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July 19, 2016

Is it wrong that I'm smiling? Besides, Melania flat-out told Matt Lauer she wrote it.

With as little help as possible. During the interview done on the Trump plane before they arrived at the convention center yesterday. The interview was for the following morning's "Today" show.

July 19, 2016

Well, this Nicolle Wallace was sarah palin's personal shopper eight years ago.

She was given the job of taking miss sarah to Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus too, I think, and buying her 150-thousand dollars worth of outfits to wear on the campaign.

July 19, 2016

I'm starting a count of the times The Donald's campaign has now shot itself in the foot.

They won't acknowledge it, of course.

But when Pence joined the ticket and it was revealed that he voted the same way Hillary did on the Iraq War (oh, for HIM, it's okay). So that kind of pees on the whole "she voted for the war, damn her!" thing - although they won't walk that back.

And all the "she lied" slinging going on about Hillary - rendered kinda flabby now that Melania can be painted as a plagiarist.

They'll remain in denial, of course. But I appreciate how they're so thoughtful providing us with material with which to hit back!

July 19, 2016

Said she wasn't going.

I bet it's because she couldn't find anybody with a private jet willing to fly her there for free.

July 19, 2016

And from now on, when Melania responds to some message,

does she pick up the mic and say - "copy that!" ?

July 19, 2016

OUCH! OUCHEZ vous.

Bombs bursting in air!

July 19, 2016

Did anyone see CNN's coverage?

OMG! We switched over from MSNBC to see if they had it and they were indeed starting to cover it. It was Don Lemon and a colleague with a panel of talking heads. It was a fuck-up but the blame was going to the speechwriters.

I kept mumbling about the clip with Matt Lauer interviewing her and Donald that I'd seen way earlier, when they'd arrived before her speech. He asked her if she'd been practicing her speech and she said she'd just looked over it, and added "because I wrote it, with as little help as possible." And I kept mumbling "she said she wrote it!"

Well, they talked about it and showed the clips of the Michelle Obama speech and Melania's - um - excerpts. And speechwriters messed up and on and on. And then somebody brought up that she'd talked with Matt Lauer beforehand, and "show the clip." And BANG! "...because I wrote it, with as little help as possible." End of clip, cue the talent.

And they cut back to Don Lemon and his colleague sitting there side-by-side, and it was BEE-YOO-TEE-FULL!!! There they sat, facing the camera, mute. They sat there for two or three beats, staring blankly at the camera, with nothing to say. Finally one of them broke their frozen silence and quipped something like "the only thing I have to say about that at this point is "no comment'."

I almost fell down laughing! Those blank stares! Sheer caught-with-their-pants-down blank stares. They had no idea what to say. Their blank expressions told you everything! Textbook deer-in-the-headlights! PRICELESS!!!

Welcome to the big leagues, Melania.

Edited to correct her quote so it's exact.

July 19, 2016

Neither would Hillary.

They'd be building her a nice gallows.

July 18, 2016

Welcome to DU, 3Stones!

Indeed. Here's hoping everybody behaves themselves. Make it about goofy souvenir collecting, everybody.

July 18, 2016

"...and no religion, too."

Yeah. I think about that one a lot, too. Those lyrics raise up an ache in my heart.

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About calimary

Female. Retired. Wife-Mom-Grandma. Approx. 30 years in broadcasting, at least 20 of those in news biz. Taurus. Loves chocolate - preferably without nuts or cocoanut. Animal lover. Rock-hound from pre-school age. Proud Democrat for life. Ardent environmentalist and pro-choicer. Hoping to use my skills set for the greater good. Still married to the same guy for 40+ years. Probably because he's a proud Democrat, too. Penmanship absolutely stinks, so I'm glad I'm a fast typist! I will always love Hillary and she will always be my President.
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