Garrison Keillor says fired over alleged improper behavior

ABC News ^ | Nov 29, 2017

[Old Teufel Hunden]

This is a statement from Keilor:

"I put my hand on a woman’s bare back,” he told the Star Tribune in an email. “I meant to pat her back after she told me about her unhappiness and her shirt was open and my hand went up it about six inches. She recoiled. I apologized. I sent her an email of apology later and she replied that she had forgiven me and not to think about it. We were friends. We continued to be friendly right up until her lawyer called.”

If this is all there is, the firing is ridiculous! Now, a caveat, there could be more that comes up in the coming days like what is happening with Lauer. Full disclosure, I listened to 'The Prairie Home Companion' for many years and have read just about all of his books. Yes, he's a flaming lefty and it would come out from time to time in his broadcasts, but he wasn't a nasty lefty. Quite honestly, if you read his books they could be written by a conservative. He is the modern day and Midwestern version of Mark Twain IMO. The only time he really got me mad is his snooty remarks about the rolling thunder coming into Washington DC and messing up his time looking at paintings because they are so loud.

Folks, look at the above remarks and if a conservative were fired and that was the only allegation, we would all be howling to high heaven. I'm afraid this may turn into a witch hunt. Yes, everyone so far that has been fired, looks like they had it coming to them. But this one, if this is the only allegation, is not warranted IMO.

[DPMD]

I never realized Rose was once young.

[Jamestown1630]

He wasn’t bad looking in the 70s.

Most men grow more handsome and interesting-looking as they age. Some just don’t.

[anton]

He’s a liar and a goofball. “Put his hand on a woman’s back”

Bullshit.

He was probably perving little boys.

[Fightin Whitey]

That was pretty damned good.

[Vigilanteman]

Just one of the few kids who isn’t “above average” in the neighborhood of Lake Wobegon, eh?

[Albion Wilde]

I wouldn’t hit it.