Not a Baseball Mom

One of my co-bloggers at City of Ladies posted this today, and I thought it was so funny that I had to share. Turns out that Sarah Palin fails not only at government but also at being a down-home person…
“While giving a speech in Pennsylvania, [Palin] said, ‘…And I am thrilled to be here in the home state of the world champion Philadelphia Phillies.’ I’ll admit that this doesn’t look like a gaffe upon first glance. After all, the Phillies just won the World Series. It’s not like she mistakenly said that the Tampa Bay Rays won. However, she did make a mistake that caused the audience to boo her following her comment, specifically that she said it in Erie, Pennsylvania, a city located in western Pennsylvania. Unbeknownst to Palin, the region with the most Phillies fans is eastern Pennsylvania. In the western part of the state, more people are fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates. And in some areas, the team of choice is the Cleveland Indians. Not only that, but Erie itself is home to the Erie Seawolves, a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. With this in mind, mentioning how proud she was of a rival team was not a great idea. I know that this won’t affect the election, but that doesn’t mean that Palin knew what she was talking about.”

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