Sen. Barack Obama yesterday took a swing at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s claim of being cut from boxer Rocky Balboa’s mold, reminding her: ” ‘Rocky’ was a movie.”
“I know there’s been some talk about Rocky Balboa over the last couple of days,” Obama told an AFL-CIO labor convention in Pennsylvania, a day after Clinton invoked the famed on-film boxer as someone she identifies with because she’s not a “quitter.”
“We all love ‘Rocky,’ and last time I checked, I was the underdog in this state,” Obama added.
“But we’ve got to remember that ‘Rocky’ was a movie.
“And so is the idea that somebody can fight for working people and at the same time, embrace the broken system in Washington, where corporate lobbyists use their clout to shape laws to their liking.”
“Rocky” actor and creator Sylvester Stallone is backing Republican hopeful Sen. John McCain.