10 Reasons Not to Compare Oneself to Rocky

by Republicus, Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 12:47:24 PM EST

Cross-posted from Our Republic

Sen. Clinton told the AFL-CIO yesterday that she is a lot like Rocky Balboa. "Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people," Clinton said. Well, here are ten reasons not to compare oneself to Rocky.

(1) Rocky suffers from a brain injury involving flashbacks and spontaneous headaches.
(2) Rocky compulsively takes off for mountaintops.
(3) Tanktops are so yesterday.
(4) Rocky's first pupil tried to beat the crap out of him.
(5) Mr. T did beat the crap out of him.
(6) Rocky tapped his wife's crazy brother to manage his money and lost everything.
(7) Rocky chases chickens.
(8) Rocky concedes that he is a moron ("You gotta be a moron to wanna be a fighter.")
(9) "Yo" is not a proper greeting for foreign heads of state.
(10) Rocky supports John McCain




Tags: election 2008, fighter, hillary clinton, pennsylvania, philadelphia, rocky, rocky balboa (all tags)

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Re: 10 Reasons Not to Compare Oneself to Rocky (2.00 / 1)

As admirable and understandable as her sentiment was, it's a good example of how no sentence goes unexamined, and no joke goes untold.  Even Jay Leno was onto this one, paraphrasing from memory,"Doesn't she realize that Rocky lost?  And he was beaten by a black guy?"

Gotta love Hillary, but that was perhaps not the best analogy to lean on, even in Philly.


Nos causidicus Obama , ergo nos non suadeo
by rb608 on Wed Apr 02, 2008 at 12:54:27 PM EST


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