Everyone I know was semi-impressed with Melania Trump’s speech last night.  She did an admirable job for a woman who really doesn’t do public speaking.

The only criticism I heard by the time I went to bed last night was that her speech only highlighted her husband’s bombastic and word salad communications.

This morning there’s some ‘splainin’ to do.

Donald Trump’s presidential campaign came under new scrutiny Tuesday after it became apparent that part of Melania Trump’s primetime address Monday night at the Republican National Convention bore conspicuous similarities to a speech delivered by first lady Michelle Obama in 2008 at the Democratic convention.

This morning Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort said it could not possibly in any way, shape, or form be plagiarized for one simple reason —

“She was speaking in front of 35 million people last night, she knew that, to think that she would be cribbing Michelle Obama’s words is crazy.”

And the Trumps would never, ever do anything crazy, right?

Chris Christy also poo-pooed the idea that it’s plagiarized.  He argued that 93% of the words are different.  Yeah, he’s right.  Melanie used the term Donald Trump. Michelle Obama never said those words.

Manafort got so riled up after seeing the side-by-side comparison of the speeches that he —- oh, he made headlines with the crazy.

See the side by side here.

I am having such fun!

Last night my friend Hazel commented sweetly, “She is a lovely woman but she is not an American.  Just like his ties – made in China.”

And this I’m adding an hour later —