Last evening here in Philadelphia, Republican vice presidential candidate and self-described hockey mom Sarah Palin dropped the ceremonial first puck at the Flyers hockey game. This was accompanied by a mixture of boos and cheers from the spectators.
The local NBC affiliate has quoted a Flyers representative as defending this misstep by saying, "With all of the attention Governor Palin has brought to the sport of hockey, we invited her to our 'Hockey Mom Night.' This is not a political event."
However, Palin is a political figure, and she has been using her "hockey mom" branding as a political strategy. And Pennsylvania is a battleground state. Those things make last night's Flyers game -- or at least the ceremonial start of it -- a political event. And the Flyers and the Rangers were political pawns last night, to at least a small extent.
Mixing sports and politics is almost as bad as mixing religion and politics. Oh, wait -- she's been doing that too.
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