O.U.C.H. - Palin BOOED....At Hockey Game

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O.U.C.H. - Palin BOOED....At Hockey Game
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Sat, 10-11-2008 - 11:40pm
That's gotta hurt (video).

Especially since it occurs to me that this won't run in the "politics" or "national" section of the paper (though it may run there as well, after getting this kind of attention), but in the SPORTS section, where typically not-very-political folks hang out alongside their more-political brethren. The injection of this story into the sports world may be one of the few glimpses of politics that some segment of the electorate which doesn't bother reading those stories usually will get this season. And it wasn't pretty.

Especially when you consider some of the write ups. Here's Forbes, not exactly a buncha commies:

Palin Gets Booed in Philly! This is sure to be the headline splashed across television and newspapers Sunday morning, the day after the Republican Vice Presidential candidate and hockey mom from Alaska drops the puck at the ceremonial face-off for the Philadelphia Flyers' home opener on Saturday night at the soon-to-need-a-name-change Wachovia Center. What will be missing from the news: the jeers were deserved.


Ow. That's gonna sting. Even the AP, while not identifiable as a conservative or pro-business outlet in the way that Forbes is, said the following...which (unlike Forbes) will be read in dozens of papers around the country tomorrow:

Palin was booed when she first stepped on the ice before the Flyers' home opener against the New York Rangers to drop the ceremonial first puck. Palin, the Alaska governor and self-described "hockey mom," is trying to turn Pennsylvania into a red state.


Someone not long ago wrote up a post here about the "bloom being off the rose?"

I think they were right....just not about the right candidate.

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 1:22pm
Bill Maher had some thoughts on Levi's future, a couple of weeks ago.


Edited 10/12/2008 1:23 pm ET by impalin_mccain
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 1:34pm
I saw that a few weeks ago - I feel sorry for both kids. I especially feel sorry that they were thrust into the national spotlight. Have to wonder what their parents were thinking not shielding them as much as possible. I know the McCain camp will point their fingers at the Obama camp, but since Bristol isn't really showing yet they could have just kept mum until after the election. And to drag Eli from Alaska onto the national stage - really. Just let the kids sort this out, support them but let them sort it out.
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:00pm
"You don't have to do this. This is the 21st century, at least in the blue states." I like Maher and that was a funny bit.
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:37pm
Well if you have never heard those accusations, I have to ask...Where have you been?

   

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:39pm

Both Daily KO's and Democratic Underground have a huge following.

   

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:41pm
I certainly did.

   

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:42pm
I saw one reference long ago to the fact that the bloggofringe had some conspiracy theory cooked up that the Palin newborn was Bristol's and not Sarah's. It made no sense, so I disregarded it. Besides, I am not terrible interested in the Palin babies. The fact that the woman is dangerously ignorant is another matter.
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:43pm
I am not familiar with Democratic Underground, but Daily Kos collects a lot of useful information. Why do you consider it a hate site?
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:46pm

I am sorry but you have your own Rush Limbaugh.

   

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 2:51pm
OK, I checked the link and I must say that it does not seem very hateful to me. It has news. It is partisan and rah-rah for Obama, but other than that, what is the problem exactly?

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