Palin Boo'd at Philly Fliers Game (w/video)

Email Print posted by rbruck 10/11/2008 09:54:02 PM EST

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America's best known Hockey Mom gets boo'd at a Philadelphia hockey game.  Look at the crowd in the background.  A few people are clapping, but more people are giving Palin thumbs down.

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Palin Boo'd at Philly Fliers Game (w/video) | 17 comments (17 topical, 0 hidden)
The music was so loud to me (none / 0)
I couldnt pick the boos out at first

by Chinese Democracy on 10/11/2008 10:42:39 PM EST

oh, they were so close to her!! (none / 0)

I would have charged, body-checked, and speared her.  Then I would have had Jayar run her over with the Zamboni.

Get the puck back to Alaska, bitch. And take your little mini-sluts with you.

by desertpear on 10/11/2008 11:12:00 PM EST

re: mini-sluts (none / 0)
I feel so bad for her kids.  I'd be so embarrassed and confused if I had to walk out on the ice and everyone was booing my mom, and I was only however old they are.  The whole situation stinks.  I wish she didn't use her kids as political props.

by marlonm on 10/11/2008 11:17:14 PM EST

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They'll need psychiatric counseling later (none / 0)
The whole teen pregnancy and marriage thing is really disturbing to me.  It's a horrible thing for young women to see put forth as a "good" thing.  It's destructive of society to have teen girls getting pregnant while or instead of going to college, and expensive for the taxpayers who usually end up supporting them.  Robs girls of their youth.  It's bad all around and it doesn't belong on a pedestal or in the white house.   Even Baby Jesus would frown upon it. 

by desertpear on 10/11/2008 11:25:16 PM EST

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A little bit different (none / 0)
Sorry Sarah, it is not all roses and moose hides in the real world.  Once you get outside of your hate rallies.

by doug2k on 10/11/2008 11:31:03 PM EST

Palin's Kid (none / 0)
By the way, when is that supposed wedding? Waiting until the baby is born? I'll bet  that her daughter and boyfriend never do get married. He doesn't sound like marriage material so far at this age. It is all BS due to her nomination. What was she going to say otherwise. Will the kid even pay child support? Or will Bristol go on welfare.....  

by stanski on 10/11/2008 11:47:30 PM EST

Good Questions (none / 0)

Isn't it interesting that Bristol doesn't look 5 months pregnant, but when her mother was 5 months pregnant with Trig, Bristol DEFINITELY looked pregnant.

In fact, Bristol seems to have lost some weight since the convention.  (I saw her last week at a fundraiser in Boca Raton.  Bristol and Trig were inseperable.  I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying.)

by rbruck on 10/12/2008 04:14:15 AM EST

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october surprise (none / 0)
she miscarried--wedding canceled.

by desertpear on 10/12/2008 10:22:19 PM EST

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Traditiooooooon, tradition! (none / 0)
Can't have the wedding yet.  The baby's gonna be the best man.  Then the bride is gonna throw the baby over her shoulder, hopefully into the hands of some lucky, single girl.

by OneHitKill on 10/12/2008 10:54:56 AM EST

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What a horrible mother! (none / 0)
What kind of person exposes their children to something like this?  Of course the handlers knew this would happen.  Yet she made the choice to bring her daughters with her into an unfriendly crowd, after a week of accusing Obama of palling around with terrorists! Of course she was booed.

Everyday, my opinion of this woman is lower.

by cruzi on 10/12/2008 12:57:21 AM EST

Palin is a mother who will use her kids as shields (none / 0)
Palin knew what she was doing that is why she brought those kids.

Palin Drops Puck at Flyer's Game Receives Mixed Reaction

A carpet was laid down and Palin, dressed in a beige trench, walked on to the ice joined by her daughters Willow and Piper. The GOP Vice-Presidential nominee said at an earlier fundraiser that she would stop some of the booing from the rowdy Philadelphia fans by putting her seven year old daughter, Piper in a Flyers jersey. She said, "How dare they boo Piper!"

This woman has no shame

by suprk on 10/12/2008 11:48:12 AM EST

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Philadelphia Fans (none / 0)

Philadelphia fans boo everybody. It's our perverse way of acknowledging your existence.

That said, I do agree it was a loathsome thing to parade her daughter out there in an effort to prevent booing. If you expect you're going to be booed, why be such a dumb cluck to go out there anyway, just to drop a hockey puck on the ice?

Philadelphia fans may be the most sarcastic people on the face of the earth, even when we like you, but outsiders don't know we are very loyal despite our booing. I haven't lived there for decades but I'm still a fan. We can forgive a lot of stupid trades, foul ups, lost pennants, etc., but we don't forgive exploiting children. If I were Sarah Palin, I wouldn't return. The booing will only be worse next time.

by Verified1 on 10/12/2008 02:11:54 AM EST

Some comments I've heard... (none / 0)
I live right outside of Philadelphia and this controversy has been brewing for awhile, since Ed Snyder, Republican owner of the Flyers, invited Palin to drop the puck several weeks ago.

Some of the people I've heard from just felt it was inappropriate for Snyder to interject his politics into the game; imagine what would happen if he plastered McCain/Palin posters all over the stadium. Sports is something people use to get away from the daily grind and find a little respite and here politics is slapped in their face again. I hear that the two players featured in the photograph were unhappy about being forced into this political theater piece too.

by CptRich on 10/12/2008 10:47:19 AM EST

Welcome to the lower 48 Caribou Barbie... (none / 0)
The clueless hockey mom gets a taste of some real crowd reaction instead of the staged GOP friendly rallies she's used to.. Thanks Philly. Well Done...

by pjdambra on 10/12/2008 11:43:01 AM EST

Gotta Love (none / 0)
the Obama Biden signs.

Palin in 2012? Bitch, please! No, really, please run in 2012, bitch. ;)

by richardshort2001 on 10/12/2008 12:08:20 PM EST

Apparently she doesn't believe abusing her power (none / 0)

is unethical.

She "very much appreciating being cleared of any legal wrongdoing or unethical activity at all".

 

Palin in 2012? Bitch, please! No, really, please run in 2012, bitch. ;)

by richardshort2001 on 10/12/2008 12:34:37 PM EST

Time to rethink? (none / 0)
But Cassandra Pye, a Republican and former deputy chief of staff to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as a former political director for the California Chamber of Commerce, said the McCain campaign may need to rethink its strategy of "guilt by association" attacks.

"I'm not sure these sorts of tactics ultimately achieve any widespread impact. Independent voters, in particular, have shown repeatedly their distaste for the negative stuff," Pye said.

"While the attack clearly plays well with the Republican base ... I have to believe most voters find it a little far-fetched and maybe even desperate tactic," she said.

"Voters who are worried about their jobs and their wallets and portfolios are going to care little about a relationship that is a distant one at best."

by gatekeeper50 on 10/12/2008 02:17:53 PM EST

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