Valrörelsen som basketmatch

NEW YORK Thomas Nilsson konstaterade nyligen i kommentarfältet att primärvalen är som en hockeymatch, där ena laget leder stort och det är väldigt nära slutsignalen. Sportmetaforer funkar alltid! Och som gammal basketspelare (japp, det trodde ni inte, nio år i Solna IF) dras jag såklart till denna, som jag hittade i kommentarfältet här:

Hillary versus Barack in the NBA finals
Half-time: Hillary has been whistled for 5 fouls. Her supporters flood the NBA website: "Basketball is an American game, we can't have the same rules as foreigners, 10 fouls should be allowed before fouling out".

Second-half: The NBA doesn't change the rule but let's Stephanopoulos be the referee, so there are no more fouls on Hillary.

1 minute left in the game, Barack leading 100-82. Hillary: "I scored 10 straight baskets in warm-up. They should also count." Ref: "Barack wasn't guarding you when you made those baskets". Hillary: "He was on the floor, it is not my fault if he made a political decision to not guard me".

Commissioner: "Look, basketball has rules and you have to play by them". Hillary: "Barack is winning under these rules but I am obviously the better player, so the rules must go".

Men det där är ju bara påhitt. Det här är på riktigt – Barack Obama sätter en trepoängare (och konstaterar coolt efteråt att det är "så man presterar under tryck"):

/Gunilla