A Tale of Two Warriors

McCain and OBama, each a warrior. Each is a very tough, seasoned warrior. Nobody grows up black and successful in America without becoming very, very hardened. Nobody spends five years in a brutal pow camp without becoming very, very hard.
I don't mean that they are nasty or unfeeling -- I just mean to say that both men have a toughness that normal folk would prefer not to run up against.
Both smile a lot. Both will shake your hand, pat you on the back and profess to be deeply interested in your problems and griefs. But just look in their eyes.
Neither Michelle nor Cindy is the kind of women to be attracted to wimps. (For that matter, neither Biden nor Palin is the sort of politician to fit well with a wimp.) In school, they called OBama the "Obomber" for the way he played basketball. His absolutely huge player/coach brother-in-law says Obama never holds back or shows fear on the court. McCain, of course, has flown in the flack and dropped real bombs, mission after mission.
Obama does not hesitate to speak harshly of his opponent's policies and platform. McCain smiles and articulates great respect for Obama the warrior.
Did you listen to McCain's acceptance speech? Two things stood out for me. One, I cannot recall a nomine speaking with such respect for an opponent. Two, I doubt that in the history of the Republic there has ever been such an instance of a nominee taking his own party to task!
"We lost their trust" here; "we lost their trust" there; "we lost their trust ... ."
"We let Washington change us; we didn't change Washington."
That's a subtle old warrior.
Obama hasn't yet learned the skills that come from fighting in the lists -- with warplanes, through torture, in the halls of Congress. (Congressional knives make the stuff they use on the Southside of Chicago look like toothpicks.)
It's quite damning when you can say of a legislator that he has written two autobiographies by age 46 and passed no laws.
The old warrior has passed his laws. His autobiography is best written by the two arms that will not rise beyond his shoulders because of enemy neglect and torture.
OBama is a warrior, true. But he is a young warrior, still inexperienced.
The two men bring to mind the story of the old bull and the young bull. They came over top of a hill and there, below, was an entire herd of attractive heifers. "Oh boy", said the young bull, "let's run down and get one!"
The old bull answered, "Let's walk down and get them all."
Should be an interesting campaign.