Uh, I'm pretty sure Rocky lost Senator. Plus, are you sure you weren't thinking of Butkus?
Posted on 04/01/2008 4:05:05 AM PDT by presidio9
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she has something in common with legendary film boxer Rocky Balboa — she's not a quitter.
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Recalling a famous scene on the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from the 1976 Oscar-winning film "Rocky," 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 in excerpts of prepared remarks to be given Tuesday to a meeting of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.
Clinton warned that Democrats won't have an easy time against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain in the general, and implied that her rival for the nomination, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, may not be up to the task.
"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," the New York senator 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."
In recent days, Clinton has made an issue of calls from Obama backers for her to abandon the Democratic race. They've argued that Obama holds the lead in the delegate count and a protracted Democratic primary would damage the eventual nominee.
"Now, this is one of the most important elections we've ever had. There is so much at stake. But just as it's getting time to vote here in Pennsylvania, Senator Obama says he's getting tired of it. His supporters say they want it to end," Clinton said.
Obama refused on Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Clinton to drop out of the race.
"My attitude is Senator Clinton can run as long as she wants," he said.
Uh, I'm pretty sure Rocky lost Senator. Plus, are you sure you weren't thinking of Butkus?
She wants to quit Iraq.
QUITTER QUITTER QUITTER.
Like Hillary Rodham Clinton's political future. It's all about ME, ME, ME!
Just ask anyone on the Arkancide list if you don't believe her.
Didn’t Rocky loose to that black guy, Apollo
The only thing “Rocky” about Hillary are the rocks in her head.
Perhaps she meant she's good for a smack!
As long as they both end up on the floor all bloody, it sounds OK.
Yeah...you are both actors!
Uh... They're both fictional creations?
OMG! lol
HA HA. Its what I thought. Rocky loses to the black guy.
This from Wikiped.
Creed does not initially take the fight seriously, but Rocky unexpectedly knocks him down in the first round and the match turns intense. The fight indeed lasts 15 rounds with each fighter suffering many injuries. After the fight, Rocky calls out for Adrian, who runs down to the ring. As Creed is announced the winner by split decision, Adrian and Rocky embrace where they profess their love to one another.
They both stand to pee?
This made me think: I'f I were going to be voting for one of the characters in any of the nine Rocky movies, I'd probablly vote for Apollo. My first thought was Clubber Lang, but then I decided that he's probabally crazier than John McCain.
Yeah, as in "Rocky Marriage"
Someone didn’t tell her that Rocky was nearly a moron?
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