“Hillary is comparing herself to Rocky. She most likely means Rocky Balboa, an American hero. She is more like Rocky Squirrel, which would make sense since she seems to think that all republicans are Boris Badanoff. I wonder if she thinks Obama is Bullwinkle. He does seem to tower over her, and is funnier. She as Rocky Squirrel is the exasperated straight person. Hillary, Wassamatta U?”
What I think is funny about the Rocky Balboa reference for those of us old enough to remember the first movie (the one where he ran up the steps in Philadelphia) is that he lost the fight by decision. It wasn’t until the rematch in the second movie that the finally won. Even at that point they both went down adn were nearly knocked out but he was the one who got up bloodied and battered. Interestingly enough his opponent (Apollo Creed played by Carl Weathers) was an African-American. So if you follow the analogy through it raises the following question. Is she expecting to lose this time and beat him when she runs against him in four years?
the article was incredible. the Rocky reference… i’m offended that Hillary would try to hijack such an American hero’s story, even if it is fiction. And i’m sure “offended” is too strong a word to use. It just seems to fit. And Parrothead… well, that just blew my mind right there haha
Ah, ParrotHead, that was brilliant. I bow down to your analogy extension skills and noticing where the untold story lay.
Barrack was doing the typical photo op. On the one hand he was pretending to be something he was not: a bowler. On the other hand he knew he could spin his way out of the inevitable poor game. He is a very good communicator.
Hillary can’t pretend to be something she’s not. Her true self always comes through in the end. She also doesn’t have the ability to spin a good laugh out of it later. Her attempt to joke about her sniper lies on Jay Leno were slightly amusing, but being caught out in a lie on that scale makes joking about it seems almost insulting to the public. I feel the same way about Obama’s church, but he’s got the media blocking for him so I guess others are able to ignore it.
Watching Obama approach the line and toss the ball seemed almost effeminate to me. I’m having a hard time believing that he’d be any better at any sport. I don’t really care, though. We’re voting for President not Commissioner of the NFL. Besides, that’s going to be Condi’s job.
Craig said,
April 3, 2008 at 10:33 am
One minor correction…..Rocky is – Rocky J. Squirrel. Rocky Raccoon was a Beatle’s song…but I’m right there with you…on the rest.
micky2 said,
April 3, 2008 at 11:12 am
“Hillary is comparing herself to Rocky. She most likely means Rocky Balboa, an American hero. She is more like Rocky Squirrel, which would make sense since she seems to think that all republicans are Boris Badanoff. I wonder if she thinks Obama is Bullwinkle. He does seem to tower over her, and is funnier. She as Rocky Squirrel is the exasperated straight person. Hillary, Wassamatta U?”
Sylvester Stallone is backing McCain.
americandust said,
April 3, 2008 at 11:40 am
Hi, I’m shamelessly going around to conservative (or even moderate) blogs promoting my conservative humor blog, http://www.fakenewsblog.wordpress.com
Once I get enough hits I’m going to expand it to include guest articles… maybe you’d be interested?
parrothead said,
April 3, 2008 at 8:44 pm
What I think is funny about the Rocky Balboa reference for those of us old enough to remember the first movie (the one where he ran up the steps in Philadelphia) is that he lost the fight by decision. It wasn’t until the rematch in the second movie that the finally won. Even at that point they both went down adn were nearly knocked out but he was the one who got up bloodied and battered. Interestingly enough his opponent (Apollo Creed played by Carl Weathers) was an African-American. So if you follow the analogy through it raises the following question. Is she expecting to lose this time and beat him when she runs against him in four years?
jonrossi2044 said,
April 3, 2008 at 11:09 pm
the article was incredible. the Rocky reference… i’m offended that Hillary would try to hijack such an American hero’s story, even if it is fiction. And i’m sure “offended” is too strong a word to use. It just seems to fit. And Parrothead… well, that just blew my mind right there haha
Joshua Godinez said,
April 4, 2008 at 11:07 am
Ah, ParrotHead, that was brilliant. I bow down to your analogy extension skills and noticing where the untold story lay.
Barrack was doing the typical photo op. On the one hand he was pretending to be something he was not: a bowler. On the other hand he knew he could spin his way out of the inevitable poor game. He is a very good communicator.
Hillary can’t pretend to be something she’s not. Her true self always comes through in the end. She also doesn’t have the ability to spin a good laugh out of it later. Her attempt to joke about her sniper lies on Jay Leno were slightly amusing, but being caught out in a lie on that scale makes joking about it seems almost insulting to the public. I feel the same way about Obama’s church, but he’s got the media blocking for him so I guess others are able to ignore it.
Watching Obama approach the line and toss the ball seemed almost effeminate to me. I’m having a hard time believing that he’d be any better at any sport. I don’t really care, though. We’re voting for President not Commissioner of the NFL. Besides, that’s going to be Condi’s job.