Street fight in their primes: John Kerry vs. Ernest Hemingway?

[rumguy]

I'd go with Ernest.

[The Lone Liberal]

1. Is Papa drunk?

and does John have an M-16

[rumguy]

2. nope and nope

it's a fair fight

[The Lone Liberal]

3. I thought you said

it was a street fight?

[rumguy]

4. it is, but I want it to be a fair fight

I want to know who is better at hand to hand.

[silver state d]

5. Sorry bub but

Papa was all talk. JK acctually killed people.

[rumguy]

6. actually he wasn't

[VOX]

7. Kerry's certainly got the better reach. He could jab Papa silly...

And Papa would just be windmilling, connecting with air. I think Kerry would be the more clever fighter here, letting Papa play out his energy, working him down to nothing, and then striking hard with some quick combinations.

And Papa is out cold!

[rumguy]

8. I disagree - but I liked your description

Kerry does have more of a reach, but I think Hemingway was more solidly built, and if he could get in close he'd land some powerful punches...and could out-wrestle the long, lanky, somewhat skinny Kerry - but I do think it would be close.

[Lars39]

9. Found an interesting snippet:

Orson Welles, enlisted to record the commentary(Spanish Earth), wanted to change some of the lines which he thought sounded unduly pompous. At a viewing of the film, described by Welles in "Cahiers du Cinéma," he and Hemingway came to blows, going at each other with chairs and fists, as the armies fought it out on the screen in front of them.

The two American heavyweights were reconciled over a bottle of whiskey, and though Welles still gets the credit in some of the early prints, it is Hemingway's flat, harsh monotone that accompanies the film.

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Also:



Hemingway (white pants) tries his luck at bullfighting during the "amateurs" in 1925.

[rumguy]

10. going at eachother with chairs!

my god

[Lars39]

11. Yep! Sounds like they had a real knock-down, drag-out fight!

:)

[camero]

12. Hemingway

Kerry was Navy. While I have the utmost respect for our vets even in the navy, there is less hand to hand combat. Hemingway from what I've read had a tendency to live off the land without the comforts that Kerry had. More fight in the dog in Hemingway.