Steal enough to be considered plagiarism? When you take the thoughts and words of someone else and use them as your own, without any form of accreditation to the author, you've committee plagiary. In high school plagiary will get you a zero and in College it will get you booted out. The real irony of this though is that Melania used, of all people, Michelle Obama to plagiarize. The right has demonize Michelle for 7 and a half years and Melania uses Michelle's words to sell Trump to the rest of the voters. If it wasn't so god damn funny I would say to strip Melania of her citizenship and boot her out but I am actually laughing so hard to ask for something so reasonable...

She didn't write the speech? So why did Melania say she did and does she not know what plagiarism is? I mean, after all, she clearly read Michelle's speech(s) and knew that the words and phrases contained in her speech were close enough that they could be considered the same; or are you trying to imply she lacks the mental capacity to understand what plagiarism is? Melania seemed a pretty sharp cookie to me; certainly sharp enough to know that what she was doing was wrong.

And I am sure Melania meant those words--Michelle certainly did when she wrote them--which is why one credits the REAL author to let people know you not only appreciate the words but the person who first said them--or did your teachers not teach you the importance of not stealing from others--clearly Melania's didn't...

She didn't write the speech? So why did Melania say she did and does she not know what plagiarism is? I mean, after all, she clearly read Michelle's speech(s) and knew that the words and phrases contained in her speech were close enough that they could be considered the same; or are you trying to imply she lacks the mental capacity to understand what plagiarism is? Melania seemed a pretty sharp cookie to me; certainly sharp enough to know that what she was doing was wrong.

And I am sure Melania meant those words--Michelle certainly did when she wrote them--which is why one credits the REAL author to let people know you not only appreciate the words but the person who first said them--or did your teachers not teach you the importance of not stealing from others--clearly Melania's didn't...

Since when does "tell me what you think", mean that it dictates what I think or that I have to agree with anyone? Thoughtless and complaining, really… please post it,tell me where I was either. I am a very mild poster compared to most or many take your pick. Where as you, lets take a look, you didn't say anything of any real value. But went on and on to do nothing but berate me. Now possibly I missed any kind of redeeming point you attempted to make after your personal insulting blathering.

You hang yourself Magilla with your own words in your acknowledgment of how you view an entire party of American people, which is about half of the populous, describing all of them including myself as proletariat. How difficult life must be for you in your elitist tower to have to put up with the commoner's.

Now you have the mendacity to accuse me of the leap to assumption of you being on the right, when your actions are self-evident, whether or not how you are registered. Yet there you are taking the fall of duplicity and hypocrisy by your assumptions of me.

You're the only one who has made such an overreaction over this thread, but are you really that inept to having a dialog from an opponent, where as all you have for an argument are personal attacks/insults? FWI that is not any kind of debate.

Ah yes... democrats are all corrupt and dishonest, what an original cant. Your opinion is a reflection of your vile nature as shown in your avatar, a gorilla giving everyone the finger, very appropriate to your inner core.

I got off the reservation? I think not, as the entire country was talking about this issue and its implications. Of course you bring the topic into disrepute, due to it being indefensable with all party's involved. And now we hear the accusations on Obama, Hillary and basically everyone in politics, therefore it makes it OK.

It is you having the tantrum with every insult out of your mouth. Your common, typical American hating, party loathing, self righteous conservative. You're about as independent as Ted Cruz.

So far you haven't defended a damn thing, you have said nothing, You haven't defended principles of fairness, or equity and balance. You see yourself as some noble character, you are the farthest thing from it, your simply a hateful prig, a knave.

Seeing all people not of your ilk as corrupt and dishonest is a twisted mind and you should seek intervention and therapy.

With all the corporations and all the politicians, combined there is none more destructive than Americans hating Americans such as yourself, that is no patriot... that attitude is traitorous.

Yes you are...You don't like getting what you give and as is your norm of course you are always only defending a position and frequently not your position....As if that excuses you..

If you said it, composed, offered it, it is your position...This thread as CDM mentioned, offered as exhibit A, obviously exhibits "intent" just to slam the other side ....

You take every opportunity to critique and criticize everyone else yet find offense when they defend against it..

People are passionate and don't appreciate being grouped together by some ridiculous label of party affiliation, and will stand for their "moral convictions" over it..Isn't that what you always reply in rhetorical justication???

And as I said earlier if this is your major concern over the serious issues before this country, it reads of pettiness...Nothing more...

Interesting comments ... seems like this post has taken several directions ... the question was a simple yes or no... seems many posters chose to justify Mrs. Trumps actions rather than answer a simple question... The true answer was yes she did... I personally feel she used the phrases that needed repeating... they were all good points ... but she should have shared the credit with the First Lady to keep it honest... this is all part of the political game and good training for a potential future first lady... lets just hope that the Don passes world scrutiny a bit better....

What we see here is what has become the norm of the rank and file Leftist Progressive Democrat; regurgitate the partly line ... problem for this person is he or she broke the cardinal rule of the Collective; don't embellish the party line, it will get you in trouble. I truly believe this person did not understand how offensive the statement is. They need to watch Rachel Maddow who is a master of the regurgitation technique.

To say that Trump 'borrowed' some language as all politicians do is true. And while I find it offensive that a human being cannot rise above such drivel, wasting precious life energy mired in this muck while as you rightfully point out real and serious issues abound, it would not normally be worthy of argument. But ... the implication that plagiarism is symptomatic of lack of inventiveness? Can't let that pass.

I don't expect to see anything from this person other than what we already see and certainly nothing above the level of adolescent concern over say, growing pubic hair.

By the way, I like the word 'pettiness', it makes such a strong statement.