Hockey Mom Brings Out The Hate From … Hockey Fans?

They've chucked snowballs at Santa Claus. They've whipped D batteries at J.D. Drew. They've cheered madly when Michael Irvin broke his neck. And now, they've dropped one of the loudest sustained boos in non-sports history on an out-of-her-league political joke.

In yet another not-so-well-thought-out, last-ditch effort from the GOP, vice presidential wingnut extraordinaire Sarah Palin showed up at a Philadelphia Flyers game to drop the puck. According to the New York Times, she was booed so loudly and lustily that arena personnel had to pump up the volume to try to drown it out somewhat with music (here's the "nice" version of the booing, with music blaring over it).

Philadelphia fans have never been confused for being the standard bearers for class. But give them this: They know a grandstanding fraud when they see one. And they're certainly not going to bite their tongues when they do.