Would that be a dynamic duo, or what?
Posted on 02/15/2011 2:42:03 AM PST by Scanian
Rocky Marciano was the only heavyweight champion who never lost a single fight in his whole career-- and, at the time, he seemed the least likely fighter to do that. In many a boxing match, he was battered, bruised and bleeding.
One of the reasons Marciano took so much punishment in the ring was that he had shorter arms than most other heavyweights. It was easier for others to hit him than for him to hit them.
In a sense, Republicans today are in a similar position in the political arena. With most of the media heavily tilted toward the Democrats, Republicans are going to get hit far more often than they are going to get in their own punches.
The difference is that Rocky Marciano understood from the beginning that he was going to get hit more often, and prepared himself for that kind of fight. His strategy was to concentrate on developing punches powerful enough to nullify his opponents' greater number of punches.
Republicans take the opposite approach from that of Rocky Marciano-- and often with opposite results. That may be why they managed to lose both houses of Congress and the White House in recent years, in a country where there are millions more people who call themselves conservatives than there are who call themselves liberals.
Knowing that they are going to get hit more often in the media, you might think that Republicans would put extra time and effort into developing a knockout message. In reality, however, Republicans seem to invest much less time and thought into getting their political message across than is done by the Democrats.
First of all, Democrats develop words and phrases that they all use, so that the public hears those same words and phrases over and over again, until they...
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Did Rocky Marciano have a habit of hitting himself in the face? That would be the equivalent of nominating Dole or McCain.
I doubt Rocky Marciano ever burst into tears all over his pink tie.
Only when he couldn’t find some of the cash he hid in the strangest places.
Shots to the head affect guys differently...the Rock became a touch paranoid about being cheated or robbed.
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Would that be a dynamic duo, or what?
Thomas Sowell/Hermanator ping.
I love Thomas Sowell, but I have other faves for VP :)
Bump for a great article by the masterful Thomas Sowell.
We need Rocky Marciano... and the Republicans can only give us Gerry Cooney.
I agree. I’m thinking that Dr. Sowell would serve very effectively as Press Secretary! Just imagine those ‘education’ sessions with the msm! Professor Sowell would take ‘em to ‘school’!
He really would be an good press secretary. If we get a true conservative in office, the WH cabinet is going to be outstanding
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