Campaign Sports Update

An old and dear friend fills us in as to the whole story of who, what, when, and where, plus why as to that event. You really need to read it, because it reveals a narcissism and cold-heartedness and a well of lies that is bottomless.

[ Speaking as a native Philadelphian, with relatives who are Flyers fen, let's tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Palin was trotting around publicly in a NYRangers jersey a couple of days before. (The Opening Game of the Season was against the Blueshirts.)

She delayed the opening of the game because Ed Snider (owner of the Flyers) is a major Republican/McCain supporter.

She uses her daughter the same way Martin Sheen tries to use Brooke Adams's kid at the end of The Dead Zone.

She made several of us feel sorry for Scott Effing Gomez (which a Devils fan would have told you, before this weekend, is almost an impossibility), because he got used as a prop in the entire charade.

The upshot of the whole thing is that—in an area where most of the hockey fans would think six or seven times before voting for a black man and then probably still not do it—the stunt probably cost the Republicans a few thousand votes in PA and southern NJ.But, of course, Powerline assures everyone that the incident didn't actually happen and that there were mostly cheers, with a few scattered boos, for Palin. ]

Even I, who know nothing about hockey, and care even less about hockey, would know better than to do what K describes the self-described Hockey Mom as having done. Evidently she actually knows as much about hockey as she does about field dressing moose.

Now, let's compare and contrast that with this:

[ Video gamers who have recently played the racing game Burnout Paradise may find it offers more than a high-speed driving simulation: advertisements for Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign, above, have begun appearing in the game. Players of Burnout Paradise who are connected to the Internet are also connected to an in-game system that allows real-life sponsors to place advertisements on billboards and other surfaces in its digital world. Jeff Brown, vice president of communications at Electronic Arts, which publishes Burnout Paradise, said Mr. Obama’s campaign had purchased ads to run in the Xbox 360 version of the game, which he said is most popular among male players ages 16 to 30. The ads will run until Nov. 3 in 10 battleground states. Mr. Brown said Senator John McCain’s campaign had not purchased in-game advertisements, but added, “There’s still three weeks before the election.” ]

Sports News

You don't see "sports news" written by Fox very often.

Story in LA Times, plus YouTube, plus a link to a local Philly sports writer's eye witness account, which is far softer in tone than the LA Times.

[ The world's most famous "hockey mom" can now join the ever-growing list of icons booed by Philly fans. Move over, Santa Claus and Mike Schmidt, Sarah Palin was booed tonight in front of Willow and Piper as she was introduced to drop the first puck at the Flyers' home opener against the New York Rangers.

Despite pleas from the scoreboard at the Wachovia Center, which read "Flyers fans, show Philadelphia's class and welcome America's No. 1 hockey mom, Sarah Palin," ABC News' Jake Tapper reports that the booing was so prevalent that the music had to be cranked up to "deafening" levels in order to compete with the fans from the city of Brotherly Love.

Although Pennsylvania is often considered a swing state, the jeering is easily heard in the video above, and one can clearly see a few Obama/Biden signs in the stands. ]

You can also see down there, in front, people jabbing 'thumbs down' while others are displaying Obama signs. Hockey fans will behave like hockey fans when they don't lagree with a play.