Levi Unloads: "Me and Mrs. Palin" (Vanity Fair)

[kpete]

Levi Unloads

It may not be a tell-all book. But it does look like a tell-all Vanity Fair article with estranged Palin would-be son-in-law Levi Johnston. Among young Levi's claims -- a secret plan to cover up Bristol pregnancy by having Palins adopt the son and Palin's plan to resigning after the 2008 election to "triple the money."
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/09/levi_unloads.php?ref=fpblg

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Levi Johnston: "Me and Mrs. Palin"
by Vanity Fair
September 2, 2009, 12:01 AM


For “Me and Mrs. Palin,” Johnston tells Vanity Fair his story about life with the Palin family—with whom he lived for two months after the election—over the course of his two-and-a-half-year relationship with Bristol. He turns a number of commonly held beliefs about the former governor—the purportedly loving mother, devoted wife, and prolific hunter—upside down.

The Palin house was much different from what many people expect of a normal family, even before she was nominated for vice president. There wasn’t much parenting in that house. Sarah doesn’t cook, Todd doesn’t cook—the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry, and get ready for school. Most of the time Bristol would help her youngest sister with her homework, and I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill.

Even before Palin became John McCain’s running mate, she seemed worried about what a grandchild would do to her political career. According to Johnston, she had a plan for how to handle her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy.

Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, “So, are you gonna let me adopt him?” We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.

After the campaign, Johnston watched Palin turn into a different person. The result back home in Alaska was a woman ready to turn in elected office for money.

Sarah was sad for a while. She walked around the house pouting. I had assumed she was going to go back to her job as governor, but a week or two after she got back she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make “triple the money.” It was, to her, “not as hard.” She would blatantly say, “I want to just take this money and quit being governor.” She started to say it frequently, but she didn’t know how to do it. When she came home from work, it seemed like she was more and more stressed out.

more:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/09/levi-johnston.html

[Captain Hilts]

1. Vanity Fair truly is 'People Magazine for people with intellectual pretensions'. nt

[subcomhd]

43. If you can actually find the articles in all the advertisements. nt

[roguevalley]

83. Actually, VF has done more great reporting than just about

any other mag out there. Hirsch and many more have broken news on the pages. I love VF.

[Captain Hilts]

85. I didn't say I did not enjoy reading it! Yes, there have been some good articles, BUT...

they also print complete fiction posed as non-fiction at times.

[eridani]

101. Yes it has. The "People" and ads wrapper prolly makes it go down easier for some

Sort of like Playboy articles amid the models and ads.

[Dreamer Tatum]

2. If this kid was a scumbag and had no credibility before the election

I'm not sure how he has any credibility now. This country has serious problems to solve, and we should
focus on those. If Vanity Fair wants to put a stupid kid whose future is in the meth or porn industries,
that's their lookout. Cuts no ice with me.

[MajorChode]

7. And Palin is more credible how?

Frankly I don't think Levi is smart enough to be all that self serving. If he were, he would go about it in an entirely different way. While that doesn't mean everything he says is the gospel, it doesn't mean it's all bullshit either. On the other hand, I'm quite positive EVERYTHING Palin does is self serving. I'm also pretty sure that she tries to pretend she's the perfect mom when clearly she isn't anywhere near perfect at anything. Sometimes when faced with two conflicting unreliable sources, you have to decide which is the least unreliable and whose story best fits the given set of circumstances.

So while I'm about 50% sure Levi is a lying piece of shit, I'm about 99.99% sure Palin is a lying piece of shit.

[Dreamer Tatum]

8. Is credibility zero-sum?

Did I say she has any?

[MajorChode]

11. In any system where you have to choose one or the other, yes

Did I say you said she had any?

[Dreamer Tatum]

13. Sorry, can't help you. I'm not a binary thinker.

Wow - a punk kid from the backwoods of Alaska has us rapt. How intellectual of us.

[MajorChode]

17. Funny, I would have guessed otherwise

Dismissing everything from someone you deem less than reliable certainly fits that mold.

Cheers!

[Hassin Bin Sober]

25. LOL. How true!

[Dreamer Tatum]

27. So anyone who claims to have dirt on anyone you don't like is instantly credible?

You must love Access Hollywood.

[MajorChode]

28. There you go with that binary thinking again

You must love Bill O'Reilly.

Cheers!

[Dreamer Tatum]

30. No, you're just trying to force me into a box

You started with the binary logic. I don't think ANY of the Wasilla Hillbillies have any credibility whatsoever, and I'm not interested in learning about the workings of the Palin household from some punk kid we were ripping to shreds just a few minths ago.

That's pretty much it.

When you get a chance, can you let me know what's going on with Paris Hilton and Britney Spears? I stopped paying attention to media-hosted gossip when the economy fell apart in 2007.

[MajorChode]

35. You jumped into the box quite willingly

If your idea of "binary logic" is using analytical thought processes to evaluate a given circumstance, then obviously you have a different definition of the term than I do.

On the other hand, ad hominem kinda goes hand in hand with a black and white doctrine.

[Dreamer Tatum]

40. Eh, whatever. You're smart enough to see that you started it.

But I'm serious about the Paris Hilton thing. Please dish.

[MajorChode]

46. I can't say I started the idea of analytical thought.

But I'm pretty sure it's a good idea. YMMV.

So what's Bill-O been up to lately? I haven't watched his show in well...forever.

Cheers!

[Dreamer Tatum]

48. I'm not actually a character in a Dan Jenkins novel

but as for your screen name...

[MajorChode]

54. Anymore binary logic you care to offer?

I'm not trying to "force you into a box", I just think your hypocritical ad hominem BS is worth a chuckle or two.

By all means continue.

[Robeysays]

81. you're the major chode

haha, what a moron. he's right, why trust some like him? he's just trying to make money off of this shit.

no better the sarah herself. so lay off... i don't care what the fuck he says. any of them. they're all stupid.

oops, wrong "you're"

[Robeysays]

82. and to add to that, you're the one thinking in binary.

i've read this off shoot thread twice, and you flipped the logic on the other poster, while succeeding start a flame war.

people who think and post like you is the reason why in the 5 years i've had this account that i hate posting. you're a moron.

[MajorChode]

89. You saved this up for 5 years?

You'd think in all that time you might be smart enough to check the posting rules, or at the very least think up an insult that was coherent.

If you did post much, I'm sure you'd just wind up on most people's ignore list anyway, just like you're now on mine. I don't find much entertainment in those who just like to get high and post mindless bullshit.

Have a nice life.

[lillypaddle]

74. So you're posting on THIS thread ...

Why?? :shrug:

[doublethink]

76. Get out of the thread then .... there are about 1236 other active ...

threads on other subjects on DU presently that might interest you. Why do you keep coming back to this one? lol ...

[havocmom]

29. +1

[pokercat999]

34. You're half way there. How about a porn film with Levi and

Ms. Sarah as the main characters. Both could have a meth problem and work it out in the usual manner of a porn film. I see money in this idea, just not for me.

[Dreamer Tatum]

42. That's an outstanding idea

The kid is of age...they can make it so.

[Mike Daniels]

36. Yep, DUers were slamming the guy as a redneck hick during the campaign

As soon as the White House gravy train came to an abrupt stop Levi decided money and fame would come from jumping ship and slamming Palin.

Posters on DU then did a 180 and started hailing the opportunist as a hero ignoring that up until recently that Levi said several times that he'd vote for Palin if she ran again.

The two grifters (Levi and Sarah) deserve each other and personally I wouldn't be surprised if this "feud" is some big scam that everyone on both sides generated to keep the publicity on full throttle.

[Toasterlad]

51. Who Said He Was a Hero?

There is nothing admirable about Levi Johnson (besides the fact that he's a great looking guy who keeps himself in great shape). That doesn't mean it's not terrific fun to watch him trash Mama Palin and her brood of Wind-up Photo Ops of Hypocrisy.

There's a big difference in taking perverse joy out of watching a house pet turn on its abusive, beehive-haired mistress and measuring someone's head for inclusion on Mt. Rushmore.

[reflection]

110. Good grok.

This is why I wish both of them would just fall off the planet already.

[TlalocW]

53. I never thought of him as a scumbag

He's no intellectual. In fact, I would say he's dumber than a sack of hammers, and even though, he got himself into that mess by boinking the governor's kid, I felt kind of sorry for him because he probably was trapped in a way during the campaign. There wasn't going to be anyway they were going to let him go since it was bad enough Peppercorn or Cornstarch (or whatever her name is) was pregnant, but she sure as hell wasn't going to be a single, unwed mom. Bill Maher, I think, even offered him sanctuary if he could escape. :)

That said, he's probably going to milk his 15 minutes for all it's worth, but from what I've seen the guy has less charisma than the worst stereotype SNL ever did of Al Gore. I think he would be happiest if none of this ever happened, and he was allowed to go back to being an anonymous snow-mobiling, moose-hunting redneck.

But scumbag or just plain stupid, what he has to say about the Palins may have some merit.

TlalocW

[Skidmore]

72. I'd believe that "stupid kid" before I'd believe Palin who has been proven to be

a blatant and shameless and incompetent liar. I feel sorry for those two young people--the girl for having the misfortune of having been born to this couple and the boy for having fallen into that mess of a family.

[Inspired]

75. +1

[Beer on a stick]

78. And what's wrong with the porn industry?

[Dreamer Tatum]

79. Nothing - it has its share of Nobel laureates, MacArthur Fellows, and Rhodes scholars, doesn't it?

And people who work in porn are regularly polled for their views on national and world affairs, right?

[Beer on a stick]

115. Those points are irrelevant to what I asked.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. I hardly consider Levi a credible source for stories about the Palin family.

What he says may very well be the truth, but he strikes me as a high school dropout with an axe to grind. I'd want some collaboration before I repeated his tales.

[DevonRex]

22. He lived with them. And he's been a victim off them. And he has a child

with the daughter. I'd say he's a good source. At least he wants to see his kid and take responsibility. That says something about his character.

We'll probably never know if what he says is completely true. But then we DO know that Sarah is a liar.

[redqueen]

31. How does his being a high school dropout have anything to do with his credibility?

Hmmm?

[Javaman]

39. well, because according to some people here, only those with

a high school or college education tell the truth.

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

50. From what I've seen of Levi, I consider him to be undereducated

and not too bright. I feel that he is one who could be easily led to make comments on situations he does not fully comprehend or have the ability to assess with any real knowledge or reliability. This is not an assessment of dropouts in general, but with Levi in particular.

[redqueen]

57. Perhaps you'll be more careful with your words next time, then. (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

62. And just what words would you suggest that I be more careful with?

Is Levi a high school dropout? Yes.
Does Levi have an axe to grind with the Palin family? Yes
Did I call Levi a liar? No.
Did I imply that high school dropouts are liars? No.

I gave my impression of Levi. For some reason, you seem to be offended by that.

:shrug:

[redqueen]

63. You included a fact which has nothing to do with his credibility.

It's kinda bigoted. I'll let you try to figure out why that is on your own. I don't have the time or inclination to educate yet another DUer on what 'bigoted' means.

[CitizenPatriot]

112. Sorry

but I follow AK politics pretty closely, and Levi has not been proven a liar yet, whereas Sarah has.

Levi has been slow to criticize Sarah, wanting to be able to spend time with his kid. Levi has a full time body guard now. Levi's mom was just found guilty of dealing controlled substances and will be sentenced soon; she may end up in the prison rife with allegations of abuse by none other than a loyal Palin appointee (and ex-boyfriend).

Levi is no hero to the left. He still likes Sarah and says he would vote for her. On the other hand, he hasn't tried to do much other than see if he can make some money off of the crap that he went through. What's wrong with that? He has volunteered as a coach for special needs kids. He seems like a decent kid who comes from a messed up background and probably isn't super bright, but has a good heart.

He sees his kid as often as he's allowed. Character wise, I'd place my money on Levi. He is in no way comparable to Palin in terms of being a known liar or a grifter. That's patently unfair and untrue.

[ljm2002]

49. Sure he's a high school dropout...

...and no doubt he has an axe to grind.

On the other hand, he's an individual who was situated in the eye of the storm, so to speak, during the last presidential election. He has intimate knowledge of the Palins that we do not have.

Of course anything he says must be processed through a filter: one has to understand it's his slant on things, and it's undoubtedly self-serving (although let me be clear: I do not for a moment think that he is more self-serving than anyone else who might be in such a position; certainly we have seen numerous "insider" and "tell-all" books by people who held high government office, and in most cases they are self-serving as well).

Bottom line for me: if it helps to expose Sarah Palin for the grifter that she is, then it's a public service and I'm all for it.

[PSzymeczek]

95. I think he's too naive

to be calculating.

[BlueMTexpat]

103. +1!!

What he says about her is credible in that it fits with actions that have been corroborated by other sources who got close enough to her to get burned ... such as early political mentors and supporters, people who were victims of her vindictiveness (viz. Troopergate and Walt Monaghan), her inability to mention any single thing that she reads, her general shallowness, her deliberate baiting of RW crowds on the campaign trail, her truly strange behavior regarding Trig's birth, the fact that in nearly all situations where the family was posed together, it was Bristol who demonstrated more maternal caring towards Trig than Sarah ever did (I'm presuming that Trig is Sarah's), and that Sarah suddenly and without any credible explanation just up and quits her job. Those are just a few of the things that tend to make what he says more probable than not.
Do he and these other individuals have their own slants and biases on what they reported? No doubt. That's the way we all are; we process things in the way that we see them and generally with some degree of self-servingness, voluntarily or involuntarily.
It's because of Levi's unique perspective that he is even being asked about his experience. And it's because this impressively un- and underqualified woman was foisted on us by a self-serving candidate with abysmally poor judgment that we are even interested.
What a bullet we dodged! Thank God!

[Toasterlad]

52. Why Can't a High School Dropout With an Axe to Grind Tell the Truth?

[Arkansas Granny]

58. No reason at all, but I'd want some collaboration before I accepted what he said at face value.

I would say this of anyone who had an axe to grind.

[Stephanie]

104. You mean "corroboration"

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corroboration

[Arkansas Granny]

107. My apologies. It was too late to edit when I realized my error.

[Stephanie]

108. I found it amusing, since you were railing about Levi's lack of education.

And you made the same mistake twice.

[otohara]

55. Funny, I'd Trust Him Over Any

body else associated with that family.

He had a front row seat,.and after using him as a campaign prop, with no intention of letting him in that family if McCain lost....

Revenge is sweet and couldn't happen to more deserving family.

[bushisanidiot]

4. Holy Crap! I hope Levi has a bodyguard.

Cuz the repuke cabal will be after him now "big time".

Apparently, Ms. Palin wasn't anywhere near what her handlers were making her out to be.
She used those kids for photo op props and apparently ignored them the rest of the time.
Unfortunately for her kids, mommy does believe you can put a price on happiness and
her kids were her ticket to cashing in the big bucks.

[lib_wit_it]

93. Just look at the way she held her infant--it was like she was holding a prop. Oh, right. /p

[PSzymeczek]

96. She sure didn't ever hold him like a baby.

More like a load of laundry.

[lib_wit_it]

99. Or a bag of shit. Honestly, it was like she didn't really want to touch him.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. More - kids fended for themselves, divorced was discussed

Sarah Palin’s Imagery Management Is About To Get Harder

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s imagery problems are about to get even harder. She is about to the pitchforked into the national headlines again due to an up and coming article in Vanity Fair that will contain an interview with Levi Johnston where he’ll give his version of what it was like to see Palin behind the scenes at home.

His version isn’t pretty: he paints a portrait of a Palin who thinks she was the one running for President, who felt the Governor’s job was too hard, who wanted to leave the Gov seat to write a book and make big bucks — all within a household where the kids allegedly fended for themselves to cook their own meals, a household where the word “divorce” surfaced frequently.

http://themoderatevoice.com/45117/sarah-palins-imagery-management-is-about-to-get-harder/

[BuyingThyme]

6. He did her.

[ipfilter]

9. I thought the same thing.

[DeschutesRiver]

92. I also thought the same; and wondered if Palin's kid is Levi's other son

I'd say that if Palin doesn't fire back at Levi full force with a lawsuit from Van Flea, then it is probably either because a) what he says in VF is true, and/or b) she knows that if she hassles him too much in his pursuit of gold coin by releasing these amusing tiny stories, he will let loose with who fathered her last kid, and demand the dna to prove it.

Popcorn, need to get lots of popcorn for this.....

[pipi_k]

10. Bwahahaha.... I thought the same thing, and when I see the OP title

all I can think of is the song from the 70s, "Me And Mrs Jones" by Billy Paul



:7

[City Lights]

33. "Me and Mrs. Jones" is the first thing I thought of too.

:fistbump:

[eridani]

102. Us older farts think "Mrs Robinson" with Simon and Garfunkel track n/t

[panader0]

15. The first line says "Levi unloads"

[NYC_SKP]

16. In the kitchen...

And out on the deck, with Russia in the background.

[pipi_k]

26. With Pootie watching the whole time through binoculars n/t

[TlalocW]

59. Oh, God... When Palin said, "I can see Russia from my house"

That's a euphemism for another euphemism, "The earth moved for me." That was Palin's little secret shout-out to her 18-year-old redneck boytoy!

TlalocW

[Javaman]

41. Are you trying to bone me, mrs. palin?

shout out to Mrs. Robertson. LOL

[leftynyc]

60. That's Mrs. Robinson (n/t)

[Deja Q]

68. Great. Now I'm hungry for a sandwich.

:hide:

[WI_DEM]

12. Arent' his 15-minutes up yet?

[BuyingThyme]

14. Apparently not until his are.

[PSzymeczek]

97. Do you mean

Not until hers are?

[BuyingThyme]

105. Yes.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

20. I say give him another half hour.

[otohara]

56. I Hope He Keeps Spilling The Beans

especially if she's crazy enough (and she is) to run in 2012.

[Hansel]

114. I agree.

I don't really care if he's credible or not, although I tend to believe him. She's shown herself capable of putting up facades in the past. Like the one about Levi and her daughter getting married and how much in love they were. Dressing him up in a suit and parading him around on stage. That after his facebook demonstrated he was not in love with Bristol and had no intentions of marrying her.

If he now turns around and bites her, I don't really care because she deserves it. I just want her exposed for the narcissistic lowlife that she is so that she never gets anywhere near to any national office.

[Raine]

90. Not for a long time

I hope. :evilgrin: :rofl:

[reflection]

18. The fact that this guy gets any ink at all is mindboggling.

It's 14:59 for him and Sarah Palin, hopefully.

[Toasterlad]

109. Are You Serious?

This is the world were Joe the Plumber was consulted for his views on everything from the economy to Israel.

Levi Johnson is a smoking hot young man who is very publically feuding with the currently most famous woman in America. He's going to continue to get press until she dies.

[endarkenment]

19. 3 votes for defense of Palin?

I'll give Levi the benefit of the doubt. His claim is that from his experience, Palin is a narcissistic loon. Matches my evaluation.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

24. I agree.

Anyone who doesn't see Palin quit FOR THE MONEY is a fool.

I really don't blame her. She was mindin' her own business feathering her nest with penny ante pilferage (free trips, phony per diems and free building supplies) when McCain drove a dump truck of money up to her front door and sounded the horn.

[ipfilter]

45. I picked up on the narcissism from my TV.

This guy lived with her so I tend to believe him and give him the benefit of the doubt as well.

[slackmaster]

21. One simple question...

Who gives a flying fuck?

[Ilsa]

23. I suspect Levi is right about a few things he is mentioning in the article.

I suspect Palin is a good cook, but doesn't bother most of the time due to inconvenience and lack of time with a full-time career.

Same thing with her parenting. She really doesn't strike me as the motherly type, just the baby-loving type. I feel sorry for Trig.

[Spazito]

32. Nothing said is a surprise re Palin, imo...

Leaving aside her 'not cooking', all the rest was on display during the campaign. Her casual disregard for her children unless it was photo-op time, her narcissism, etc. We all knew she abdicated her responsibility by quitting in the middle of her term of office because she saw a possible opportunity to make money and continue her self-promotion.

In reading this, it is, imo, simply affirmation that the impressions most DUers had of Palin were right on point.

[ipfilter]

37. He didn't say anything

that I had not already thought of by my own observations. Well, except the part about her wanting to adopt the baby which made me think they were doing it.

[Javaman]

38. nothing more than two idiots having a fight on their front lawn

and throwing car parts at each other.

[ThomWV]

44. Yeah, except one of the idiots came perilously close to the Vice Presidency.

[Javaman]

64. Thankfully, she didn't.

kind of hi-lights her mental state when she feels she needs to counter and 18 year olds account.

[Rebubula]

47. Gosh...

...a young man has issues with his in-laws!!!

Stop the presses!!!!


More attention to a non-story.

[skier_]

61. He really should have just taken the high road

and kept his mouth shut. Though everything he said is probably true.

[Shell Beau]

65. Does he get paid for these interviews? I am sure it is all about

the money, and he can get back at her (or at least his version of getting back at her).

[Mike Daniels]

70. Not sure what the essential difference is between Levi and Joe the Plumber

Both willingly got involved with the McCain/Palin campaign(*) and both have continued to milk their "celebrity" well beyond the 15 minute mark by whoring themselves out to whoever will agree to give them money and face time.

Nobody but the birthers takes Joe's opinion on political issues seriously and it's hard to accept that Levi is impartially reporting on life in the Palin abode.

(*) I don't buy that Levi feared the wrath of a first-term no-name governor that practically nobody outside of Alaska had ever heard of prior to her selction to VP candidate. Seriously, how hard would it have been for Levi to just pack a bag and disappear to go hunting a day or so before the convention?

[Inuca]

73. Levi is cuter n/t

[PSzymeczek]

98. Sarah/Bristol are probably

demanding insane child support. He has to make money where he can.

[hunter]

66. I don't imagine he's ever walked the high road and can't find it on his map.

Palin scrubbed him up until he was good and pink like a pig at the county fair, dressed him up in fancy clothes, and USED him as a television prop. Somehow I can't begrudge him cashing in on his infamy. Sarah Palin sure the hell is.

[livetohike]

80. +1

[Why Syzygy]

111. I think she is absoultely GREEN

with envy. Vanity Fair! Better believe he gets paid.

The video at the link is cute. Agent asks if he wants to do Playgirl .. got to have some Johnson to do Playgirl ... :rofl:

[Maru Kitteh]

67. Why?

[Deja Q]

69. Why? There's more money in blabbing, and money makes the world go round.

Then we wonder why nobody takes the high road... :evilgrin:

[Raine]

91. WHY should he? nt

[Inspired]

71. Even if he is making all this up, it is still LOL!!! You get what you give.

[badgerpup]

77. Glad to see they had a safety hook on him for that 'ledge' shot...

...you couldn't pay me enough (well, OK, maybe you could, but it would involve quite a few zeroes to the left of the decimal point) to have my pic taken in a place like that.:hide::yoiks:

He did seem a bit befuddled, being handled the way he was...
and I got a kick out of that bit at the end; "You wanna do a shoot for Playgirl? Think you got the equipment to do so?"
Then the way the guy backpedaled when Levi acquiesced, but said "If I do this, you're with me- you're my right-hand man."

Guess Playgirl won't be featuring Levi after all...



I read Playgirl for the articles...
...and for the nekkid hot guy pics. :evilgrin:

[4_TN_TITANS]

84. k/r just for the title "Levi Unloads: Me & Mrs. Palin...." rofl n/t

[DemoTex]

94. About that HS diploma, Levi ..

Her and me ain't gonna get along two good after this peace in VF.

[PM Martin]

86. Who knows if this is true.

Still, I get a cheap thrill out of watching "human" trash go at it.

[LostInAnomie]

87. Seriously, is this his career now? Getting paid every couple of months to dish dirt?

He's a scum bag. Every couple of months he comes out with some new "revelations" and everyone gobbles it up because when it comes to Palin we are insatiable.

For the sake of his kid he should just shut the fuck up. He doesn't have anything of substance to say and all he is doing is breeding animosity between himself and the mother's family.

[Blasphemer]

88. Very interesting

I don't care how much Mr. Johnston yaps... birds of a feather flock together. Anything negative that can be said about him can be said 10-fold about the Palin clan. I think the general public needs to be reminded of just how close they came to putting these people a 72 year old's heartbeat away from the Presidency. As for the adoption story, I believe every word of it. If she got away with it once, why wouldn't she do it again?

[earth mom]

100. Dish that Dirt Levi!

:evilgrin:

[AspenRose]

106. Until he displays a propensity for not being truthful (and so far he hasn't)

I believe him.

[mitchum]

113. This is like a guilt-free bum fight...I love it

[TexasObserver]

116. More good stuff from Vanity Fair.

VF is better than many of the "news" mags out there.