Via BeyonftheChron:Brown-Whitman Follows Ali-Foreman “Rumble in the Jungle” Script

Clockwise from top: George Foreman, Muhammad Ali, Meg Whitman & Jerry Brown.

On October 30, 1974, wily veteran and former champion Muhammad Ali faced heavyweight titleholder George Foreman in Zaire in what became known as the “Rumble in the Jungle.” Foreman had youth, size and power on his side, and spent early rounds pummeling Ali. But Ali accepted this early punishment as part of his now legendary “rope-a-dope” strategy, by which he waited out Foreman’s early assaults and then waited for the champ to tire and ultimately fall. By the 8th round, the younger, bigger, and more aggressive Foreman was done – and Ali regained the title. Meg Whitman has assumed the George Foreman role in the California Governor’s race, while Jerry Brown plays Ali. Whitman has thrown millions and millions of dollars at Brown early in the fight, and in true rope-a-dope fashion Brown took the hits and did not respond. Now Brown is ready to go on the offensive – and Whitman, like Foreman before her, is ripe for the taking. [more]->