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to promote civic engagement in the Philadelphia region.Updated: Cell phone vids now in / Did they boo Sarah Palin?
Sunday, October 12th, 2008 at 10:21 am - by Matt Campbell. Filed under: Politics.
YOU MAKE THE CALL
Video of Comcast SportsNet
Videos from people in the stands
(some people have reported broken links, but they all work, I believe some may have periodic problems due to heavy demand on YouTube for these)
fyi: A cool thing to try is play them all simultaneously I think this might actually simulate what it was like to be in the Wachovia Center.
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
NY Daily News: Palin booed
CNN: Palin booed
Fox News: booed and cheered
Phila Inquirer: booed and cheered
News Journal: booed and cheered
E&P: Palin booed
LA Times: Palin booed
NY Times: Palin booed
Politico: Palin booed
Now for the ultimate softball interview. Sarah Palin was interviewed by Comcast SportsNet’s Coatesy’s Corner segment after she dropped the hockey puck. She was not asked about her mixed reception on the ice.
————Original story———–
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin dropped the ceremonial puck at tonight’s Philadelphia Flyer’s game. As to whether she was booed? We’re going to have to wait for cell phone videos later. Why? That’s because organizers of tonight’s game cranked up the music so loud that all TV viewers could see was Palin smiling and tossing the puck on the ground and walking out.
The problem with trying to know whether she got booed was made as difficult as possible. The only TV channel showing this was Comcast SportsNet which is owned by Comcast Spectacor which own the Flyers who invited Palin. So that’s why the music was so loud.
So, I”m not going to say she was or wasn’t booed. I’ll be looking for videos and Twitter comments to see what really happened. But we can say that the McCain/Palin ticket escaped an embarrasing moment on TV because even if we see YouTube videos tomorrow with people booing like crazy in the upper decks, it was not noticeable on TV.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
AmyZQuinn BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO haha listen to how loud they have the music Booooooooooo half a minute ago from txt
October 11th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Cecilyk Here is Sarah Palin. No one throwing anything. Contest winner barely acknowledges Ms. Palin.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
joy Just watched Sarah Palin drop the puck at the Flyers/Rangers on TV - at least on comcast sports net, the background music was *really loud*
October 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
obiwankimberly Yes! Yes! They’re booing Palin at the Flyers game! To cover it up, they’re just cranking the music. Ha!
October 11th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Philly_news Crowd cheered and boo’d palin
October 11th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
handsome_pete It sounds like she got booed. Too bad they cranked the music.
October 11th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
jerseymomma @Cecilyk I just said the same thing! I heard the boos for a hot minute and then the music drown it all out. Very smart
October 11th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
They SOOOOOO BOOOOOOO’D HER ! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.. I turned up the volume on my 60″ and loved every second of it..
THEY BOO’D HER, can’t wait to see it on YouTube soon.. Go back to Alaska Palin! Obama you ROCK……
October 11th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Text message from inside the arena said the booing was the loudest they’d ever heard. (My comment: what kind of person would bring a child out to get booed by Flyers fans? I am sick of her using her children as props.)
October 11th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
sspaz1000 @ItsOurCity Yes they did boo Palin
October 11th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
dianarwallach @ItsOurCity Yes, it sounded like Flyers fans did in fact boo Palin. But the stadium pumped up the music to drown out the sound. Booooo…
October 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
http://www.delawareonline.com/blogs/2008/10/boo-birds.html
Notice the thumbs down from the crowd in the background, Music can’t drown that out.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Bunch of booing losers IMO and they brought their bad karma to the Flyers.
October 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
jacmmkay @ItsOurCity lol she was totally booed. in front of her kids too! ya know, for that extra salt-in-the-wound effect. i hope she cried late
October 11th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
musicalsteph17 @ItsOurCity you can hear thos boo’s over the music for sure
October 11th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
punkymama @ItsOurCity the bar patrons booed though
October 12th, 2008 at 1:12 am
supercres @ItsOurCity I personally don’t hear any cheering. The boos do cut through the over-loud music though
October 12th, 2008 at 10:41 am
handsome_pete @ItsOurCity I hear booing. I see booing. In addition to the cranked music, some say piped in cheers:
October 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am
attila @ItsOurCity The only thing I could gather from those videos is that Obama supporters had better seats and signs. How’d they get those in?
October 12th, 2008 at 6:38 pm
When is the media going to comment on how abusive it must be these children to be paraded around - aren’t they supposed to be in high school &/or pre-school. And the baby - with the disabilities that are evident - loud stimulus and mobility are very abberrant to the child.
October 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
To see real videos of real women discussing their reactions to Sarah Palin & the misuse of gender issues in this year’s presidential race, please take a look at the following blog:
http://www.speakoutonpalin.blogspot.com