Baracky III

Does anyone remember the start of Rocky III?
Here, take a look ...



The movie starts with a montage of Rocky winning fight after fight in convincing fashion.  He's on top of the world.  It's all coming easy for him - too easy.  It soon becomes clear to us that he's getting soft.  There's a hungry challenger on the horizon who just can't wait to get his shot at Rocky.  The challenger's got the "Eye of the Tiger", and Rocky's lost it, and it's clear what's going to happen when the two of them finally meet in the ring.

That's what happened to Obama in that first debate with Romney.  After watching him mop the floor with his competition back in 2008, lots of us became convinced he was a great debater - and Obama started to believe it too.  What we didn't realize was that much like Rocky at the start of Rocky III, his resounding victories came against a bunch of palookas ( McCain, Hillary, Edwards ( His crappy performance against Cheney in 2004 killed Kerry's momentum ) ).  When he found himself up against somebody who actually came to fight, he went down as hard as Rocky did in his first fight with Clubber Lang ( The debate also reminded me of this quote from the first Rocky movie: "He doesn't know it's a damn show!  He thinks it's a damn fight!" ).

So, what's next?  Well if you're an Obama fan, all you can do is hope this story continues to follow the "Rocky III" script.  That means Obama's gotta get the "Eye of the Tiger" back.  That means he's got some serious training to do between now and Tuesday.  He's got to get into the "gym" and start training with "Apollo".  So, who's Obama's "Apollo".  Well, in Rocky III, Apollo was a retired, charismatic, egotistical former champ.  So, there really only one choice here - Obama's gotta head into the poorest, white-trashiest section of Arkansas and start training with Bill Clinton.  He's gotta train where Clinton got his start - in Arkansas' political "gyms", full of young hungry politicians with the "Eye of the Tiger".



Somewhere, I hope that Obama and Clinton are running together on a beach like this ...



Rich