nearly failing) her freshman year and never returned....but her biography both online and in her introduction at the convention claimed.....
"began modeling at age 16, but she only began working full-time after obtaining a degree. She graduated “in design and architecture at University in Slovenia"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-trump-college-claims_us_578dd95ce4b0c53d5cfac0dc

What a pair of enormous frauds. The Republicans have one hell of a ticket. This is what you get when your entire party gets their "information" from Faux news.

To be honest, these could have been any two speeches coming out of any two politicians' faces in the last 30 years. Not sure I see it. There's not a single distinctive turn of phrase or sentiment in that section of Michelle's speech that could only have been taken from her...

ETA: but okay, I guess I gotta defer to the statistical analysis. https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/07/19/we-ran-melania-trumps-speech-through-a-plagiarism-checker/

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What I found most telling was one of the differences no one's mentioning....Michelle said she and Obama were raised with these values, but Melania said "From a young age, my parents impressed on ME the values 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", which was a good change for her to make, because clearly Donald's parents did not teach him any of those lessons, they taught him the exact oposite.

To be fair, they both probably had it written in part or entirety by speech writers. I actually feel kinda sorry for Melania - I mean, she is married to Trump.

Interesting to see the differences in coverage. Let's play spot the contrast:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/20/us/politics/melania-trump-speech.html?_r=0

vs

http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/07/19/phony-controversy-melania-trump-accused-plagiarizing-michelle-obamas-2008-remarks

Forget Michelle, she plagiarised Rick goddamn Astley!