Deannie Mills: Obama's Rope A Dope

Even when I was a little kid, I used to love to watch Mohammed Ali box. I'd sit cross-legged on the living room floor in front of my daddy's chair, and we'd watch him outsmart and outbox every contender, from the time he won the gold at the Olympics as Cassius Clay, to the time they took away all his belts and awards when he refused to fight in another unjust and unnecessary war, to when he came roaring back and won them all over again. We loved watching him spar with network sportscaster Howard Cossell, and I always got a kick out of his mouthing and trash-talking for the television cameras. Still, I heard all the snide remarks that were made when he became a Muslim and changed his name. When he first went into a decline with Parkinson's disease, and sportscasters whispered that he'd taken too many blows to the head, he... [read full story]