Posted on 10/11/2008 6:26:18 PM PDT by Chet 99
October 11th, 2008 7:56 PM Eastern
Palin Drops Puck at Flyer’s Game Receives Mixed Reaction
by Shushannah Walshe
PHILADELPHIA –-
Sarah Palin has become known as “The Most Famous Hockey Mom in America” for her constant referral to herself on the stump as “just a hockey mom.” This evening, she met that title head on by dropping the first puck of the Philadelphia Flyers hockey season in their opener with the New York Rangers.
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!”
Her secret weapon may have worked. The crowd in this staunchly Democratic city –visited today by Barack Obama—gave Palin mixed reviews. There were audible boos over the very loud music and some in the crowd had their thumbs down, but there were also many people clapping and cheering the GOP Vice-Presidential nominee.
(Excerpt) Read more at embeds.blogs.foxnews.com ...
Thank you. Of course it was mixed, this idea Politico tried to spew about an “avalanche” of boos is silly.
Something about Hockey Mom’s what?
Two minute penalty for apostrophe abuse.
Thank me!
I saw the video on YiouTube, and describing it as a mixed reaction is putting a pretty happy face on it. The boos were clear and audible - deep in a dem city, I expect nothing more, really.
Add this to the fact that no matter what the sport, Philly fans stink, and you have to wonder who is making these calls in the McCain campaign. Have her drop the pick at a more GOP friendly city. Or at the very least, a city with even a bit of class.
Be it Hockey, baseball, or ECW Wrestling, Philly fans stink. It’s amazing that a schmoe like me could know that and that the McCain campaign evidently didn’t.
Just saw it. Boos were very loud and sustained, but Philly is a town of leftist nutjobs. Booing a woman and her children like that is pathetic.
Would she have been better off if she had dropped the puck at a Penguin’s game?
I disagree with you. Going deep into Obama territory proves her courage and she was IN THEIR FACES!!!
Sound familiar?
Welcome to FR.
I saw the video, and didn’t hear any boos.
Do you work for Obama?
You’ve got to be kidding me. Or yourself.
And give me ten push ups for unneccessary capitalization.
I can’t say a video clip of her getting roughed up by a Philly crowd is good marketing for her. It doesn’t exactly convey courage to me, sorry. Just makes her look bad.
OK your first post (which was today) reads:
“ObamaOsama bows to Allah and himself. Country isn’t even on the radar.”
That’s arguably on the right track.
As I said, welcome to FR.
What is it exactly, which prompted you to wait until today to join, if you don’t mind?
I’d suggest an afternoon game with The Mighty Ducks - the non-freakly liberal OC, lots of kids and families. Safe! ;-)
Lots of recent sign-ups on this thread, “confirming” this bit of fluff.
So it makes her look bad?
Is that a good thing, to you?
Dennis Prager, one of my fave newstalk hosts, says that first we have to agree on facts, the truth, and then give our opinions.
Anyone who thinks that clip shows a positive reaction to Palin just isn’t connecting with the facts, sorry.
I don’t care, I like it!
Just disappointed that Sarah didn’t skate out in full gear and give ‘em a little idea of what hockey moms are all about!
Probably the same thing that prompted you to join. You can’t post if you don’t join.
Thanks for the welcome.
A mixed reaction? For a conservative Republican in Philly? At a sporting event?
It’s a miracle!!! Palin was a hit!!
Oh course , you hate McCain ahd want him to Lose !
Complain Insult Complain Insult !
McCain won’t win or lose one vote because of this, so in that respect it is fluff.
If a recent signup sees that the crowd wasn’t enthused by Palin, and a long time member sees it as a largely positive reaction to Palin, there is a disconnect there. To me, it’s clear that to describe the crowd reaction as ‘mised’ is putting a happy face on it. She flopped in Philly.
To me, I’d rather she went and did this before a more friendly audience. That would be a good thing. Instead we’re stuck with an embarrassing video clip.
Not a big deal, in the end, but I wish it didn’t exist.
Believe whatever makes you happy. I’m not sure I’d want a crowd of Philly libs cheering for me anyway.
Bash Bash Bash
Whine Whine Whine
If your so concerned go out and work for the Campaign rather than sititing around and arm chair quarterback.
its a preseason game and the place was empty and the seats are Cheap so it full of low lifes .
Sorry. I don’t agree. She is a gutsy lady and able to take it to their turf.
I will say, in good faith, I agree 100% with your first post.
I’m half of the mind, Obama is the actual anti-Christ.
Nostradamos’ “Mabus”, seems a whole lot like Obama, as seen from France 500 years ago.
I’m a bit of a Palin fan. Hope you don’t mind I tend to stick up for her sort of strongly. :)
I don’t hate McCain. I want him to win (in fact I poisted a long post the other day saying I expected him to win about 290 electoral votes), but it didn’t keep me from having clarityu on the state of the race.
I’m not complaining or insulting. I’m just saying that the video doesn’t show an enthusiastic welcome for Palin. Not even a ‘mixed’ reaction.
My point was that Philly fans are usually lowlifes. I am neither bashing nor whining.
Why gee n00b, thanks!
The only way to win over hearts and minds is to get close enough to WIN those hearts and minds.
And a Flyers game is the best place to start. What's the benefit of going to a game where you already got the votes. That's a waste of precious campaign time.
Palin did the right thing by showing she has the guts, and the integrity, to walk into the lions den of a Democrat-worshiping city.
Methinks she will win over MORE hearts and minds at the Wachovia Center from people who will think, "Wow, she really IS a hockey mom. Good for her."
And an intelligent, brave woman, and a looker to boot.
Right you are... Philly fans famously booed Santa Claus at a Monday Night football game.
This McCain campaign really does look like super amateur hour.
Back to disrupt and insult again, I see.
Did you get bored at DU?
No problem. I appreciate the good faith. Maybe I sound a little nuts calling him the anti-Christ, but some very creepy signs point that way. Not the kind of thing I go around saying at work though.
I’m a Palin fan too. She can handle a lot worse than jeers from drunk hockey fans.
I like it:) That is one gusty woman:) Bet you would never see Obama do something like that. He has someone else do it for him the coward.
Exactly! And if McCain/Palin get 50% of the Democrat vote in and around Philly, the McCain campaign will do very well on Nov. 4.
Which proves why it was a good move for Sarah Palin to walk into the mouth of the lions den in Democrat-worshiping Philly... and show her guts and moxy.
Bravo, Sarah Palin. She has more guts than the other three candidates combined.
We’ll get along just fine. :)
For Pete’s sake, watch the video.
I love and admire Palin, too.
I guess we will just have to disagree here. No hard feelings.
>> It’s a miracle!!! Palin was a hit!!
At least they didn’t turn their backs to her.
Since 2008-09-01
As a native of Detroit (transplanted to California), I couldn't agree with you more.
Red Wings fans would have never booed her! Go hockeytown!
I saw the game live, and the n00b disruptor is wrong.
Tonight is like last night. full of trolls and disruptors.
Just a bunch of loud mouth know-it-alls looking to stir things up.
Ignore them if you can.
I’m glad she went. the mixed reaction was expected and par for the course.
From April, 2008:
More cheers than boos were heard at National Park tonight when President Bush tossed the first ceremonial pitch for the season opener of the Washington Nationals, playing host to the Braves, at the new home park of the Washington club.
After both the Braves and Nationals were introduced on the field and Denyce Graves sang the National Anthem, the two teams cleared the field. Nationals Manager Manny Acta, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman and owner Ted Lerner came back on. Then Bush emerged from the Nationals’ dugout to throw the first pitch.
He wore a red Nationals jacket and dark slacks.
“It seemed there were more cheers than boos, but not by much,’’ the pool reporter reported tonight. The president “walked quickly to the mound and almost immediately, with a high delivery, threw a high fastball that would have been a ball to anyone other than Yao Ming.
“Acta rose to catch it, manager and president quickly shook hands and Bush was waving to the crowd as he walked back into the dugout. The crowd reaction after the pitch was decidedly mixed.
Sarah Palin likely won admiration and respect from many fans for having the guts to do what she did.
In other words, the McCain/Palin ticket could very well WIN some 'undecided' votes... but won't lose any votes they weren't gonna get anyway.
It was a smart move on Palin's part.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.