Palin dropping ceremonial puck at Philly Flyers home opener AND WILL BE BOOED. LOUDLY.

[nomorewhopper]

The City of Brotherly Love is planning to greet Alaska Barbie with their own version of the Bronx Cheer. She's dropping the puck at the NHL's Philly Flyers on Saturday, and she's going to be booed, LOUDLY.

I hope that anyone and everyone in Philly who plans to attend the game will:

1) make signs
2) boo. LOUDLY
3) take pictures and video to record the aforementioned signs and boos for posterity

and i suppose, most of all, beat NY!


edited to add that palin apparently met the owner of the flyers during the first debate, when palin was sequestered in an irish pub. i'm not entirely sure if that's true. i'm sure that somebody here can google it. what i do know is that she will be booed, very loudly.

[demodonkey]

1. I want her to stay the PUCK out of my Pennsylvania!

BOOOO. HISSSSSSSSS.

[Cha]

5. palin needs to get the puck

back to Alaska.

[smb]

51. Politicians Really Get It...

...the extra security is a PITA for the incoming fans, so they're extra-primed to BOO and BOO loudly.

[TooRaLoo]

2. I SO hope someone gets this onto youtube. nt

[nomorewhopper]

4. this is the city that booed SANTA. palin will be booed!

[firedupdem]

3. She can't go on Meet The Press or any of the other normal

Sunday morning talk fests but she's dropping pucks? What a dumb ass campaign they are running!

[RagAss]

6. Is this true? Are the Flyers season ticket holders Obama supporters?

Hard to believe.

[AllentownJake]

9. It's the home opener

This games tickets were sold long before this was annouced. Philadelphia is 70% democratic and the subburbs are trending democratic. You do the math. The best the McCain can hope for is a 40% Obama supporter rate and that is still alot of boos.

[RagAss]

16. That's Great news !!!!!!

By the way, did you see my Leafs tonight !

;)

[AllentownJake]

17. I only like Hockey live

I'm a casual fan. I'll go to about 2-3 games a season. I can't watch it on TV. It's a game that was made for an arena and a cold beer. Kind of like Baseball outside of the playoffs. BTW Fuck Toronto and Joe Carter baseball wise for 1993.

[Barack_America]

26. Boo. I'm on my 3rd game tonight.

Gotta love that NHL center ice!

Bummer that my Wings lost though. Ah well, at least I got to see them raise the banner. And my boy Holmstrom (representing the 96 in my name FWIW) got both of the Wing's goals, so the game itself wasn't a total loss.

[Barack_America]

7. She will be booed. Apparently they're also handing out free lipstick to the ladies.

Seriously.

I can't even begin to imagine how many tubes of lipstick are going to end up on the ice.

Saturday night is not going to be pretty. But I'm sure it will be entertaining.

[AllentownJake]

12. I think this is punishment for questioning the MI

decision.

[eridani]

50. Jeebus! Small eminently tossable objects?

Damn near as bad as AA batteries, I should think.

[AllentownJake]

8. I don't get this

This SCREAMS bad idea. In the best case scenario for McCain 40% of the crowd will be Obama supporters and after the way his campaign has acted and the market news this week they won't be respectful. Worst case scenario 60% will be Obama supporters and they will boo her the fuck out of the arena.

[Barack_America]

10. Did you hear they're handing out free lipstick?

This plan is starting to put the Flyer's losing seasons into perspective. Their management doesn't seem to have an ounce of intelligence between the lot of them.

[AllentownJake]

11. Its going to end up on the ice

Hell people are used to throwing things that size. Lipstick is about the size of a double A. Not that I'm encouraging people to throw it but...hell you know the town.

Ed Snyder and Comcast are giant fucking tools.

[Barack_America]

13. Of course it is.

I wonder what the Secret Service thinks about the fans actually being provided with weapons.

This has all the trappings of an EPIC FAIL. I can't wait. We have a friend who is going. I might have to lend her our little pocket video recorder.

[AllentownJake]

15. It makes no sense

Are they that tone deaf or is the plan to show how mean Philly is.

[tekisui]

52. She loves playing the martyr from the media and libruls.

[youthere]

42. ROFLMAO..all I can think of is that episode of WKRP...

"With God as my witness I swear I thought turkeys could fly!!!"

[Swede]

14. This is going to be good.

Don't forget to record this.

[SoxFan]

18. "Things that won't end well" for $500, Alex

Bimbo + Philly sports fans + beer = entertainment

[AllentownJake]

19. add a one hour wait for Philly fans to get into the

Wachovia Center due to added security and their home opener being turned into a politcal event and you got a new Santa Clause moment.

[SoxFan]

21. Did they save the holding cell when they tore down The Vet?

Only stadium in America that had (and needed) its own jail!

[AllentownJake]

23. Not to mention

our govenor and former Mayor of the city started an iceball throwing event that ended up causing the Cowboys coach nearly getting a concussion 17 years ago.

[Barack_America]

20. +Free tubes of lipstick (i.e. projectiles).

This is going to get ugly. We have a friend who is going. I'm so jealous! :evilgrin:

[AllentownJake]

22. I fully understand the importance of the Philly media market

but why they keep sending that twit into Philly the most liberal city next to San Francisco I will never understand. If they send her to Chester County they will get the same coverage.

[Barack_America]

24. Or send her to South Jersey.

Same media coverage with significantly less risk of bodily harm.

Where they really should be sending her is Bucks County. Obama lost that county in the primaries by a HUGE margin. Plenty of racists there. And considering how much they lurve stirring up the racists lately, it's a perfect fit for them. But if they want to send her to Philly to be booed and pelted by tubes of lipstick, so be it.

[AllentownJake]

30. Alot of the people at the McCain rally in Bethlehem

were from Bucks.

[PA Democrat]

55. That was the most hateful, vile, ignorant gathering of people I have had the displeasure

of seeing on video.

[cap]

62. you are right about Bucks being the battleground

however, not all Bucks is going Republican... our canvassers are saying that there are definitely sections that are going Republican. However, voter registration is high and there is a lot of support for Obama. Our volunteers are definitely pumped with a lot of backup from NY/NJ.

What will start to sway the voters is an all out attack on Palin -- people are "thinking Republicans". However, this year they are not using their brains. They like Palin's kick ass style. However, if Palin can be shown to crack under pressure, they will turn on her when she can't take it. If Palin caves, McCain will cave here in Bucks.

[SoxFan]

25. Why not send her to a minor league game?

Reading, Wilkes-Barre, Hershey, and Johnstown all have AA or AAA clubs.

[AllentownJake]

31. They want the Philly Media Market which I understand

it covers Philly, S. Jersey, the 5 county suburbs and the Lehigh Valley. It covers roughly 10-12 million people. However a Flyers game is the wrong venue. Ed Snyder is a huge repug (the corporate master from Comcast) Out of all the fans in Philadelphia though hardcore Flyers fans are the worst. They are honestly worst and more vocal than Eagles fans of which I'm one.

[SoxFan]

32. I'm a Bruins fan, I know all about the Flyers crowd!

[AllentownJake]

35. So you understand what the reaction will be

to some twit from Alaska who probably roots for Canadian teams because they are closer than the American teams and speak with the same accent walking into our house wearing one of our Jerseys dropping a puck will be.

[SoxFan]

39. This has the foul scent of Fail

Who are the Flyers playing, anyway?

[AllentownJake]

40. The Rangers

So the game was sold out months ago. A home opener against NY? Are you kidding me. NYers will be there too which will add to the problem for Palin. Probably the only time Rangers fans and Philly fans will agree in an arena.

[grantcart]

38. DUzy

[DainBramaged]

54. You caused me to spit out my tea and medicine, thank you

:rofl:

[renie408]

64. You owe me a keyboard...n/t

[Bigleaf]

27. You have to be kidding me. They're handing out lipstick? The Eagles crowd booed Santa Claus so she

is fucked and I cant wait to see those lipsticks flying toward her fucking fat head, the dumb moose-fucking bitch.

[cynatnite]

28. I wondered if this would be a wise move in a town like Philly...

I can't imagine her getting cheers of support by the majority.

[Cali_Democrat]

29. Have no doubt, the people of Philly will boo her

They boo everybody and everything.

LOL.

[Barack_America]

33. It's already all over the Philadelphia blogs.

She will be booed.

And Philly sports radio icon Angelo Cataldi is a huge Obama supporter. He was talking about the Palin puck drop this morning.

[AllentownJake]

36. You at Bruce Springsteen

Angelo was great.

[DefenseLawyer]

34. Eagles fans booed Santa Claus

Sarah better keep an eye out for flying batteries. What a truly horrible idea by the McCain campaign. Idiots.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

37. Is the game sold out?

[nomorewhopper]

41. oh yeah :) it's the home opener!

[4lbs]

43. I wonder if this is an intended trap move by the McCain campaign.

They have to know that Philly and New York fans will be overwhelmingly pro-Obama.

So, Sarah goes out there, drops the puck, and gets roundly booed. Some even throw lipstick tubes at her.

It hits the national media and McCain tries to portray Sarah as a sympathetic figure, and "How could those Obama people be so rude and mean to a woman? They almost caused serious harm to her! You want him in the White House?"

So.... we'll see. I wouldn't put it past the McCain people to try that.

[demokatgurrl]

58. I think it's more of an ass-kissing by

Fred Snider, Repuke in charge of Comcast-Spectacor.

[PermanentRevolution]

44. Anyone else think they WANT her to be booed and pelted with lipsticks?

It all fits in with their "push the base into a frenzy" strategy. Show 'em video of The Anointed Sarah being "abused and harassed" by those heartless Commie Democrats in Philly!

At this point, they don't give a damn about winning the election. They know it's hopeless. What they're doing now is stoking up the fires to ensure that Obama's first two years are a living hell.

They want the country divided and angry, to keep anything from being done. They want another Gingrich Revolution in the midterms, and they know the best way to do that is to provoke and goad their base into a blind rage. Obama won't get a fair chance to try and change things - he's already been judged and found guilty in the Republican court of opinion.

From now on, their only goal is to try and destroy him, just as the Arkansas Project tried to do with Clinton.

[AllentownJake]

45. If they want to play hardball

than we put Bush on trial.

[sniffa]

46. I want some ECW chants

"YOU BOTH SUCK! YOU BOTH SUCK! YOU BOTH SUCK"

"YOU FUCKED UP! YOU FUCKED UP! YOU FUCKED UP!"

[Eurobabe]

47. Yo, fellow Fuldulfyans: Turn up the Volume, please??

I can't be there, but I will be booing along with you. :mad:

[alwysdrunk]

48. Don't they boo everybody in Philly?

I hear can Philadelphians can be real asshole in larger groups.

[AllentownJake]

49. No if your on a winning Philadelphia sports team

they will universally celebrate you till you lose next week.

[DainBramaged]

53. "PALIN SUCKS PALIN SUCKS PALIN SUCKS, GGGGGOOOOOBAMA

This could almost be as good as back in the day when the Islanders went to Madison Square Garden and the chant was "Beat your wife Potvin, beat your wife", because he WAS a wife beater. I was there.

[BumRushDaShow]

56. This whole thing is an EPIC FAIL

One of the other threads about this mentioned that they were not going to permit beer sales while she is there. So what the f*$@k do they think Fluffians are going to do? RIGHT. Tailgate down there before the game and get drunk BEFORE they go in there.

This whole fiasco MUST be cancelled!

[vanderBeth]

59. No Beer?!!!?

Yeah, that and the hour long wait for security won't make them pissed.

[DefenseLawyer]

60. Canceled?

Hell no! The single worst idea of the McCain campaign and you want it canceled? Bring it on!

[demokatgurrl]

57. And also please e-mail this guy

who sent out an e-mail shilling tickets for the opener and let him know how you feel:

[e-mail]
or give him a call
[phone]

or if he is "out of the office", try his colleague Tiffany Lesher at 215-389-9561

[Vinca]

61. Hope it's televised - I'd enjoy watching the beauty queen booed and heckled. nt

[cap]

63. You gotta wonder what is going on in her handlers' mind

Hockey fans are rough. She is walking right into the lion's den. If she cracks, it's over for the pitbull image. There is nothing like having your face rubbed in it. Frankly, I hope the sponsors of the game don't let the lipsticks get handed out. Palin could get seriously hurt by flying metal. This is just not too bright.

[symbolman]

65. Maybe

they can convince her to play the "Zamboni" with that big fat useless mouth of hers..

Tell her it's a musical instrument.. :)

[Best_man23]

66. I'm sure the Philidelphia fans

Will give Caribou Barbie a nice, warm Philly welcome.

IOW: Boo loud and boo often.

[Hepburn]

67. So....she should just put on her pitbull smile and enjoy?

I hope to hell they boo so loudly I can hear them on the West Coast!

:hi:

[nxylas]

68. They're saying "pit booooool, pit boooooool"

Sorry, that was the best variation of the "Booo-urns" joke that I could think of for Palin.

[dascientist]

69. basically

[NewJeffCT]

70. The news this morning said the Flyers owner is a big McCain backer

don't know if that is accurate or not, but I'm sure that's how it came about.

[cap]

71. There is a protest going on against this

Ask everyone to email vice-president of hockey operations Shawn Tilger at [e-mail] to express your displeasure. Also flood the Flyers switchboard with phone calls at 215-218-4326 or 215 755 9700. Also e-mail director of customer service Cindy Stutman at [e-mail]. Thanks keep up the good fight!



Obama Hockey Fans LET YOURSELVES BE HEARD!

when Sarah Palin drops the puck at the Flyers home opener this Saturday at the ceremonial faceoff before the 7 p.m. start:

http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-palin-1008cn,0,1119788.story

[mwb970]

72. At what time will this happen? Will it be on live TV?

I am not a sports fan (I never heard of the Flyers until today, if that tells you anything) so I have no idea how to catch this event. But I'd love to watch. I have cable (used mostly for MSNBC), will it be on there?

[BklynChick]

73. you had me until "beat NY"

:rofl:

[nomorewhopper]

78. lol just playing to the crowd :)

[dancingme]

74. info on Flyers owner Ed Snyder's Republican ties HERE

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/attytood/This_Saturday_turn_your_back_on_the_pucker.html

[cap]

75. I think it is in our best interests to tamp down on this

I think we should start a public campaign to discourage violence and throwing stuff. Throwing stuff at Palin would also hit the players and the ref. I think turning your back on palin when she drops the puck might be OK (although you'd be missing the equivalent of the opening kickoff) or something else along those lines. I think booing is OK and impossible to stop... but I think us Democrats need to talk about PEACEFUL protest... kinda hard to sell to hockey fans... but it really is in our better interests. Maybe a massive cell protest at the games to comcast and the owner of the Flyers would be a good thing.

[cascadiance]

76. A big sign needs to be made to tell her and McCain to PUCK OFF!!

[Mad_Dem_X]

77. LOL! Bring it!

Can't wait to see the video!