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Not Just a Hockey Mom: Palin Embraces Sports Mothers of All Stripes

October 14th, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

SCRANTON, Pa. — GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is expanding her political base.

At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn., she was all about the hockey moms. But this afternoon, as she made her way to the stage at Scranton’s Riverfront Sports Complex, the Astroturf on the floor reminded her that she needed to deliver a shout-out to women whose children play other sports.

“All you hockey moms, and soccer moms, and basketball moms, and baseball moms, thanks for coming out here to support us,” she declared before a crowd of several thousand cheering supporters.

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