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re: Mohammad Ali a draft dodger?
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:51 am to TheHarper
Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:51 am to TheHarper
I was living in Pleasure Ridge Park, just off the Waterson Expressway, in Louisville when all this went down and I remember his declaration that he was changing his name from Cassius Clay to Mohammed Ali ... and why.
Yes, he was a draft dodger but he was always a very smart savvy PR and standup guy. He wasn't your typical coward draft dodger.
He was the Barrack Obama of his day really. Drew the same type of praise from the same type of people but, imho, he was never the raging lying hypocrite that Obama is. He wasn't a politician .... he was a Pied Piper.
I met him one time, in Memphis, and as big as I am at 6'3" with big hands and feet .... when I shook his hand his hand engulfed mine and his smile and charm immediately puts you at ease.
I have long considered him a one of a kind human being.
Yes, he was a draft dodger but he was always a very smart savvy PR and standup guy. He wasn't your typical coward draft dodger.
He was the Barrack Obama of his day really. Drew the same type of praise from the same type of people but, imho, he was never the raging lying hypocrite that Obama is. He wasn't a politician .... he was a Pied Piper.
I met him one time, in Memphis, and as big as I am at 6'3" with big hands and feet .... when I shook his hand his hand engulfed mine and his smile and charm immediately puts you at ease.
I have long considered him a one of a kind human being.
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Posted on 9/17/19 at 6:55 am to scrooster
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I have long considered him a one of a kind human being.
This is my take-away from what I know of his life.
I do not recall a moment when I thought otherwise.
Honesty is all I can ask of anyone - and he appeared completely honest to me. (and at this point, I don't even want to know otherwise - whether he was a devil or a saint makes no difference to anything other than his family - I choose the favorable memory)
Posted on 9/17/19 at 7:10 am to scrooster
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He was the Barrack Obama of his day really
Come on, don't insult the man....
Love him or hate him, Ali was a self-made man who worked incredibly hard and always had skin in the game, IOW, the complete opposite of Obama....
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