IMHO, it is reprehensible that she took her daughters out on the ice with her (perhaps to forestall the booing?).

In all fairness, most all pols who appear at sporting events get booed - mostly because fans paid a lot of money for their tickets (esp in the NHL), and don’t want to deal with ceremonial PR fluff.

They just want to get on with the game.

HA ha.

“IMHO, it is reprehensible that she took her daughters out on the ice with her “

Yes.  Yes it is.

Also I’d like to add that if Palin knew anything about hockey, she’d know that Philadelphia’s sports fans are just about the angriest, most rabid fans in the country.  These are the people who booed Santa Claus.

Nothing like taking out the old Santa Claus line. Please try something fresher than 40 years old, okay?

I was lucky to be in a nice little huddle of Obama fans. My next seat neighbors were wearing buttons and had a campaign placard. The woman in front of me had made a sign that said “Hockey Moms for Obama.” And of course I was wearing an Obama button. We all joined the booers. And I saw a lot of people in the concourse with Obama buttons and there were a couple of girls wearing t-shirts they’d had made that said “Flyers Fans for Obama.” Both my favorite security guard (who usually doesn’t search my handbag any more, since he sees me every game) and my usher were really happy to see my Obama button and told me they were disgusted by the Flyers inviting Palin.

Even the Republicans behind me said they hated that she’d been invited because “tonight should be about hockey.” I couldn’t agree more!

Governor Ridge, if he’d been the candidate, likely would not have been booed. Nor would Governor Rendell or Senator Specter. And on most nights, Joe Biden, who is a Flyers fan and has attended many games in the past, wouldn’t either, but during this campaign? I think he would have been because I think there was a lot of resentment of the fact that the fans were put in the middle of this.

I was pleasantly surprised that the hockey mom they were supposed to be honoring was introduced by herself and got a chance to be acknowledged by the crowd. I had cynically assumed that she was being used as a prop to get people not to boo Palin. But there was no hesitation in booing Sarah. And some of the guys who were applauding and cheering admitted that it was because they “think she’s hot.” Sigh.

Good thing it wasn’t Detroit.  Red Wing fans their throw dead octopus on the ice.

http://ask.yahoo.com/20020607.html

The level of genius at the McCain campaign that it took to send Palin out in PHILLY! 

I mean, McCain’s getting clobbered in PA, why not send her out in Pittsburgh and catch some of the Ohio market.  Don’t the Avalanche have a home opener?  Hell, at this point she should be at a Thrasher’s game.

I was going to use the Santa Claus reference, because Philly phans like to boo at imaginary things: an elf who brings toys down a chimney and reformer from Maveralaska.

Hell, at this point she should be at a Thrasher’s game.

Hey hey hey, don’t send her down here!

lol Pwned.

:D

Yes, let’s delight in the booing of a woman and her daughter, and simultaneously feign horror at the comments yelled about Obama at McCain rallies. 

The dual standards of liberals have never been more clear than these last few days.  After 8 years of calls for Bush’s death, watching his effigy dragged around by a rope at anti-war protests, we’re all supposed to get worried about peoples’ conduct NOW, since The Almighty One might be threatened.

Also I’d like to add that if Palin knew anything about hockey

If Palin knew anything about America, she’d know that Philly sports fans are the best haters in the nation. (Note to Philly fans: this is not meant in a derogatory way. You are the Glasgow Empire of American sports towns, and that’s deserving of respect. As opposed to inviting Palin, which was hugely disrespectful.)

I mean, McCain’s getting clobbered in PA, why not send her out in Pittsburgh and catch some of the Ohio market.

I almost wish they’d asked, and that Mario and Sidney refused. Ron Burkle’s a friend of Bill Clinton to, so it was presumably a non-starter anyway.

let’s delight in the booing of a woman and her daughter

Oh, do fuck off, you stupid arsewipe. Palin and the Flyer ownership shat all over the players and fans, precisely none of whom signed up to attend a political event on opening night.

And get used to the next eight years, where foreigners wave American flags when President Obama’s visiting, rather than burning them. I know that it will make you burn up inside, and that’s because your love for the last eight years is indicative of how much you despise America.

Maybe if she’d come out on skates she’d have gotten a better reception. Looks like she was walking on a carpet thingy. A hockey mom should skate. Maybe she’s lying about that too.

Dead octopus? Where can you get octopus in Detroit? Octopus is available down here, but we haven’t had real hockey here since the original Aeros folded in the late 70s. The new Aeros are a joke. Heck, the old Aeros were a joke, but at least they played in a real hockey league.

“do fuck off.”

How quaint.  And telling.

I’m sure you’re used to hearing this:  you miss the point.  Badly.  It’s not about whether or not Palin should have been there:  it’s about the gloating, here, over her getting booed. 

You guys are so convinced you know what’s best that you are unable to see your double standards.

Thank you for capturing basically every lame liberal cliche in your two paragraphs.  You’ve clearly practiced your delivery.

Even though I grew up in Toronto, a die hard hockey town I am not a fan of the sport.  I did want to weigh in though to express my sympathy for the hockey players that were forced to participate in this ridiculous charade.  It is telling that there was no desire to honor hockey moms before they Palin became a candidate.  This was a stupid stunt to insert politics where it does not belong.

Sarah Palin; only 5 abortions away from being liked by liberals…

I didn’t hear any booing either….

There’s a lot more to boo her for that’s hockey related anyway.

Starting with: She’s not a hockey mom - Can we get that straight?

At least not in the modern sense of the word.  Today’s hockey moms are kid centered and all about good sportsmanship - a few serious after whistle injuries, some video of moms egging on eight year olds in fights and being banned from arenas (and worse) for unsportsmanlike conduct has seen to that, thankfully.  But Palin’s snark and belligerent attitude fits right in with that tire old stereotype, doesn’t it?

But that type of hockey mom is passe.  Today’s cool mom is concerned with skills, ability and sportsmanship on ice and civility off it.  From USA Hockey’s youth divisions to the NHL, finesse play is being rewarded, goons are being shunned.  It’s no wonder she was booed - she’s an archaic anathema to modern hockey.

Dynorod, Potfry. They’re in the Yellow Pages. For a modest fee, they’ll remove the broom-handle from your arse, and will perhaps make it possible for you to deliver rejoinders that aren’t so stale they were were considered past sell-by date on alt.fucktard in 1992.

Next time you have both your friends around for a party, how about if I crash it and expect to be applauded? Deal?

Looks like the Palin crew sent some trolls. 

Booing is salutary for politicians: it lets them know, despite the phalanx of yes-men and glad-handers surrounding them, that they are not universally liked and admired.  If they choose to haul their offspring out with them, it shows bad judgment.  And that tells <u>us</u> something.

If they can’t stand the heat, they shouldn’t be dragging their families into the kitchen.

After 8 years of calls for Bush’s death, watching his effigy dragged around by a rope at anti-war protests

Yes, and some days the burning flags set the effigy straw on fire, and the smoke gets so bad you can hardly see the gay Mexicans giving out free abortions anymore.  But that’s just another ordinary day in Amerikastan!

RH Potsmoke,
Sounds like people really dislike George Bush where you live. Hmmmm, maybe you should consider the reasons why that was. And maybe, just maybe, the reason that the Republicans are going to loose this election is precisely because of those reasons.

Nahh. It’s because of BILLAYERSUNLIMTEDABORTIONOFPALINTROOPERGATELIETERRORISTWRIGHTSCARY

Right?

Nothing like taking out the old Santa Claus line. Please try something fresher than 40 years old, okay?

Well… there was that little incident where you guys threw batteries at a certain baseball player (JD Drew) who decided to play for the St. Louis Cardinals instead of the Phillies a few years back.

I can’t believe the incompetence of the McCain Campaign in actually letting this happen.  I saw a snippet about this a few days ago and knew it was going to be a PR disaster for them.  Which is why I was excited to see that they didn’t back out of it.

And to be fair to Philadelphians, this would have happened at any pro sporting event, no matter what city.  Remember Bush throwing out the first pitch for the Nationals in their new stadium this year?  Priceless.

We are witnessing the last vestiges of a flailing, dying campaign.  This one is all over except for the crying.  The funny thing is, the handwringing fundie wingnuts are already throwing McCain under the bus, but they still love them some Sarah Palin.  They’ve already convinced themselves that she’s going to unseat President Obama in 2012.

Funny people.

It would have been funnier at a football(soccer) match, where a chant of ‘Get yer tits out, get yer tits out, get yer tits out for the lads’ would have started the moment they stepped on to the field and continued until they left.

I’m amazed that nobody has yet mentioned the classic line about Philly sports fans, one of the best sports quotes ever:

“When the games are rained out they go to the airport and boo successful landings.”

(Bob Uecker, I believe.)

It’s not about whether or not Palin should have been there:  it’s about the gloating, here, over her getting booed.

Yeah, I’m going to gloat at an incompetent corrupt politician getting publicly humiliated while engaging in a publicity stunt. Welcome to sports: a place where you get booed by fans. What’s the problem? Is Ms. Palin such a delicate flower that she can’t take it, or does she need only adoring fans surrounding her 24/7 lest her delicate sensitivities not be offended?

I’m not going to be impressed with a bunch of right-wing thugs whipped up into a violent fervor by McCain and Palin who scream “kill him” and claim “he’s an Arab terrorist.” Let’s just say that the secret service isn’t investigating anyone for booing, but they have gotten a bit spooked by Republican freak-outs during McCain/Palin rallies.

Am I the only one who’s disgusted by the fact that Palin drags her kids with her everywhere? Admittedly, I don’t follow her that closely, but every event I’ve seen her at has at least 2 of her kids standing behind her.

Whatever happened to hiding your children from the spotlight? At least Bush, and of course Obama, got that right.

note to self, read the thread before commenting.

“Well… there was that little incident where you guys threw batteries at a certain baseball player (JD Drew) who decided to play for the St. Louis Cardinals instead of the Phillies a few years back. “

One person in a crowd of 66,000.

You’d think we were Dukakis and let Willie Horton out or something. (Oh, wait, that was an unfair characterization based on twisting the….yeah. Honestly, I know that sportswriters and conservative pundits are lazy and love the tired cliche. But how about coming up with original stuff!)

I don’t know how to activate this link, but you can copy and paste this URL from youtube. Its video a guy in the stands took himself so you can hear the booing more obviously. No, not everyone is booing, but from the sound and the amount of people you see clapping its waaaaaay more booing than not booing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXNetpeu_mk

I’m so proud of my hometown! *sniff*  They know bullshit when they see it and this, particularly the whole “bring the kids on the ice” bit, was total bullshit.

Michael Irvin?

Wait…

Palin cut funds for children’s programs, doesn’t believe in universal healthcare for children, would force sexually abused children to carry pregnancies to term, raised a sociopath son who slashed the brakelines of Elementary School buses, and raised a 17-year-old who hasn’t been in school for nearly two years and is about to squeeze out the spawn of some redneck cretin - regardless of the fact that she and the aforementioned cretin can’t possibly care for the child.

Don’t you think booing pales when compared to the Palin Family Child Neglect/Abuse program?

Yes, let’s delight in the booing of a woman and her daughter, and simultaneously feign horror at the comments yelled about Obama at McCain rallies.

Please show me the videos where the Flyers fans screamed, “Kill her!” “Terrorist!” and “Traitor!”  Thanks.  Otherwise, it sounds like just another night at the hockey arena where the fans who’ve already been drinking in the parking lot for three hours want to see the game and not some politician.

The dual standards of liberals have never been more clear than these last few days.  After 8 years of calls for Bush’s death, watching his effigy dragged around by a rope at anti-war protests, we’re all supposed to get worried about peoples’ conduct NOW, since The Almighty One might be threatened.

Again, please provide evidence of people at Obama or even Clinton rallies calling for Bush’s death or dragging Bush effigies around by a rope.  Video preferred, but I’ll accept still pictures as well.

See, it’s not that random people were calling Obama a traitor—that’s pretty much par for the course.  It’s that people were calling Obama a traitor to McCain’s face, and McCain sat there and let them do it.  And when a Republican publicly says that McCain was wrong to let the people at his rallies get away with it, McCain immediately ... called on Obama to denounce that Republican’s words.

I’m a “liberals’s liberal” but the booing/cheering seemed about even.  Why would someone on our side want to sink to the idiotic depths of the neo-conservative religious wingnuts?

Red Wing fans their throw dead octopus on the ice.

You think we should be throwing a LIVE octopus on the ice?!

What’s particularly amusing about this is that Palin isn’t the one complaining about the booing; her pinheaded fans are, as if they think the poor lady will faint dead away. Sexist fuckbags.

If we’re going to start discussing the noble octopus, let me say right now that the correct plural is “octopuses,” not “octopi.”  It’s a Greek word, not a Latin one, so it doesn’t get the Latin plural suffix.

Also, octopuses rock.

Thank you.

If we’re going to start discussing the noble octopus, let me say right now that the correct plural is “octopuses,” not “octopi.” It’s a Greek word

I’ll be the pedant: technically, the correct term to pluralize that Greek word is “octopodes.”

I’m pretty sure Red Wings fans throw octopussies on the ice to celebrate a hat trick.

Though rude, paying customers at sporting events have always been able to boo things they don’t like. Moreover, the entire world is not a “family-friendly” zone. Finally, a hockey game is not a campaign event.

No, it’s because of the “eight legs” of the stanley cup.

Get it?

Anyhow.

Having attended a Flyers/Redwings game at the Wachovia-soon-to-be-Wells-Fargo Center, I’m not at all surprised that she was booed.

And I’m not at all surprised that she took her kids out on the ice with her. If they like hockey at all (and I bet dollars to donuts they do), then what cooler thing to be out on the ice for the drop of the puck for them? Yeah, she trots her kids out for stupid political shit all the time, but I really don’t think this was a “I’m going to be booed so I’ll use my sprog as human shields” logic. It’s possible that she was doing this as a favor to her kids.

I wonder what was going through her daughter’s minds when they heard the booing.

Not only dead (rather than alive), but also raw (rather than cooked) because otherwise they fall apart.  Besides, they stick to the ice, so if they were live that’d be just plain cruel.

The Stanley Cup doesn’t have legs, of course, but it used to take 8 wins to earn it, and I’m sure that’s what Mighty Ponygirl meant.

Thank you for clarifying how quotation marks are sometimes used to annotate a metaphore.