McCain and Obama: A Classic Ali-Frazier Fight: Don't Count McCain

McCain and Obama: A Classic Ali-Frazier Fight: Don't Count McCain ('Frazier') Out Yet; He Too can 'Shake Up the World' by Alonzo Brooklyn

MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 4 /Christian Newswire/ -- Do you remember the old Ali- Frazier fights? Ah! Those were the days, my friend. For those of you who are young bucks and weren't born when the entire nation, yea, the world, shut down to see the classic Ali-Frazier match-ups, I feel sorry for you. Get the highlight films and be inspired. Today, we have a match-up in politics that is very similar to the old Ali-Frazier fights. Of course, McCain is Frazier and Obama is Ali. (The fact that Obama and Ali both have Muslim names is a coincidence.) The similarities between the boxers in the titanic boxing match-ups of old and the presidential candidates in the political match-up of today are as follows:


McCain, like Frazier, is not pretty. Obama, like Ali, is pretty.
McCain, like Frazier, is charismatically challenged. Obama, like Ali, came out of the womb charismatic.
McCain, like Frazier, is not a great speaker. Obama, like Ali, can string words together almost into a song, "Yes, we can".
McCain, like Frazier, is not as bright. Obama, like Ali, is a genius.
McCain, like Frazier, is more of a stationary duke it out boxer--no showboating, just stand and punch. Obama, like Ali, can bob and weave, shuffle and dance, as well as "float like a butterfly and sting like a bee; you can't hit what you can't see". (Remember the recent trip overseas?)
McCain, like Frazier, is not as liked and admired by the crowds and media. Obama, like Ali, is a "rock star" and a media darling. The comparisons can go on and on.

There were many people back then who counted Frazier out in all three fights that they had, but Frazier never counted himself out. I am a Christian, who happens to be an African-American, and I truly do not have a dog in this fight for the presidency of the United States, but, I feel that many people are counting the old, unglamorous McCain out a little bit too early. Some are predicting the worst landslide in our nation's history. But let me remind you that old Joe Frazier won the first fight, and in McCain's case, all he has to do is win the first one. I am bringing this up because I have seen something in McCain over the past several weeks that I didn't see right after Obama won the Democratic nomination. Back then, he looked stunned, bewildered, and not sure of what to do. But the old man has found his footing and he is looking very presidential, nowadays. McCain has that confident twinkle in his eye. When he smiles now, it is genuine and not forced. He is not trying to be funny anymore, he is being himself, and strangely, he is not being rattled by the bobbing and weaving, shuffling and dancing showmanship of Obama. If you remember the first fight between Frazier and Ali, when Frazier shocked the world and won, Frazier looked like a man possessed. He stayed focused and won. I see that same thing in McCain right now. And when a man gets that look in his eye, he is almost unstoppable. All I am saying is while the world seems to be on the Obama train right now don't count McCain out yet, because he has truly proven himself to be a comeback kid.

And by the way, if McCain wins, I don't think it will be just because of the racial divide in this country, or because of the mistakes of his youthful opponent, (and let me just say here, contrary to what many are saying, old age does have its advantages) but because there is something deep down in McCain that most men simply don't have--that quiet, non- braggadocios, but confident spirit that never gives up. Never count "Frazier" out! He, too, can "shake up the world".

Alonzo Brooklyn is a full-time writer and commentator. His weekly column can be read at www.Black ChristianNews.com as well as http://Alon zoBrooklyn.Wordpress.com. You may e-mail him at: alonzo.broo klyn@gmail.com.

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