Rocky Barracuda [Reader Post]

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l-8-824-rocky_marciano_the_punch-z000y898.jpgRocky Marciano was quite a person. My friend, Coach Mac, used to be a pro fighter in Boston back then and knew Brockton and knew Rocky. As a young man, Rocky learned one hard lesson once. He jumped into an amateur boxing match one time, for the first time, and was winning easily, but he soon ran out of gas and lost on points. He swore to himself that he would never forget that lesson and he never did. (By acclamation, he is now regarded as one of the hardest trainers ever, someone who got stronger as a fight went on.)

He was routinely underestimated on his way to the championship. He was undersized with a very short reach. He seemed very awkward indeed and not very impressive. He came from a working class Italian family and refused to get involved with Mafia or dishonest boxing insiders. His generosity, family sense and integrity were sneered at by many. But he came up the hard way – the honest way. And nothing was going to stop him.

What they all didn’t realize is he was driven by the unconquerable power of virtue, faith and determination. And his seeming awkwardness was actually ingenious adaptation and humble learning as he went on. The fully developed Rocky used a great gambit. He tried to bait his opponents by their pride or lack of emotional control and when they came closer in a later round and let their guard down, he unleashed his awesome punches (which, at one point, was measured to be as strong as a jack hammer!).

This Wednesday night there is no doubt in my mind we saw Rocky Barracuda. The Democrats made the classic mistake of letting their anger, fear, and greed for easy victory lead them to take the path of the low blow. They convinced themselves they could rush in and finish off this young, helpless female, Sarah Palin, and destroy her. What they found on that night was every bit as devastating as “The Punch” that ended Jersey Joe Walcott’s fight, though he had been ahead on points. With powerful, honest, totally AUTHENTIC thrusts of oratory she displayed undeniably true strength.

She has been tried in a true crucible real people and true governance, not the artifice of Obama. She is true hope and change built in reality. And like the well-trained Rocky, who had paid his dues, the Barracuda showed the greatness in America that de Tocqueville came to love and admire.

With unexpectedly powerful punches she totally stunned the pretender and with thunderous blows she struck him like few have been struck before.

All I can say is, “Down goes Barry! Down goes Barry!”