What do Obama and Tiger Woods have in common?

You know, normally a comparison to Tiger Woods would be a good thing. Tiger came in an elevated the profile of the game of golf, creating an interest and revenues for the sport that hadn’t been seen in years. However, it is also undeniable that Tiger Woods is a person of color and some resent that fact.

So, sometimes, a comparison can be a bad thing, like when you just use it as a code word alluding to “the black guy” competing in what has been, traditionally, a white field of endeavor.

This brings us to congressional candidate David Bellavia. Bellavia is also the founder of the pro-war 527 group, Vets for Freedom. In warming up the crowd for McCain, Bellavia offered the following:

“Rest assured that people like Senator McCain will be the goal and the men that my two young boys will emulate an admire. You can have your Tiger Woods. We have Senator McCain. My friends, this is real audacity of hope.”

The video of his introduction is below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gg621-DrmU

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4 comments for “What do Obama and Tiger Woods have in common?”

jewellthief , on the 9 of April, 2008 at 10:59 pm said:
this klansman doesn’t even know what the word ‘audicity’ means….
jewellthief , on the 9 of April, 2008 at 10:59 pm said:
I meant ‘audacity’…. LOLOL
kyle , on the 13 of April, 2008 at 10:46 pm said:
Bellavia was not comparing Tiger to Obama. He was simply making the point his sons will grow up to admire real heroes like John McCain and not sports figures like Tiger Woods. He used Tiger as an example because that is the first name to pop into his head. Yes, he took a jab at Obama at the end of his speech with the “Audacity of Hope” comment, but this was not about race either. David has been through hell and back and does not deserve these attacks. Did you know he is nominated for the Medal of Honor? Read his amazing book “House to House: An Epic Memoir of War”….then tell me what kind of person he is.
JP Smith , on the 14 of April, 2008 at 8:59 am said:
Kyle,

First of all, Ballavia might be a war hero but, that wouldn’t exclude him from having racial hang-ups or even being a racist (who knows?). However, how can you say with certainty that he was not referring to Obama as our “Tiger Woods”? It certainly sounded that way to me.

At the end of the day, his statements left it up to the listener to interpret. My interpretation, that came from both his statement of “you can have your Tiger Woods” and that, in the same statement, refers to John McCain as the “real audacity of hope”, tells me that he was indeed comparing the two guys of color who happen to be in fields normally dominated by white men.

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jewellthief , on the 9 of April, 2008 at 10:59 pm said:

this klansman doesn’t even know what the word ‘audicity’ means….

I meant ‘audacity’…. LOLOL

kyle , on the 13 of April, 2008 at 10:46 pm said:

Bellavia was not comparing Tiger to Obama. He was simply making the point his sons will grow up to admire real heroes like John McCain and not sports figures like Tiger Woods. He used Tiger as an example because that is the first name to pop into his head. Yes, he took a jab at Obama at the end of his speech with the “Audacity of Hope” comment, but this was not about race either. David has been through hell and back and does not deserve these attacks. Did you know he is nominated for the Medal of Honor? Read his amazing book “House to House: An Epic Memoir of War”….then tell me what kind of person he is.

JP Smith , on the 14 of April, 2008 at 8:59 am said:

Kyle,

First of all, Ballavia might be a war hero but, that wouldn’t exclude him from having racial hang-ups or even being a racist (who knows?). However, how can you say with certainty that he was not referring to Obama as our “Tiger Woods”? It certainly sounded that way to me.

At the end of the day, his statements left it up to the listener to interpret. My interpretation, that came from both his statement of “you can have your Tiger Woods” and that, in the same statement, refers to John McCain as the “real audacity of hope”, tells me that he was indeed comparing the two guys of color who happen to be in fields normally dominated by white men.