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Ali was a successful braggadocio, media lauds; Trump the same...but hated...
6/4/16 | sff

Posted on 06/04/2016 1:17:32 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Just had FOX News on the past hour or so. They cannot get enough of the adulation for Muhammed Ali.

I'm not creating the thread to debate the pros or cons of that position.

Just want to observe: they're playing clip after clip of Ali boasting of his power and skill and abilities. And the media is saying what a wonderful fellow he was.

Seems to me there is a parallel today in another arena.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: ali; bias; hypocrisy; trump
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To: jimbug

Only a few hate Trump—others love him. He will be like Reagan a beloved character. If he can do half of what he says—they will carve his face on mountains!


21 posted on 06/04/2016 2:53:23 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Cassius Clay was hated for his braggadocio in his time too; Even more so after he became a Muslim.


22 posted on 06/04/2016 2:54:22 PM PDT by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I don’t think anybody wanted Ali to be president. And for a long time most of the media hated him, of course he hated them first.


23 posted on 06/04/2016 2:55:33 PM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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To: anton

Just read where one wife divorced him because of reprisals if she didn’t go full muslim.


24 posted on 06/04/2016 2:56:21 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: SoFloFreeper

Is it so surprising?

Ali = anti-American. Trump = pro-American.

Ali = anti-Christian. Trump = pro-Christian (whether or not he is one).

Ali = Democrat. Trump = Republican.

Ali = Black. Trump = White.

Do I need to go on?


25 posted on 06/04/2016 3:03:29 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Same old story. If your politics are correct (Democrat) the bad stuff gets ignored.


26 posted on 06/04/2016 3:15:16 PM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) was an evil man the caused an entire generation of young black men and women to convert to Islam. He is in hell now, not bedding 72 virgins or little boys, but rather in torments regretting the great damage he caused.


27 posted on 06/04/2016 3:18:55 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: SoFloFreeper
I wonder what they'd say about Ali after seeing this?

As I recall a lot of Democrats at the time were upset with Ali for his support of Reagan.

28 posted on 06/04/2016 3:19:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: bigdaddy45

Were talking Clay here ..... Clay was a piece of shit as are all who dodged the draft as well as those who supported them for doing so. . Guts ? ..... you can word worship cowards like Clay if thats your thing..... All polidiots suck 100% ....trump included .


29 posted on 06/04/2016 3:19:25 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Trump is NOT hated. He is highly respected and loved by those that understand him for his huge successes in business and now political office!

Just because the MSN says he is hated only means that they want to project their hatred upon him to sway voters to the real hated person in the race, Hillary Clinton and her corrupt cabal.


30 posted on 06/04/2016 3:26:36 PM PDT by Randy Larsen
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To: Squantos

So not a Trump man then? Or Cheney? Both of them dodged the draft. As long as you’re intellectually honest.

Truth be told, if i had an 18 year old son in 1968, and know what i know now, no way in hell would I want him going to Vietnam. I would have done everything in my power to get a deferment.


31 posted on 06/04/2016 3:41:36 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

If we knew then, what we knew now....... Stay safe, hope yer well.


32 posted on 06/04/2016 3:56:34 PM PDT by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: bigdaddy45

http://www.1stcavmedic.com/bill-clinton-draft.htm


33 posted on 06/04/2016 4:00:27 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau

If you can find thing for Trump I’d encourage you to post it. Are you suggesting he was any better?


34 posted on 06/04/2016 4:02:27 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: SoFloFreeper

Do you expect any weekend news show to do anything worthwhile?

It’s not bias. It’s laziness. The reporters see what one person says, and so they think that’s what they should say.

The entire industrial media complex participant in groupthink. I don’t even think there is anyone leading it.


35 posted on 06/04/2016 4:25:31 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
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To: dfwgator

is that Frazier in the middle? Who is the guy on the right?


36 posted on 06/04/2016 6:19:55 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper ((Just say no to HRC))
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To: SoFloFreeper

Floyd Patterson, I believe.


37 posted on 06/04/2016 6:20:46 PM PDT by dfwgator
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