In her speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention and in stump speeches following the convention, she joked that the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull was lipstick, suggesting that hockey moms are "tough".
In ihrer Rede bei der National Convention der Republikaner im Jahr 2008 und in Reden danach witzelte sie, der einzige Unterschied zwischen einer Hockey Mom und einem Pit Bull sei der Lippenstift.