Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin.
By on Oct 11th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin.
Watch Sarah Palin get booed in Philadelphia before the Flyers’ hockey game tonight:
The AP reports it as “a mixture of boos and cheers.” The Wilmington News Journal describes it as “an avalanche of boos.”
UpdatePalin had hoped her daughter would shield her from the boos. Fox reports, "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!'"
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About 90% boo. lol Oh well. There goes PA to the Dems.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:17 pmUh oh... I sense a return of our old friend Exley...
October 11th, 2008 at 8:24 pmAP is totally wrong. You can hear the boos overwhelmingly. That is, until the music drowns out the crowd. Ed Snyder is such a Republican whore. The AP, too.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:26 pm"Philadelphia Flyers fans boo ‘hockey mom’ Palin"
lol And Philadelphians will let you know if they do or don't like you. And what is ironic is that Obama has spoken in Philadelphia today at 3 separate rallies today.
Memo to Palin: Don't make a trip to the baseball playoffs between Philles and Dodgers. You might jinx them.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:27 pmNo it was mostly boos...and they're still booing, It's 4-1 Rangers. I think Willow had a moose pelt around her neck.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:28 pmForget the boos - look at the gestures in the crowd!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:28 pmLet's keep it in perspective, folk, this is Philadelphia. They've booed Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Jay johnstone once said if the ballgame was rained out, they'd go down to the airport and boo landings. At a Phillies game, they once booed a wheelchair-bound kid who threw out the first pitch because he got it to the catcher on one hop.
It would have been news if they hadn't booed her.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:30 pmMaybe they're not really booing. Maybe they're chanting "Mooooooose burgers."
Maybe?
October 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pmThe biggest problem: when Palin came out onto the Wachovia Center ice Saturday night — greeted by resounding (almost deafening) boos from the Flyers crowd...
How ironically appropriate; two bankrupt failures on thin ice...
*rimshot*
Thankyewthankyewverrymuch...
October 11th, 2008 at 8:33 pmI haveta agree with Ralph. I used to live in South Jersey and always thought the Philly Fans were the most classless fans I'd ever seen. They CHEERED when Michal Irvin almost broke his neck against the Eagles some years back.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pmI got really bad speakers. It sounded cacaphonious to me but my young son told me it was definitely mostly boos.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pmI wonder if there would have been even more boos if she hadn't brought her daughters out on the ice with her.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pmlol And Philadelphians will let you know if they do or don’t like you. And what is ironic is that Obama has spoken in Philadelphia today at 3 separate rallies today.
-SP Biloxi
Here's a picture from one of the events in Philly.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pmInteresting observation...
At this point, it seems like GOOPer Women, as represented by Palin, or Malkin, or Coulter, are actually manlier and tougher, than GOOPer Men, as represented by, oh, say, KKKarl Rove, or Hans Von Spankovsky (heh... LUV that name, Hans...), or Glen Beck... just pointing it out...
'Course, it's actually kinda hard to pin down an actual gender fer Coulter, huh?
October 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pmmaybe they are yelling:
pooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooontang!
ew! That is really gross - gotta bleach my brain.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pmRalph, don't know if you've ever been through PHL. You'd boo too! Last year I had a flight land 15 minutes early and by the time we got to the gate we were 20 minutes late! :-)
October 11th, 2008 at 8:37 pmSeveral Kossack buddies at the game told me the booing was well over half the crowd, Bush pioneer Ed Snyder(team owner) masked it with the Pa system.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:38 pmWow! Thanks for the pic, Nat. When Philly folks show up, they show up in droves.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:42 pm"Karma's a b!tch with lipstick"
October 11th, 2008 at 8:52 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
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Maybe they’re not really booing. Maybe they’re chanting “Mooooooose burgers.”
More like BooooooooBs
October 11th, 2008 at 8:55 pm....or BOOOOOOOZE!
October 11th, 2008 at 8:56 pmI think Palin may have hexed the Flyers...or, at the very least, completely demoralized the team by the incessant booing of the crowd.
Rangers are up 4-2 at the end of the 2nd...didn't think i'd ever have to say this, but...thank you, Sarah Palin
October 11th, 2008 at 8:59 pmHere is a HD version, and the gestures in the crowd are pretty funny. I love the Obama/Biden sign too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7TgDanmWkg#
AND Bristol is DEFINATELY NOT PREGNANT!!!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pmThe GOP Vice-Presidential nominee said, 'How dare they boo Piper!'"
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Fer real??? They're down to hiding behind their own children now?
Oh, yuck... talk about bottom feeders...
October 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pmralph the wonder llama
Even if they normally boo everyone she probably doesn't know.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:08 pmThis seems inappropriate to me. Palin is a braying jackass, but what value comes from revelling in the reaction of a mob? This kind of shite helps license RW "pundits" in their claims that the left is as vicious as the right. A bald-faced lie, of course -- for example Glenn Greenwald's comment in Salon from today/Saturday:
October 11th, 2008 at 9:09 pmhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/10/11/crowley/
But why give them a leg up on such lies? How does it advance progressive causes by wallowing in puerile vituperation?
I love the Obama/Biden sign in the crowd above Willow's head, and the thumbs down gestures.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:10 pmI wonder if shes gonna drag her 7 year old daughter around as protection from now on. She could have her sitting in her lap in her next interviews with those pesky MSM journalists
October 11th, 2008 at 9:12 pmAlecto Says:
AND Bristol is DEFINATELY NOT PREGNANT!!!!!
Maybe she is maybe she isnt. But I'm pretty sure thats her second oldest daughter
October 11th, 2008 at 9:13 pmGary Herstein Says:
This seems inappropriate to me. [...] How does it advance progressive causes by wallowing in puerile vituperation?
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Uh oh... do... we... have... a TROLL here?
October 11th, 2008 at 9:14 pmGary Herstein Says:
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This seems inappropriate to me. Palin is a braying jackass, but what value comes from revelling in the reaction of a mob?
I don't think I would call it a "mob".
October 11th, 2008 at 9:24 pmHer rallies are more "mob" like. IMO
I can't believe this. Sarah Palin is actually admitting that she intentionally and deliberately used her 7-year old daughter as a human shield? OK, so its maybe not as bad using Piper to shield against boos, as the "Dead Zone" scene of Greg Stillson grabbing a child to use as a human shield against an assassin's bullet. But I must confess, the similarities between real-life Sarah and fictional Greg Stillson are getting more numerous, and more scary, every day.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:26 pmMy son played hockey from Squirts thru Bantams I am here to tell you we don't need one of those irrational crazies anywhere near the nuke switch
October 11th, 2008 at 9:27 pmIf you haven't seen it yet here is a picture of palin little girl flippin off a little boy at one of her rallies. Look
at the "sneer" on her face as she doing it. Ha
http://img.allvoices.com/thumbs/event/940/700/20051964.jpg
October 11th, 2008 at 9:29 pmThe shine has definitely worn off of Bible Spice. Once she started talking it became obvious that her ugly goes clear to the bone.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:34 pm"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!'"
How dare you USE your child like that, you clueless b!tch?
October 11th, 2008 at 9:43 pm"How dare they boo Piper!"
Maybe they're booing the moron that gave the poor girl the idiotic name?
October 11th, 2008 at 9:47 pmHey, don't be dissing Philly! We're going to deliver PA for Obama!
I was at an event in Philly last Saturday where the booing was overwhelming, from 50,000+ people. Oh, that's right, they weren't saying "boo", WE were saying "BRUUUUUUCE"!
Guess we should be glad she didn't haul Trig out onto the ice.
PEACE
October 11th, 2008 at 9:50 pmWell, in defense of the AP, 98% to 2% does still technically qualify as "a mixture."
October 11th, 2008 at 9:52 pmShe has no shame Zooey. She's like a soap-opera character. The one who makes all the sympathetic characters say, "god I hate that awful woman" when she leaves a room. Though she's taken it to a level where she gets that response entering a room.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:55 pmPhilly is jinxed. Another season and no Cup. ha ha
October 11th, 2008 at 9:56 pmLurker #35- that link didn't work for me.
Hiding behind your kids is so shameful. At least the part of the crowd I saw wasn't flipping her off in front of her children, which, I have to admit, is probably something I would do if they kids weren't there.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:01 pmThanks Mom & pete, I can't stand it when parents use their children, and she's the f ucking queen of users.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:03 pmthe Lone Voice of Reason,
October 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pmThe link has been removed from the original site.
How dare they boo Piper?
How dare Mrs. Palin use her daughter as a political prop.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:07 pmSpeaking of vile women. I happened to notice that the 6th Congressional District (Mn) debate was on a second string station. The incumbent, Michele Bachmann, elected not to participate.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pmShe trots those poor kids out every chance she gets. We get it, Moose Lips, you're fertile. How are these kids supposed to have any normalcy in their lives when they are propped around all the time--and isn't school in session in Alaska right now?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pmPhilly could have used the kid tonight...between the Pipers...
October 11th, 2008 at 10:13 pmGuess the gloss has worn off the Wicked Witch of Wasilla.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:18 pm"No, no, no... There were no boos, not one! Ya hear!? No boos! Nooooo boos! No boos at all!"
October 11th, 2008 at 10:21 pm~Exley
Ugh, I sure don't miss Exley. :P
October 11th, 2008 at 10:22 pmkaty posted this on the Cheney Tp and it's so good it needs to be passed on.
http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/bush-shit/
I'd sure like to meet that old gal. What a hoot!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:23 pmSomeone please tell that phony "most famous hockey mom in America" to stop hiding behind her daughter -the boos were for not for Piper.
(And who in their right mind names their child 'Piper' anyway?)
October 11th, 2008 at 10:25 pmthe Lone Voice of Reason Says:
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Lurker #35- that link didn’t work for me.
I saved it on my computer. Does anyone know a site where
October 11th, 2008 at 10:26 pmit can be accessed?
Here is another site: http://i35.tinypic.com/2czc1ua.jpg
October 11th, 2008 at 10:29 pmLet us see how long that takes to vanish.
WaltTheMan--got it. Sheesh!! where did she learn that from if they're such a clean wholesome family? I would have broke my kid's finger off for doing that. My seventeen year-old doesn't do that!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:32 pmThis seems inappropriate to me. Palin is a braying jackass, but what value comes from revelling in the reaction of a mob?
You make a good point. On balance though, at least we didn't hear anyone scream "kill her" or "traitor" or some such.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pmHas McFalin issued a statement yet blaming Obama for the boos?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pmTHE BLUE MEENIE!!!
October 11th, 2008 at 10:35 pmThe names that Osarah bin Palin gives her kids are so much like the ones the hillbilly guy in the Simpsons gave his kids...
October 11th, 2008 at 10:37 pmWaltTheMan
What an amazing picture.... lol.
But it might be a preemptive strike on that little boy telling him to keep back... The Palins don't need another pregnant female.
(yeah, yeah, I know 7 year olds can't get pregnant... it was a joke)
October 11th, 2008 at 10:41 pmAnd who's the old gal looking so proud at little Piper's flippin the bird- Grandma? My mom and M-I-L would have been smacking my kid upside the head for that and I would have told them to.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:44 pmPalin makes me sick, but to be fair:
THE PIC OF PIPER IS A FAKE
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/weblog/permalink/piper_palin_gives_one_finger_salute/
Let's try not to be as nasty as they are - 'k?
October 11th, 2008 at 10:48 pmDid they fake the sneer? You're right, I don't want to be as nasty as they are, but it wasn't too far off an idea that I wouldn't have believed it from Palin's brood. But that has nothing to do with politics and Piper is just a child being used by her mother for political reasons. My apologies for dissing the child.
October 11th, 2008 at 10:54 pmWell I don't know that its a "hoax". If you zoom into the
October 11th, 2008 at 11:01 pm"flippin one" it is sure more "crisp" and you can clearly
see her other finger folded. In the other one when you zoom
in it's a lot more "fuzzy". Plus the "sneer" says a lot.
The Republic of Stupidity Says:
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Gary Herstein Says:
This seems inappropriate to me. […] How does it advance progressive causes by wallowing in puerile vituperation?
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Uh oh… do… we… have… a TROLL here?
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"Republic of Stupidity" ... how appropriate. Tell me, was there a special school you had to go to to learn to be such a drooling imbecile?
I realize that actually reading what I posted poses some really heroic difficulties. Nevertheless, it is beyond rational comprehension how anyone could be as confused as you evidently are about matters that require not significant level of thought whatsoever.
Besides yourself, is there anyone out there so monstrously stupid as to imagine that I was trolling for Palin or any of the RW cronies? Besides yourself, is there anyone out there so monstrously incapable of understanding simple English sentences as to be confused about the explicitly state nature of the explicitly stated questions that I posed?
Unlike you, I am not some gutless coward hiding behind a pseudonym. So unless you can actually lift yourself to some level that is distinguishable from that of a braying jackass, please do not address your infantile nonsense to me. If you're looking for a troll, look in a mirror.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:04 pmYeah, Mom. Put your daughter in a home town uniform to shield you from the crowd.
What kind of a mucking fom would do that? Using your daughter as a human mockery shield.
Those poor kids.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pmdetepe is right, let's leave the child out of it. Poor baby's got enough to worry about with her freaky religious nutjob mom trotting her out in public all the time. (Though I thought the second photo was fuzzier as well it doesn't matter.) The bigger picture is really her mother using the kids for shameful political purposes.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:07 pmOh lurker, wishing it just won't make it so.
I've got a wonderful daughter just about Piper's age. If I dragged her to endless "official"functions, I bet even she would be able to develop a prize winning sneer too.
I can't like Piper Palin but I am determined to try and be fair about her. She's a seven year old girl being raised by a power mad narcissist who doesn't value intellect or honesty. The kid has enough strikes against her.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pmis the coat a hoax too? jeeziz...
October 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pmthe coat is nauseating...
October 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pmYou can see the flip off Here
October 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pmGreat and funny read
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/10/10/214022/36/494/627013
October 11th, 2008 at 11:12 pmSo, Piper is a mutant. Five fingers and an opposed thumb on her right hand. Also, her first finger is the same length as her index finger in the second pix.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:14 pmMrSquirrel Says:
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This seems inappropriate to me. Palin is a braying jackass, but what value comes from revelling in the reaction of a mob?
You make a good point. On balance though, at least we didn’t hear anyone scream “kill her” or “traitor” or some such.
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I absolutely agree with you, and it was my intention to be clear on that point in my comment (hence, my link to Greenwald's comment at Salon). What conerns me here is how the TP highlight of this incident -- as well as the incident itself -- will be manipulated by the RW propaganda machine. Wallowing in such behavior as this incident is frankly a childish form of gratification. I am not saying that I am above it. I am only asking if it really serves progressive purposes to do it.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:14 pmGary, you're right in that there are so many more important things to bring up concerning McIIIrd and his hockeymomwannabeveep.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:16 pmBut occasionally watching her get her just desserts after the nasty crap she's been spouting seems karmatic to me.
Gary Herstein Says:I am not saying that I am above it. I am only asking if it really serves progressive purposes to do it.
Nah, it doesn't serve progressive purposes, it's just fun. The bigger issue is that Moose Lips deliberately hides behind her little girl.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pmPalin makes me sick, but to be fair:
THE PIC OF PIPER IS A FAKE
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/ hoax/ weblog/ permalink/ piper_palin_gives_one_finger_salute/
Let’s try not to be as nasty as they are - ‘k?
Yeah it's a fake.
But I'm curious... what the heck is that V for Victory sign she's giving (in the real pic) with such an angry face? Does that mean something special nowadays? Is that some kind of gang salute, or what's the deal?
October 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pmI find it absolutely astounding that Palin brought her 7 year old daughter out with her knowing that the crowd was likely to boo her (Palin). Let me rephrase, I can't imagine her using her 7 year old daughter as a shield against a likely bad reception. Great motherly instincts - way to go, Sarah.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:19 pmdetepe Says:
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Oh lurker, wishing it just won’t make it so.
I'm not wishing for anything. I looked at the evidence
October 11th, 2008 at 11:22 pmthat the "flippin" one was more crisp. When pictures are
"modified" they become more "fuzzy". Did you look at them
closely?
RUCerious Says:
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But occasionally watching her get her just desserts after the nasty crap she’s been spouting seems karmatic to me.
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Per my note above, it isn't my "moral supriority" that raises the question, but merely a sense of function and effectiveness. If I'd been in Philly, I'd have been as noisy as anyone.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:25 pmI doubt that she had any inkling she'd be booed. Remember, she thinks she's the chosen one. Gotta wonder if the kids will ever recover from this experience.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:26 pmI think she was caught in the middle of the "I'm keepin' an eye on you" jesture where you point to your own eyes then point to the other guy.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:27 pmSNL's coming on-- gonna go watch to see if Palin falls on her face-- if she's got the guts to show up
October 11th, 2008 at 11:27 pmSNL Rerun???
October 11th, 2008 at 11:30 pmI think she was caught in the middle of the “I’m keepin’ an eye on you” jesture where you point to your own eyes then point to the other guy.
That could be it. Seems kind of weirdly arrogant for such a little kid to do, though.
I was kidding about the gang sign, btw. But it does look weird, so I was just curious. She might be asking an off-camera vendor for two hotdogs, for all I know.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:30 pmRUCerious Says:
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... Gotta wonder if the kids will ever recover from this experience.
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Eh, think of all the things you recovered from (or not).
October 11th, 2008 at 11:33 pmI hope they do a skit with her as the "grand wizard" at
October 11th, 2008 at 11:33 pma klan rally with her glasses on the outside of her hood.
Yeah, Gary. Fortunately my parents were sane. But the dinner table political conversations tended to be one way...
October 11th, 2008 at 11:34 pmNow, as to my Nam experience, well, maybe recovery is a lifelong sort of deal...
Dr. Hussein Matt--didn't realize it was a rerun, still watching the opening bit was hilarious all over again.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:39 pmRUCerious Says:
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Yeah, Gary. Fortunately my parents were sane. But the dinner table political conversations tended to be one way…
Now, as to my Nam experience, well, maybe recovery is a lifelong sort of deal…
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Well, as to that, my best guess -- and it is only a guess -- "getting better" is often indistinguishable from "not getting worse." Hats off and courage to ya' ...
October 11th, 2008 at 11:44 pmShe shouldn't get her panties in a wad...they threw snowballs at Santa at an Eagles game one time.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:47 pmBu-bu-bu-t liberals are suppose to be passive.
I didn't hear anyone call her a terrorist.
I saw the man in the background doing the double thumbs down gesture. The music was too loud to hear boos.
October 11th, 2008 at 11:54 pmBTW -- during a marathon people were chanting Obama and people were honking their horns. Beautiful!
Obama\Biden
October 11th, 2008 at 11:58 pmTo retain Our US.
I saw more Obama signs in deepest red Idaho today, than I saw McCain signs.
I'll be glad when Palin can spend more time with her dysfunctional family.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:01 amOw, sorry about that grammar...
October 12th, 2008 at 12:01 amObviously, Sarah Palin does not know the history of the City of Brotherly Love.
But this isn't the first example of her amateurish behavior.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:06 amhttp://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1849399,00.html
Zooey Says:
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Ow, sorry about that grammar
Just say you had a "palin moment"
October 12th, 2008 at 12:10 amHow dizzy is it for her to make an appearance on snl 10/25? It's not like they portray her in a positive light. Does she understand she writes snl comedy skits?
repugs and their failed ideology
their idiotic timeless racist bs
their sneak attack on a sovereign nation
their disregard for heads of states
their lack of humanity
their insatiable greed
their lack of commonsense
and so on
Finally, our President can be serious, honest, intelligent, mature,
Next month! Oh Yeah!
October 12th, 2008 at 12:45 amThey werent booing Piper even though Sarah would like that to be the case.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:49 amChrist
Using a little girl in that type of manner is simply obscene and despicable ; what a fu(king pig Bible Spice is............
October 12th, 2008 at 1:21 amYes but the average hockey fan in Philadelphia is a fey, latte-sipping, Prius-driving elitist with flowers in his hair and always saying, "peace, man." In fact, Flyers is actually short for Flower Children, and the team has always had a reputation for good sportsmanship and fair play and values winning the beloved Lady Byng trophy above all. Their fans throw rose petals on the ice after losses as a show of support and devotion. Natural Obama supporters every one, who would of course boo the other candidate, their lone boorish excess.
No, wait. Flyers fans view those brothers from Slapshot as role models and boo Santa Claus. You know, what the GOP calls it's base. Uh-oh, bad news for John Bush.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:41 amDamn. It's ain't a good year for the PTA mom.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:54 amOk I am going to drop the puck in front of the people who booed Santa I bet if I bring my daughter dress her up in Flyers gear they won't boo me. Woman if you would have had Dick Vermeil, Julius Irving and the ghost of Norm Van Brocklin with you they would have booed your ass.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:56 amRoosters are doing what?
October 12th, 2008 at 2:21 amOkay. She established her "hockey" credentials. But I don't know how she scored as a "mom", bringing her daughter as a prop to hockey game.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:23 amYeah maybe it's was completely without political calculation that Palin brought her out on to the rink. But it was pretty well telegraphed in advance that she was going to get booed.
Politicians are routinely booed at sporting events. She and the campaign knew it was coming. So did they send her daughter out despite the impending boos or because of them?
they're weren't booing.
they were yelling
"bruce! bruce!"
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October 12th, 2008 at 2:40 amShe brought her kids along so Alaskan taxpayers can pay for their airfares.
One thing about rich people, they're greedy too.
October 12th, 2008 at 2:42 amFox News edited the tape, cutting out the parts where the boos were loudest, and adjusting the sound to mitigate the boos in the rest of it. This just two days after they broadcast a segment where Palin's campaign was complaining about an unretouched photo of her on the cover of Newsweek.
October 12th, 2008 at 3:15 amI looked at the evidence
that the “flippin” one was more crisp. When pictures are
“modified” they become more “fuzzy”. Did you look at them
closely?
I downloaded 4 versions of that picture onto my harddrive. The clearest of the so-called "fakes" downloaded at 402kb. The "original" on the Alaska State Website, file name, "2dscs1254_large" downloaded at 69kb. There's no possible way to change a low-resolution original into a high-resolution copy.
October 12th, 2008 at 3:45 amGame of Life Says:
She brought her kids along so Alaskan taxpayers can pay for their airfares.
One thing about rich people, they’re greedy too.
Santorum, without the dangly things...
October 12th, 2008 at 5:57 amIt should be apparent by her repeated stump speeches, that she's the "horse-hockey" mom.
October 12th, 2008 at 5:59 amAhhh...proud to be from Philly today!!! Anyone else notice that Scoot Gomez, the NHL's first (only?) player from Alaska, took the face off for the Rangers...
As for Gary Herstein...the people at this game are supposed to be her people...you know, Hockey Moms/Dads and Joe Six Pack, "regular" Americans...yet she was resoundingly booed. To me, this speaks volumes.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:44 amWell, it's official. Exley is dead! (Figuratively, of course. As in dead from posting here).
If there ever was a thread to antagonize the left, this was it.
But no. No post from him. No post at all stating there were more cheers then boos, or that there were only a handful of jeers.
Yep. Maybe he wised up. As in no longer supporting a failed administration and it's policies.
That, or he was laid off!
Good day, all!
October 12th, 2008 at 8:53 am"wallowing in puerile vituperation?"
Moi?
Oui. Because I can't get close enough to land a crippling kick to the nads...
Palin is SUCH a parvenu. She is SO out of her class...The Wal-Mart dollie who fellates the asst. manager in the stock-room to get extra OT...
October 12th, 2008 at 8:54 amHow dizzy is it for her to make an appearance on snl 10/25?
What I wanna know is WHAT THE PHUQUE is NBC doing, giving the parvenu princess so prominent a spot the week before the 'election?'
You've heard the old PR wheeze: There is no such thing as "bad" publicity?
Even if the fuukin HUMILIATE the bint, strip her down to bra and thong, she STILL gets a million dollars worth of free air, and a chance to be a martyr.
It seems to me to be a HUGE phookin sell-out...
October 12th, 2008 at 9:03 amJohn McCain and Sarah “my god can beat up your god” Palin represent more of the same mindless Bush bullshit, light on brains, heavy on bombs. From the sounds of it, the people are starting to wake up. Please, everyone, vote.
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October 12th, 2008 at 9:42 amhttp://theimpolitecanadian.wordpress.com/
I would never hit someone with a hockey stick, unless of course, we were playing hockey. Then I swing at anything that moves.
ClusterTim Says:
Are you a republican? You seem to want your message out there about your product but you don't seem to be willing to pay for it.....you want it for free so you spam.
My theory is that all spammers are republicans. Why don't you contact TP and pay them to advertise your product instead of spamming our threads?
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October 12th, 2008 at 9:50 amI am proud to be a Philadelphian. Sarah can spend all the time she wants in PA. It would mean less time for her to spend in the swing states.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:02 am"How dare they boo Piper?"
???????
How dare you hide like a coward behind your daughter.
How dare you use your children for political gain while attacking those who point out the hypocrisy of your party's stance on teen pregancy and the state of our society.
How dare you think you are the right choice for anything, much less Vice-President.
How dare you, Ms. "hockey-mom", how dare you...
October 12th, 2008 at 10:08 amOkay, so from now on, we don't refer to her as a "hockey mom", we refer to her as a "hockey puck". That's just what this election cycle needed - Don Rickles.
October 12th, 2008 at 10:16 amLet's face it...They were booing Sarah's kid! WHAAAT...?
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October 12th, 2008 at 11:16 am#Nat Says:
lol And Philadelphians will let you know if they do or don’t like you. And what is ironic is that Obama has spoken in Philadelphia today at 3 separate rallies today.
-SP Biloxi
Here’s a picture from one of the events in Philly.
OMG, that's awesome. It's such a shame that the MSM is in the bag for the Republicans. I'm quite sure that picture didn't end up in many newspapers or on many news websites. But they always over estimate the crowds at Palin events. I wonder what the polling would be like if the MSM wasn't in the bag for the Republicans?
Oh, I read somewhere yesterday that many of the big wigs in the Republican party are recommending they use their money (separate from McCain's public financing) not to try to pull this out of the gutter for McCain but to try to save some of the Senatorial and House seats they are now set to lose. I think it's way too late for that, but, hey, let them do it.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:16 pmtokin librul Says:
What I wanna know is WHAT THE PHUQUE is NBC doing, giving the parvenu princess so prominent a spot the week before the ‘election?’
I don't think you have anything to worry about. The kind of people who watch SNL are NOT the kind of people who are going to be voting for Sarah Barracuda and the Old Man.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:19 pmYou’ve heard the old PR wheeze: There is no such thing as “bad” publicity?
Even if the fuukin HUMILIATE the bint, strip her down to bra and thong, she STILL gets a million dollars worth of free air, and a chance to be a martyr.
That saying doesn't really apply in politics. It applies to those who wish to gain exposure and fame, but don't mind notoriety. Bad publicity can certainly hurt a politician running for office.
It would be awfully surprising if SNL doesn't find at least one way to make her look foolish. Sure, she'll get points for being a "good sport", but it's the foolish part that will stick in their minds as they fill out the ballot.
October 12th, 2008 at 12:54 pmhttp://de.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ2DB8pNvJ8
Sarah Palin booed by Flyers fans in Philly...without the music drowning out the boos.
October 12th, 2008 at 1:16 pmOne thing for sure:
She IS a HACKEY, ma'am!!!
October 12th, 2008 at 1:25 pm