Presidential Hopefuls as Sports Figures

GoneOffShore

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-21-07 12:01 PM
Original message

Presidential Hopefuls as Sports Figures

Frank DeFord, one of my favorite radio guys, had an interesting take on Presidential hopefuls on Morning Edition (NPR) today:

Morning Edition, November 21, 2007 ·

How do politicians resemble sports figures? This is our usual quadrennial exercise, but because the primary calendar has been moved forward, we also have to come out now in order to stay ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. So:

If Barack Obama were in sports, he would be Roger Federer. So stylish, so smooth. We just don't know yet whether Obama is the stylish and smooth Roger Federer of 2002 who didn't win, or the stylish and smooth Roger Federer of 2007 who wins almost everything...

Mitt Romney thinks he's Derek Jeter. Of course, he used to think he was Alex Rodriquez...

More here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16467396

He did miss out on Dennis Kucinich, who could be Yogi Berra with a touch of woowoo thrown in.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

tomg

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-21-07 12:18 PM
Response to Original message

1. Kucinich? For me, that's easy. He's Doug Flutie.

Impeachment - it's the Hail Mary Pass. He's "too small" to play in the NFL, so it takes the Canadians to realize how great he is. He becomes the NFL "Comeback Player of the Year." It's all right there.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

GoneOffShore

(1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Wed Nov-21-07 12:21 PM
Response to Reply #1

2. I wish I knew who all these guys are.

I love to listen to DeFord because he talks about sport as metaphor. He is as much fun to listen to and as insightful as Red Barber was.

Printer Friendly | Permalink | | Top

DU AdBot (1000+ posts)

Sat May 04th 2024, 05:20 AM
Response to Original message

Advertisements [?]

Top

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators

Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.