tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8852689.post-48700923430338957582008-05-09T13:27:00.000-07:002008-05-09T13:27:00.000-07:002008-05-09T13:27:00.000-07:00Weaksauce, Barak!<BR/><BR/>I think this article pretty much sums it up...<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.humanevents.com/rightangle/index.php?id=28665&title=the_champ_is_here" REL="nofollow">The Champ Is Here</A><BR/><BR/><I>Some conservatives have given McCain grief for not being aggressive enough against Obama in his rhetoric. Perhaps McCain is using a variation of Muhammad Ali’s old rope-a-dope strategy: let Obama and his third-party “progressive” cohorts land hard shots at McCain, while he covers himself up and avoids a knockout blow. Then, when Obama, like George Foreman in October 1974, has worn himself down, McCain will come firing back with the critical blows needed to put Obama down for the count.<BR/><BR/>In a strange way, both McCain and Obama bear similarities to Ali. Obama is as fiercely antiwar as Ali was in the late-1960s, and like the former Cassius Clay, he has surrounded himself with political extremists fashionable to the left-wing elite (the rhetoric coming from Ali’s Nation of Islam friends in the 1960s was arguably worse than the stuff emanating from Jeremiah Wright’s mouth in the 2000s). Obama is young, brash, charismatic, and has the gift of gab—much like the “Louisville Lip” himself.<BR/><BR/>Yet McCain is like the veteran Ali—an experienced fighter who knows how to defeat younger, less gifted opponents. McCain has had high-profile bouts in adverse climates: he hasn’t won all of those fights, but he’s learned from every battle. He knows what it’s like to have hard punches thrown at him, and he knows how to throw hard punches right back. Like Ali in the “Rumble in the Jungle”, he goes into this fight against Obama with all the odds stacked against him, with all the observers insisting that he has no chance. Yet he has a clear strategy to win the championship—a strategy that his younger, cockier opponent cannot possibly anticipate.<BR/><BR/>All McCain has to do is wait for the right opening—for that moment when Obama loses his cool, loses his footing, and loses his nerve. He will then pounce, hitting Obama with so many rights he’ll be begging for a left. Despite his clear political talent, Obama does not have enough experience in the sweet science to send McCain to the mat. He will try his best to knock McCain down—but once McCain gets going, Obama’s punches will have little force behind them.<BR/><BR/>Obama’s hands can’t hit what his eyes can’t see—and Obama and his supporters can’t see the winning combination McCain is waiting to deliver. Years from now, when we look back upon this fight, we’ll say that not only did McCain knock Obama out, he picked the round.</I>Nahannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01794735154506829829noreply@blogger.com