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 - 4:26pm

Haven't watched him.

 

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:29pm

I'm wondering if you have any Jewish friends?

 

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:31pm

Oh, I forgot to add that I also listen to Savage at times.

 

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:36pm
They'll let anyone attend a hockey game...even wacko libs, but even with the whines of the Dems the cheers still drown them out. But what's really telling is that Palin isn't afraid to face "unstaged" crowds like Barry is.
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:37pm

>>> It's easier for Palin and her supporters to focus on other things.

Like Barry's terrorist and racist friends? Yeah...let's focus on the things that really matter.

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:46pm
Obama and Biden don't have any disagreements...except that Barry isn't qualified, of course...they just wake up ol' Joe, tell him what city he's in and let the gaffes start flyin'. Then Barry comes by later and says, "Joe uh...um...er got uh...um...er that uh...um...er wrong."
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:50pm
We feel the same way about Barry's ignorance. Having him in the Oval is a frightening prospect.
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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:52pm

>>> I am sorry but you have your own Rush Limbaugh. His name is Keith Olbermann.

To be fair, it's not quite the same...no one listens to Olbermann. LOL!

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:55pm

>Well if you have never heard those accusations, I have to ask...Where have you been?<<

I suppose I don't stick my head into gutters, looking for gossip to repeat. Shockingly, there are actual ISSUES in the world one can follow without having to stoop to this level.

Caroline

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Sun, 10-12-2008 - 4:56pm

No. No, I'm sorry, but Keith Olbermann has been around for less than four years in his current incarnation. You may find him hateful - though I suspect "doesn't agree with you" would be far closer to the truth. But that's nowhere NEAR the bilge that spews forth on literally a daily basis from a whole host of right-wing nut case professional haters - with huge audiences, like not only Limbaugh, but also

Michael Savage
Ann Coulter
Neil Boortz
Glenn Beck
Bill O'Reilly
Sean Hannity
Laura Ingraham
Neil Cavuto
Michael Medved
John Gibson
Dennis Prager
Hugh Hewitt
G. Gordon Liddy
Quinn & Rose

on and on and on....all with one thing in common: a willingness to say virtually anything in order not just to win, but to discredit and/or smear the "enemy."

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