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Related: About this forumMrs Drumpf didn't plagerize Michelle Obama but John Legend and My Little Pony
I shit you not! The spin is so heavy on this that I'm getting a headache from the dizziness
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rnc-my-little-pony_us_578e696ee4b04ca54ebef569
RNC Communications Chief Cites My Little Pony In Defense Of Melania Trumps Plagiarism
Republicans have used nearly every excuse in the book to defend Melania Trumps plagiarism of Michelle Obamas 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, but one of the GOPs top strategists came up with a particularly creative explanation by way of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Appearing Tuesday on MSNBC, Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer quoted the childrens television show, as well as singers Akon and John Legend, to explain why portions of Trumps convention speech lined up so closely with Obamas words, arguing that an online search for any line in the speech would turn up similar phrases.
Melania Trump said, You work hard for what you want in life. Akon said, Work hard for what you get in life. John Legend said, Work hard.
<<<snip>>>
Hold on, its getting better, said Spicer. Melania Trump said, The strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony said, This is your dream, anything you can do in your dreams.
RNC Communications Chief Cites My Little Pony In Defense Of Melania Trumps Plagiarism
Republicans have used nearly every excuse in the book to defend Melania Trumps plagiarism of Michelle Obamas 2008 Democratic National Convention speech, but one of the GOPs top strategists came up with a particularly creative explanation by way of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Appearing Tuesday on MSNBC, Republican National Committee communications director Sean Spicer quoted the childrens television show, as well as singers Akon and John Legend, to explain why portions of Trumps convention speech lined up so closely with Obamas words, arguing that an online search for any line in the speech would turn up similar phrases.
Melania Trump said, You work hard for what you want in life. Akon said, Work hard for what you get in life. John Legend said, Work hard.
<<<snip>>>
Hold on, its getting better, said Spicer. Melania Trump said, The strength of your dreams and your willingness to work for them. Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony said, This is your dream, anything you can do in your dreams.
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Mrs Drumpf didn't plagerize Michelle Obama but John Legend and My Little Pony (Original Post)
LynneSin
Jul 2016
OP
So in Republican's minds, it is much better for a grown woman to plagiarize
Sanity Claws
Jul 2016
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tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)1. Okay...
Melania Trump plagerized My Little Pony. Headline written.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)2. Maybe she was channeling Donna Summer
She works hard for the Money.
Or the Union Lable song ... We work hard, but who's complaining?
JHB
(37,157 posts)10. Somewhere, right now, Herman Cain is laughing his ass off
nolabear
(41,936 posts)3. This just in: My Little Pony sues the Trump Campaign.
"It's an egregious act of theft against equine authorship," Pony said, "and you can be certain we will sue everyone involved until they have not a rainbow or sparkle to their name."
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)4. The Trump campaign has a marvelous way of....
Taking a one day story and dragging it out for a week. Its what happens when your leader is driven by pure ego and megalomania.
Sanity Claws
(21,841 posts)5. So in Republican's minds, it is much better for a grown woman to plagiarize
My Little Pony than to plagiarize Mrs. Obama?
Those Republicans are a strange lot, aren't they?
mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)6. Twilight Sparkle
JHB
(37,157 posts)7. Is it a terrible thing that I know it's out of context too?
The quote in question was part of a "fight the dream-monster" sequence.
Lord Magus
(1,999 posts)8. Plagiarism is Magic?
zappaman
(20,606 posts)9. Did the just lose the important Brony vote???