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"Fake Rocky" Hillary Clinton Is Riddick "Big Daddy" Bowe, Barack Obama Is "Real Deal" Evander Holyfield And John McCain Is "Iron" Mike Tyson: A Boxing Analogy (Updated)
OK, so you've figured out I'm a huge boxing fan. So this is about a
brilliant boxing analogy that can be drawn to the upcoming general
election?
Obama represents former world heavyweight boxing
champion, "Real Deal" Evander Holyfield. Holyfield had just gone
through three grueling, drag-out fights with former champ, Riddick "Big
Daddy" Bowe, as represented by Hillary Clinton. All the while "Iron"
Mike Tyson, as represented by John McCain, has been sitting in jail
stemming from a rape conviction. Well Mike Tyson (McCain) eventually
gets out of jail. And he immediately starts fighting bums. He gets
quick first-round knockouts. And the press quickly touts that "Iron"
Mike Tyson/McCain "is back!"
Yet, what folks don't realize is,
while "Iron" Mike Tyson/McCain was sitting in jail ostensibly getting
"soft" -- Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe (Obama and Clinton) have
been engaged in an all-out war.
So when Mike Tyson and Evander
Holyfield eventually do meet in the ring, one is battle
scarred and bruised, but he's in tip top fighting condition. The other is heralded by the media as a formidable beast, but
in reality he is a mere shell of his former athletic self.
So
what happens in the actual fight? Evander Holyfield wins the fight by a vicious
TKO in the 11 round over Mike Tyson-- and goes on to become the most
heralded heavyweight boxing champion of the last two decades.
And if the analogy holds true, Barack Obama will win in a methodical, late-round stoppage over John McCain.
One thing though .. if there's a rematch, Obama has to make sure to protect those big ears.












Comments (4)
I guess as someone who smokes you don't do any boxing yourself.
May 17, 2008 1:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
My avatar is a photo of August Wilson,the playwright. Thank you very much.
May 17, 2008 1:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think a better analogy would be HRC=Jake LaMotta, BHO=Sugar Ray Robinson, & JSM=Jimmy Doyle.
May 17, 2008 1:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
"protect those big ears"
Funny!
May 18, 2008 1:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
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