By Kristina Wong

Oct 28, 2009 3:53pm

Palin: Levi Johnston ‘Mean-Spirited,’ ‘Malicious,’ Selling ‘Body for Money’

ABC News’ Rick Klein reports: Former Gov. Sarah Palin is blasting away at the father of her grandson, issuing a blistering statement today that impugns Levi Johnston’s motives in continuing to speak out against the Palin family, and attacks his decision to pose for “Playgirl.” In a statement issued this afternoon, Palin, R-Alaska, said: “We have purposefully ignored the mean spirited, malicious and untrue attacks on our family. We, like many, are appalled at the inflammatory statements being made or implied.” “Trig is our 'blessed little angel' who knows it and is lovingly called that every day of his life. Even the thought that anyone would refer to Trig by any disparaging name is sickening and sad.” Palin also attacks CBS, which aired the first part of an interview with Johnston on “The Early Show” this morning. “CBS should be ashamed for continually providing a forum to propagate lies. Consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies — those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention,” Palin says in the statement. The attack comes after Johnston hinted this morning that he has damaging revelations he can make about Palin. "There are some things that I have that are huge. And I haven't said them because I'm not gonna hurt her that way,” he said. "I have things that can, you know — that would get her in trouble, and could hurt her. Will hurt her. But I'm not gonna go that far. You know, I mean, if I really wanted to hurt her, I could, very easily. But there's — I'm not gonna do it. I'm not going that far." Also in the interview, Johnston expanded on an allegation he made in an interview with Vanity Fair, that Palin regularly refers to her youngest child, Trig, as “retarded” — a charge Sarah Palin denies. Trig Palin has Down syndrome. "I was just in shock for the first time I heard it," Johnston told CBS. "And then she'd say it regularly. And I think she was joking, but it doesn't make it right." Palin’s memoir, “Going Rogue,” publishes next month.

User Comments

Gov. Sarah Palin is a threat to the Democrats and the Liberal Media, which is why they constantly have to dig up this loser Levi Johnson to try and smear Gov.Palin. But it wil not work; Gov. Palin is too much of a force -for good – that the Liberal Media and Democrats cannot stop. Note how Joe Biden’s daughter caught on tape doing cocaine was never investigated by the Liberal Media, but this same Liberal media is willing expose any lie from Levi Johnson. This is why the Liberal media can not be trusted and their rating are in the toilet with Levi Johnson. So, it is not Gov. Palin who is trashing Levi Johnson for what he is,it is all of us “real” Americans trashing him.

Posted by: Peter Smith | October 28, 2009, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm

“Gov. Sarah Palin is a threat to the Democrats and the Liberal Media” HOW
and why will she not show her face anywhere or be interviewed even on Sesame Street without being paid? She just spits her attacks from her FOX hole. when she stops everyone else will until then……weap

Posted by: xpalinsupporter | October 28, 2009, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

Why are any of this lot in the news? I at least take some solace in the fact that this is the first I’ve heard of Levi for months.

Posted by: jhw539 | October 28, 2009, 4:15 pm 4:15 pm

Peter Smith, are you kidding? John McCain and Sarah Palin brought this kid into the spotlight. If McCain had a backbone, he would have chosen someone that could help him win instead of someone designed to bring attention to the ticket. Sarah Palin knew this kid and what he was about when she accepted McCain’s offer to run with him. I’m sorry, it is Palin and not the media that is responsible for this disaster. You’re a “real American” and good christian, so you’ve heard the saying……. you reap what you sow. Reap on Sarah, reap on.

Posted by: Wow.... | October 28, 2009, 4:19 pm 4:19 pm

Now I am beginning to understand what this all about. Sarah wants to be the star of her very own “reality show”. And what a comedy it is starting to be.

Posted by: CND FOX | October 28, 2009, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm

“Former Gov. Sarah Palin is blasting away at the father of her grandson”
I’ll bet she’d like to hunt him from a helicopter like she does innocent animals.
And us democrats love her. Repubs, give her all your money for a run in 2012. It will be fun !

Posted by: djdjdjs | October 28, 2009, 4:35 pm 4:35 pm

This only goes to prove that she is a high school drama queen with nothing to add other than “my friends won’t stand by me!” Time for her to go. Her 15 minutes are up and her book will make her alot of money so she can quietly disappear where only she can see Russia.

Posted by: robert York | October 28, 2009, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

Does Play girl really think that Johnston has that hot of a body ? Too funny…Hes seen in photos shirtless and he looks like a 10 year old…. Any idiot that would pay money to see this kid is desperate. Johnston is being used by the anti-Palin forces that are terrified of her. They are especially afraid now because the public is starting to see that she tried to warn them about Obama and his associates but they were too busy chanting for Bams. Are you chanting now ?? Is there still Hopey-Changey in the air…NO … the Kenyan fraud is being exposed daily…. Johnston is a loser … the kind of deadbeat that can be used by anyone for pay.

Posted by: jimbo | October 28, 2009, 4:38 pm 4:38 pm

Sorry, Jimbo. No one is afraid of Palin. We’re just tired of listening to her garbage. She makes many of you feel comfy-cozy because she’s not very bright and that’s fine. But for us elitests (you know, people who read and are well-traveled), the fact is, this lady is nothing more than an opportunist who would have been better served on a reality show. Nothing more.

Posted by: Julia | October 28, 2009, 4:48 pm 4:48 pm

At least Levi isn’t trying to scare old people across the nation with fake death panels.
And he isn’t asking working people to donate money to him through some self serving organization. (SaraPAC).

Posted by: Oliver21 | October 28, 2009, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm

PLEASE……. this Levi kid was Introduced to the nation by Sarah Palin, John McCain and the Republican party. DON’T BLAME THE AUDIENCE for the Comedy on The Screen!
The suggestion is… Your upcoming episodes might well be… NOT ONLY Unsavory and somewhat Uncivilized BUT POSSIBLY Pornographic!

Posted by: bobj72 | October 28, 2009, 4:52 pm 4:52 pm

Ms. Palin is in trouble. Things are rising to the surface. People in the know are getting ready to talk.
I nudge any media outlet interested in being on top of this to start really paying attention. There are so many levels to this story and they’re being missed. When this blows, it’s going to carry the airwaves for quite awhile.
I’m just sayin …..

Posted by: RonniNY | October 28, 2009, 4:53 pm 4:53 pm

Why are the democrats so terrified of Sarah Palin that that keep this kid in the media spotlight? His 15 minutes of fame are over, and by the way, how is that Hope and Change working for you a year later? ROFL

Posted by: HH | October 28, 2009, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm

jimbo, maybe it’s the same morons that would pay money to read Palin’s idiot ramblings, you bet’cha.

Posted by: JR | October 28, 2009, 5:03 pm 5:03 pm

Now, BabyDoll has a point here (in my view.) This kid is cut from the same cloth that she is (she knows this too)and is only looking out for himself. The difference being is that HoneyCakes at least has some type of support system which can allow her to do what she does. This guy here, is a high school drop-out, who most likely isn’t providing adequate support for his son, riding on her coat-tails! She is right! He needs to GET LOST!

Posted by: FS | October 28, 2009, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm

Libs ( media) would go to any lengths to keep this character in the public eye to embarass Sarah Palin with lies and misinformation and Levi is a willing tool to do whatever can be done to make sure Sarah is politically destroyed.

Posted by: Joe | October 28, 2009, 5:26 pm 5:26 pm

Boy, you guys at ABC must get tired of all the right-wing patriarchal sexist rants (from purported liberals) that show up every time you mention Palin.
Fact is, kids, this is a nightmare for her family. It’s not a judgment on her. She is not “cut from the same cloth” as Levi Johnson as far as anyone has the right to suggest. Granted, she’s a ridiculous idea for president, but as a mom and a grandma, she deserves respect and the benefit of the doubt against this vulgar lout.

Posted by: Vail Beach | October 28, 2009, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm

“Consider the source of the most recent attention-getting lies — those who would sell their body for money reflect a desperate need for attention and are likely to say and do anything for even more attention,” Palin says in the statement.”
Says the former Beauty Pageant contestant.

Posted by: moliere | October 28, 2009, 5:31 pm 5:31 pm

I’m just naturally skeptical of anything said by a guy who’s about to take money for dropping his pants. And who has to do a press tour to make sure everybody knows it.

Posted by: Antonio | October 28, 2009, 5:49 pm 5:49 pm

“Ms. Palin is in trouble”
Right, just like Fox is in trouble (#1 in ratings for a decade), Conservatives are in trouble (the majority of the country describe themselves as Conservative; the term ‘liberal’ is considered a dirty word).
Palin is immensely popular, a gifted politician, and a very smart woman. This is, of course, what makes your type so crazy mad: you can’t stand it when someone who so perfectly embodies the opposite of everything you believe has success. So you have to tear them down.
You’re supporting a man-child who impregnated a teenager, then ran away to cash in on his ‘fame’, and who only stays in the spotlight by helping other insecure, hateful people attack a woman whose only crime was standing up for what she believes in. And you do all this in service to the most incompetent President this country has ever seen.
I’d ask how you can stand yourself, but I know all liberals are self-hating anyway.

Posted by: AtheistConservative | October 28, 2009, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm

“CBS should be ashamed for continually providing a forum to propagate lies.”……… Good one Sarah! “Death panels” come to mind. “Everybody watch Glenn Beck” comes to mind. Typically we notice in others the things we do ourselves. Run along now and add this to the list of material you use to play the victim.

Posted by: Secondlook | October 28, 2009, 6:01 pm 6:01 pm

Palin got by ONLY on her looks/body/face…. She has nothing else…She sold her body for votes….Luckily, even many Republicans saw what a fool she is.

Posted by: kathy | October 28, 2009, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm

Blasting relatives is nothing new for Palin.
Just remembering Troopergate.

Posted by: Rogerhq | October 28, 2009, 6:29 pm 6:29 pm

LOL. Now Levi is a considered a low life liar. Not long ago he was a hero and a fine young gentlemen. Wow, you right wingers can’t get anything right. Just shows how bad right wingers are at judging a person’s integrity. More proof they are easily influenced by dishonest people. I have thought Levi Johnson was a low life hick from the start, yet only know are right wingers saying the same. I guess the only criteria for being bad is speaking against Sarah Palin.

Posted by: joetheinformed | October 28, 2009, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

No one had to tear Sarah Palin down. The minute she stood up in front of a national audience it was clear that she would be her own undoing. She encouraged xenophobia, barely left her own sparsley populated state and actually thought she’d be a good choice to run the country when Alaska is considered the most politcally corrupt state in the union. And FYI – George W Bush was the most incompetent President this or almost any country has ever seen.

Posted by: Scott | October 28, 2009, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

Palin’s book will no doubt outsell Obama’s.

Posted by: Sigmonde | October 28, 2009, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm

Poor old Sarah! I just feel so sorry for her! She and her husband don’t get along, her daughter had an immaculate concerption, her exorcism didn’t work, she “lost” her job, she lost the election, she lost her friends in Alaska, she can’t see Russia, her “wink” is tired and old, she needs money to defend herself and she disses her own grandchild’s father. Poor old tired and out of her 15 minutes of fame Sarah; her book is going to paperback – SOON! Anyone need any toilet tissue?

Posted by: john copeland | October 28, 2009, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm

Lol.
Democrats “DUG UP” Levi Johnson?
Wasn’t he SHOWCASED at the GOP convention by the Republicans? Wasn’t that the first time Americans became aware of him?
These people who can make such astounding statements are who have ruined the Republican party. No more civility, intelligence and nobility as Ronald Reagan tried to live by. Its just a cultural war based on hate now, and its downright shameful.

Posted by: Mr. Obvious | October 28, 2009, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

Palin & Levi are both coming across as unpleasant and vindictive as Jon & Kate. Nobody wins this fight. Except maybe Democrats.

Posted by: xochi | October 28, 2009, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm

– Atheist Conservative says:
“Palin is immensely popular, a gifted politician, and a very smart woman. This is, of course, what makes your type so crazy mad: you can’t stand it when someone who so perfectly embodies the opposite of everything you believe has success. So you have to tear them down.”
I get it. Like how the Right is determined to take down a black, highly intelligent, left-leaning president?
You, sir, are some kind of genius.

Posted by: Whoooooopi | October 28, 2009, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm

“Palin is immensely popular, a gifted politician, and a very smart woman. ”
Ha! That’s a good one. She had to go to five different colleges before finding one foolish enough to give her a diploma. As a “journalism” major she couldn’t even name a newspaper she reads regularly.
If this is “gifted” what’s that say about you?

Posted by: mendoblather | October 28, 2009, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm

The left hates the truth. Sarah Palin told the truth about them and the truth about herself. Her life speaks for itself. Honest, hardworking, independent, honorable.
Therefore the left hates Sarah Palin. Her genuine popularity drives them even more insane than they already are.

Posted by: Bobby | October 28, 2009, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm

CBS, like ABC is more like the National Enquirer than it is a news source. Just look at their page content and the stories they both emphasize.

Posted by: EGHolde | October 28, 2009, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm

I think Levi is telling the truth. Sarah Palin is a well known liar.

Posted by: rushbot | October 28, 2009, 8:25 pm 8:25 pm

right atheistconservative, fox is #1 because people like you dont have the common sense to develope your own views. you and the fox viewership, ala conservatives all band together, because you cant think for yourself. fox is as big a liar and fraud as your great leaders rush, hanity, colter and the list goes on. all these leaders getting rich on conservative veiwership. how sad. the conservative movement is dead, long live the republican party.

Posted by: jimt | October 28, 2009, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm

Hey, leave the kid alone… he’s just emulating SP, he’s being a maverick!! Go for it kid, take what you can while you can…. you learned from the best..SP.

Posted by: don giles | October 28, 2009, 8:41 pm 8:41 pm

Atheist Conservative said:
“Right, just like Fox is in trouble (#1 in ratings for a decade),”
No one said Fox is in trouble, only that it’s a propaganda machine, which it is. No one is suggesting that Fox, or Rush, or any of the rest of the noise machine is in trouble financially. There are too many rabid idiots propping them up for that to be true, just like religion.
“Conservatives are in trouble (the majority of the country describe themselves as Conservative; the term ‘liberal’ is considered a dirty word).”
Yet Republican party identification continues to sink. True conservatives in the tradition of Burke and Goldwater aren’t voting republican anymore, they have been pushed out by the crazies.
“Palin is immensely popular, a gifted politician, and a very smart woman.”
What alternate universe are you typing from? She is popular among a minority of even republicans. Her unfavorable ratings among the population at large is over 55%, while over 70% don’t feel she’s qualified to be president.
And how is she a successful politician? She lost her run for V.P. and couldn’t even finish a full term as governor. How is she an example of political success?
Although, I will admit that she is somewhat smart. She has made herself rich and without actually doing anything constructive after all, that takes at least some brains. But not the sort that qualifies her for public service, only fame.
“This is, of course, what makes your type so crazy mad: you can’t stand it when someone who so perfectly embodies the opposite of everything you believe has success. So you have to tear them down.”
What success? Her only success has been to make herself famous for being a clueless git. And she managed to make money off it. However I don’t think that an ability to make profit from other morons really counts as success in this context.
“You’re supporting a man-child who impregnated a teenager, then ran away to cash in on his ‘fame’, and who only stays in the spotlight by helping other insecure, hateful people attack a woman whose only crime was standing up for what she believes in.”
Oh, poor little Bristol, I’m sure she had nothing to do with this man-child impregnating her. Then again, she does support abstinence only education, so I guess it is possible that she didn’t understand what was happening.
As for Palin’s crimes, I’m pretty sure ethics violations count. As well as abuse of power in firing State Troopers she has personal issues with.
Palin believes in enriching Palin, and she stands up for her right to enrich herself against all comers, even the teen aged father of her own grandson.
“And you do all this in service to the most incompetent President this country has ever seen.”
You must have the shortest memory in nature. Like Goldfish short. The last President, you know, Mr. Katrina, Patriot Act, illegal domestic spying, torture, destroyer of habeas corpus, missing WMD’s, Afghanistan, Iraq, war-on-science, implosion of the financial and housing sector, deer-in-headlights-for-seven-minutes after hearing about 9/11? We aren’t diggin way back to like, Taft or Hoover here. This was less than a year ago. You’ve forgotten that already?
Or is your head so distorted by partisanship that you’ve completely lost the ability to think objectively and actually believe that Obama has done worse while trying to clean up the mess than the guy who caused it?
“I’d ask how you can stand yourself, but I know all liberals are self-hating anyway.”
Well, I’d ask how an atheist could stand supporting a woman who asked her pastor for protection from witchcraft and denies evolution, but I think I already know the answer.

Posted by: Patrick Tomlinson | October 28, 2009, 8:43 pm 8:43 pm

We learn about Democrates in this post. They would rather bash special needs children then admit Sarah is right. The Democratic party is becoming the party of elitists. They no longer represent the voiceless and disadvantaged.

Posted by: Bassman | October 28, 2009, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm

You’re supporting a man-child who impregnated a teenager, then ran away to cash in on his ‘fame’, and who only stays in the spotlight by helping other insecure, hateful people attack a woman whose only crime was standing up for what she believes in. And you do all this in service to the most incompetent President this country has ever seen.
AtheistConservative
>>>>>
Well said

Posted by: ChicagoBob | October 28, 2009, 9:43 pm 9:43 pm

People are trying to paint this as a republican versus democrat issue, or liberal media versus conservative media issue. But, the fact is Sarah Palin hates Levi Johnston and the feeling is obviously mutual. Its personal and has nothing to do with politics. Whether what Mr. Johnston says is the truth or not will eventually be revealed, but if I were Sarah Palin, I’d be worried because she has FAR more to lose than he does. Additionally, having been close to that family, he is far more likely to have damaging information on her than she on him.

Posted by: Jim | October 28, 2009, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm

Those of you that would get upset at things that AtheistConservative says…don’t. You want people like him running off the head and supporting people like Palin. It will just make for a much easier win in ’10 & ’12.

Posted by: cnd fox | October 28, 2009, 10:44 pm 10:44 pm

Palin apologists are like Michael Jackson fans. Both overlook the many faults.

Posted by: doug | October 28, 2009, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm

WHY? Why do they continue to parade this attention hound??? Did they interview Paula Jones and the other women who made charges against President Clinton? I don’t think so. What honest reason would this young man be publicly attacking the grandmother of his son?

Posted by: dave | October 29, 2009, 12:07 am 12:07 am

HATE = the term used by liberals for anyone who disagrees with them. Question: why is the term “liberal” not used anymore, replaced now by “progressive”
Answer: because they know most folks reject their failed ideas, so they’re trying to repackage themselves.

Posted by: dave | October 29, 2009, 12:12 am 12:12 am

Every word that Sarah said about Levi is true! He is mean spirited and malicious and, most likely, a liar! He is also selling his body for money! In my opinion what he’s doing is prostitution! He has said many things about Sarah and the Palins. He’d better be careful and he’d better be able to prove what he’s saying because he might have to prove it in court before a judge!

Posted by: JV1970 | October 29, 2009, 12:25 am 12:25 am

Ah, there’s nothing like seeing a backwaters, has-been politician entangled in a feud with the father of her illegitimate grandchild.
All we need is Jerry Springer to moderate and the scene will be complete.

Posted by: Madcap | October 29, 2009, 12:27 am 12:27 am

I just joined the many masses and bought a copy of Sarah’s new book. I will soon know more about her and the reason behind some of her decisions. I think it’s going to be a very interesting book and I don’t think it will have very many pictures, except family pictures, and I won’t need any crayons either!

Posted by: JV1970 | October 29, 2009, 1:12 am 1:12 am

Somehow and some way the Palins need to put a muzzle on that little creep Levi, especially if Sarah wants to run for a public office again. Considering the kind of man he is, probably if they’d throw enough money at him he’d just go away and never be heard from again. I think that’s what he wants anyway. He’d sell his own son for enough money. More than likely if they’d offer him enough money he’d even let the Palins adopt his baby and sign the adoption papers over to them. He doesn’t care about that baby. He’s shown that. If he really loved him, he’d find a job, any job, and start supporting him!

Posted by: JV1970 | October 29, 2009, 1:24 am 1:24 am

I love this, Sarah Palim parades around a pregnant, unmarried, teenage daughter and her boyfriend to try to use to gain popular support and when it blows up in her face it’s someone elses fault? Of course it’s the fault of the “liberal media” for Sarah can not except personal responsibility for anything. The woman is a fraud and not much more intelligent than Levi himself. The difference being, he makes his own money, she prays on the money of fools……

Posted by: dk | October 29, 2009, 3:10 am 3:10 am

dk Sarah DID NOT parade Bristol around! She just refused to be ashamed of her! Besides, what was she supposed to do? Hide her in a closet? I remind you that Bristol is not the only unmarried girl who got pregnant and had a baby out of wedlock. I also happen to know for a fact that she is NOT the only unmarried teenage daughter of a conservative religious person who got pregnant! I know one minister’s daughter, who’s father also preached abstinence, who wasn’t quite married nine months when her first baby was born. It’s been happening since time began and will continue to happen no matter how well we control our families and no matter how well we bring our children up. We can’t watch our children 24 hours a day, seven days a week, especially teenagers. We just have to bring them up the best we can and teach them right from wrong and hope they listened. All we can do is tell our teenagers to abstain from sex. We can’t force them to. If they are determined to have unprotected sex, they will no matter what. I don’t blame Sarah Palin at all for the predicament that Bristol got into because I believe she did her best to bring her up right, as much as anyone can. She taught Bristol right from wrong. Bristol is human and she let her hormones control her brain and she didn’t listen to her mother and she made a mistake. I imagine now she wishes that she had listened to her mother. It’s not her mother’s fault, though, because she did her job as a parent by teaching Bristol right from wrong. That is all she could do. At some point we just have to let our children go and trust them and trust in the knowledge that we brought them up right. We can’t help what they do after that and when they are out of our sight, no one can, not even Sarah Palin!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 5:34 am 5:34 am

Rick Klein…Palin is a Private citizen…where does the R-Alaska comes from…..dah.
Back to the story….she should be the Grown Up in this trailer park sh! Levi is 19 years old, 17 at the time she “pulled” him in the world’s “spotlight”….to make an ugly picture appear “nice and normal”…the uugly picture was a 16 year old pregnant daughter standing while her mother “preached” some “sense and morality” to us. Ms.Palin is talking about Levi “cashing” in…isn’t this what she just did? Walked out on her job to do it! After they thought they were “famous” they kicked Levi to the curb, all of sudden he Wasn’t Good enough! But before dumb arse McCain tapped this dumb arse woman as his running mate, Levi was good enough Then to Sleep with Her underage Daughter in her bed under her roof! Someone suggested the Democrats has something to do with Levi talking…..Palin and her daughter, Palin mainly is denying this young man of building a relationship with his son, has alienated him from this baby (since she lost). She can’t get rid of him like she did the Alaskan people, he’s the father of her grandson, and she SHOULD act like THE ADULT. I’ll tell on this HYPOCRITE too if she’d done that to me.

Posted by: sara | October 29, 2009, 5:52 am 5:52 am

Two disgusting “families” creating Hatfield v. McCoys all over again. Just please stay ‘way up north in Alaska’ and watch over Russia.

Posted by: Yankee | October 29, 2009, 6:06 am 6:06 am

In the story she Mentions “TRIG” who gives a freakin….keep your kids out of YOUR conversations. I’m not impressed by your kids.

Posted by: sara | October 29, 2009, 6:12 am 6:12 am

sara, Levi deserved to be kicked to the curb because he’s a lazy, vicious little creep! He won’t get a job to support his son and, therefore, shouldn’t expect to be allowed to see the baby! He doesn’t deserve to! The Palins are well within their rights to deny him access to his son since he doesn’t support the baby! They should also file a huge lawsuit against him and have him pulled up in court and make him prove what he’s saying before a judge! I think that’s what it will come to eventually! He’d better be able to prove every word he’s saying and he’d better have witnesses to back him up! Otherwise, it will be just his word against theirs and he’ll lose! And another thing, if he goes through with the nude photo shoot in Playgirl, that might be something that Bristol and the Palins can use against him if this feud comes to a custody battle in court. It might be something that the Palins can use against him to prove him an unfit parent but he’s too stupid to know it!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 6:19 am 6:19 am

I hope they do use it against him in court!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 6:21 am 6:21 am

JimVgirl…you spoke to me really nicely, but I totally Disagree with You. He didn’t have a Job when she allowed him to sleep with her daughter in her home…….He didn’t even have a H.S. diploma, remember…so what kind of job he could’ve gotten..so fast after parading around the country…He went back to Alaska and went into Electricial Apprentiship and he was fired because they thought he had the influence of her to get the job….As a grandmother, YOU ALWAYS TAKES THE HIGH ROAD…..SHE IS THE ADULT!!!!!!

Posted by: sara | October 29, 2009, 6:28 am 6:28 am

I HOPE THEY DO….THEN ALL THE “TRUTH” WILL BE TOLD. He’s going to give some of the money he’s making to her to help support his son….he’s never said he wouldn’t……..HE DESERVED TO SLEEP WITH HER DAUGHTER IN HER HOME!!!!! WHY HE ISN’T DESERVING NOW….OH, HE DIDN’T HAVE A JOB THE ENTIRE PREGNANCY. THIS IS JUST AN ‘MADE UP’ EXCUSE. AND IF HE GOT A JOB…WHAT KIND OF MONEY HE WOULD BE REALLY MAKING….19YR H.S. DROPOUT…SARAH PALIN SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF.

Posted by: sara | October 29, 2009, 6:35 am 6:35 am

Please ,Run Sarah Run!!!! Make things much easier on Obama!!! With a loser like Palin who resigns so she can keep and pocket all the money she makes off of sucker Republicans is fine with me.I bet when she looks across the field over at her son-in-laws (almost) house,she can see Russia in the background!!!

Posted by: Kenneth Praeger | October 29, 2009, 6:36 am 6:36 am

sara, Any job is better than no job at all! A real man does not let someone else support his child even if he has to get a minimum wage job flipping hamburgers or digging ditches! And another thing, a real man does not “kiss and tell” and go around criticizing his former girlfriend’s family to the public!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 6:37 am 6:37 am

Kenneth Praeger You are another one who’s getting ahead of yourself and who’s going be crying and whinning if Obama decides not to run again! He hasn’t even announced his candidacy yet! It’s possible that he might not run again! Stranger things have happened and we don’t know what the future holds!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 6:48 am 6:48 am

I’d bet a weeks wages that no one arguing this topic has ever “dug ditches” as an occupation. “Elitists?” by whose standard???

Posted by: America American | October 29, 2009, 7:24 am 7:24 am

Poor Palin family, poor poor victims. As the saying goes, it takes two to tango. Perhaps if mom had been at home more often, rather than out preaching for abstinence and ostracizing other unwed teens, her daughter wouldn’t have gotten pregnant.

Posted by: Denise | October 29, 2009, 8:05 am 8:05 am

Funny. Palin used to ‘trade her looks’ for money (former beauty queen, sportscaster, MILF governor) and now she’s knocking others. What a rube!
And if attacking Palin means liberals are afraid of her ‘greatness’, what does that say about conservatives and flibertarians attacking Obama during the election?
Palin/Lucifer 2012

Posted by: Ralph Wiggum | October 29, 2009, 8:06 am 8:06 am

AtheistConservative: First,let me say that I do not get into this liberal/conservative stuff. My parents taught me to think for myself. Nobody, including FOX news (or any other network) is going to take that ability away from me. You state that ALL liberals are self-hating. I think most educated people would agree that an “ALL” statement cannot be applied to ANY group of people. Then, you say that President Obama is the most incompetent President that history has ever seen. Historians do not agree with you on that statement. Then you say that people are supporting Levi Johnson. Do you honestly believe that anyone SUPPORTS this guy? They may want to hear what he has to say. They may be curious about his opinions. But to say that he is supported, I believe is an overstatement.

Posted by: savethemiddleclass | October 29, 2009, 8:19 am 8:19 am

I agree CBS and ABC are a joke as far as the news goes,to spend any amount of time
on stories like this and the Balloon Boy is an insult to their viewers.Report the real news.

Posted by: Johnny L | October 29, 2009, 9:09 am 9:09 am

UNFORTUNATELY “the Herd” blindly supporting SP, EITHER Refuse or Lack The Intelligence to navigate and apply the comprehensive, intelligent and truthful information offered by “Patrick Tomlinson” | Oct 28, 2009 8:43:44 PM AND “savethemiddleclass” / Oct 29, 2009 8:19:59 AM.

Posted by: bobj72 | October 29, 2009, 9:15 am 9:15 am

First, Sarah Palin’s daughter went after Levi like the energizer bunny…Mommie doesn’t believe in using protection, so daughter becomes knocked up….Sarah displays Levi like a stud moose she bagged at the Rep. Convention (plus anywhere else she needed him)…Levi get sick of the B.S. and breaks off engagement. Sarah bad mouths him, and Levi starts fighting back. Sarah uses people, like she throws her baby around like a sack of potatoes whenever she needs to appear saintly. Other times the poor little youngest daughter is wagging him around.

Posted by: Jenny | October 29, 2009, 9:41 am 9:41 am

This guy could say Palin is an alien from Mars and MSNBC would pay him big money to get it on camera. Let’s face facts; Levi is a one trick pony. Anytime someone needs an attack on Palin they trot this kid out. He could make up anything he wants and the dems would still pay for it. Palin bashing is an ATM machine for this kid and the media will continue to give him the PIN even if the information is completely wrong.

Posted by: afkbrad | October 29, 2009, 9:42 am 9:42 am

Thank John McCain for bringing this Daddy Baby drama in our lives.

Posted by: tonyatq | October 29, 2009, 9:53 am 9:53 am

I just love how she spins up the Democrats!
Go Sarah!!!

Posted by: thecentrist | October 29, 2009, 10:18 am 10:18 am

LEVI ?? How credible is a guy who’s named for a pair of pants ? I saw a few seconds of him on TV the other day and thought that there was either a ventriloquist hiding somewhere or that he was speaking thru his ear because he never moved his mouth. As for his writing a book, is it possible to write if you can’t read ?

Posted by: Ron | October 29, 2009, 11:53 am 11:53 am

Levi is both good looking and stupid. Should fit right in with show biz types like Sean Penn.

Posted by: Ron | October 29, 2009, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

This boy is an thoughtless, self seeking airhead (or the masculine equivalent) who is out to make money. Pretty much oould be said about La Palin. AP had a news article out this morning describing the chagrin of the different Republican groups in Iowa over Palin´s request for money to appear there. The tradition has been for politicans of either party to pay their own way for the opportunity to appear in the state. Palin sees it as an opportunity to make more money.

Posted by: BachisBest | October 29, 2009, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

Chuck you are wrong! Her book has been on the best seller list at Amazon and Barnes and Noble for weeks now. I don’t know about now because I haven’t checked lately, but the last I heard it was the number one best seller and it hasn’t even been printed yet! When I last checked, the pre-orders alone had already surpasssed the Da Vinci Code!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Jenny First of all Bristol might have went after him “like the energizer bunny” as you put it but he didn’t refuse her or push her away either! Second, she is the one who broke off the engagement, not Levi! She got enough of him!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm

My predictions for the future surrounding these people: The National Enquirer, or somebody, will most likely offer Levi wads of money now to spill his guts. Odds are he’ll take it. In fact I’m speculating he’s not as dumb as I thought and that’s why he put what he did out there. I also predict Sarah Palin will absolutely end up splitting the republican party coming up. Her, Fox, Beck, Tea Parties, etc. It’s already beginning in a little known race in NY, and I expect it to go national.

Posted by: secondlook | October 29, 2009, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

Peter,
You have a thing for Palin and it sounds serious! Palin deserves whatever she gets. She’s a SICK PUPPY and the GOP showed us their morals more than once. I BELIEVE everything Levi has said.

Posted by: ShirlGirl | October 29, 2009, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

secondlook, I’m going to say it again, if Levi does “spill his guts” as you put it, he’d better be able to prove what he’s saying in court before a judge because that’s probably what he’s going to have to do sooner or later when the Palins get enough of his mouth!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

Mrs. Palin really has the nerve to talk about selling bodies for money? Coming from a former Beauty Queen who paraded around in her “swim-suit” playing the flute, it is irony at it’s best.

Posted by: RK Wright | October 29, 2009, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

BBC: October 29, 2009:
“The US economy grew at an annual pace of 3.5% between July and September, its first expansion in more than a year.
The growth was helped by a substantial government spending plan, including a scrappage scheme to boost car sales.
The official figures indicate recession has ended, but some economists think there could be further setbacks.
President Obama said while “welcome news”, the US was still a “long way” from recovering from the “deepest downturn since the Great Depression”.

Posted by: gus amaral | October 29, 2009, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

trash vs. trash.
It’s all it ever was, all it’ll ever be.
pure and simple.

Posted by: red state rooster | October 29, 2009, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

Anyone who really thinks the left or the media is “afraid” of Palin really oughta push for her 2012 run. can’t wait to see those fireworks :-D

Posted by: jr | October 29, 2009, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

fake death panels.
Posted by: Oliver21 | Oct 28, 2009 4:50:14 PM
You need to read the bill first 1900 pages. I hope your not in the group over 60 who according to the advisor to Pres. Obama who have outlived there usefulness.

Posted by: Lizzie | October 29, 2009, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Slams him for “selling his body for money” but wants 6 figues for talking to a group of GOPers in Iowa. See the Irony?

Posted by: lma623 | October 29, 2009, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

The way “open minded” liberals comment about Palin, you would think that she was the one who used corruption in Alaska to get ahead in politics, but instead she fought the corruption in both parties head on.
Barry, on the other hand, rose from the slums of politcal corruption in chicago without ever raising his voice against that city’s dirty ways. He actually used slimebags like bill ayers, tony rezko, rev racist, blago, ACORN, ect to get ahead, and he was worshipped for it.
Bottom line is that barry campaigned for 3 years with fawning media coverage and drew huge crowds, while Palin campaigned for 2 months with horrific media coverage and her crowds were almost equal to his.
After 3 more years of an indecisive socialist as president, I bet a self-made, inspirational speaker, with a record of fighting corruption is going to look pretty good to the voters if she chooses to run.

Posted by: Dave | October 29, 2009, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

jimbo:”Does Play girl really think that Johnston has that hot of a body?…he looks like a 10 year old..” — Like lookin at boys regularly huh, jimbo? And 10 yr olds to boot? Conservatives!

Posted by: Mangalore | October 29, 2009, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

Tired of Sarah Man all I hear is Obama
24/7. So Sarah bring it on 24/7

Posted by: geneo | October 29, 2009, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

Too funny. Palin, a former beauty queen and wannabe trend/style setter, accusing her son in law of ‘selling his body’ for money. Noone epitomizes and showcases conservative hypocrisy better than Palin. I pray she’s on the banana republican ticket in 2012.

Posted by: Mangalore | October 29, 2009, 3:48 pm 3:48 pm

Mangalore
I would rather have a corruption- fighting former beauty queen who loves her country as prez then a socialist from America’s dirtiest political city who HATES the country that gave him everything that he has.

Posted by: Dave | October 29, 2009, 3:54 pm 3:54 pm

Please insert Obama for Palin in this artice and adjust your comments accordingly. Have fun.

Posted by: ron | October 29, 2009, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm

happy 18th birthday Bristol.
born 1991 before Wiki was changed to say 1990. but WE know….

Posted by: chillbillie | October 29, 2009, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm

Libruls 4 Palin: You go girl! Conservatives: Be sure and max out your contributions to SarahPac. We libs want her to be the GOP Nominee in 2012.

Posted by: 33Greeper | October 29, 2009, 4:33 pm 4:33 pm

Mrs. Palin really has the nerve to talk about selling bodies for money? Coming from a former Beauty Queen who paraded around in her “swim-suit” playing the flute, it is irony at it’s best.
Posted by: RK Wright | Oct 29, 2009 1:54:24 PM
At least she was wearing something! Levi won’t be wearing anything! Also people parading around in a swim suit is what you see everyday in the summer at any swimming pool or beach and it’s considered to be very acceptable! What is the difference between parading around in a swimsuit on a stage and parading around in one at a swimming pool or beach? You can be seen at either place! I also remind you that Barack Obama was seen on a beach in Hawaii last summer a year ago, in 2008, wearing swim trunks and no one said a word about it! It was considered to be very acceptable! Appearing nude in public is NOT acceptable, though! That’s what Levi will be doing!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm

Slams him for “selling his body for money” but wants 6 figues for talking to a group of GOPers in Iowa. See the Irony?
Posted by: lma623 | Oct 29, 2009 3:24:21 PM
No I don’t see the irony because there is none! Sarah will be wearing clothes!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm

Mangalore
I would rather have a corruption- fighting former beauty queen who loves her country as prez then a socialist from America’s dirtiest political city who HATES the country that gave him everything that he has.
Posted by: Dave | Oct 29, 2009 3:54:57 PM
Dave I agree with you entirely! At least Sarah loves this country! Obama is a socialist and he’s from one of the dirtiest political cities in the world and he’s getting this country more and more in debt everyday. Just since he’s been in office he has taken many thousands, maybe millions, of dollars worth of personal trips and vacations and charged the taxpayers with all of them! He was on vacation all summer, traveled nearly all over the world, and stayed in four star hotels that cost $1000 a day and took his family along with him and the taxpayer paid for all of it! He has already cost the taxpayers more than any of his predecessors did for all of their vacations and personal trips!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 6:16 pm 6:16 pm

The idea that some knuckleheaded teenager with barely any education, experience, or job skills has any valuable knowledge to contribute to political conversation is just silly. Obviously he is being used- The news media likes ridiculous Jerry Springer- type drama and gossip because as the saying goes, “Nobody ever lost any money underestimating the taste of the American public.” I continue to like Sarah Palin and I am always open to hear intelligent discussions of ideas. Any news organizations that thinks Levi is a valuable or credible source of information probably needs to send its staff back to basic journalism courses. Many of them would be flunking their lower-level college courses for sloppy reporting.

Posted by: GiveMeFactsPlease | October 29, 2009, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm

GiveMeFactsPlease You are right! Levi is being used by the media and he’s too stupid to know it! I also agree that any news organization that thinks Levi is a valuable or credible source of information needs to send it’s staff back to basic journalism courses. I don’t even have a college education but even I know that a good journalist is supposed to check and re-check their sources before they report a story. It seems that they haven’t even considered the fact that Levi has an “ax to grind” in this situation and might be lying. And that, even IF he isn’t lying, he may be telling half-truths and may be withholding information or part of the truth to make himself look good. One thing is for sure, he’s going to put his slant on what he’s telling! They have also forgotten that there’s at least two sides to every story. In this case there’s his side and there’s the Palin’s side. In most cases there’s a third side to a story, the actual truth. Good journalists don’t lean to either side. They just report the news without prejudice. I think the days of good journalists are gone, though.

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 29, 2009, 10:56 pm 10:56 pm

Please. This kid is a PITA. Period.
Let’s try to remember a time of compassion, responsibility and moral integrity. We are in deep trouble folks.
Let’s try to unite and do something about it.

Posted by: Michelle | October 30, 2009, 12:25 am 12:25 am

Palin is slamming Levi because he is playing her game. Two dishonest people who will say or do anything to get their name in the news or line their pockets. Who should we believe–polls taken in Alaska show that now only 20% of the people trust Palin yet in the lower states she has many loyal followers. This week Palin is caught lying to the State on their income reported for 2008. They say it is an oversight and they didn’t understand the forms–it is also confusing because most of their income goes into blind trusts so that Palin can continue to beg for money. At least Levi isn’t on his facebook or twitter begging for money. Any Alaskan will tell you that Palin is the most corrupt elected official we have had in the 50 years of Statehood–whenever questioned about the unethical things she is doing, she has Stapleton speak for her and say that the media are picking on her.

Posted by: Charlie | October 30, 2009, 9:35 am 9:35 am

At least Levi isn’t on his facebook or twitter begging for money.Posted by: Charlie | Oct 30, 2009 9:35:12 AM
No, what Levi is doing is worse! He’s stripping off his clothes and prostituting himself in Playgirl! He’s nothing but a conceited little creep who thinks he’s God’s gift to women and who has delusions of grandeur and fame and will do ANYTHING to get them! He would sell his own son if someone offered him fame and fortune! At least Sarah is keeping her clothes on!

Posted by: JimVgirl | October 31, 2009, 3:14 am 3:14 am

“Athiest Con” How can you be an athiest and a con at the same time? I thought all you cons were “godly” LOL. I’m not a liberal and I’m sure not a con. I’m a progressive as I don’t believe in gay marriage and don’t believe homosexuality and lesbianism are normal. There’s a few other issues, but I don’t go into them now. Cons are regressives.
Johnston is still a teenager, and he and Bristol were allowed to stay under Sarah Palin’s roof. That’s how her daughter got pregnant. It sounds like Sarah is one of the liberals you hate so much……hahaha.
What makes you think Palin is “immensely popular” by the way? She’s considered a joke by most people who are able to critically think and are not brainwashed by the right-wing media, TV, etc. Actually, Dems and Rethugs are the same, so it doesn’t matter who’s president.

Posted by: Christine | November 1, 2009, 1:28 am 1:28 am

Levi is a disgrace to humanity ! If I were Sarah I would fight to keep this low-life away from my grandson !
He is Not acting like a father, but more like a self indulgent child, who really needs a good *** kicking !

Posted by: PHILD53 | November 1, 2009, 3:48 am 3:48 am

Atheist conservative, are you sure YOU aren’t the self-hater? I’m sure Ms. Palin, who you so ardently defend, doesn’t consider you part of real America without the Christian God in your heart.
She’s a distraction. I don’t particularly care that she was in beauty pageants or the weather girl – look at Diane Sawyer and Barbara Walters. I do care that she is a hypocritical liar who clearly puts her own self-interest far ahead of the well being of the nation. She should be ashamed of herself.
Her daughter’s baby daddy is an idiot and an opportunist. I don’t care what he has to say – he’s a deadbeat dad posing in Playgirl (ohh, knock me up and leave me, Levi!) while his former girlfriend cares for THEIR child. Loser.

Posted by: Amelia | November 6, 2009, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm

dave: “I would rather have a corruption- fighting former beauty queen…” — What you REALLY mean is she’s a corrupt former beauty queen that wants to put the finishing touches to our great country’s destruction. It’s no secret that’s been the GOPer goal since voodoo Reaganomics took hold. Luckily her followers are hapless minions who’re easily persuaded to work against their best interests.

Posted by: Mangalore | November 23, 2009, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

Sarah Palin puts Levi Johnston down for posing for Playgirl while Dr. Phil goes gaga over his new daughter-in-law, a Playboy Playmate of The Month.
Double Standard?

Posted by: Give Me a Break! | December 29, 2009, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm

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