Melania Trump plagiarism/rickroll megathread

[cinyc]

Any campaign with common sense would do something like that.  But this is Trump we are talking about.  Personally if my wife was some poor girl from a little Slovenian village who took her clothes off for money I wouldn't push her into a situation like this.  If my wife was an Ivy League trained litigation attorney I would be iffy about putting her on a political stage like that.  I'm just far more protective of the people around me.  Trump really is a terrible husband.  Trump should never have exposed his wife like this and even if he was dumb/selfish enough to do that he should at least publicly sacrifice someone to defend her honor.  If he will allow his vulnerable wife to be savaged like this with zero accountability what will he do to the hundreds of millions of complete strangers he would be charged with protecting as president?

When was the last time the spouse of a major party candidate didn't speak at the party convention?  After a quick internet search, I'm pretty sure every spouse has spoken at the conventions this century.  A candidate's spouse not speaking would be what's out of the norm and unusual.

[cinyc]

MSNBC just reported that the speech was written by Matt Scully, but that when he submitted the speech for review, it didn't contain any of the plagiarized portions.

So the Trumps had to have included the plagerised portions, right?
Seems like they did it on purpose.

Logically, no.  Whomever vetted the speeches for review could have added the language.

[cinyc]

Another example of that is how they have done the speaker arrangements. Many have noted how each night they seem to put the headliner at the beginning of the primetime hour and not finish big, leaving half the audience leaving while Joni Ernst is talking for example. CNN reported yesterday that again old RNC hands wanted to do it the usual way (end the night with the big speech) but the Trump people rejected that.

I think Trump is right on getting the most important headliner at the beginning of the primetime hour.  The 10PM hour, when the broadcast networks join the coverage, is the least-rated of primetime because many people go to bed.  Putting your most important speakers later runs the risk of having a smaller audience, especially if the networks go with boring talking heads instead of showing the previous speakers, or the previous speakers bomb.  It also runs the risk of running late and having the networks cut away from your speech if it's too boring.  Putting your most important speakers earlier ensures a greater audience, at least on the East Coast.  And, as Muon has been telling us, it runs the risk of the main speaker speaking to an empty floor, as delegates leave for parties and get togethers.