Palin Family Brawl Witness Gets Fired for Talking to Good Morning America

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Mediaite

The lurid, stereotypical tale of Sarah Palin and her family entering into an alcohol-fueled melee at a snowmobile party is starting to pick up in the mainstream media, with Good Morning America devoting an entire segment to the story this morning. In doing so, they talked to Eric Townsend, an eyewitness who attended the party at the invitation of his boss.

But Townsend, who also gave his account to Alaskan political blogger Amanda Coyne, was fired today for talking to the media.

Entertainment Tonight producer Elizabeth Applegate tweeted that she’d spoken to Townsend this morning, who confirmed that he’d been fired specifically for talking to ABC. Weirdly enough, Political Gates reported that Thompson’s former employers, McKenna Brothers Paving, were the hosts of the party where the brawl took place.

Last Saturday, many members of the Palin family attended a Wasilla party honoring the champions of the Iron Dog snowmobile race, and their presence eventually sparked a 20-person brawl — in which the Palins allegedly, wholeheartedly participated.

Read more: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/palin-family-brawl-witness-gets-fired-for-talking-to-good-morning-america/

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Video of his interview at link.
Now we know why the videos are missing.

[Feral Child]

1. Want to bet

Vindictive Sarah had a hand in this?

[MH1]

51. She didn't have to. "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas" comes to mind.

Employee's boss hosts a party. The boss invites the employee. Something bad happened involving a powerful friend of the boss. Employee blabs to media about the bad thing that happened, apparently without vetting his account with the boss. Employee gets fired.

I'm not saying it's right, I'm saying it's hardly surprising.

[roguevalley]

52. small town here. they did it for her. people always tell about this up here. i bet they got a sweet

When she ruined wasilla

[Feral Child]

58. Yes, you're right.

I'm just used to thinking of her pettiness and control issues. Locally, this affair was embarrassing enough to his boss to cause a reaction.

Thanks for bringing me back to reality.

[Cleita]

2. I'm certain this is one of the reasons videos haven't surfaced yet.

People are intimidated by the Palins.

[Starcats]

23. They are

Because the Palins are thugs.

[Blue Owl]

3. And with Sarah Palin, you know this only half of the story...

n/t

[James48]

4. Here is the link

to the facebook page of the company that fired him.

McKenna Brothers Paving.

They hosted the party.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/McKenna-Bros-Paving-Inc/163776963682105

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. They sure are getting beaten up on their Facebook page.

With good reason, IMO.

[yeoman6987]

8. They are?

I just went to it and nothing. Only six visits to the page....not sure if I am 7 or 6.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Look under "Reviews" in the column on the left.

And open up the comments, there are more, here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/McKenna-Bros-Paving-Inc/163776963682105

[yeoman6987]

21. Thank you so much!!!

Some of the comments are pretty brutal but accurate.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Only three now

It's appears their is some heavy editing going on. I suspect the outfit is experiencing some serious blowback.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Yeah they are.

[noiretextatique]

57. they are taking a beating

i just went there and most of the comments are not positive.

[MADem]

13. Apparently they are deleting the comments as people make them.

Someone should probably fire up a McKenna Bros Paving SUCKS page!

[Union Scribe]

7. I love the Internet for this very reason.

These goons can't delete the negative comments fast enough

[uppityperson]

22. Huh, the About information is editable.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. The best Facebook comment so far:

"You know that you are all going to wake up with a caribou head in your bed tomorrow morning, right?"

[nolabear]

35. ...

[Sunlei]

12. you don't want to ever get on those kind of peoples 'bad side'

[Earth_First]

14. I'd like to volunteer to go deep cover on behalf of DU for the next melee...

I'll cover my own expenses.

[davidpdx]

49. Just bring us back some video footage

[Earth_First]

50. That's the plan! nt

[alfredo]

54. And some Caribou jerky.

[Dont call me Shirley]

15. And the Saga of the Alaskan Hillbillies continues.....stay tuned for episode 531

[SoapBox]

17. Can he sue? Suppression of free speech?

And...aren't those "McKenna Brothers" some that were either involved in building the Palin house or some other sort of controversy?

[Dont call me Shirley]

20. I hope he sues. Hillbullies is the more accurate term for the Palins.

[Kber]

30. No.

The government can't suppress speech. Your employer can, especially if it gives the employer a bad name.

There's have been multiple examples of employees being fired for Facebook posts.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

44. No. "Free speech" applies only to government action.

[aggiesal]

39. Drunk Dynasty! ...

Heard it this morning on Stephanie Miller Show.
I thought it was the best.

Another was
The Thrilla' in Wasila.

[Dont call me Shirley]

40. Ice Road Knucklers

[Jester Messiah]

42. Too perfect! (nt)

[wordpix]

55. too bad the reality TV show is past and this segment wasn't taped

more Palin insanity to wonder at

[Dont call me Shirley]

60. Wasillabullies Gone Wild

[justgamma]

18. If he was a Repub, telling on a Dem,

He'd dbe on the talk circuit and a hero, Maybe even get his own show on Faux Snooz. He'd never go away.

[tanyev]

19. Moosa Notra strikes again.

[meow2u3]

37. DUzy!

Moosa Nostra! rofl: :

[chelsea0011]

24. Waiting to see if network nightly news tackles this story tonight. They bypassed last night.

At least Brian Williams did as that was the show I saw. His show did show the bear dancing with the flag on the golf course. We have a former VP candidate who is quoted almost on a daily basis for her incite into every aspect of government discourse and her family gets into a drunken brawl, are forced to leave, and the cops show up, and not one word from the big three nightly networks? Can they ignore this another day?

[nolabear]

36. Saw a mention on CNN this afternoon. I still say cellphone footage is out there.

And I can't WAIT.

[yuiyoshida]

25. Sarah Palin screaming

"Do you know who I am??!!" shows shes a legend in her own Mind.

[drubytue]

27. Technically

she said "Don't you know who I am."

[yuiyoshida]

28. again...

Shes a legend in her own mind.

[Uncle Joe]

46. I agree, yuiyoshida.

[Strelnikov_]

61. The Palin's sense of entilement

That quote, the way they conducted themselves from descriptions of the ruckus.

As we say down here in Pigsknuckle, they're cashing checks way beyond what their smarts can pay off.

I sense a big fall comin', kinda like when Odie Skaar got all full of himself (no, not that one, the other one).

[FourScore]

26. I'm waiting for the video. n/t

[Shrike47]

29. If I had good video of the brawl, I would work hard to make it anonymous before publishing it.

The blow back would be vicious.

[kairos12]

31. Sounds like an early opening for a horror Halloween house.

[armed_and_liberal]

32. Friends in low places

Nothing classes up a party like a clan of redneck wannabe's in a rented hummer.

[Happyhippychick]

33. "Backwoods brawl"

[blkmusclmachine]

34. It was down by the cement pond.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

38. "The American Taliban" with Palin as spokesperson means Zero Tolerance

see Dominion Theology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Theology

[Jack Rabbit]

41. I'm not surprised

Sarah plays hardball with those who cross her.

[NastyRiffraff]

43. Please please PLEASE let there be a video n/t

[Uncle Joe]

45. I hope Mr. Townsend gets an even better job in the near future.

Thanks for the thread, Adenoid_Hynkel.

[vrp]

47. Look at the positive...

Sarah now has a career as a professional wrestler. Then she can run for president and follow in the foot steps of Jesse Ventura.

[In_The_Wind]

48. If the truth hurts something is wrong.

[daleo]

53. A paving company buries the story

And throws the whistle blower under the tamper.

[greatlaurel]

59. DUzy!

[packman]

56. You know you are ALL WRONG

what she was doing was filming an episode to be later broadcast on her pay-per-view station. To view it you need to subscribe to the Premium package.

[NickB79]

62. Oh, but who really needs UNION jobs anyway?

After all, all bosses are fair, reasonable people who just want to be your friends, and those nasty unions get in the way of that friendship!