WTF?!?!? I'm a huge hockey fan, Flyers especially, so this really disturbs me. From today's Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, PA – October 8, 2008) 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.
Even more upsetting is the lickspittle quote from team founder and chairman Ed Snider, one of my heroes.
"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."
You're proud of a friggin' racist, anti-Semite sympathizer who is enciting violence against a candidate for President of the United States??? What does Gary Bettman, NHL Commissioner, think about this bullsh*t??? Yuck!
Memo to Ed Snider: Your team doesn't need this kind of publicity.