It pays to ask - sometimes.
Our request to interview Sarah Palin about youth sports (and her hockey-mom identity) continues to be ignored by the McCain-Palin Campaign. Could this explain the ticket's recent slide in the polls?
On the other hand, the sports editor of the Rapid City Journal, Andrew Cutler, sent a nice note in response to Monday's post about the newspaper's high school blog. (I'd invited myself as a guest on the blog's no-frills "Three-Minute Drill" video segment). Andrew found our blog entry and emailed that I was welcome to join the panel "anytime you are in Rapid City." I'm checking the calendar.
Showing posts with label Palin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palin. Show all posts
Friday, October 10, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
Gov. Palin's "hockey mom" credentials revealed
A few posts back, we were wondering about Gov. Sarah Palin's "hockey mom" persona, thirsting for details about how she handled herself at the rink. Today, the New York Times provided some answers in a piece, dateline, Wasilla, that explains the important place sports occupies in her family life.
Some of the more interesting points:
1. Gov. Palin's father was a "popular" high school cross-country coach.
2. Track Palin, her eldest child, was a talented hockey player with a hot temper. "The parents who had watched him grow up on the ice said he was popular with his teammates and generally a pretty good student. But on the ice, he was an animal," writes Kim Severson of the Times.
3. Gov. Palin and husband Todd sent their son off to a developmental team in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the hope he might play his way to a college scholarship or even the pros. But the plan "unraveled" when he separated his shoulder. In March 2007, he left Michigan and returned home.
Finally, an answer to THE question. What's it like to be a coach of a team with Gov. Palin's kid on it?
Track Palin's ex-coach told the Times, "There are some hockey moms who live their dream through their son. Sarah wasn't like that. She pretty much loved to watch her son and was engulfed with his level of play, but she let me coach."
Now that Gov. Palin is granting interviews (ABC's Charles Gibson, last night), and has addressed fringe issues such as the Bush Doctrine, her readiness to lead, et cetera, let's get to the heart of the matter. We'll be contacting the McCain-Palin campaign about a sitdown on the subject of youth sports in America. We'll keep you posted on our progress. Stay tuned.
Some of the more interesting points:
1. Gov. Palin's father was a "popular" high school cross-country coach.
2. Track Palin, her eldest child, was a talented hockey player with a hot temper. "The parents who had watched him grow up on the ice said he was popular with his teammates and generally a pretty good student. But on the ice, he was an animal," writes Kim Severson of the Times.
3. Gov. Palin and husband Todd sent their son off to a developmental team in Kalamazoo, Michigan in the hope he might play his way to a college scholarship or even the pros. But the plan "unraveled" when he separated his shoulder. In March 2007, he left Michigan and returned home.
Finally, an answer to THE question. What's it like to be a coach of a team with Gov. Palin's kid on it?
Track Palin's ex-coach told the Times, "There are some hockey moms who live their dream through their son. Sarah wasn't like that. She pretty much loved to watch her son and was engulfed with his level of play, but she let me coach."
Now that Gov. Palin is granting interviews (ABC's Charles Gibson, last night), and has addressed fringe issues such as the Bush Doctrine, her readiness to lead, et cetera, let's get to the heart of the matter. We'll be contacting the McCain-Palin campaign about a sitdown on the subject of youth sports in America. We'll keep you posted on our progress. Stay tuned.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Sarah Palin's hockey rink
What exactly did Sarah Palin mean the other night when, in a memorable one-liner offered during her convention speech, she explained to GOP delegates: "You know, they say, the difference between a hockey Mom and a pitbull?... Lipstick!"
Funny comment. And, in a way, cryptic. Was this a throwaway line, offered simply to amuse? Or does it reveal something significant about Gov. Palin's views about and attachments to kids and sports?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal offered some clues. As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the newspaper reported, Palin pushed hard for a $15 million indoor sports complex, including ice rink and track. The project was expensive and ambitious for a town of fewer than 8,000 citizens. It was also not free of controversy. The town is still fighting off a legal challenge over the land on which it was built. It's also paying off legal bills that, so far, total $1.3 million. This is an interesting read.
Funny comment. And, in a way, cryptic. Was this a throwaway line, offered simply to amuse? Or does it reveal something significant about Gov. Palin's views about and attachments to kids and sports?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal offered some clues. As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the newspaper reported, Palin pushed hard for a $15 million indoor sports complex, including ice rink and track. The project was expensive and ambitious for a town of fewer than 8,000 citizens. It was also not free of controversy. The town is still fighting off a legal challenge over the land on which it was built. It's also paying off legal bills that, so far, total $1.3 million. This is an interesting read.
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