2016 Postmortem

nolabear

(41,959 posts) Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:05 PM Jul 2016

Melanie's speech was written by...a ballerina?

Okay I was beginning to accept the story for a while but then this kind of thing started to show up everywhere:

http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/07/melania-trump-rnc-speech-ballerina

I'm running out of gobs to be smacked.

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Melanie's speech was written by...a ballerina? (Original Post) nolabear Jul 2016 OP

ROFL!!! a ballerina is taking the fall! unblock Jul 2016 #1

That is why it has been so easy to spin. Yeah, that's bad. tonyt53 Jul 2016 #2

OMG sarae Jul 2016 #6

Maybe she will take a plie deal! justhanginon Jul 2016 #3

BWAH! Internet won! nolabear Jul 2016 #4

She's also a writer and has co-authored three books with Trump. politicaljunkie41910 Jul 2016 #5

Check out Twitter. nolabear Jul 2016 #7

She's 65 years old. Calling her a "ballerina" is stupid and sexist. onenote Jul 2016 #8

It was certainly written for effect, but you bet your boots I'd have said "ballet dancer." nolabear Jul 2016 #9

unblock

(52,185 posts)

1. ROFL!!! a ballerina is taking the fall!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:07 PM

Jul 2016

you can't make this stuff up!

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

2. That is why it has been so easy to spin. Yeah, that's bad.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:07 PM

Jul 2016

sarae

(3,284 posts)

6. OMG

Reply to tonyt53 (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:15 PM

Jul 2016

justhanginon

(3,289 posts)

3. Maybe she will take a plie deal!

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:11 PM

Jul 2016

nolabear

(41,959 posts)

4. BWAH! Internet won!

Reply to justhanginon (Reply #3)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:12 PM

Jul 2016

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)

5. She's also a writer and has co-authored three books with Trump.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:15 PM

Jul 2016

Which is why I am not buying "the ballerina did it" storyline. As an author herself, she knows about plagarism and according to her own story, Melania told her over the phone that there were some things from Michelle Obama that she liked and wanted to incorporate into her speech. Did she just conveniently forget that part?

nolabear

(41,959 posts)

7. Check out Twitter.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 05:21 PM

Jul 2016

https://twitter.com/search?q=meredith+mciver&ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Esearch

onenote

(42,685 posts)

8. She's 65 years old. Calling her a "ballerina" is stupid and sexist.

Reply to nolabear (Original post)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 06:14 PM

Jul 2016

If some guy who once upon a time was a dancer but for years served as a staff writer and was in his mid-60s did something, no one would lead of their description of him with words "danseur" or even "ballet dancer."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-staff-writer-meredith-mciver-registered-democrat-article-1.2718891

The other side is screwing up, let's no overplay our hand.

nolabear

(41,959 posts)

9. It was certainly written for effect, but you bet your boots I'd have said "ballet dancer."

Reply to onenote (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 20, 2016, 07:22 PM

Jul 2016

This isn't character assassination or sexism. It's another silly chuckle at the absolute comedy gold and theater of the absurd this whole freaking campaign has been. I know she has a background as a writer but you can bet any writer who screwed up something that badly is going to get attention.

Is it a jab at the Trump campaign through her? You betcha. That's one of the things we do here.

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