Slog - Comments on Clinton as Rocky

Comment by Mr. Poe

Mr. Poe — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:09:50 -0800

Well it makes sense. Rocky seemed to go from retarded to smart to retarded [again] an awful lot throughout the trainwreck movies.

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:13:44 -0800

Rambo would have killed his way out of the Hanoi Hilton, stolen a helicopter and single-handedly defeated the North Vietnamese.

Unlike that wuss, John McCain, who just sat there.

Being tortured.

Comment by SeMe

SeMe — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:18:40 -0800

is the working class underdog appeal to all those blue collar workers who have lost jobs in philly. though its changed a lot since i lived there, unlike seattle, philly still has a working class soul and it has not been completely taken over by newcomers.

like most of her latest strategies, it will most likely not work, but not a bad move.

'm not sure the abc analyst is right about rocky losing, thats too simplistic. the whole film is about how, eventhough, apollo won the fight, rocky won the battle. he came back from the dead. he made it up the museum stairs, blah, blah.. besides,rocky won in rocky 2.

Comment by Hernandez

Hernandez — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:20:31 -0800

And, just like Rocky (in the first movie), she will lose to the black man. Yes, quite an appropriate analogy.

Comment by AMB

AMB — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:22:57 -0800

Rocky's victories are just as fictional as hers.

Comment by Clint

Clint — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:25:03 -0800

If Rocky was really like Clinton, he would have claimed that he actually won the first fight and had grand stories about knocking out Apolo Creed. Then he would have claimed to have won an NBA Championship, a world series and a been Super Bowl MVP. Then, we would all get to watch reporters showing video of Rocky watching those games on TV.

Comment by bma

bma — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:27:17 -0800

I still prefer Maureen Dowd's Terminator comparison.

Comment by midwaypete

midwaypete — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:31:44 -0800

And just like Rocky, she would rather see McCain win than Obama.

Comment by shub-negrorath

shub-negrorath — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:32:38 -0800

You'd think Clinton would think twice about comparing herself to one of the great he-men of pop culture given her emasculatory reputation.

Comment by Andy Niable

Andy Niable — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:35:36 -0800

Um, well... I guess that would make Obama... Apollo Creed?

(waiting for the umpteenth scream about "injecting race" into the campaign)

Comment by Paulus

Paulus — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:36:47 -0800

So he CAN raise his arms!

Comment by NapoleonXIV

NapoleonXIV — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:45:59 -0800

I'd pay to see Dolph Lungren go nine rounds with Hillary.

Comment by Aaron Huffman

Aaron Huffman — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:50:25 -0800

Jesus, who writes her speeches? They're pretty consistently full of ham-handed crap like that...

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:03:20 -0800

I agree; that's a TERRIBLE speech, and a terrible analogy, badly delivered. It's idiotic pandering, of the "OK, Philly, what do I know about Philly? Rocky, yeah, that's the ticket" type. It's worse than "in it to win it". She really is a terrible speaker. Compare to virtually any delivery by her opponent (who actually makes you want to hear them again, and read them), or even her husband, who could at least make meaningless gibberish sound like intelligible speech.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:45:15 -0800

So, when candidates start saying "I'm not a quitter, I never give up" that's when their candidacy is officially over.

Comment by BobH

BobH — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:30:21 -0800

She may lose this time but she gets five more chances.