Palin Will Drop First Puck At Flyers Opener
Here we go, let the “Hockey Mom” jokes begin. Sarah Palin will be dropping the puck at the Flyers opener.
Comcast Spectacor’s press release says otherwise; they must just be pulling our chain. An excerpt:
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the nation’s most popular hockey mom, will join the winner of the Philadelphia Flyers regional search for the “Ultimate Hockey Mom” contest and drop the puck at the ceremonial opening face-off as the home team Flyers host the New York Rangers at the Wachovia Center on Saturday, October 11 at 7 p.m.
“Because of the tremendous amount of publicity she has brought to our sport, we invited the most popular hockey mom in North America to our home opener to help us get our season started,” said Comcast-Spectacor Chairman Ed Snider who founded the Flyers in 1967. “We are very excited she has accepted our offer and we are very proud of the publicity she is generating for hockey moms and the sport of hockey.”
See, they’re bringing out a regular hockey mom along with Palin so you can’t boo her. Also, why only a regional search for the Ultimate Hockey Mom? Pretty soon John McCain’s going to suspend his campaign to say we should only vote in Alaska.
Hell, I can’t afford to go to Alaska to vote.
(Inquirer - Meet the Flyers new hockey mom: Sarah! As in Palin!)
October 13th, 2008 at 3:51 am
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March 26th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.