Your opinion: Is Meredith McIver a real person?

[Stinky The Clown]

This is the person the Trumpaign says did the plagiarizing for Melonia.

[wcmagumba]

1. Nope!

She is a figment of their dishonest imaginations...

[Kingofalldems]

2. Someone posited in GD 2016 that it's a pen name

for a ghost writer.

[bullimiami]

3. Nom de plume of ... Donald J Trump.

[tenderfoot]

4. Nope. Her defenders are though.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. What if.....

.....Meredith McIver is a real person, but the Trump Organization has used her identity as a ghostwriter for years to conceal their own actions?

[Wounded Bear]

21. That could be....nt

[2naSalit]

26. That right there is a

pretty viable "what if".

[mainstreetonce]

6. No

Phony

[Johonny]

7. Jon Miller says she is

[maxsolomon]

8. Yes

she's a Trump Org writer.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/20/media/meredith-mciver-donald-trump-plagiarism-books/index.html

[randome]

17. Her name appears on books and you call that evidence?

[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[maxsolomon]

19. Occam's Razor

They're stupid, but I just don't think they're so stupid that they put forward a fake person and try to bluff CNN, the NYT, etc.

If I'm wrong it will make me laugh and laugh.

[randome]

23. Get with the times! Trump's Razor is the new metaphor.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-scythian-slice-of-trump-s-razor

Over the weekend, I outlined my heuristic of Trumpian action which my high school classmate John Scalzi has now dubbed 'Trump's Razor' in honor of 'Occam's Razor', the foundational mode of reasoning devised by the 14th century scholastic theologian William of Occam. According to Trump's Razor: "ascertain the stupidest possible scenario that can be reconciled with the available facts" and that answer is likely correct. Last night ran very late at TPM thanks to the Melania/plagiarism debacle. As I was walking to my apartment well past midnight I started considering the implications of Trump's Razor and I shuddered and recoiled at what it told me. To phrase the principle in Occam's terms, it tells us 'the stupidest scenario is always to be preferred'. And what was the stupidest possible scenario? Right: Melania wrote the speech herself.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[Matrosov]

9. Yes

http://www.amazon.com/Meredith-McIver/e/B001ILKCEE

Imitating a FB account is far easier than imitating an Amazon account

[SecularMotion]

12. That's not an Amazon account

Your link is simply the search results for books written by "Meredith McIver".

[Cal Carpenter]

15. It could still be a pen name n/t

[canetoad]

10. I think she is a real person

Going by the 2007 anecdote from Guardian writer Gabi Wood.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/07/20/yes_meredith_mciver_is_a_real_person_here_s_proof.html

I believe she is a loyal employee who has been paid to take the blame and had nothing to do with writing the speech.

[anneboleyn]

14. ONE anecdote from 2007 and nothing else?! This story is just bizarre.

I have a feeling it is entirely made up -- there may be "ghost writers" behind Melania Trump's disaster of a "speech" but this story (meaning the "ghost writer Meredith screwed up poor Melania's speech" story), and her letter, are fabricated.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. No, also public records for property and voting registration

See https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/guys-please-this-convention-is-crazy-enough-without-meredith?utm_term=.dbQbVLJa0G#.yeV9Ed0vVD

That doesn't necessarily mean she was the writer who screwed up, but she's a real person.

[randome]

18. Someone called Meredith 'scuttled in' and dropped a pile of papers on the desk?

How is that evidence of anything? All the other bits of 'evidence' still rely on no one ever actually seeing her or confirming her identity.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[Qutzupalotl]

11. The face they keep photoshopping belongs to someone

who might have that name or use it as a pen name.

But the facebook and twitter accounts, they were put up recently, and in a hurry.

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. Where's the pic. Anyone can do a Google face search.

[eissa]

13. Yes, she's married to John Barron

I won't believe she's real until she makes an actual appearance. Given Trump's history and unethical practices, I don't believe this person exists. Bring out the birth certificate!

[ananda]

16. I want to see her in person live on tv.

I also would like to see Colbert's take on her.

[REP]

24. Meredith MacGuffin?

In fiction, a MacGuffin (sometimes McGuffin or maguffin) is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation. The specific nature of a MacGuffin is typically unimportant to the overall plot. The most common type of MacGuffin is an object, place, or person; other, more abstract types include money, victory, glory, survival, power, love, or some unexplained driving force.

- Wikipedia

[Gabi Hayes]

25. sorry, but this thread is silly...she exists, and there are likely campaign finance laws

broken

http://www.speroforum.com/a/ECBJIYWANC28/78410-Democrats-file-complaint-against-Trump-campaign-over-Melanias-speech#.V5GFbBb2ZLM

good luck trying to get past the supremely annoying popup

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=trump+mciver+illegal+campaign