Bill Maher Has A Field Day With Palin Family’s ‘Drunken Brawl’ (VIDEO)

In this photo provided by HBO, Bill Maher hosts the season premiere of "Real Time with Bill Maher" Friday, Jan. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/HBO, Janet Van Ham)
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If religion is Bill Maher’s favorite target, the Palin clan is undoubtedly a close second.

So the comedian wasn’t about to let Alaska’s former first family off the hook for getting involved in a melee at a party earlier earlier this month.

“Now that it has been confirmed that the entire Palin family did in fact participate in a drunken brawl, Sarah Palin must admit that President Obama’s mom jeans aren’t half as embarrassing as her mom genes,” Maher said on Friday’s edition of “Real Time.”

Maher’s zinger was a reference to the former GOP vice presidential candidate’s memorable criticism of Obama earlier this year.

An eyewitness told TPM this week that Palin’s eldest daughter, Bristol, got “quite violent” during the tussle.

But if you think the former half-term Alaska governor is disappointed in her child, think again.

“I love my Bristol!” Sarah Palin wrote Friday in a Facebook post, describing her daughter “one of the strongest young women you’ll ever meet.”

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  1. The Palins are the herpes of snark. The gift that keeps on giving.

  2. And they’ll keep doing so, for a simple, Catch-22 reason. If they knew they were trailer trash, they wouldn’t be trailer trash. There’s no escape.

  3. I always thought I was white trash, but the only way I could possibly compete with the Palin family trashiness is if I married my sister.

  4. Until the day arrives that Sarah Palin no longer draws an audience, the media will report her every move and comment, no matter how trivial. Palin says the things she says because she knows there’s an audience that will pay to hear 30 minutes of her drivel. Does she believe what she says? She has no convictions. She has only a desire for notoriety and money. And both of these desires are satisfied on a regular basis. We should all have Sarah Palin’s bank account.

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