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bigtree

(85,986 posts)
Tue Jan 24, 2017, 11:52 PM Jan 2017

We don't have to treat the first lady Melania like a wallflower

...demand she speak out for immigrants like herself. Demand she account for her own questionable entry into the U.S. and stand with 11 million other immigrants that her husband is treating like criminals.

Either speak out, or just go hide in shame in Trump Tower while your husband destroys lives like your own.

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We don't have to treat the first lady Melania like a wallflower (Original Post) bigtree Jan 2017 OP
some of the pix on the www CountAllVotes Jan 2017 #1
she questioned obama's birth too. DesertFlower Jan 2017 #2
Yes she did.. here's the vid. Cha Jan 2017 #5
thanks. i couldn't figure out how DesertFlower Jan 2017 #11
You're Welcome I had no idea she was in on that until yesterday Cha Jan 2017 #12
i had no idea until this morning when DesertFlower Jan 2017 #14
Which is why I am not cutting her any slack. nt brer cat Jan 2017 #25
Tonight my dad said that Melania speaks 4 languages blue cat Jan 2017 #3
You would think one of them would be English if that were true Maru Kitteh Jan 2017 #10
Actually it is very likely that she speaks several languages. OldEurope Jan 2017 #22
Tell your Dad big Whoop de do. Most Euro's speak multiple languages...it's not a big TrekLuver Jan 2017 #32
++++MELANIA PUSHED THE BIRTHER MEME TOO !!!! ++++ uponit7771 Jan 2017 #4
Yes, and that's exactly how trump got rigged into the WH Cha Jan 2017 #6
demand that she account for her own immigration status. we were promised an answer. mopinko Jan 2017 #7
She was in campaign mode. Lets leave her alone for a while. If she becomes political again Jim Beard Jan 2017 #8
she still questioned a president's birth DesertFlower Jan 2017 #13
True she did it during the campaign and now that its over..... Jim Beard Jan 2017 #15
Fuck that Dream Girl Jan 2017 #17
Wtf? She did this in 2011. What campaign are you talking about? Solomon Jan 2017 #20
OK, yall have convinced me, I have a tree if you have a rope, this must be stopped..... Jim Beard Jan 2017 #21
I'm not a politician or a member of the press bigtree Jan 2017 #18
NO... no, I'm not going to normalize their racism into "campaign mode" no... fuck that uponit7771 Jan 2017 #23
I think we ought to treat her as a non-player. truebluegreen Jan 2017 #9
She not some innocent. If she has any objections, she should speak out bigtree Jan 2017 #19
"reserved for people who can't defend themselves" truebluegreen Jan 2017 #28
Leave FLOTUS alone--more than enough real scoundrels & clowns TheDormouse Jan 2017 #16
No, she pushed the bigotry of bitherism ... I'm not going to normalize her hate either uponit7771 Jan 2017 #24
Treat her the way the GOP treated Michelle. eom. Coventina Jan 2017 #26
Melania also claimed that she wrote her own RNC speech... VOX Jan 2017 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author TheDormouse Jan 2017 #30
The ability to have empathy (and sympathy) is a good thing. nolabear Jan 2017 #29
When they go low, we go high. 'Nuff said. TheDormouse Jan 2017 #31

Cha

(297,120 posts)
5. Yes she did.. here's the vid.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:14 AM
Jan 2017

We know exactly who she was talking to, too.. the brainwashed idiots who voted him in. trump started his road to NOW on the back of President Obama's birtherism.. hers was in 2011..





Thank you, DesertFlower

blue cat

(2,415 posts)
3. Tonight my dad said that Melania speaks 4 languages
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:07 AM
Jan 2017

I asked him if he actually believed it and laughed. Last night he was talking pro trump and I just had to walk away.

Maru Kitteh

(28,333 posts)
10. You would think one of them would be English if that were true
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:36 AM
Jan 2017

but I guess she didn't really need English for her job as Trump's piece of ass - just put on a blond wig and say "daddy" over and over.

OldEurope

(1,273 posts)
22. Actually it is very likely that she speaks several languages.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:45 AM
Jan 2017

My brother in law grew up in a small town in Slovenia, just like Melania. Besides the Slovenian he had to learn Serbo-Croatian and another language like German, French or English at school. As parts of Slovenia belonged to Italia or Hungaria before the founding of Yugoslavia there are ethnic groups with Italian or Hungarian as first language whose children left school with knowledge of four languages. Tourism is a major part of the economy and has been since the 1970s, so speaking German and English is part of job descriptions for many Slovenians. Melania also lived in Italy and France, so I have no doubt she can at least speak some sentences. And while her English surely is not perfect, I feel there are other much worse things to criticize about her.

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
32. Tell your Dad big Whoop de do. Most Euro's speak multiple languages...it's not a big
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 10:32 PM
Jan 2017

accomplishment.

Cha

(297,120 posts)
6. Yes, and that's exactly how trump got rigged into the WH
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:15 AM
Jan 2017

We know exactly who she was talking to, too.. the brainwashed idiots who voted him in. trump started his road to NOW on the back of President Obama's birtherism.. hers was in 2011..



mopinko

(70,071 posts)
7. demand that she account for her own immigration status. we were promised an answer.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:23 AM
Jan 2017

we know she scrubbed her web page when her college degree turned out to be a fraud. and we know that she got a visa based on being some sort of economically valuable talent, not just a pretty face, or a rich man's toy.

i dont give a hoot about her pictures, except that many a sex slave took her path. many a willing sex worker did, and many a pure young lady did., too

but donald trump has been accused of violently attacking young girls who were lured to parties w promises of modeling careers.
and he owns a modeling agency. many are fronts for prostitution, willing and otherwise.

and then their is that dossier.

sorry shitgibbon. i want a full investigation into this.
again, i do not approach this as a prude. good on them both for having flamboyant sex lives. if we are talking about willing adults.

if not-
THIS.IS.NOT.NORMAL.

Solomon

(12,310 posts)
20. Wtf? She did this in 2011. What campaign are you talking about?
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:24 AM
Jan 2017

And even if it was during a campaign, why does she get a pass for that?

 

Jim Beard

(2,535 posts)
21. OK, yall have convinced me, I have a tree if you have a rope, this must be stopped.....
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:43 AM
Jan 2017

She is a complete danger to society and we must take the law into our own hands.

bigtree

(85,986 posts)
18. I'm not a politician or a member of the press
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:14 AM
Jan 2017

...I'm a friend and associate to many people who are beside themselves with fear over Trump's promise to deport them, and in many cases, divide families.

I don't give a fuck about what's politically correct here. I want his family to feel some of the pressure he's so callously and deliberately inflicting on millions in this country.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
9. I think we ought to treat her as a non-player.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 12:31 AM
Jan 2017

She is one. She has no power, not even influence with her husband who disrespects her at every turn. She made a deal with a devil and she pays for that everyday; I refuse to heap more misery on her.

bigtree

(85,986 posts)
19. She not some innocent. If she has any objections, she should speak out
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 08:20 AM
Jan 2017

...all of this deference should be reserved for people who can't defend themselves - people who are so vulnerable to her husband's whim that they are sick with fear and trepidation.

The bigot billionaire president's wife shouldn't get any more deference or consideration than she and her husband gave the Obamas.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
28. "reserved for people who can't defend themselves"
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:03 AM
Jan 2017

imo she is emotionally abused by that prick. As someone who has been in such a situation, I can't tell you how demoralizing and destructive it is to hear that one needs to buck up, speak up, stand up, or whatever. Sorry, (not sorry) I will continue to give her the consideration her husband and step-family does not.

"Period."

TheDormouse

(1,168 posts)
16. Leave FLOTUS alone--more than enough real scoundrels & clowns
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 01:14 AM
Jan 2017

around Donnie Boy to keep us more than occupied for next 2 years.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
27. Melania also claimed that she wrote her own RNC speech...
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 10:18 AM
Jan 2017

The one that was lifted from Michelle Obama's. A staffer later fell on their sword, claiming "authorship," but earlier, Melania stated, "I wrote it with as little help as possible."

Of. course, Trump's minions chalked the controversy up to liberal media bias and blamed Hillary.

But if Melania's participating in the birtherism lie, well, that makes her fair game. Especially with all the incredibly racist and hateful things Repugs said about Michelle-- that she was a transsexual, an "ape in high heels," exchanged a "terrorist fist bump" with her husband, etc. Stopping now, as the more I write, the angrier I get.

Response to VOX (Reply #27)

nolabear

(41,959 posts)
29. The ability to have empathy (and sympathy) is a good thing.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:06 AM
Jan 2017

I know she is married to a monster and I don't give her a pass, but I am encouraged by any people who are capable of feeling concern for any person who seems to be in distress.

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