A Fight For America
On March 8, 1971, in a smoke-filled Madison Square Garden, two undefeated heavyweight champions met in the ring for what was to become one of the greatest -- and most important -- bouts in boxing history. Tied to the two fighters was political symbolism that made the fighters and the fight itself larger than a mere championship match. Joe Frazier, the undisputed heavyweight champion, was the symbol of the old guard -- the pro-Vietnam, pro-old ways of thinking regime. Muhammad Ali represented the anti-war, anti-establishment new guard.
This was just a boxing match.
Today, all the same symbolism is represented in our two presidential candidates. John McCain is the exact image of America as it has been for these past thirty-plus years. Barack Obama, like Muhammad Ali, represents a potential new America.
McCain may be a good man. He is a noted war hero. However, his belief system -- and his record of legislating -- is representative of the politics that have plagued our nation since the Vietnam War ended. He is Republican (from 1968, the height of the Vietnam era, through January 20, 2009, when Bush finally leaves, Republicans were in the White House 28 years to the Democrats' 12). He is a career party legislator. He stood by his party and his party's despite the personal attacks made upon him during his failed presidential run in 2000.
Barack Obama's career in the spotlight began, not surprisingly, with a phenomenal speech in 2004. He is young and new. But, more importantly, he's stood for what he's believed in -- not necessarily what his party believed in -- even when those within his own party cowered in fear of what was a very powerful Bush political machine. While McCain is part of the Silent Generation -- pre-Boomer, Obama straddles the divide between the Boomer Generation and my generation -- Generation X. He will be the first president to have been too young to participate in Vietnam.
As I have written here before, America has been on a slow decline. Everything we as a nation had once stood for has either gone dormant or is being killed off by the Bush Administration and the Neo-Con agenda -- and agenda to which Senator McCain subscribes. Here is a chance to put a stop to it.
On March 8, 1971, Joe Frazier won. Let's make sure the old guard doesn't win this one. It matters more.
Vote for Barack Obama.
This was just a boxing match.
Today, all the same symbolism is represented in our two presidential candidates. John McCain is the exact image of America as it has been for these past thirty-plus years. Barack Obama, like Muhammad Ali, represents a potential new America.
McCain may be a good man. He is a noted war hero. However, his belief system -- and his record of legislating -- is representative of the politics that have plagued our nation since the Vietnam War ended. He is Republican (from 1968, the height of the Vietnam era, through January 20, 2009, when Bush finally leaves, Republicans were in the White House 28 years to the Democrats' 12). He is a career party legislator. He stood by his party and his party's despite the personal attacks made upon him during his failed presidential run in 2000.
Barack Obama's career in the spotlight began, not surprisingly, with a phenomenal speech in 2004. He is young and new. But, more importantly, he's stood for what he's believed in -- not necessarily what his party believed in -- even when those within his own party cowered in fear of what was a very powerful Bush political machine. While McCain is part of the Silent Generation -- pre-Boomer, Obama straddles the divide between the Boomer Generation and my generation -- Generation X. He will be the first president to have been too young to participate in Vietnam.
As I have written here before, America has been on a slow decline. Everything we as a nation had once stood for has either gone dormant or is being killed off by the Bush Administration and the Neo-Con agenda -- and agenda to which Senator McCain subscribes. Here is a chance to put a stop to it.
On March 8, 1971, Joe Frazier won. Let's make sure the old guard doesn't win this one. It matters more.
Vote for Barack Obama.
posted by E-Luv at 8:36 AM
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