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Champ praises Ali as a draft dodger fighter who helped to shape modern America
2016-06-05
[Wash Times] The president said he and his wife are "grateful to Allah God for how fortunate we are to have known him, if just for a while."

Shared visions of Islamic name change, 're-shaping America' - revolutionary leader, and all of that.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Fair enuf, help me get smart about this fellow. Obviously I've missed something. Please list a few of his accomplishments.

He beat the crap out of Sonny Liston.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-06-05 17:09  

#6  #4 Fair enuf, help me get smart about this fellow. Obviously I've missed something. Please list a few of his accomplishments.

Named by his parents for a man who fought for the abolition of slavery; decided that his given name was a "slave name" and changed it to honor people who conducted slave raids and raped nine year olds.

He's a secular saint, you know.
Posted by: charger   2016-06-05 13:55  

#5  Fair enuf, help me get smart about this fellow. Obviously I've missed something. Please list a few of his accomplishments.

Droll, Beso. Very droll.
Posted by: badanov   2016-06-05 13:13  

#4  Fair enuf, help me get smart about this fellow. Obviously I've missed something. Please list a few of his accomplishments.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-06-05 12:51  

#3  He's a man and thus is fallible. I'm a Christian and try to be forgiving. I'll let Mr. Ali's transgressions slide and admire him for what he accomplished.

Concur.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2016-06-05 12:47  

#2  Now now. I admire Mr. Ali. Yes, he made a big mistake when it came to not reporting for the draft -- then again, he paid for it. He lost three years of his boxing prime.

He spent his post boxing days helping others, at least until his Parkinson's took his mobility and voice away. As far as I know he didn't harm anyone outside the boxing ring.

He's a man and thus is fallible. I'm a Christian and try to be forgiving. I'll let Mr. Ali's transgressions slide and admire him for what he accomplished.
Posted by: Steve White   2016-06-05 12:42  

#1  MLK with fists.
'Yawn'.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-06-05 11:13  

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