the themes about the role of sports in society, the role of black athletes, race, religion, faith, politics, war. but he s got three strikes against him going in there. you know? first of all he s bragging, and he s self-confident. that s not the way athletes, particularly black athletes, are supposed to behave. then he announces he s joining the nation of islam. a separatist, religious cult. strike two. and then refuses induction into the draft. that moment that frazier fight, fight of the century, he s making a comeback. vietnam war is winding down. people realizing he was right all along and though he s been horrific to joe frazier in the way characterized. using language of a white racist to talk about a black man, end of the fight when he loses only points, valiant, knocked down last round, gets up after the fight speaks so softly about loss coming into everyone s life. there are people out there that are going to lose a job. are going to lose a loved one.
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ally/frazier fight in 1971 where frazier knocked the champ down. no one expected ali won the second and third fights. he can t overcorrect, and he needs not protect his likability too much. he s comparing it to 1971. here we are in current year, current time. what adoes the president need to do, david, tomorrow with this platform of a town hall debate as well? i would focus on my strengths if i was president obama, and something that mitt romney cannot touch, no matter what, is president obama s ability to connect with people and say, i m like you. i experienced what you experienced. if i were president obama, one of the things i would do is say, hey, look, if you re a student. i had student debt up until a couple years ago, so did michelle. if you re unemployed, my grandfather was unemployed. i grew up in a household led by