I gotta give a mega shout out to one of my favorite fighters. Bernard Hopkins, aka "The Executioner", who is 43 years old, went out, and DOMINATED 26 yr old Middleweight Champ Kelly Pavlik. Reports show that he basically dominated the entire fight. This does not surprise me. I will always remember his KO of Felix Trinidad at Madison Square Garden in 2001. Trinidad, who is Puerto Rican, had 20,000 New Yorkers at the Garden cheering for him. By the time he was KO'ed, the audience was eerily silent. Amazing sports moment.
Of course, the big news in politics today is that Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Senator Barack Obama for President on "Meet the Press" this morning. First, let me start off by saying that I do have some misgivings about Mr. Powell. After all, it was his speech in front of the UN, that made the US case for war in Iraq. We now know that the info he shared was not correct. Whether he literally knew it was incorrect, or if he thought the information was truthful, I do not know. However, it is a blight on his otherwise honorable list of achievements.
I must say that I found his endorsement of Obama incredibly nuanced, and heartfelt. Powell covered all of the bases. You could tell that he truly had agonized over the endorsement. From the ridiculous choice of Sarah Palin as VP, to the whole "Obama is a Muslim" myth, to the robocalls that the McCain campaign is doing (employing the same firm that smeared McCain w/ the black baby out of wedlock myth in 2000!); Powell hit all the bases.
I wish that more of our local, state and national leaders could speak as plainly, and as directly as Mr. Powell did today. He transcended race, political party, and personal agenda today. He deserves kudos!
It is AMAZING, I just found out that the McCain Campaign countered the Powell endorsement of Obama by announcing that Katie Barberia, a TELEVNOVELA actress in Florida had endorsed McCain!!! LOLOL!!!!
A final shout out to Chris Leben for a great fight on the Spike TV UFC card against Michael Bisbing. While Chris came up a little short, he showed tremendous heart, and determination. I hope that not only will he finish up all of the tattoo's that are on his chest, but that he will continue to find success in sobriety!!!
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That's even better than the McCain campaign countering Obama's speech in front of the Brandenburg Gate with McCain appearing at that German restaurant in Ohio.
Seriously, the more the McCain campaign deflates, the more empathy I feel toward McCain. If he makes me feel any worse for him, I may have to toss him a pity vote :-p
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