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Where there’s life, there’s hope

Bookworm on Oct 15 2008 at 4:11 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized

I finally figured out the two perfect sports metaphors (I hope) for this election.  First, the hubris of the famous Cal-Stanford game in 1982:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fZCCAqoSwY

Second, the women’s snowboard race in the last Olympics, during which Lindsey Jacobellis got cocky, performed an unnecessary jump, and lost the lead:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iThQ1po1JLU

Remember, folks, it ain’t over ’til it’s over.

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4 Responses to “Where there’s life, there’s hope”

1. on 15 Oct 2008 at 5:48 pm 1rockdalian

   Barack Obama may say that Israel has no better friend than himself, but Jesse Jackson begs to differ. Amir Taheri wrote in yesterday’s New York Post that Jackson hailed a new era in American foreign policy, where the “Zionists” would no longer control American action:

   He promised “fundamental changes” in US foreign policy - saying America must “heal wounds” it has caused to other nations, revive its alliances and apologize for the “arrogance of the Bush administration.”

   The most important change would occur in the Middle East, where “decades of putting Israel’s interests first” would end.

   Jackson believes that, although “Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades” remain strong, they’ll lose a great deal of their clout when Barack Obama enters the White House.

   http://hotair.com/archives/2008/10/15/jackson-zionists-will-lose-under-obama/

   Honest to goodness, how anyone of the Jewish persuasion can vote for Obama simply perplexes me.

2. on 16 Oct 2008 at 2:01 pm 2suek

   Don’t know exactly where this fits in best, so I’ll park it here. It’s worth a read…

   http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/10/mccains_war_story.html

3. on 16 Oct 2008 at 2:41 pm 3suek

   Here’s another one…this one is short and funny…

   http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2008/10/chris-thought-o-day.html

4. on 16 Oct 2008 at 4:03 pm 4Earl

   Ohhhhhh, thanks for the memories…..my young son and I heard that replay the next day, and rolled on the floor. For MONTHS afterward, poor Joe Starkey had to endure the producers playing his hysterical call whenever he was trying to be serious, or receiving a compliment, or trying something new. It was SO funny, and is the only thing in the last several weeks that has taken my mind completely off the election….well, ALMOST the only thing.

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