Muhammed Ali Joins The Pile Up On Trump...Or Does He?
 

I love Ali! His boxing style and especially his speaking style. The man had flair and his rhyming and "jiving" talk inspired entertainers all over the world (including pro wrestlers Dusty Rhodes and Superstar Graham).

Having heard him interviewed many times and having read some of the things he wrote...I found it interesting to see this:

Muhammad Ali responds to Trump's call to ban Muslims from entering U.S. - CBS News

Just read the "quotes" that are attributed to Ali. And then tell me if you think he actually said or wrote any of that. lol

Not saying he would agree with Trump IF he was even physically or mentally aware of the election at this stage of his life...but even when he was at the peak of his life he NEVER wrote or spoke in that manner.

That is 100% written by some professionals and put out by Ali's people. I doubt Ali even knows Trump is running for President.

Matter of fact here is an article from last month (Nov) talking about Ali's failing health and how frail he is:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.2424317

Not sure if a person in that condition really pays attention to politics or not. I could be wrong...but I know for a fact that Muhammed Ali never spoke the way that the statement attributed to him and directed at Trump was worded.

Can't the media and the RNC just go after Trump without all this nonsense and obvious fake stuff? Isn't he an easy enough target without having to make shit up?

Wow fucked up if true OP

Think how upset Cat Stevens is going to be

That was the first thing I thought when I read that as well. I'm sure Ali would agree with it, but there's no way he actually wrote that. Maybe gave a nod of approval after someone shoved the already completed letter in front of his face.

I've been trying to figure out why Claudia-Marie.com has taken a huge dive in traffic.

I believe I have identified the cause.

wow mad drama

its going down for real

whoa

That douchebag supported and endorsed the fatwā calling for the assassination of author Salman Rushdie.



Fuck him. :321GFY

Forget Cat Stevens (great songwriter) for a minute.

I'm just pointing out that Muhammed Ali did NOT write that statement that is attributed to him.

If you check out reports on Ali over the last year it has been reported over and over that he is unable to communicate at all. He can't speak or write because of the severity of his Parkinson's disease.

And even if he could write, he never wrote in that style.

I guess whoever his "handlers" are must have magically communicated with the man telepathically. :(

It's just disgusting to watch people exaggerate and outright lie about anything to do with Trump.

Why not just let the American people VOTE instead of trying to destroy people before the citizens have a chance to vote.

Sounds very foolish to me. Why would you want anyone voting without the candidates having been vetted?

:1orglaugh:thumbsup

In his prime he never spoke like that and I have been following him since he was Clay.

I didn't say not to vette the candidates. That has been thoroughly done on all of them at this point.

I think you understand what I am saying about the press.

For instance this morning...I'm watching the CNN morning show. Andrew Cuomo is asking Don Lemmon about the interview he did with Trump. Both men are talking about how Trump clarified what he wanted to do and that he was not "anti-muslim" or racist in what he is thinking.

Meanwhile...as the two anchors are discussing that...underneath them in huge letters it read: "Trump Doubles Down On Anti-Muslim Rhetoric" !!!!

That's not "vetting" anybody. That's just plain out bullshit by the media.

That's not entirely accurate.

Ali only has two eyes - and isn't losing pigment.

A muslim defending muslims. Unheard of! I swear, all muslims have a pact to defend each other, and keep their illusion of a "peaceful religion" out there for us to all believe. Luckily, people can see right through that obvious lie.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh ...

As you are fully aware the news media has morphed over the years to what it is now. In the beginning of the TV era the news cost the networks money to produce. Over the years the networks kept trying to change the news production into a money making proposition...thus you now have today's news presentations...money makers. The bottom line for all of the networks now...is not to be objective reporters of the news...but to compete for the most viewers...by whatever means. The viewer has to weed through the "bullshit" which is todays vetting process. It is what it is.

Doesn't mean the American people have to accept it. And from what is going on in this election...it looks like they finally have woken up and see the media is being dishonest.

If you are just now waking up to what the news media is about...you are around thirty years late.

I didn't say that. Damn, talking to you is like talking to the media. lol

Keep up with what I'm actually saying and stop putting words in my mouth. There are already enough trolls on this board. :)

Sorry...I said you...when in fact you said the "American people" and "they". Hopefully they are not thirty years late...but who knows?

From what I've read and heard, Ali is still quite sharp. He mind is still there.

Fucking press ... Ali never said that.

Robbie's problem is he seems to love Trump. He is less interested in the truth, and more interested in what he believes is the truth.

Okay, great, let's just assume that Muhammed Ali didn't write that statement. Your article also points out another Muslim, Abdul-Jabbar. Let me guess, Abdul-Jabbar didn't write his statement either.

[QUOTE=Rochard;20664657]Robbie's problem is he seems to love Trump. He is less interested in the truth, and more interested in what he believes is the truth.

Okay, great, let's just assume that Muhammed Ali didn't write that statement. Your article also points out another Muslim, Abdul-Jabbar. Let me guess, Abdul-Jabbar didn't write his statement either.[/QUOTE

You are missing his point about the press/media.

that potato pic tho...holy shit that's great!!!

[QUOTE=L-Pink;20664681]His point seems to be that he thinks Ali didn't make the statement. I get this from his final line in his opening post where he says...

"That is 100% written by some professionals and put out by Ali's people. I doubt Ali even knows Trump is running for President."

Even if Robbie is trying to make the point that the press should have checked into if Ali really made the statement or is even vaguely aware of it is kind of a mute issue. When someone's press representative makes a statement, it's accepted as coming from their client. The press doesn't go to the source to get that information, they get it from their press representative. That's the entire point of having a press representative.

Robbie is just hurt that his childhood idol is bashing his candidate.

To understand the motives behind the media we only need to understand which corporations or governments own which media outlets.

Ali obviously never said that. Its good copy and worth putting out there but Ali did not say that. I love the guy but his brain is pretty much scrambled eggs at this point in time.

You can see the mis-information and mis-characterization of the facts across all medias nowadays. Just today I saw numerous examples on: MSN, BBC, RT, Yahoo, The Guardian, etc...Walter Cronkite must be spinning in his grave.

[QUOTE=L-Pink;20664681]He seems like a nice guy but not necessarily SAT material.

And Walter Cronkite was a hardcore Democrat. And also was well known in Washington circles for using very salty language at dinners and getting pretty drunk at them.

But when he was on the air broadcasting, he was a total professional and actually REPORTED the news with no bias.

That's why he was known as "The Most Trusted Man In America" back when he was the CBS News Anchor.

[QUOTE=JuicyBunny;20664927]I think Robbie is pretty smart really. The problem is he sees things with a Republican slant.

We see this all the time. For example, I see myself as an independent but I tend to slant towards Democrats. Republicans think Hillary is spinning lies about her emails and passing classified information over her email while I think this is a minor oversight where no one was paying attention to what information was being passed over what server - Meaning, President Obama doesn't spend time looking into proper handling methods via email and secure vs unsecure servers because the government has people that do that for him. In this case, there was no harm done - It turns out her crappy server was more secure than the White House email servers.

When political issues come up, we tend to make decisions about them based on our party affiliation.

[QUOTE=JuicyBunny;20664927]Ali graduated 4th from the bottom of his high school class.

He's been beat stupid by all those punches. Your cerebrum is on the outer part of your brain and all those hard punches from Larry Holmes, Earnie Shavers, and George Foreman eat that away.

It's why I'll never have my kids play football (or box), and a few other sports. Of all your body the worst thing to compromise is your brain. Especially in this age, you are at a much greater disadvantage if you are incapacitated by being stupid and/or mentally unstable.

I mean for christ sake, Ali can't stop shaking, if I was there I'd grab him and tell him to get a hold of himself!!! :mad:

"Ali, one of the most famous Muslims in the world, issued a statement saying,"

As in: issued a written statement.

Ali is in poor health and shakes like hell from Parkinson's disease.

So, if the real issue is "the press' " content -- that was omitted in assumption of the readers' intelligence or by the journalist's incompetence to communicate with his readers.

He has Parkinsons so bad that he can't talk or write at this point according to his family. They described him as "trapped in his own body".

That statement wasn't written by him or told to someone by him because he can't physically do that.
It's just something that his handlers made up on their own.

He might have very well agreed with it if he were healthy. After all he converted to Islam back in the 1970's when it was "cool" to do that in the black community.

But now? That's not his words or thoughts.

i'm pretty!

i'm a baaad man

That may be.
But celebs have press agents and spokespersons.


Ali's full written statement is printed here: *bottom of the page
Muhammad Ali Hits at Trump and ''Misguided Murderers'' Sabotaging Islam - NBC News

Someone ghost wrote it and maybe, Ali shook his head (<in agreement>).

God you're an argumentative idiot who also misses the point, as usual.

[QUOTE=Rochard;20665382]Sorry, man. I was referring not to Robbie but to the other person in the quote there.

Rochard is always confused on subjects. He's a nice guy in person. But I have him blocked on GFY just because his posts are so off that it's frustrating to read.