Clinton Likens Herself to 'Rocky'

[DeepModem Mom]

NYT/AP: Clinton Likens Herself to 'Rocky'
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: April 1, 2008

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Perhaps the analogy was inevitable: Hillary Rodham Clinton as Rocky Balboa, the scrappy underdog boxer from Philadelphia memorably depicted in the 1976 Oscar-winning film. Even if Rocky did lose his first big fight.

Addressing a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO Tuesday, the former first lady and New York senator said that she, like Rocky, wasn't a quitter. Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Clinton said that ending her presidential campaign now would be as if ''Rocky Balboa had gotten halfway up those art museum steps and said, 'Well, I guess that's about far enough.'''

''Let me tell you something, when it comes to finishing a fight, Rocky and I have a lot in common. I never quit. I never give up. And neither do the American people,'' Clinton said....

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''The Republicans aren't going to give up without a fight,'' Clinton said. ''And no matter how beautiful your rhetoric, the Republicans aren't going to turn off their attack machine -- it doesn't have an off-switch.''

''But one thing you know about me is that when I say I'll fight for you, I'll fight for you,'' she said. ''I know what it's like to stumble. I know what it means to get knocked down. But I've never stayed down, and I never will.''...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Clinton-Labor.html

[LisaM]

1. I'm sure everyone who campaigns in Pennsylvania compares themselves to Rocky

Actually, her tenacity is one of the things I like best about her.

[DJ13]

2. Punchdrunk and too old to continue boxing?

:rofl:

[ORDagnabbit]

3. I thought it was rambo in vietnam dodging sniper fire?

[Cha]

11. hilary's morphing into a rocky rambo.

[OhioBlue]

4. More like the Terminator

Listen. And understand. That terminator is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever

until it destroys the Party and our chances at the Presidency in '08

[nashville_brook]

5. then, she should know she won't win until the sequel.

[phillysuse]

6. That's the point - the sequel is 2012

That's when she runs against President Santorum who took over when President McCain died of melanoma in 2011. Back in 2008, she continued to run against Obama and then staged a scene at the convention. There were riots of pro-Hillary people outside the convention center in Denver. The Democratic party was split which allowed the McCain-Santorum ticket to win a cliff hanger of an election. Ohio and Florida, as usual made the difference.

That was the plan all along once she saw Obama surging - the plan was to fight like Rocky in 2008 and LOSE, only to win when she came back in 2012.

[Fud]

7. Stallone said he is voting for McCain

[DeepModem Mom]

8. OMG, Fud! Well done. nt

[liberal texan]

9. until she is ready to do this

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3alkwXgp9_M
she can't claim this

[Cha]

10. The rocky Abyss..yeah I'll buy

that.

[cui bono]

12. Except she said "I never get up" and Rocky lost to a black man.

Oops.

[Craig Livingstone]

13. I worked for HRC and she is no heroic Rocky.

Ms. Clinton, and those that surround her, are a small group of petty and vindictive political hacks. Believe me, I know them well.

Craig Livingstone
Director, White House Personnel Security 1993-96

[DeepModem Mom]

14. Welcome to DU, Mr. Livingstone! nt