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Levi Johnston Lashes Out at Sarah Palin -- Can You Blame Him?


Johnston was shoved in the public spotlight to burnish Palin's conservative credibility during the election. Now he's striking back.


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But by purposefully making the Palin family and Palin's sainted motherhood a huge part of her appeal, and by putting their teenagers' faces on countless screens (teenagers by nature tend to have a twisted and needy relationship to public attention), the campaign created the conditions for a perfect storm.

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And for Levi Johnston, there was no turning back. His public persona was created by Palin and her circle of advisers. He's their Frankenstein monster, their brilliant conception that has taken on a life of its own and started causing havoc.

If Palin isn't eager to leave the spotlight, why should Johnston be? And since he was present at the creation of the myth of Sarah Palin, super hockey mom and pillar of upright family values, it appears that his public revenge has taken aim right at the heart of that myth.

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It's practically a cardinal law of human psychology that when an adult appears inauthentic or seems to betray a teenager, said teen will lash out.

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As parents and adults, the Palins and McCains must have known this, and so to a certain extent they're reaping what they've sown. All the adults in the campaign showed poor judgment, and I'd venture to add, bad caregiving instincts by using young adults and children as props for an ideological movement -- including the babies Tripp and Trig.

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