Alaska Gov. Palin's daughter's, boyfriend break up

[Javaman]

Source: AP wire via The Huffington Post

WASILLA, Alaska — Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin, the teenage daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, have broken off their engagement, he said Wednesday, about 2 1/2 months after the couple had a baby.

Johnston, 19, told The Associated Press that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin mutually decided "a while ago" to end their relationship. He declined to elaborate as he stood outside his family's home in Wasilla, about 40 miles north of Anchorage.

He also said some details of the breakup, rumors of which had been swirling on the Internet, were inaccurate.

Bristol Palin said in a statement issued through a spokeswoman for her mother's political action committee that she was "devastated."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090311/bristol-palin/

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I don't think anyone could have anticipated this.
:eyes:

I know this will probably go to GD, but I thought, what the hell.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I am SHOCKED I tell you...SHOCKED!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[steven johnson]

4. Run, Levi, run. Don't look back!

This disfunctional situation should be avoided at all cost.

Abstinence from the Palin family is the only solution.

[saigon68]

7. No More "Hide the Keilbasa" with that Bimbo

So Solly :-( :-(

[Ken Burch]

26. Well, with Levi it was more like "Stow The Slim Jim"....

[BrklynLiberal]

149. LOL

[Ken Burch]

150. You're a great audience. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

n/t.

[BrklynLiberal]

154. and don't forget to tip your waitress..... :D

Badda-boom.

[JeanGrey]

159. What right do you have to call her a bimbo?

[curiousdemo]

8. You Betcha!! This was a shotgun engagement!

Dam, she said he is white trash. Levi can now give the dirt on Palin family, since Bristol kicked him to the curb. I'm sure his sister got some money for this story. I see this is getting very in-te-resting! Let me get my from row seat to "The Wasilla Hillbilly" :popcorn:

[Ken Burch]

151. Knowing Bristol's mom, it was more of an assault weapon engagement!

And she probably made Levi field dress a moose to prove hisself.

[islandmkl]

2. this CANNOT be TRUE...it just can't be...

i mean, they were a loving couple and sarah's symbol of all that's...well, all that's something in the world...

jebus, who could have EVER seen this coming?

musta been the bright lights and the big cities...

damn, i can hardly believe this...

[Believing Is Art]

3. Not exactly shocking, but I still feel bad for her

In the last year she got pregnant while in high school, had her personal life scrutinized by the national media, seen her mother become a laughing stock, had a baby, and now she's broken up with her baby's father. It's a lot for anyone to go through, especially at her age.

Now maybe we can expect Sarah Palin's next publicity stunt: aerial hunting and field dressing of Levi Johnston.

[JeanGrey]

160. Yes they should have left Bristol alone. Families should be

off limits.

[soothsayer]

5. What about the child?

poor little bastard

[curiousdemo]

9. unfortunately, that what he is...

Dam! :cry:

[ikojo]

6. Absolutely shocked!!!

A good Christian couple NOT marrying! What on earth will Sarah's witch hunting minister think? Scandalous I tell ya!

[curiousdemo]

10. He's a witch craft Minister...

I guess it doesn't matter, he and sarah are still weirdo's.

[progdonkey]

11. FYI, the last line of your excerpt is a misquote...

It's not a big deal, and I don't really give a shit about either of them, but the way you have it now, it's saying that Bristol is "devastated" about the breakup, which is not what the article said. She was devastated about the Star report by Levi's sister saying Bristol was basically a bitch who wasn't letting Levi see his son.

[Lifelong Protester]

14. However, that is the same way the NYTimes has it

on their front page... http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/03/11/us/AP-BristolPalin.html?hp

[progdonkey]

16. ah, okay...

It's still not clear, then, exactly what she was "devastated" about, but the confusion's obviously not the OP's fault.

Thanks for cluing me in there. :hi:

[eridani]

29. For which I don't blame Bristol in the slightest

Levi is a major piece of work.

[spindrifter]

12. It's totally sad...if true...

<snip>

According to Mercedes, Bristol Palin has almost completely cut Levi Johnston out of her life - and that of their two-month-old son, Tripp.

<snip>

Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible," his sister allegedly said. "She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash'! She treats him so badly!"

<more> (sickeningly more)


http://www.celebist.com/2009/03/report-bristol-palin-dumps-levi-johnston/

[L0oniX]

13. Jerry Springer candidates. n/t

[Hardrada]

18. LOL!

Sad but true.

[rocktivity]

15. A least one of them figured out that a shotgun wedding isn't the answer.

My guess is that it was Bristol--she doesn't see the point of making a bad situation worse.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[struggle4progress]

17. How many threads do we need on an unwed teenaged mother who was unfortunate enough

to be the child of the Republican's vice-presidential candidate? The 2008 campaign ended four months ago. This girl ended up in the middle of everything simply because her mother is a demented wacko. Can't we just wish her well and let her go her way?

[Hippo_Tron]

21. I don't see a whole lot of people making fun of Bristol or the boyfriend

What I do see is people pointing out that these fundies can't even make their own children do what they tell us we should make ours do.

[struggle4progress]

24. Yeah, well, we all noticed that years ago. And we all remarked on it again last summer when the RNC

introduced us to America's favorite bobbly-headed Alaska secessionist, Hunts-Wolves-From-Planes

If we're going to keep noticing Bristol, maybe we could at least push a birth control, prenatal, and early childhood care act through congress in her name

[saigon68]

31. because her mother is a demented wacko.

Totally true and right to the point

[progdonkey]

148. Bristol Palin only has her mother to blame...

Part of Palin's entire platform (as well as that of the GOP as a whole) is the whole "family values" BS. I know not only what's best for my children, I know what's best for your children, and no amount of evidence from teachers, doctors, psychologists, sociologists, etc. is going to tell me otherwise on any issue. It's murder to abort a fetus, but isn't it so wonderful that my daughter Bristol chose to keep her baby? And that I chose to keep a Down baby?

Pointing out problems in Bristol's life is not a matter of reveling in this girl's pain, but merely highlighting the all-around incompetence and hypocrisy of her mother and her mother's beliefs. And since Palin still makes sure to pop up in the news every now and then (though she's been lying low recently, probably to let Jindal take the mantle of "GOP village idiot") and will surely be a candidate in 2012, her failures and hypocrisies here are still relevant.

Now, I don't think it's right to laugh at someone because his/her son was arrested on drugs charges, for example, even if the person is a political opponent, but if that person had just been telling me I was a bad parent for letting my son or daughter smoke pot, I wouldn't hesitate to hold up his crack-addicted son as proof of his lack of credibility on the matter (to put it nicely).

[JeanGrey]

162. Such BS. I don't see thread after thread trashing Al Gore

Junior, why not?

[progdonkey]

167. you mean, Al Gore III, first of all...

If you want to see "thread after thread trashing Al Gore, Jr." (aka the winner of the 2000 election) go to Freeperville.

Second of all, is Al Gore a crazy anti-drug crusader? Sure, he's not pro-legalization AFAIK, but I don't see him going around telling people they're horrible for smoking pot (and he himself admitted smoking it, too). If Al Gore III bought a Hummer and went around clubbing baby seals, then maybe you'd have a point.

"Why not?"

I already told you! Bristol Palin is the result of Sarah Palin's parenting and her beliefs which she wants to inflict upon the rest of America. Her situation is relevant to Palin's (and her supporters') credibility on her own platform. Again, she's anti-choice--but lauds her daughter for "choosing" to keep the baby; she's pro-abstinence-only sex ed... yet her oldest daughter is an unwed teenage mother (you're insane if you don't think that's relevant).

What's truly bullshit is that you think that parents shouldn't be held accountable for how their teenage children act or that their children's actions shouldn't reflect on the parent, especially when those parents want to legislate their supposed "family values."


Now, there is one extraneous reason Bristol Palin specifically receives scorn: she's getting what her mom's political establishment gives to all other white AND non-white unwed teenage mothers in this country. Were she not their then-VP Candidate's daughter she'd just be another teenage whore who couldn't keep her legs together and who won't be marrying the baby daddy (who's probably some ne'r-do-well gangsta anyway; you know how "they" are) and if her name were, say, "Maria Lopez," the radio shows that Sarah Palin frequents would be pointing at this girl and saying "see, this will be the downfall of America!"

But, no, she's Bristol Palin, so instead she's a sweet, intelligent girl who just made a bad decision. But she *chose* to keep the baby and the father will still be included in the child's life, so we should all be happy for her and applaud her maturity in this difficult time! Awwww. :puke:

[JeanGrey]

169. Families are OFF LIMITS. What is being done to her kids

is disgusting and only gives her power. Don't be stupid.

[progdonkey]

170. When THEY stop trying to ruin other people's families...

...then their families will be off limits, too. That's the whole god-damned point. They exist to destroy families--whether because one or both parents are here illegally, or gay, or unmarried, or underage, or if the person doesn't even want to be a parent and has an abortion, etc., they never shy away from condemning those people as "what's wrong with America." But when it's one of their own, they put them on the stage at their national convention and give them a fucking standing ovation. :banghead:

[JeanGrey]

171. Nonsense. That could be said of anyone and EVERYONE

put's their families on the "national stage". Get real.

[JeanGrey]

161. You tell me. It has become tiresome.

[UTUSN]

19. But can the ALASKA GOVERNOR BREAK UP?!1 Please. n/t

[Gregorian]

20. OMG. The image is defiled. What would Jesus say?

[mackerel]

22. So he's single?

Wha like none of you were thinking it ;)

[LynnTheDem]

23. Oh gee I am so shocked and really give a fuck.

No really.

[provis99]

25. she doesn't want "white trash" hanging around her?

Then why did she get porked by him in the first place? Some people's logic escapes me.

[EmilyAnne]

27. I really wonder what kind of choice this young woman would have made for herself without such a

mother.

Statistically, the "abstinence only" kids are less likely to use condoms than those kids who have been given proper, realistic sex education. So, maybe she wouldn't have gotten pregnant to begin with.
Poor girl. I wonder what her life will be like now. College will be difficult. Moving out of her parents' house almost impossible. Yuck.

[No Elephants]

28. Sarah, trust me. You will never be Prez or even VP. Your fortune lies in

a reality show. Go for it, before people lose interest entirely. (Oh, and BTW, that ticking sound you hear is your 15 minutes running out, so speed is advisable.) Love and kisses, Head of the Entertaintment Division of the Fox Network

[geckosfeet]

30. I am shocked, SHOCKED to see teen sex resulting in pregnancy without marriage

going on in the repuglican party.

Shocked.

[davepc]

32. Report: Palin's Daughter Dumps Baby's Father

Source: CBS

The rumormill continues to churn around the Palin family in Wasilla, Alaska. Star Magazine is reporting Bristol Palin, daughter of former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, has broken off her engagement to her baby's father, Levi Johnston.

Citing quotes from Johnston's sister, Mercede, the Star's Web site reports the 18-year-old Bristol is estranged from the 19-year-old father of the couple's two-month-old son, Tripp.

"Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible," the Star quotes Mercede as saying.

When news of the pregnancy arose on the campaign trail last year, Gov. Sarah Palin dismissed the issue as a case of "life happens" and urged the media to leave the matter as a family issue. However, Levi Johnston did appear at several campaign rallies during the run up to the November election.

Read more: http://cbs4denver.com/entertainment/bristol.palin.birth.2.956233.html

---

Here's the original report from Star Magazine:

http://www.starmagazine.com/bristol_palin_levi_split/news/15341

The teen love affair that rocked last year's presidential race is over.

Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, has ditched her baby daddy, Levi Johnston!

Now's Levi's sister, Mercede is telling all exclusively to Star and the picture she paints of life in Wasilla, Alaska is not a pretty one. Bristol, 18, has virtually cut Levi out of the life of their two-month-old son Tripp.

"Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash'!" Bristol won't even allow him to watch the baby for a few hours -- unless he's babysitting!

...

[ogneopasno]

33. But...they were clearly so happy together! I can't possibly believe it.

[MrPerson]

34. Shows the daughter is way smarter than her mother.

[SecularMotion]

65. It's all relative

:)

[George II]

126. But....is the daughter really the "mother" of the child? ENQUIRER-ING minds want to know!!

[Wabbajack_]

138. Huh?

[JSK]

35. First smart thing a Palin has done. n/t

[No Elephants]

36. Who dumped who again? Wasn't he saying last summer that he was not ready for marriage or

fatherhood?

[sofa king]

75. Perhaps he proved it.

I have no doubt that most of the folks in that family can be tricked into deciding something while making them think it's their own idea. But I seriously doubt anyone else in that family is clever enough to pull such a thing off!

[ckimmy57]

81. Yes he did, on his MySpace page and

McCain's camp made him remove it.....that boy had no intention of marrying into that family.

[NeoConsSuck]

136. After seeing what happened

to Caribu Barbie's brother-in-law, can you blame him?

How would you like to have that hag as your mother in law?

[Myrina]

90. Yeah and didn't he quit school & head out to the oil fields?

Doesn't sound like 'the marrying type' to me ... :shrug:

[George II]

127. Financially for me, that's great news - I bet 1000 Pounds with a UK bookie at 500-1 odds...

......that the wedding would never happen. I'll chalk it up to Levi Johnston's own "stimulus package"!!

[sofa king]

146. Was "never" in the actual agreement?

Because if it was, you have a long time to wait until it pays off.

[CatholicEdHead]

37. So, how does this effect Sarah's 2012 Presidential run?

:evilgrin:

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

41. Strengthens it... somehow.

I'm not sure yet, but that's why there are spin doctors.

[JDPriestly]

114. Depends on how many "dads" they go through before 2012.

This is really getting to be funny. I wonder how much Levi will get for his first interview? And his tell-all about the campaign and the Palin family? Or will someone pay a pretty penny to keep what Levi did in Las Palins in Las Palins?

[JeanGrey]

163. Because they do what they support. No abortion even if the

marriage doesn't work out.
Trust me, the fundies admire the shit out of it.

[rainbow4321]

77. She'll just scratch out Levi's name

From her photo ops speeches and try to put Bristol as a single mom role model even though she is not a typical single mom. I think we all noticed how SP repeatedly said how 5 generations were raising the kid and just threw Levi's name in as an afterthought....now we see why. It had not yet surfaced that they had split. Guess this is the reason he was not invited along for the interview.

[sarah FAILIN]

82. If he had ever been in the "forever after" plans

They would have gotten married immediately before anyone ever heard Palin's name outside Alaska.

[rainbow4321]

135. Should have been a clue when he lost the promise ring she gave

him..he lost it "while hunting" and told her NOT to get him another one because "he would just LOSE IT AGAIN". Hence the "Bristol" tattoo on his finger. This was mentioned back pre-election after someone did a closeup pic of his ring finger and inquired about it.

[George II]

128. Not much...her brain damaged her 2012 run more...

[LeftishBrit]

147. Her what? How can something that doesn't exist damage her 2012 run?

[Bicoastal]

38. Boring...

...let it alone, y'all.

[Rebubula]

54. Shhh...

...this is all that some people have got.

This is tame compared to some of the hate filled posts about these kids earlier this year.

[NRaleighLiberal]

39. Oh, the horror....the horror. How can we go on?

[maxsolomon]

40. the only thing that angers me here

is the way that the MSM enabled the GOP in making any topic the reality of this happy couple may have illuminated off-limits. namely, the stunning failure of everything social policy the GOP advocated & funded while in power.

i hope bristol & levi find happiness.

[Enrique]

42. does anyone in Alaska have a normal first name?

:crazy:

[MineralMan]

44. Let me call my friend there,

Mike Hunt, and see if he knows...

[truth2power]

86. My what???

:rofl:

This is the name adolescents like to put on a sign-in sheet, so when you call the roll...

[KamaAina]

91. Didn't he move to Aiken, SC? And run for sheriff?

http://www.aikencountysheriff.org

Message from Sheriff Michael Hunt

The Aiken County Sheriff's Office is in the people-serving business. As a law enforcement professional, I pledge to serve all the citizens and visitors of Aiken County.

And when did he start calling himself "Michael"? :shrug:

[eridani]

143. That would be Jack Hoff's brother-in-law, right? n/t

[MrPerson]

46. Joel Fleishman.

[Name removed]

43. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Mr. Ected]

47. Because You "Cons" Are the American Morality Police

Family values is what you stand for; abstinence not birth control is your creed for teenagers.

We are not in any way bashing Bristol. In fact, we are embracing the young lady and only wish her success, happiness and a modicum of normalcy.

However, her life is in direct contravention to her mother's political ideology...which progressives have pointed out, ad nauseum, are unrealistic and overreaching for any political party.

In other words, you and your ilk tend to be the nastiest sort of hypocrites.

[tsuki]

48. Because of you. nt

[theblasmo]

51. Well, troll...

... considering her party and followers want to stick their noses in our bedrooms, force us to all be Christians, and are supposed to be more moral than us, and aren't...

Imagine how FoxNews would deal with the issue if the governor was a member of the Democratic Party.

Enjoy your hypocrisy while you can, bub.

[theblasmo]

53. Nice.

Deleted while typing my answer. Quick move, mods.

[jobycom]

45. The MSM thinks the whole damn world is a smutty reality show for their exploitation

They hounded a princess to her death, they'll hound anyone who ever tries to accomplish anything to the grave. And beyond. Sick fuckers. Sick planet. Let the kid be, she's got enough to deal with on her own without being this week's soap opera.

Sorry, this one's a bit personal for me.

[Gormy Cuss]

57. It's sad, isn't it?

Where is the news here, that two teens aren't able to sustain a relationship? That a teen pregnancy and birth is stressful to both parents? That Palin's daughter makes life decisions on her own now?

Sheesh.

[primavera]

95. No, the news is in the fact that...

... a person with no qualifications who seeks to present herself as the heir apparent of the Republican throne based upon the solidity of her good old fashioned family values evidently has not been able to foster even within her own family the warm, fuzzy, Father Knows Best, conservative, Christian paradise she aspires to impose upon the country. No one cares about the daughter, whatshersname, but by making family values a pillar in her public life, Sarah Palin has made her family life a public matter, as it speaks to the credibility of her policy proposals. If she would care to withdraw her goal of restoring the good old days of feudalism, then her private life (and her family's) could remain private. Until then, the success of the model of family values she would have the country emulate in its policies is newsworthy.

[Gormy Cuss]

110. That was a reason for it to be news last year.

It would also be somewhat relevant if she were running for some national office now, but she isn't and obsessing over her teen daughter at this point is just like watching a reality TV show -- it's done for entertainment.

[primavera]

139. And what's so different this year?

Sarah Failin and her ilk lost a battle, but they have by no means conceded the war. She and her party are still doing everything in their power to undermine the success of a Democratic administration and advance their failed policies and she personally is still maneuvering to be the Republican presidential candidate in an electoral race I expect her to announce before so much as six months have elapsed in the current administration's term. So what's really changed?

[treestar]

120. You hit the nail on the head

Why should Republicans be allowed to prescribe what is best for all of us and then not follow it themselves and not be called on it? It is Republicans who insist that all families must consist of a straight married couple who goes to church, etc., and the obvious fact that it does not insure offspring turn out to follow the rules they were taught does much to undermine Republican claims about what works in society.

[uppityperson]

121. Oh picky picky picky. Good summary, thank you.

[norepubsin08]

67. She's over 18

she supported her mother by being up there on the platform and in the lime light, got free clothes, free trip, free food etc...she's fair game!

[KayLaw]

73. I didn't think of that.

So she's a single mother, supported by the taxpayers of Alaska. Is that correct? Oh, boy.

[jobycom]

74. Well, that makes it all right then, eh?

[JeanGrey]

164. ALL FAMILIES support their loved ones who run and they

ALL GET FREE clothes, etc.

[grasswire]

49. Levi needs a lawyer to preserve his right to visitation

The child needs his father in his life. Levi needs some assistance, or this family will steamroller him.

[GinaMaria]

58. The baby needs his father

We are only getting one view of the story here. It might have more to do with Levi's Mom being involved with drugs. I hope for all those involved, the situation becomes balanced and sane.

Sarah was selfish to force these two young people into the spotlight. This was going to be difficult enough without a media feeding frenzy.. They all need assistance.

[DollyM]

78. I wouldn't want my baby to be with a Grandmother that sold drugs!

I think Bristol was smart enough to realize that she needed to run far away from this family. I mean really, would you want you baby to be in the care of someone who sold drugs? Now that the campaign is over, she can make some rational decisions about this relationship and say the sex was fun but now it's over and she needs to get on with her life and try to raise her child the best that she can, with or without a father.

[UndertheOcean]

84. So a father has no claim at all for his son ? It is always the mother's decision?

[GinaMaria]

100. Claim? the baby is not property

That said, I think there are ways they can work together toward the same goals.

[GinaMaria]

99. I suspect but don't know for sure

that is the reason she doesn't want Levi to take the baby over to his house. I do agree that I would have the same reaction to a drug dealing Grandmother. I think it would likely change if Levi had his own place and they agree to what kind of exposure the baby has to Grandma (no solo visits, Levi must be there, no dealers, dealing or using while visiting the baby,) or no visitation at all because grand parenting is privilege not a right. It's a privilege one earns by character and behavior).

I think they can figure out what's best for the baby and align both their desires to keep him safe. This is something they both need to be on the same page about. The more people who are looking out for the little guy the better.

[DrDan]

50. if palin does not run in 2012, this could be the primary reason for not doing so

[Milspec]

52. Who give a flip

what an 18 year old back woods girl is doing.

[TlalocW]

55. Levi, a word of advice...

RRRRRRUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!

While Bristol does show uncharacteristically un-Palin flashes of intelligence (realizes abstinence-only education doesn't work, dumping your sorry ass), and you are a troglodyte with nothing going for you from the neck up, the further you're away from it all, the better your life will be, and if you stay in Alaska, I can guarantee that your former future mother-in-law can and will make your life hard.

So get out of the state. Get a job dealing blackjack in Vegas or something. You may never realize your dreams (whatever they may have been), but you can at least avoid one big nightmare.

TlalocW

[muriel_volestrangler]

60. But it's his son

If he wants to stay be involved with his son, I say he's doing the right thing. He and Bristol may hate each others' guts by now, for all I know, but if he wants to see his son regularly, then he's doing one thing right.

[LiberalFighter]

61. The nightmare just started for the kid. Now he will be on the hook for child support.

[SpiralHawk]

63. Wow, tlalocW - Dear Abby got nuttin on you

Run, Levi, Run...Git while the gittin's good. Republicon's will understand your wide-stance Family Values perfectly, just as they will understand Bristol's. The Hypocrisy and Pharisee genes dwell in every Homelander.

So, run, run, run, run away...ay ay ayyyy.

[lumberjack_jeff]

106. No. He has a responsiblity to be a parent to his son. n/t

[Doctor_J]

118. The governor won't let the jilted sperm donor anywhere near his offspring

count on that

[lumberjack_jeff]

123. Fuck her. It's his kid. n/t

[LeftishBrit]

144. This baby is a bit unlucky with grandmothers.

I hope both parents are involved with him, but both grannies stay well away. Especially the Palin one!

I wish the baby all the best of luck for his future.

[demoborn47]

56. But but but, I thought they were in LUUUUUUVE

... oh wait, no, they were horny bored teenagers. Why can't they just own up to that??? She finally said something sensible about abstinence. Spin this Palin....

[mwb970]

59. This was as predictable as the sun rising in the morning.

Is there someone somewhere who didn't see this coming the moment they first heard about Bristol's romp with this dumb kid? Come on.

[asthmaticeog]

62. Fucking HELL, I had April in the betting pool.

:grr:

[norepubsin08]

70. Damn I had January

[uppityperson]

122. I had last December.

They outlasted my expectations.

[LiberalFighter]

64. She doesn't want her baby around white trash?

What's the difference between her being around white trash (her boyfriend) and the baby being around white trash? Why was it okay for her and not the baby?

Personally, I think Bristol and her family are all white trash.

[Sequoia]

68. Like, Pot meet kettle.

[slackmaster]

66. Teenagers

:argh:

[4lbs]

69. The way Levi was eyeing Meghan McCain at the RNC showed just how much he was into Bristol and the

whole concept of marriage.

Levi is probably secretly happy to not be engaged anymore.

[skooooo]

71. Smart decision..

Marriages under these circumstances rarely work.

[Arkansas Granny]

76. Yup. Being a teenage parent is rough enough without compounding

the difficulties with a teenage spouse. This was not a relationship made in heaven and this is preferable to getting married now only to divorce in a few years. It will be better for all in the long run, IMO.

[Daemonaquila]

72. But what about family values?

Aw, and they were such a happily engaged couple! (At least for the election season...)

ROFLMAO! Given the last family feud in the Palin clan, how long before Levi starts getting strange police stops, loses his job...

[cabluedem]

132. They have a family. She keeps baby & he gets to pay child support. Its 2009' white-trash values. n/t

[Supersedeas]

79. that campaign engagement was about as fake as the Connecticut Cowboy

[hamsterjill]

168. You got it!

It was damage control - nothing else.

[Doctor_J]

80. Anyone with a brain knew that doofus was a campaign prop

But don't worry - when Caribou Barbie runs for prez in 2012, all the "family values" voters will love her :eyes:

[davidinalameda]

83. it's the Star

I'm so glad that MSM sources are taking their stories from gossip rags

[Faygo Kid]

85. Shocked. I'm shocked, I tell you (here's another link to the story).

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/bristol-palin-levi-johnston-break-off-engagement.php

[Milspec]

93. That actually a very flattering

picture of Bristol, of course its hard to look bad at her age.

[FedUpWithIt All]

98. I think it is Willow and Trig. I am pretty sure it was posted there in error.

[kskiska]

87. Can we get our gifts back

from the bridal registry at the Dollar Store?

[Elidor]

166. @_@

:rofl:

[2Design]

88. duhhhhhhhhhh - who would have figured this would happen and the kid is the same name

as the mothers baby??????

[MaineDem]

89. Gee, what if the wedding had been right after the convention?

Gotta love those Family Values.

[KamaAina]

92. Let me guess. Todd ran out of shells for his shotgun?

:eyes:

[Sultana]

94. This is news?

sheesh...:eyes:

More talk of Obamas puppy than this shit :D

[DrZeeLit]

96. Hmm. Wonder which "tell all" magazine will offer Bazillion $$ to Levi for the "real story" ???

The inside scoop on the Palin family, the McCain family, the campaign... even Joe the Plumber....

Levi has so much to tell.
Let's face it... he had NO INTENTION of ever marrying Bristol (as she had no plan to marry him).
The plan/marriage/clean-up act was the McCain Campaign's disaster preparedness report.

I don't see Bristol dropping a dime on her mother and McCain.... BUT... I do think they all better watch out because hell hath no fury like a hockey player who was forced to wear a suit on prime time.

[struggle4progress]

97. I think Palin's daughter is entitled to her privacy. She never ran for public office,

and the 2008 campaign is over. This bullshit gossip has no policy or organizing implications for us: it merely plays to prurient assholes who think they need to have some opinion about a teenage girl's crotch

[spotbird]

145. She was just on Faux news

she doesn't want privacy.

[superconnected]

101. Way to go Sarah! Your little teenage mommy needs a job now. Too bad you

voted down all that social help for her. And how's that abstinence education theory working out for ya?

Frankly I'm surprised your kids aren't on crack with the way you've managed your town/state.

[Doctor_J]

119. More "per diem" from the taxpayers will help little Mullet Johnson

[we can do it]

102. Because She Doesn't Want Him Around White Trash- Pot Meet Kettle

[regnaD kciN]

103. If she doesn't want that...

...she should give him up for adoption A.S.A.P.

[we can do it]

108. no joke_ hahahaha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[wickerwoman]

141. Good thing their family isn't elitist.

:eyes:

[MBS]

104. don't you just love those Republican Family Values

:evilgrin:

[lebkuchen]

105. what a surprise

does he have to give his clothing back, too?

[ACTION BASTARD]

107. Apparantly the Palin women are good for one thing and one thing only

and marriage is not one of them. Don't blame the guy. Who wants to marry into that clown circus of a a family.

[Xithras]

109. IIRC, over 90% of teen pregnancies end in a breakup or divorce.

Over half of teens who get pregnant don't get married in the first place. Of those that do, 30% will be divorced by 25 years of age, 60% will be divorced by their 15th anniversary, and 80% by their 25th. The most common complaint? "He/She isn't the same person I married."

How many of us adults can honestly say that we act with the same maturity level, and have the same interests, that we had at 17? Our personalities change as we mature, and that "perfect match" at 16 can easily become the person you wouldn't take a free drink from at 25.

[ShortnFiery]

111. I'm shocked! Shocked I tell ya!

:eyes:

[Flagg]

112. What kind of fucked up name is Tripp anyway ?

[JeanGrey]

165. It could've been worse. She could have named him him

"blanket". Or possibly "pilot inspecktor" or "moon unit"! ROTFLMAO Such hypocrisy...............

[6000eliot]

113. I bet those kids were never so thrilled as the day McCain lost.

[aquart]

117. Y'know, I think you're right.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

124. I think the Bush twins could start a therapy group...

As I recall, they weren't thrilled about Daddy-o running for the White House to begin with.

Because let's face it, there's nothing inherently wrong with Jenna or Barbara -- they just happened to have the media spotlight turned on them in their late teens/early twenties. I'm glad there wasn't a friggin' camera crew following me around during that period of my life!

[truthisfreedom]

115. I got nothin'.

[damntexdem]

116. I wondered when we'd see this -- inevitable, once the GOP lost the election.

'White trash' huh?

[George II]

125. So Baby Grandmama Sarah Palin is going to be a bastard grandmother forever....figures!!

[mac56]

129. Can't we get that histrionic Brittney guy to make another video?

"LEEEEEAVE BRRRRRISTOLLLLL ALLLLLONNNNNNNE! *sob*"

[Ian David]

130. I'll find you a father and get right back to ya! n/t

[jberryhill]

131. It Just Hit Me - Trig is Tripp's Uncle

Isn't "And Trig's yer uncle" a saying in England or something?

[rainbow4321]

133. Update from Mudflats: "Scowly Bristol" whisked thru airport

http://www.themudflats.net/2009/03/11/palin-johnston-wedding-is-off/

A Mudflatter on the ground in Juneau says that a scowly Bristol and baby caught a flight out of Anchorage yesterday, and were whisked through the airport at record speed by someone flashing a badge, and escorted across the icy tarmac and whisked out at the other end by senior airport personnel. How many frequent flier miles do you need to get the “whisking” treatment? Just askin’.

[chatnoir]

140. Hmmm, cozy with the swim coach?

From the Mudflats comments:

Philip MungerNo Gravatar (09:42:18) :

Bristol IS attending Wasilla High School. She goes in at least two times per week to work or volunteer as a teacher’s aide to the WHS swim coach, with whom she appears to be spending a lot of extra time too also.

Other than that, she does appear to have once again dropped out…

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ravenstrickNo Gravatar (10:09:11) :

Yep - that’s Willow in the picture at Radar.com.

Meantime, Wasilla Swim Coach?? It’s always the swim coach, isn’t it?

Well, Matt Hanley kind of looks like Levi with a beard, so at least she’s consistent.

http://www.teamunify.com/Contact.jsp?team=aznlsc

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the problem child (an aunt, also) (10:41:02) :

Matt Hanley is far better looking than Levi IMHO. But also over 30. Not cool if you are eighteen.

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Philip MungerNo Gravatar (10:50:09) :

At least Matt isn’t married. BTW - my source isn’t alleging an affair, just that along with Bristol working or volunteering as his assistant or “aide,” she is spending other time with him. No details past that.

[rainbow4321]

152. More on the coach

http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2008/09/16/sports/doc48cf29a9c8019860092974.txt




He really does look like Levi with a beard!

http://www.teamunify.com/Contact.jsp?team=aznlsc

[DainBramaged]

134. I got another link thanks to Americablog

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/bristol-palin-levi-johnston-break-off-engagement.php

Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter Bristol has reportedly broken off her engagement with Levi Johnston, the father of her 2-month-old son Tripp. It's surprising because in an interview just last month with FOX's Gretta Van Susteren, Bristol said the 19-year-old Levi is a hands-on dad and that they planned on marrying after finishing their education.

But in a new interview with Star Magazine, Levi's sister Mercede Johnston says Bristol actually broke up with Levi more than a month ago, is not attending school and rarely lets her baby daddy see their young son. Mercede also says Bristol even told him that she hates him and, when she learned she was pregnant, wished the baby wasn't his.

Mercede told Star: "Bristol's just crazy. That's the nicest way I can put it. She and Levi actually broke up a while ago!"

Apparently, Levi is also far from being a hands-on dad. Said Mercede: "Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible for him. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash.' She treats him so badly!"

[davepc]

142. Every report seems to refrence back to the Star Magazine article

[undeterred]

137. I thought there was going to be a shotgun wedding, Wasilla style.

Well at least Bristol isn't being forced to marry this guy to save face. She's just a kid herself.

[rainbow4321]

153. There was a quote from Levi in an AP report: mutually "broke up a while ago"

Hmmmm....a while ago as in prior to the GVS interview?? So any reference that Bristol/Sarah made about Bristol/Levi having a future relationship was BS???

[lanlady]

155. lying to the public is in the Palin family genes

Bristol tells Greta van Susteren that Levi's gonna make her a June bride, but the truth is they broke up long ago. Like mother, like daughter.

[GTO_fan]

156. ironic

I wonder what the Republican or Conservative reaction would be if Palin was a Dem governor.

[FedUpWithIt All]

157. The kids have the right to privacy. Didn't mom Palin say that her PAC was for politics ONLY?

:eyes:

Blurring those lines again sarah?

[JeanGrey]

158. Sad but not unexpected. Especially with the publicity and trash

talk about this couple. I still don't get how this is news. Families are families.

[Imagevision]

172. gee's Levi! why don't you get a brain and write a book - M$M would be all over you