Palin Family Involved In Brawl

America averted a disaster by rejecting John McCain and his craven pick of Sarah Palin for vice president in 2008. The very thought of what a Vice-President Palin would have unleashed on this country is only less scary that the thought of what could have happened if Palin had somehow succeeded to the presidency.

Unlike other VP candidates, Palin has not just faded into the background. With all sorts of strange appearances and even stranger utterances, Palin has managed to keep herself in the news and keep the money rolling in. Much like the folks who would pay good money to flock to PT Barnum’s freak show, people still have a morbid fascination with Sarah Palin.

Once more last weekend Sarah and her family thrust themselves into the spotlight by mixing it up with their neighbors at a birthday party. Fueled by alcohol, things got out of hand when son Track ran into someone he didn’t like.

For the report of the incident we turn to the blog of Amanda Coyne:

“Hell hath no fury like a Palin family visit: Just when I was about to give up on them, the Gods of gossip came visiting this week, and as they’ve done in the past, they beckoned me to look towards Wasilla, towards the fortress of Our Lady of the North, the woman who was almost a heartbeat away from the presidency, whose family had a dramatic weekend, Wasilla style! As many of us have read, Bristol Palin was visited by a Floridian stalker on Sunday who somehow ended up on the family’s balcony. The stalker currently sits in jail. That’s pretty dramatic. But that’s the least of it. The night before, Saturday, was a doozy. The details are a little sketchy, but there’s enough of them, from enough different sources, that a story emerges, a story that according to the gossip Gods, looks kind of like this: There’s some sort of unofficial birthday/Iron Dog-type/snowmachine party in Anchorage. A nice, mellow party, until the Palin’s show up. There’s beer, of course, and maybe other things. Which is all fine, but just about the time when some people might have had one too many, a Track Palin stumbles out of a stretch Hummer, and immediately spots an ex-boyfriend of Willow’s. Track isn’t happy with this guy, the story goes. There’s words, and more. The owner of the house gets involved, and he probably wished he hadn’t. At this point, he’s up against nearly the whole Palin tribe: Palin women screaming. Palin men thumping their chests. Word is that Bristol has a particularly strong right hook, which she employed repeatedly, and it’s something to hear when Sarah screams, “Don’t you know who I am!” And it was particularly wonderful when someone in the crowd screamed back, “This isn’t some damned Hillbilly reality show!” No, it’s what happens when the former First Family of Alaska comes knocking. As people were leaving in a cab, Track was seen on the street, shirtless, flipping people off, with Sarah right behind him, and Todd somewhere in the foreground, tending to his bloody nose.”

Iowa’s connection to this is that Joni Ernst proudly accepted the Palin endorsement back in March. I would assume that endorsement and acceptance are still in place. Sarah Palin is a national embarrassment. Joni Ernst is cut from the same cloth. My feeling is that if Ernst is elected she will be an embarrassment to Iowa, not in the exact same ways as Palin, but in her own way.

Back in March Ernst accepted the Palin support:
“I’m proud to stand with the Mama Grizzly against big spenders in Washington like Bruce Braley and Nancy Pelosi. Sarah Palin is an inspiration to those of us who want to protect life, defend the Second Amendment, and get Washington out of our wallets. As our campaign builds energy toward a primary win in June, Sarah Palin’s roaring support will help me to victory, and as a result, make ‘em squeal in Washington,” said Ernst.

One thing is for sure. Just like Palin, Ernst wants to end Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA. Ernst has let it be known that she will not work for Iowans – all the programs listed have major approval in Iowa polls. Instead she will be a tool of the Kochs and their ilk.

We need a senator that will work for Iowans.