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rwxPhiladelphia, PA – October 8, 2008) Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” said Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider who founded the Flyers in 1967. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”
philly.com: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/politics/30633689.html
wonkette.com: http://wonkette.com/403377/sarah-palin-to-drop-puck-at-hockey-game-alongside-other-hockey-mom-okay
pwblogs.com: http://willdo.pwblogs.com/2008/10/08/sarah-palin-to-drop-first-puck-at-flyers-opener/
Seriously, I can't see this being a good idea. Flyer fans are legendary drunken asshats, and even if Briere the Magical Spearing Midget (thanks MapGirl for the link) won't be on the ice, I still don't think this will go well at all, especially since PA is pretty solidly democratic at this point.
I think it will be interesting to see what happens when Palin walks into the stadium, because I think it will be larger than any crowd she's ever witnessed except on television and it will probably be a ludicrously hostile one just on general principle; I can't help thinking that no one in McCain's advisors have ever watched a sporting event of any kind involving a philadelphia team if they thought this was a good idea.
UPDATE:
… Bobbi and Garry Adair of Montgomeryville were on a down elevator last Sunday at the Westin in Center City - he in a Phillies shirt, she in a Donovan McNabb Eagles jersey - when the door opened.
In stepped Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her security guys. Palin wore a New York Rangers sweater with "Palin 08" on the back.
Bobbi Adair greeted the veep candidate and asked what she was up to.
Going for a run, Palin replied.
"Not in that shirt you're not," Adair says she told her.
Which explains why Palin jogged in a green No. 5 jersey, topped by a pink cap. News anchors later praised her sartorial sense….
phillyedge: http://phillyedge.com/node/6742
Yeah, going jogging in philly wearing a rangers jersey? good thing for the secret service protection.
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Date: 2008-10-09 09:34 pm (UTC)Pfft
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Date: 2008-10-10 06:18 pm (UTC)he hasn't just said, 'fuck it, i'll wear the wings jersey' at other appearances in the state, which makes me sad.
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Date: 2008-10-10 02:17 am (UTC)Dammit.
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Date: 2008-10-10 08:49 pm (UTC)"In 1985, he and philosopher Leonard Peikoff founded the Ayn Rand Institute for the advancement of Objectivism."
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Date: 2008-10-13 06:09 pm (UTC)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/11/hockey-mom-palin-greeted_n_133911.html
LOL.