C'mon Philadelphia freeze her out: Palin to drop puck at Flyers game

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

Palin to drop puck at Flyers game

Sarah Palin, the self-proclaimed "Hockey Mom," will take to the ice this Saturday night, dropping the puck at the Philadelphia Flyers NHL opener against their rival New York Rangers, campaign aides confirm.

The move reflects the campaign's savvy about where to reach key voters in the Keystone State, but also their determination to flip Pennsylvania, one of the few remaining blue states in reach for the GOP.

The Flyers will present all "Hockey Moms' who come to teh game with "puck-er peach lipstick" and tickets to a minor league game. The team, clearly taking advantage of the boost Palin has offered the sport, has been holding an online contest to find "the ultimate hockey mom in the Greater Philadelphia Region

There is some risk, though, in sending Palin to the Flyers game. Hockey fans, especially in Philly, are not known for their manners. Palin will certainly receive a mix of boos and cheers upon being introduced.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/

READ some of the comments posted under this article. Here's a sample:

McCain's campaign is aware that Philly fans once booed Santa Claus, Right? This should be fun to watch.

Posted By: Mike in Nor Cal | October 08, 2008 at 05:58 PM
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Hope those hockey fans tell her to "Get the puck outta Pennsylvania"

Posted By: Brenda | October 08, 2008 at 05:58 PM


Leave my hockey team out of this. This isn't pee wee middle America living through your kids stuff, its big city living through professional athletes stuff.

Posted By: Go fightins! | October 08, 2008 at 05:59 PM


She is going to get mauled. Philly isn't some minor league hockey town deep in coal country. She will get booed and heckled.







Pittsburghers will be watching...make PA proud and boo Caribou Barbie out of the arena.

[tridim]

1. Four words..

Open ice body check

[sufrommich]

21. lol. nt

[OwnedByFerrets]

2. I know its the wrong venue....

but wouldnt it be funny to see about 300 Octopi thrown at her?:rofl: :rofl:

[Barack_America]

9. Wings fans wouldn't waste their octopi on her.

I remember Eagles fans pelting someone with batteries a while back.

Philly fans are clever, I'm sure they'll come up with something good.

[blaze]

12. Instead of octopi

People could throw out those wax lips at her!!

[Forkboy]

28. Ooooo...I like that!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[blaze]

40. Thanks Forkboy

I've lurked for quite a while... this forum brings out the best and the worst in me... :)

[Forkboy]

42. LOL...same here.

You'll fit right in. :)

[rzemanfl]

3. "Flyer puck?" God, the possibilities are endless. eom

[nomorenomore08]

4. Wasn't Bush booed a couple of years ago when he threw out the first pitch at a Nationals game?

These people just never learn, do they? They live their lives in a bubble, never knowing how many people out there hate their fucking guts...

[AndyTiedye]

8. And Cheney Was BOOOOOOOOOOOOOed in NY Just for Showing Up

[AndyTiedye]

5. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I think those teams are known for high-sticking ;)

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Aw, puck her.

What is with her - did she move to Philadelphia or something? She hanging around there a lot lately.

[Barack_America]

7. Lol. Why does she keep coming back here?

She must be a masochist or something.

Or the campaign is just unspeakably cruel.

I can't imagine that Saturday night's festivities are going to go over well at all.

[AllentownJake]

16. No it will be very bad for her

15,000 people booing. The Delay to get into the game because of the Secret Service is going to piss people off from the start.

[Pab Sungenis]

10. She's going to pretend to be a Flyers' Fan?

A woman who actually goes to Tony Luke's for a cheesesteak?

[Bigleaf]

11. Any chance we could get the "Hammer" or "Clarkie" back for one night to do some damage?

Clarkie could maybe give her a 2-hander across the ankles and Schultzie could take over from there?

[Forkboy]

29. Ahhh, the Broadstreet Bullies.

I loved Clarke, and I'm a Bruins fan. :)

[Bigleaf]

33. Big Leaf fan. I hated the Broad ST Bullies but I miss that era. My 2nd cousin plays for Providence.

[Forkboy]

34. No shit?

If you don't mind my asking, what's his name. I follow them pretty closely as well. Maybe he'll make the big team during the year.

I miss that era a lot, too. But I will say that I'm pleasantly surprised at how much I like the game since the strike and the rule changes. I dreaded every single change, but they've worked out well and the game has opened up and the stars can finally play again without being tackled.

But I'd still take an O'Reilly/Williams fight any day. :)

[Bigleaf]

35. If they got rid of the instigator rule, everything would be perfect. My 2nd cousin

is Matt Marquardt.

[Forkboy]

37. Oh wow, that's cool.

The B's web page did an article on him early in camp.

The Bruins think that Marquardt does a lot of things well.

“If you are going to talk about someone who’s been a pleasant surprise, it’s been Matt Marquardt,” said Bruins head coach Claude Julien following Tuesday morning’s skate.

“First of all, he’s one of those guys who came into camp in extremely good shape and he’s made some immense progress since the development camp. He’s got unbelievable hands, he can shoot the puck and he’s got good size.

“He competes and he battles hard,” continued Julien. “We need him to work on his skating a little bit, and (get) some quick feet, and if he can improve that he’s going to play in the NHL.”

http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?articleid=383044&page=NewsPage&service=page

[ebdarcy]

13. I don't think this can end well for her. So I'm all for it.

[AllentownJake]

14. Wow McCain's Campaign really is that stupid. Bad idea for 4 reasons

1) Philadelphia is a union democratic town. 50% of the people at the game will be Union and of that 66% will be solidly Obama.
2) The Secret Service will now need to screen everyone on opening night. The non-partisan don't give a fuck types are going to be pissed because it takes them an extra 45 minutes to get into the game.
3) Obama is in town that day and will steal any press coverage she gets if it is positive.
4) Philadelphia booed Santa Clause. We have a history of booing people from the far North.

[BlueStateGirl]

27. Santa? I remember a Father's Day Phillies game where we booed

Darren Dalton's 2 year old son.

[Forkboy]

31. LOL...that's horrible.

:rofl:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

15. I have some good Dem friends in Philly

Why is Mooselini spending so much time there making them miserable? What did Philly do to deserve her?

My guess, knowing something about the town and its rabid fans, is that she'll get booed off the ice.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

17. We're suffering here in Pittsburgh area too. Wish McSame would go defend some real red states.

PA for Obama!

[AllentownJake]

18. Philly media market

However 15,000 people booing her isn't going to play well in the suburbs.

[PA Democrat]

19. Flyers fans are more serious about their hockey than the dimwit is about her politics.

This could be ugly. :evilgrin:

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

20. Awesome comment!

:thumbsup:

[BlueStateGirl]

22. Seriously? Philly is not GOP friendly. And her dropping a puck

is not going to change that.

[CitizenPatriot]

23. PLEASE bring video cams with you!! for the love of THAT ONE

Please!

Palin will hate the humiliation and it will be blocked by the media

BYOVC - Bring Your Own Video Camera

and SHARE mit us please

[MadMaddie]

36. I am with CitizenPatriot please someone tape this!

This is gold!

Share with us!

[vanderBeth]

24. Come on you guys!

If you can throw snowballs at Santa at football game, just think what you can do here! :evilgrin:

[TornadoTN]

25. In Philadelphia? Does she have any freaking idea what she's getting herself into?

This is pretty amazing to be quite honest. Philly fans are some of the best, don't get me wrong, but they are amazingly vocal and really don't give a damn who they offend.

This should be *really* interesting. I can't wait to see this backfire as I'm sure it will.

[rvablue]

26. Why in the hell is she back in Philly?

This is three full days spent in an area they are never, never going to win in the past two weeks.

Gotta pull of the tin foil hat because this is freaking me out.

What was it that I remember the morning of the election 2004 with Bush and Cheney meeting with the Sec. of State in an airport hangar.....or am I mixing that up Ohio??

This makes no apparent sense and so I smell a rat of some sort.

[WinkyDink]

30. Proper Pennsylvanians will be watching the PSU-Wisconsin game. :)

[Forkboy]

32. Jets fans would just ask her to show them her tits.

:hide:

[tishaLA]

38. it's fucking Ed Snider's fault

He's an idiot GOP shill who makes sure he gets tax breaks to build stadiums. Typical duplicitous republicon. I hope this stunt bites Palin in the ass.

[demokatgurrl]

41. If he had any sense of fairness

he'd invite Obama to introduce the players at a Sixers game.

[chupacabranation]

39. They should've let her drive the Zamboni.

That would've been more appropriate.

[beac]

43. "Philly fans once booed Santa Claus"

And let's hope they give his nasty neighbor-lady the same treatment!

[BumRushDaShow]

44. This will cause a riot at the WachoviaCitigroupWellsFargo Center!

:banghead:

(WachoviaCitigroupWellsFargo Center? :rofl: )