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RandySF

(58,454 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:53 PM Sep 2014

Alaska Blog: Charges might yet be filed against Bristol Palin.

So, here it goes: What I have heard since, without much trying, and what I knew then, is that the cops were called after the brawl. It’s confirmed that the Palins, all of them, were in some way involved in a fight at a house in Anchorage where a party was going on. Bristol’s son, Tripp was at the party. I have confirmed from multiple sources that Bristol punched someone repeatedly, and that charges might be filed. I spoke to a source yesterday who witnessed part of it. She said that some in the crowd were trying to restrain Sarah, who was clawing to get involved in the fight, which had moved to the cul-de-sac outside of the house. She was also screaming loudly. She wore platform high-tops with the American flag on them, and Bristol wore big, round shades. As I reported, Track was at some point in the night, shirtless.

The whole family arrived in a stretch Hummer limo, and had to be told to leave the house.


http://amandacoyne.com/politics/a-note-to-readers-about-the-palin-family-brawl/

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Alaska Blog: Charges might yet be filed against Bristol Palin. (Original Post) RandySF Sep 2014 OP
The reports have been consistent: Bristol punching, Sarah restrained and screaming rocktivity Sep 2014 #1
Terribly Presidential. deafskeptic Sep 2014 #6
Of course, it's Obama's fault. :sarcasm: n/t deafskeptic Sep 2014 #7
Yes JackInGreen Sep 2014 #97
Sarah Palin screaming... yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #47
I want to know how anyone could tell she was screaming Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #48
You should know by now the Republican tactic of yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #50
'it's a LOUDER version of hifiguy Sep 2014 #64
Not quite. Apparently her words were, tblue37 Sep 2014 #71
HERE IS THE QUOTE: yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #89
I have seen both versions in multiple accounts. I actually think the tblue37 Sep 2014 #90
Again here it is again... yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #91
The Daily Beast quotes "my" version, but interestingly enough, The Raw Story tblue37 Sep 2014 #92
maybe there are no credible yuiyoshida Sep 2014 #94
Boring family..../sarc yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #2
Did you really mean what your subject line says? ("Sh*tless")? tblue37 Sep 2014 #72
Oops! Big time spello on the I-phone yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #73
Don't care how good he supposedly might look with his shirt off. calimary Sep 2014 #81
These miscreants dragged Tripp there, and were riding in a Hummer stretch limo. scum. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2014 #3
Scum. SoapBox Sep 2014 #4
Yep Ben was there too rpannier Sep 2014 #5
What kind of trailer trash scumbag brings a six-year-old to a keg party? jmowreader Sep 2014 #8
But but but sister sarah at one point was screaming 'do you know who I am' madokie Sep 2014 #15
try 'your ass or mine in the hoosgow' demigoddess Sep 2014 #38
You didn't like house cow?... TeeYiYi Sep 2014 #61
Oh, she knew exactly who she was jmowreader Sep 2014 #41
She is dumb nough to have possibly hifiguy Sep 2014 #65
With Sarah's exaggerated sense of self-importance, that's not possible jmowreader Sep 2014 #66
Well, you gotta remember . . . OldRedneck Sep 2014 #54
... Voice for Peace Sep 2014 #9
Yeah, but can you even BELIEVE President Obama wore a tan suit??? C Moon Sep 2014 #10
excellent point rurallib Sep 2014 #25
I'm guessing Palin will quietly pay damages to all victims Sienna86 Sep 2014 #11
stretch hummer? ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2014 #23
Too bad Sarah... sendero Sep 2014 #12
I think Andrew Johnson has that covered CanonRay Sep 2014 #29
Oh, Andrew Jackson had a pretty wild inaugural louis-t Sep 2014 #39
Just like Real Americans! NuclearDem Sep 2014 #13
Platform high-tops, or these? tanyev Sep 2014 #14
You just blew my mind Rose Siding Sep 2014 #21
Hey, you aren't really patriotic unless you do some flag-walkin'. tanyev Sep 2014 #45
The stripes don't even match. Demit Sep 2014 #35
aww, they look like little satyr feet nt MisterP Sep 2014 #42
*snerk!* nolabear Sep 2014 #77
Maybe her publicist said she needed to jump start her career. McCamy Taylor Sep 2014 #16
Nothing says Patriot like wearing your country's flag on your shoes! Divernan Sep 2014 #17
Especially when the shoes were made in China! Tanuki Sep 2014 #19
"The fight started out back by the cement pond." blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #18
mmmmmm doggie! KansDem Sep 2014 #20
Too much smoking crawdads and Hubert Flottz Sep 2014 #32
Good one! livetohike Sep 2014 #37
DUzy!!!!! calimary Sep 2014 #82
The Wasilla Hillbillies Initech Sep 2014 #86
"The Wasilla Hillbillies" KansDem Sep 2014 #95
Snowbillys JohnnyRingo Sep 2014 #22
Let's not forget to thank McCain for these amusing moments. olegramps Sep 2014 #24
This family needs to be on Jerry Springer DesertDiamond Sep 2014 #26
All I want to know is if Brillo is OK. She's my favorite one. (credit to Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #27
Saw it. Cracked me up. louis-t Sep 2014 #40
I don't celebrate it. She has a child. Barack_America Sep 2014 #28
I want to hear the audio of a restrained Palin, screaming tularetom Sep 2014 #30
And wounded wolves! Hubert Flottz Sep 2014 #33
It's also got a pitch that bypasses zombies looking for brains. Rozlee Sep 2014 #79
If only there were video. Brickbat Sep 2014 #31
This is going to be great! randome Sep 2014 #34
That would be great Gothmog Sep 2014 #36
She should have become a cop Man from Pickens Sep 2014 #43
Welcome to DU, both of you! Man from Pickens, and also Gothmog! calimary Sep 2014 #83
Hey rubes, czarjak Sep 2014 #44
They're like a reality tv show, even without the cameras. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #46
I wonder... smiley Sep 2014 #60
I wonder if the hair on her neck bristolled when she got angry... Rex Sep 2014 #49
I hope Tick, Pillow, and Pistol are okay elehhhhna Sep 2014 #51
Where the Palin girls at? riverwalker Sep 2014 #52
As a general rule . . . . OldRedneck Sep 2014 #53
One thing I found to be outrageously rude is that Ilsa Sep 2014 #57
Ten bucks says she won't be able to let it lay there. nolabear Sep 2014 #55
This helps confirm my suspicions that the Palins are a secret reality tv show... Beartracks Sep 2014 #56
The Headline rpannier Sep 2014 #58
Maybe the brawl will just be the tip of the iceberg? Beach Rat Sep 2014 #59
A lot of anger and aggression in this Palin family kimbutgar Sep 2014 #62
"Trashy" doesn't even hifiguy Sep 2014 #63
Keep it classy Caribu Barbie Sedona Sep 2014 #67
OMG that's ugly. RandySF Sep 2014 #69
And to think, this all could have been happening at the White House. Chemisse Sep 2014 #68
got my popcorn.... TeamPooka Sep 2014 #70
So much for small town America (nm) Shankapotomus Sep 2014 #74
Oh please. Oh please 47of74 Sep 2014 #75
This is the family that senile asshat McCain thought should live in book_worm Sep 2014 #76
It should disqualify him from being a sitting U.S. Senator... Amonester Sep 2014 #84
*Might yet* face charges? Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2014 #78
BENGHAZI!!! Happyhippychick Sep 2014 #80
Look for a new series on Netflix: Orange Is The New Wasilla Initech Sep 2014 #85
Five year old alone in the car? moosewhisperer Sep 2014 #87
Vote, to keep this brawl from one day.. Veganhealedme Sep 2014 #88
Bristol Palin reportedly has a broken hand....and a custody hearing this week. nt msanthrope Sep 2014 #93
There won't be any charges Prophet 451 Sep 2014 #96

rocktivity

(44,571 posts)
1. The reports have been consistent: Bristol punching, Sarah restrained and screaming
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 12:39 AM
Sep 2014

and Track shirtless.

Alaska Dispatch News.com: Neighbor Charles Fryer attended the party, which he described as a joint birthday party for four people, including Todd Palin. He said Sarah Palin was at the party.

Fryer said the party was “basically peaceable” until the fight occurred around 11 p.m...He described the fight as a dog pile “just like you see in a football game.” Fryer didn’t know who was involved. “I’m too old to fool with that stuff,” he said.

On her Facebook page, Sarah Palin posted that she was traveling on Saturday. One commenter, Kimberley Vranckaert-Trujillo, claimed to be a witness to the incident, writing in the post thread: “Interesting. ... pretty sure you were not traveling and you and family were on the Southside causing chaos. Saw it happen. Don't fib.” The comment has since been removed.

Well, now, let's be fair: the Palins COULD have been traveling earlier in the day -- and since the party wasn't at their home, they had to travel to get there, right?


rocktivity

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
50. You should know by now the Republican tactic of
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 06:30 PM
Sep 2014

being louder, especially on FOX news is how one wins an argument. (isn't it ?)

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
64. 'it's a LOUDER version of
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 01:12 PM
Sep 2014

that same horrible grating yowl that sounds like a cat with its tail going through a meat grinder.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
89. HERE IS THE QUOTE:
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 06:46 AM
Sep 2014

At one point, guests reportedly heard Sarah scream, "Don't you know who I am?" to which someone in the crowd replied, "This isn't some damned Hillbilly reality show!"

here is the link: http://www.people.com/article/sarah-palin-bristol-todd-track-family-fight-brawl-anchorage-alaska

tblue37

(65,215 posts)
90. I have seen both versions in multiple accounts. I actually think the
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 06:49 AM
Sep 2014

"who we are" one, especially the way it's phrased, sounds more likely. But we probably won't ever know unless someone has a tape and is willing to sell it.

yuiyoshida

(41,818 posts)
94. maybe there are no credible
Mon Sep 15, 2014, 10:05 AM
Sep 2014

witnesses. Kinda like conjecture to me. Sarah Palin was always one for chest thumping, and if she put herself before her family.. who would even be surprised?

 

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)
2. Boring family..../sarc
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 01:01 AM
Sep 2014

Last edited Sat Sep 13, 2014, 11:01 PM - Edit history (1)

Wouldn't mind seeing that shirtless picture of Track tough.

calimary

(81,085 posts)
81. Don't care how good he supposedly might look with his shirt off.
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:41 PM
Sep 2014

He is still hideous to me. Same for his whole family, including his much-vaunted "hot babe" of a mother. They are Ugly Incorporated, to me. The whole miserable, disgraceful, self-entitled lot of 'em.

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
8. What kind of trailer trash scumbag brings a six-year-old to a keg party?
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 02:15 AM
Sep 2014

Fuck charges for assault; I want her sorry ass brought up on child endangerment charges (you know if one of us would have done it, the state would take our kids from us) and her worthless mother brought up on aiding and abetting.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
15. But but but sister sarah at one point was screaming 'do you know who I am'
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:05 AM
Sep 2014

She musta' already been plastered and had forgotten she was Grifter sarah palin so she gets a pass LOL
Yes the authorities would have thrown you or I's ass in the houscow

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
41. Oh, she knew exactly who she was
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 12:26 PM
Sep 2014

When well-known people ask "do you know who I am?" they are really saying "how dare you not let me do whatever I want?"

Oh man, I just did something really stupid: I looked at the headlines on her website. One of them is about President Obama's judicial nominees. Says Saint Sarah, his effort to shape the judiciary is a "power grab" and "another example of his imperial presidency." As we all know, Republicans shaping the judiciary is just good governance.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
65. She is dumb nough to have possibly
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 02:02 PM
Sep 2014

forgotten who she is. My response would have been "you don't know either??"

jmowreader

(50,528 posts)
66. With Sarah's exaggerated sense of self-importance, that's not possible
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 02:14 PM
Sep 2014

She will know who she is five years after she's dead. No, no, this was definitely "how dare you treat me with anything less than reverence, you scum? Don't you know I am a governor of this state, a vice presidential candidate and a television star?"

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
54. Well, you gotta remember . . .
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:26 PM
Sep 2014

The kid is a Palin and he needs to start early learning those family traditions.

Sienna86

(2,148 posts)
11. I'm guessing Palin will quietly pay damages to all victims
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 07:38 AM
Sep 2014

To quiet this matter. Have any cell phone pictures come out yet? That's the last thing Sarah Palin wants.

ChairmanAgnostic

(28,017 posts)
23. stretch hummer?
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 10:38 AM
Sep 2014

that says it all.

although I suspect that her wild spending has caught up with her. this blog-tv crap smacked of financial distress and desperation.

sendero

(28,552 posts)
12. Too bad Sarah...
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 07:57 AM
Sep 2014

.... wasn't elected, I'm pretty sure she would have been the first White Trash Vice President.

Idiocracy, here we come.

CanonRay

(14,080 posts)
29. I think Andrew Johnson has that covered
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 11:04 AM
Sep 2014

She would, however, have been the first female white trash Vice-President.

Divernan

(15,480 posts)
17. Nothing says Patriot like wearing your country's flag on your shoes!
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:29 AM
Sep 2014

I have no doubt there was at least one video taken by an onlooker, and it is not being auctioned off to the highest bidder.

JohnnyRingo

(18,614 posts)
22. Snowbillys
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 10:24 AM
Sep 2014

Unfortunately, this will end up as positive PR as the Republican base views them as "just like us". The only difference is a YouTube video of a four wheeler and a couple less teeth.

olegramps

(8,200 posts)
24. Let's not forget to thank McCain for these amusing moments.
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 10:51 AM
Sep 2014

Last edited Fri Sep 12, 2014, 01:31 PM - Edit history (1)

McCain's notorious temper mixed with the trashy Palins would have been a site to see at the White House keg party after they all get liquored up.

Barack_America

(28,876 posts)
28. I don't celebrate it. She has a child.
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 10:58 AM
Sep 2014

And that child has enough strikes against him just being born into that family.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
30. I want to hear the audio of a restrained Palin, screaming
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 11:05 AM
Sep 2014

Not I don't.

I think it's only audible to dogs.

Hubert Flottz

(37,726 posts)
33. And wounded wolves!
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 11:11 AM
Sep 2014

She needs to go back to church with her brood and have some more witches cast out of that hummer.

Rozlee

(2,529 posts)
79. It's also got a pitch that bypasses zombies looking for brains.
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 01:35 PM
Sep 2014

So they'll know where not to look.

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
34. This is going to be great!
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 11:14 AM
Sep 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"
[/center][/font][hr]
 

Man from Pickens

(1,713 posts)
43. She should have become a cop
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 02:34 PM
Sep 2014

then she could beat the hell out of anyone who looked at her funny, and could never be prosecuted for anything

calimary

(81,085 posts)
83. Welcome to DU, both of you! Man from Pickens, and also Gothmog!
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 03:50 PM
Sep 2014

Glad you're both here. The family that fights together blights together. They are a collective blight upon the American political landscape. I saw the headline about "charges might yet be filed" and said to myself - "Oh PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PRETTY PLEASE with a cherry on top!!!!"

smiley

(1,432 posts)
60. I wonder...
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:50 AM
Sep 2014

If this wasn't staged for some sort of reality series on her network. Possibly another publicity stunt?

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
49. I wonder if the hair on her neck bristolled when she got angry...
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 06:17 PM
Sep 2014

Her new name should be Bristle Flailing.

 

OldRedneck

(1,397 posts)
53. As a general rule . . . .
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:25 PM
Sep 2014

. . . when it's around midnight and someone shows up at a party with a crowd in a stretch Hummer, nothing good is going to happen.

I'm an Advanced Life Support EMT. I know.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
57. One thing I found to be outrageously rude is that
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:46 PM
Sep 2014

they fought with the owners of the home, the hosts of the party. As guests, it was incumbent upon them to leave, not hang around, start fights, and make trouble for them.

nolabear

(41,930 posts)
55. Ten bucks says she won't be able to let it lay there.
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 08:32 PM
Sep 2014

I expect Mama and Papa and all the Grizzlyettes to heed the call of the wild and take to the internet with cries of patriotic outrage and...stuff.

Beartracks

(12,795 posts)
56. This helps confirm my suspicions that the Palins are a secret reality tv show...
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 09:35 PM
Sep 2014

... that's been foisted on America. Seriously: cameras 24/7, misadventures, dumb stunts... It's as dumb and derogatory as any reality tv show where all the drama is drummed up and the main situations in which the family finds itself are contrived -- you know, situations in which they would not normally have found themselves unless they were on a tv show -- like having the matriarch run for the Vice Presidency!!!! And then... and then this family of wacky characters has to contend with sudden fame!!!11!! Yeah!!!111!

And mayhem and hilarity ensue.

Sure wish the producers would fess up and pull the plug on this project.

=================

Beach Rat

(273 posts)
59. Maybe the brawl will just be the tip of the iceberg?
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 09:32 AM
Sep 2014

Maybe its time to start digging into McKenna Brothers paving and any contracts they may have gotten while Palin was governor or mayor or Wasilla. They've gotten some government contracts to maintain federal roads in national forests: http://www.publiccontractors.com/Mckenna%20Brothers%20Paving/3040227.html?q=Mckenna%20Brothers%20Paving&p=1 I'd be interested to find out what the "business" relationship is between the Palins and the McKennas.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
63. "Trashy" doesn't even
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 12:54 PM
Sep 2014

begin to describe that family of cretins. They make the Kardashian idiots look like the court of Queen Victoria.

Chemisse

(30,802 posts)
68. And to think, this all could have been happening at the White House.
Sat Sep 13, 2014, 05:37 PM
Sep 2014

We could've been treated to headlines about weekly brawls while McCain quietly attacked every country that slightly annoyed him.

book_worm

(15,951 posts)
76. This is the family that senile asshat McCain thought should live in
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 07:39 AM
Sep 2014

the Vice Presidential mansion. She is the woman that he thought should be a heartbeat away from the presidency. That in itself should have disqualified him from ever being president.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,391 posts)
78. *Might yet* face charges?
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 01:31 PM
Sep 2014

*sigh* So tired of people like the Palins being held to different standards than the rest of us.

moosewhisperer

(114 posts)
87. Five year old alone in the car?
Sun Sep 14, 2014, 04:52 PM
Sep 2014

Late at night. Kid alone in the car. Or left with the driver. Both bad options. Looks like Levi will have a new definition of "ammo".

Prophet 451

(9,796 posts)
96. There won't be any charges
Tue Sep 16, 2014, 02:08 AM
Sep 2014

High-profile conservatives are never, ever made to account for their wrongdoings. Within a few days, the same people who love to complain about black people "playing the victim" will be blaming everyone but Palin for her actions. She'll probably wade in on one of her self-glorification platforms and paint herself as the victim of the "lamestream gotcha media", the woman is DARVO incarnate. And, like all conservative pundits, she'll get off scot-free.

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