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Palin Gets the Full Philly Treatment: "Hey Hockey Mom -- Keep the Puck out of PA"
September 27, 2008 1:15 PM
Someone had the bright idea of sending Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Irish Pub on Walnut Street in downtown Philly before the debate yesterday.
More than 400 McCain-Palin supporters were in the bar waiting for her; more than 300 McCain-Palin opponents were outside the bar, heckling her on as Philadelphians know how to do.
Sporting a red Phillies jacket, over a white t-shirt that read "Sarahcuda," Palin entered the bar to the protestors chanting "Obama! Obama!"
Some set off flares.
They held up signs: "McSame/Failin';" "Hey Hockey Mom -- keep the puck out of PA;" "Just like Bush in lipstick."
Inside the pub, the reception was very warm, with supporters swarming her, asking for autographs and pictures.
"Thanks for inviting us into The Irish Pub," Palin told the assembled throngs, "and we know this is going to be a great night for our ticket. Thank you for being here for rooting on John McCain tonight in the debate even, you guys, thank you. Yeah.
"Great to be here in the city of brotherly and sisterly love," she continued. "Thank you and we feel that. And truly all the support that you're providing us in this area that is so paramount to victory on November 4th. We thank you so much for all your support. Hope we all get around to meet each and every one of you so I can personally thank you guys for the support that you're showing and for being so reform-minded and knowing that we have opportunity to put government back on the side of the people and shake things up in DC.
"And for that I thank you for being on the team," she concluded. "And hopefully we can bring more people from this area on that team, you guys, truly. As our mission, getting to DC, shaking things up, working for you. John McCain and I will never forget whom we are working for is for you. So we love you guys, city of brotherly love. Thank you."
Some middle-aged guys wore red and blue hockey jerseys that said "USA" and "VP" on the front, and "Palin" on the back. They'd had them made in Canada. Palin signed the jerseys after which they gave her one.
A different man gave her his Philadelphia Flyers hat, which she also donned.
Her exit from the Irish Pub was met with a harsh wave of boos from the protesters standing on Walnut Street.
As she eased into her motorcade one man yelled, "I can see Alaska from Walnut Street!"
-jpt
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Joe Biden was chosen for VP, for his honesty free spirit and his experience!
He’s supposed to make a point when is needed. Sarah Plain was chosen for the position after only one meeting .The decisive factor was only the women’s vote and the prerequisite to be the John McCain cheerleader. She makes only scripted interviews and has very thin Resume. Sarah Plain VP? Thanks but not thanks!
Posted by: foreclosure | Sep 28, 2008 2:27:41 AM
It’s interesting that we get some reporting on this while many stories at least as relevant if not moreso get no national coverage at all. How about the news from KMOV in Missouri that Obama supporters in government there - St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and the leader of his Missouri campaign, Senator Claire McCaskill - are forming a “truth squad” to sic the law on those putting out “untrue” ads on him? "If they're not going to tell the truth, somebody's got to step up and say, 'That's not the truth. This is the truth,'" McCullogh told the station. As KMOV put it, “The Barack Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad during the presidential campaign.”
And it’s amazing how the media can lie so easily. I’ve seen two articles which claim Palin said in her Gibson interview that Alaska’s proximity to Russia gave her foreign policy experience (Couric claimed the same thing). Check the transcript; she said no such thing. She answered questions about Russia, one of them on the proximity angle. And part of her answer was cut out. Now if you were a reporter interviewing a top politician from Alaska, and you asked about Russia along the lines of it being a threat, wouldn’t the state’s proximity come up first thing? During the Cold War (which so many people have evidently either forgotten or never experienced) the Soviet Union’s proximity to the U.S. due to Alaska was often mentioned. If you’re an Alaskan politician of a certain level, you should be thinking a lot of Russia being just next door. Does our military in that vicinity have Russia on their minds? Of course it does. Just recently Canada felt that Russia was trying to be intimidated and boosted their military alertness. “We are concerned about not just Russia’s claims through the international process, but Russia’s testing of Canadian airspace and other indications ... (of) some desire to work outside of the international framework,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Posted by: Erika | Sep 28, 2008 2:10:16 AM
Emm,
Getting elected with two cans and a string would be difficult even for Reagan.
If she is too good for the lowly press, then she is too good for the rest of us.
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 28, 2008 12:13:49 AM
She's doing more interviews than Biden, despite the media bias and ridiculous attempts to unfairly judge her.
The Dem robots are stepping up irrelevant comments to shift focus off of the fact that Biden had to be told by Obama to shut his mouth because they can't even coordinate their lies to match on any given day.
Where does it say that McCain isn't allowing Gov. Palin to do interviews? What sort of nonsense are you perpetuating with that ridiculous claim?
Why would McCain/Palin give any additional opportunity to be misrepresented by a biased in bed with Obama media?
Posted by: Emm | Sep 28, 2008 12:11:10 AM
Lenny,
One more thing, Truman was a Democrat, so what is your point?
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 28, 2008 12:01:13 AM
lenny,
I'm a Wolverine.
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 27, 2008 11:56:43 PM
Palin? Not sophisticated enough? Not educated enough? Not smooth enough?
Nothing against her personally but she's a joke!! She is way over her head. There's a reason why McCain is not letting her do more interviews.
Posted by: zz | Sep 27, 2008 11:50:16 PM
"One week from now we'll sail by and pick up the survivors."
A USC fan no doubt. Oregon State just a bunch of hick players, right?
This will be the sweetest election season in the last five. People are starting to do the math and read the non-mainstream news sources. They are beginning to understand that the bean counter with a slick speech is just a front dummy for the biggest bunch of rip off artists ever to grace the halls of Congress, and that's saying a lot.
I think it's Harry Truman time and you and yours are about to get the shock of your lives. Hope you can get some of those millions back from the mob.
Posted by: len | Sep 27, 2008 11:48:24 PM
Quite the Palin solidarity-fest here
tonight. I hope all that loyalty indicates your readiness to go down with the ship. One week from now we'll sail by and pick up the survivors.
Posted by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 27, 2008 11:40:10 PM
"We should thank Phil Gramm and George W. for this fine mess they got us into."
Nope. Barney Frank stood there and told the world Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were "just fine" when McCain proposed reform. The very people telling you they are saving the republic are the very people who took the biggest handouts from the crooks.
And now they have their bean counter at the top of their ticket.
Palin? Not sophisticated enough? Not educated enough? Not smooth enough?
Doesn't it occur to you the people who are are the very people who are robbing the national treasury right now?
When common people are too common for the highest office, something very very wrong has happened. Since when did we accept that we are the nation of the Ivy Leaguers?
Take back the government. Say no to the thugs in the expensive suits. Tell them they can take their services back to tjeir bankers in Moscow and Beijing. They love 'em over there.
Posted by: len | Sep 27, 2008 11:39:53 PM
What is Obama's answer to lack of cash flow in banks?
Tax them more.
What is Obama's deeds as to "equal opportunity & pay for women"?
No VP ticket for women.
What is Obama's solution to Iran's nuclear threat?
Meet their President Unconditionally.
Obama want to change USA into a thrid world country.
That's degradation. That isn't change.
McCain-Palin for American future.
Posted by: Reuel | Sep 27, 2008 11:30:41 PM
Typical Philly fans. Palin would have received a warm welcome if she was in Pittsburgh. Maybe the Flyers fans are still bitter they lost to the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Pittsburgh for McCain/Palin '08
Posted by: WesternPA | Sep 27, 2008 11:21:38 PM
Is dannygirl suggesting that the Obama campaign is muzzling Palin. Wow how did they become so powerfull. Has McCain so totally lost it that his opponent is running his campaign?
You know republicans can't have it both ways about Palin's experience. John McCain told Romney in one of the debates that he was not qualified to be president, because he had only been mayor and governor, and that he had led for profit, and not for patriotism, as he John McCain, discounting the last part, how does Palin's executive eeperience differ from Romney's?
Posted by: morrigan | Sep 27, 2008 11:20:55 PM
Just goes to show, no matter the case, the media will always spin a negative slant on Gov. McCain, reinforcing the fact that they are in bed with Obama. She's doing everything a VP candidate should do, meet with heads of state, meet with common ordinary people, do interviews, etc, but it doesn't matter, the media will always show it in a negative light, nitpicking at her every word or gesture. Obama and Biden have never gone through this blatantly biased gauntlet that the media has placed up for Gov. Palin. It's great to know that whenever the media launches their own blanket negative campaign on a candidate, you can always be assured that the person will be good for America and rather than vote for the "lesser of the two evils", it would be easier to say "Vote for the candidate the media hates."
Posted by: Emm | Sep 27, 2008 11:20:19 PM
We all have to remember the democratic party and the biased liberal media have done a real hack job on Sarah Palin. They went after her like she was the #1 on the ticket, because after the convention she made their #1 look mediocre. So she didn't have the best interview with Katie, big deal, have you listened to Joe Biden lately and nobody is even asking him any questions. We have to go back to her accomplishments in Alaska and what made John pick her in the first place. He didn't pick her because she gives a good interview, he picked her because she is a go getter and she will help trim the fat in Washington. I have not lost my respect or support for her, that is exactly what the dems want to happen. Fellow Republicans don't play into it! Stand by our girl and she will work hard for us in Washington.
Posted by: Brenda | Sep 27, 2008 11:18:08 PM
As I recall, Pennsylvania Democrats chose Hillary Clinton over Obama.
I would guess that the same voters who are "clinging to their religion and guns" (as Obama put it) will take a closer look at Obama's stance on guns and religion before they vote.
The few that protested Sarah Palin are undoubtedly paid Obamabots.
With Obama and Biden, we would have two of the three most liberal voting Senators in the United States running a regime occupying the White House.
No matter how Obama supporters spin it, Obama/Biden will not be good for religion or individual gun ownership in this country.
Not good for Pennsylvania or any other state in the Union.
Anybody But Obama/Biden...
Posted by: Jayhawk | Sep 27, 2008 10:53:32 PM
This board is full of dung, and many Republican shills - real waste of time for the most part.
We need change over the past 8 years of going down the wrong track, and having mostly cronies appointed in driving the bus over the cliff...Gonzalez, "Brownie", Libby, Goodling --it's a VERY long list. Miserable Failure -- enough already.
Anyone notice that McCain, if up to him, never would have pulled troops out of Vietnam? Said he would always help his 'boys', but gave no support to the 2008 Veterans bill? Abject accomplished liar, and dishonorable in his role as presidential nominee.
Friends don't let friends vote Republican.
Posted by: Jack of PA | Sep 27, 2008 10:31:17 PM
I find Palin perfectly capable and a lot more entertaining
Not perfectly capable but definately entertaining.
Posted by: zz | Sep 27, 2008 10:27:38 PM
Obama supporters are oh soo classy... Must be that
new "get in your face" strategy being advocated by the candidate himself.
Posted by: Nod | Sep 27, 2008 10:04:15 PM
What are Obama's qualifications again??
Posted by: sc | Sep 27, 2008 10:02:34 PM
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