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VIDEO: Gov. Palin drops the puck in tonight’s Rangers/Flyers game
Sister Toldjah —
Sweet!
The person who posted the video noted only that she got “booed” but it sounded to me like the crowd was divided. Maybe ST reader GWR, who has said he would be attending tonight’s game, will clarify for us when he gets a chance to post about it.
Here are some photos of the Governor as she walked out onto the ice.
Today must be the day for GOP ladies and sports events. Cindy McCain was the honorary grand marshal at today’s big NASCAR race here in Charlotte.
Video: Palin drops the puck, makes it out alive
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Video: Palin drops the puck, makes it out alive posted at 8:21 pm on October 11, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly The report from the scene is that the reaction was mixed , although it doesn’t sound too mixed here. She was treated better than the Redskins were , so, hey — moral victory . Update: Not so mixed. Update: Mixed. I like this, from the comments : “It’s Philly. They weren’t booing Sarah, they were booing Trig.”
NYT Pulls Misleading Account of Palin Puck Dropping Ceremony
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias —
The New York Times took the unusual step of quickly editing and replacing a hysterical post by hockey blogger Lynn Zinser that covered Sarah Palin's appearance at the Philadelphia Flyers home opener where she was invited to drop a ceremonial puck. In her original post Zinser exaggerated the boos by the crowd, attacked Flyers owner Ed Snider for inviting Palin to the event and appears to have fabricated the discomfort felt by NHL players Scott Gomez and Mike Richards. That account has since been changed. Somewhere along the line Zinser gutted the original article and replaced it with a new one that came a ...
Sarah Palin on the Hockey Ice: Role Model for Girls (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
Sarah Palin showed up at a Philadelphia Flyers hockey game and made history by performing a historically male ritual. The mom took her daughters along for the experience. The first ever female Republican vice presidential nominee dropped the ceremonial first puck at the Rangers vs. Philadelphia Flyers NHL ice hockey game. Piper looked thrilled and right at home in a Flyers jersey. Sarah Palin has spoken frequently about the importance of sports, and Title IV, in her own girlhood. Although she was a champion basketball player, gender rules forced her to pursue scholarships through beauty pageants instead of sports. Naturally she ...
Video: Sarah Palin Booed at Hockey Puck Drop in Philly
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
US Republican vice presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (center R), is joined by hockey mom Cathy O’Connell (center L), New York Rangers assistant captain Scott Gomez (L) and Philadelphia Flyers captain Mike Richards (R) before dropping the ceremonial first puck at the start of the Rangers versus the Flyers NHL ice hockey game in ...
Jason Notte: Why Hockey Should Give Palin a Pass
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
When I was little more than three years old, my father pulled me into the living room, scooped my infant sister from her crib and yelled like a madman as the U.S. men's hockey team went onto its Winter Olympics win over the Soviet Union in 1980. In that moment, with my dad bouncing around like a marsupial, my sister along for the ride and my young mouth trying to form the word "Eruzione," the Nottes became a hockey family.
The unity in that room and during countless evenings spent in cold arenas since stood in stark contrast to the divisions with Philadelphia's Wachovia Center on Saturday night, when vice-presidential hopeful and avowed hockey mom Sarah Palin turned ...
