AS SILLY AS IT WOULD BE...:

Black Congressmen Declare Racism In Palin’s Rhetoric (Jason Horowitz, October 7, 2008, NY Observer)

[Representative Yvette] Clarke also found a racial subtext in Ms. Palin’s repeated appeals to “Joe Six-Pack” and “hockey moms.”

“Who exactly is Joe Six-Pack and who are these hockey moms? That’s what I’d like to know,” she said. “Is that supposed to be terminology that is of common ground to all Americans? I don’t find that. It leaves a lot of people out.”

...to blame Ms Palin for using terms that are standard in political discussion, if Bill Clinton had proposed funding Midnight Hockey instead of Midnight Basketball it wouldn't have caused as much of a ruckus.

Posted by Orrin Judd at October 8, 2008 7:36 PM