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applegrove

(118,659 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 06:51 PM Jul 2016

Trump’s Speech Scrubbed for Potential Problems

Trump’s Speech Scrubbed for Potential Problems

https://politicalwire.com/2016/07/21/trumps-speech-scrubbed-for-potential-problems/

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New York Times: “By Tuesday morning, word had spread throughout his campaign that any language in Mr. Trump’s address even loosely inspired by speeches, essays, books or Twitter posts had to be either rewritten or attributed.”

“Mr. Trump’s chief speechwriter, Stephen Miller, reassured colleagues that the acceptance speech was wholly original, according to two staff members who spoke with him and described those conversations on the condition of anonymity. Mr. Miller also told campaign aides that he had looked closely at passages that Mr. Trump had contributed — handwritten on unlined white pages — and was confident they contained no problems. Even so, one of the staff members downloaded plagiarism-detection software and ran a draft of the speech through the program. No red flags came up.”

“The intense scrutiny of Mr. Trump’s words added new pressure to a speechwriting process that has been one of the most unpredictable and free-form in modern presidential campaigns.”


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NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
1. Truthfully I'm surprised that his wife's speech wasn't triple checked
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 06:59 PM
Jul 2016

Just shows that his team is 3rd string.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
5. If his team was third string they wouldn't provide evidence indicting Trump for several crimes.
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:22 PM
Jul 2016

This isn't a string operation, it is a bunch of flunkies without organization.

The chronology:
1.) Melania gives plagiarized speech,
2.) Melania lies and says she wrote it to defend,
3.) McIver says she wrote it, thus calling Melania a liar,
4.) McIver's letter on Trump stationary reveals criminal conduct.

That's sooooo worse than third string .... that's delete the email system hour.

NWCorona

(8,541 posts)
8. Lol! I guess so. I've played plenty of team sports and I don't want to do a disservice
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:47 PM
Jul 2016

Maybe amateur hour would have been more fitting.

Monk06

(7,675 posts)
3. Well you can't cite your sources if the sources are Democtatic speachs and Democratic ideas Base
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:02 PM
Jul 2016

wouldn't cotton to that at all

kydo

(2,679 posts)
7. Of course nothing came up when running through the plagiarism software. Hitler's material copyrights
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 07:25 PM
Jul 2016

expired and it's now public domain. Maybe the don of orange finally got himself a cheap copy of mein kempf, (it is available in various paperback editions), while traveling to one of his various slave labor tie shops in Asia. Just saying.....

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