Awww....a baby boy. Mother and child are doing fine and baby daddy is said to be "thrilled"...LMAO...yeah right. That cheesy attempt at trying to portray the happy family at the Rethuglican Convention was just that...a cheesy attempt. He looked so uncomfortable and you could tell his smiles were forced. And the baby's name I think is Tripp....so that continues the Tr-- names for the Palin children.

Ah yes, another heartwarming story of Republican family values.

I liked one of the online versions of the story, which added:

"Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnson takes his surname from his father Levi Johnston, an apprentice electrician and former Wasilla High School hockey player who has been dating Bristol for three years. Bristol is currently residing in Wasilla and completing her GED through correspondence courses."

No mention of the arrested oxycontin-addicted granny.

They must be "tripping" to name a baby Tripp!!! Geez!!!

I'll never forget the look on that guy's face during the convention.....a look that said....

"Of all the freaking chicks in Alaska that I had to knock up, it had to be the governor's daughter...ugh".

Hope it's healthy baby boy......

Is that wedding bells I hear? So when is he going to make a legal woman out of her? We wouldn't want tongues to start to wag, now, would we? Glad to hear mother and baby are fine. Oh, Levi, you may want to watch the Katy Perry video "Hot and Cold" on VH1. They show it about every hour. This is what awaits you. Happy life!

The kid's name is Tripp?

I wonder if that gun-totin', evangelical, poorly educated, trashy bunch realizes that Tripp is a nickname for someone who has the Roman numeral "III" (triple/trip/tripp) after his name.

Probably not.

Sorry, guys, but IMHO we've sunk to a new low to even post this thread. The election's over (not that it would have been acceptable then), and to make their personal family situation a matter of discussion, especially an allegedly humorous one, is both juvenile and shameful.

Grow up. You're acting like many Republicans.

There was plenty of talk about Britney Spears' little sister who had a baby out of wedlock and is (I think) a year younger than Bristol Palin. There's going to be talk about anyone in the public eye in this situation.

And Sarah Palin isn't running for an office now, but she's still a governor and is still thought to be likely to run for higher office in the future. So if she is going to continue to try and influence national politics and policies by pushing that right-wing "family values" agenda, then her daughter is fair game.

Well I don't think I said anything wrong in my original post in this thread Crew Chief. It was HUGE news when we found out that the girl was pregnant, and the media has continued to cover the story. Everything related to Sarah Palin is going to be covered probably from now until she decides if she will run for President in 2012.

Anywho...Bristol has apparently had a $300,000 offer for pictures of the child. I wonder what she'll do with the money. Did Levi's mama make bail?

Sorry, Joe, but that's an excuse and an improper analogy. Palin is not the one who had the child here. You cannot equate her to Spears.

Families should be hands off. Why don't we now go after Obama for the way he's abandoned his family in Africa? Why does Obama promise "change" and wanting to help Americans when he doesn't lift a finger for his brother in Kenya? After all, Obama talked a big game during the campaign.

Now, I'm not jumping on this bandwagon, but my point is well-made here. The lengths some of us will go to to justify a personal attack on a candidate's child and grandchild, for God's sake is, is disgusting. Those who think this is funny or acceptable need to get over their emotional bias and just grow up already.




And who cares about Levi's mother? When did that ever come into play?

Really, people. Sometimes I'm ashamed to admit I come from a family of Democrats (many of whom, btw, refused to vote for Obama precisely because of something very similar that his people did on the campaign--and no, this doesn't mean they voted for Senator Methuselah). But I digress. I just can't stand it when we lower ourselves to the level of some of those GOP slime experts who are known for this. We aren't one bit better!

I'm not sure the spirit of this thread was to attack Sarah's child or grandchild directly. How and why would anyone attack a newborn anyway?

Most public figures keep their families, especially children, out of the limelight. The legitimate press and even the paparazzi will abide by such requests. Sarah Palin on the other hand paraded her husband and children plus the boyfriend before the press, and subsequently blathered on about the values of "real America," the implication being abstinence before marriage among other things. That bespeaks a value judgment on her part. My response would be judge not lest ye be judged. And I'd add another cliché: As ye sow so shall ye reap.

Consider this thread part of your harvest, Sarah.

MINORS should be hands-off...UNLESS the parent makes it an issue through words or deeds. Sarah Palin has no right to try and force her values on the rest of us, ESPECIALLY when she doesn't even live up to them herself.

As for the Obama stuff...you've totally lost me.

Palin's irrelevant now. And she was "forcing" her values on the rest of us no less than Obama and Democrats are forcing our values upon the country. Voters made their choice.

This constant obsession over the child of a candidate's child is just stupid and juvenile. Furthermore, it's quite different when it's not the candidate her/himself involved. We're talking about a candidate's child having the kid in this circumstance, not the candidate herself, which would be quite like a candidate railing against infidelity than going out and having an affair.

And what's with the absolute stupidity of criticizing the name? I can't believe I'm reading such comments from people who voted for some guy with a name of "Barack" and blasted those right-wingers and conspiracy theorist wackos who made Obama's middle name an issue.

Face it. The only reason people wish to justify this attack on Palin's daughter and grandson is because they're blinded with emotional bias and ignorance.

As long as she holds public office she's relevant. And she's made it clear she's not going away. And she IS trying to push her family values on everyone else. People like her want laws (such as marriage laws) based on their Biblical views.

Poppycock! That's such a ridiculous comment and you know it. So if she's the mayor of Wasilla or the local dog catcher the child of her child is fair game. That's just sick. And hypocritical.



Then the same can be said for those who want gay marriage or other such beliefs; they're pushing their secular beliefs or hedonistic beliefs (or whatever beliefs) on everyone else. It works both ways. One side is always trying to influence the masses.

Palin's are fair game as long as they are in politics and parading their children around with them espousing family values. Apparently the state of Alaska has paid for many a "trip" for those kids on "official" business. I don't get the chastising for posting a thread about this.....it's been reported all over the freakin' world.

I'm truly glad the baby is healthy. I suppose Bristol is going to have her wedding when she loses the pregnancy weight or something. Maybe they had to send the dress back with her Mother's wardrobe and she's saving her pennies for another one (except NOT paid for by the RNC)? Or maybe they're waiting for Levi to get that electrician's certification.

And Crew Chief, you don't have to be embarassed or ashamed that people are not only interested in the story, but finding humor in it as well be they Democrats, your family, a bunch of gays or whatever.....it's not a reflection on you. We get it. You think it's in poor taste. Thanks for your opinion on the matter. I look forward to your YouTube video entitled "LEAVE BRISTOL ALONE!"

I actually like the name Tripp. Sounds very blue-bloodish like he should be playing polo or spending weekends at the club in tennis whites. But I agree with Puschkin. She paraded that family everywhere she could, and the story of her daughter's pregnancy was a big part of the interest once Sarah Palin was introduced (i.e. not wanting to support sex education in schools blah blah blah and family values blah blah blah but daughter gets knocked up as a teen). And I'm not even criticizing that. Big whoop she got pregnant when she was a teen. Big whoop she's not married to Levi. But when you say one thing about values and "real America" as if those of us who live in big cities are a bunch of heathens damned to hell, people are going to take issue with that. Call it a continuation of the culture wars that we are clearly having.

All I pointed out was that she had the baby, named the baby Tripp, apparently sold the photos for $300,000, and wondered if Levi's mom was still in jail and if the money would be used to bail her out. Now the last part about Levi's mom I probably could've left out...I'll give you that. That has nothing to do with the Palin's. Of course again when you go on and on about associations and values and living God's way the way Sarah pontificates about, its going to create fodder when your daughter's baby daddy's (and yes he is a baby daddy at this point) mother is arrested in a drug sting. I actually feel sorry for Levi because god knows it has to be difficult to be pulled into all of this. That kid I'm sure knew who he was screwing but couldn't have known the girl's mother would be picked for VP nominee, and that he'd be thrust into the spotlight. But again...it was Sarah Palin trying to save face by shoving them in our faces to show oh look they are holding hands and have plans to get married so we are still good Christians. WHAT....EVER!!!

Poor Levi looked like a moose caught in the headlights during the RNC.

I'll respond one more time because this is futile.

If she's trying to make laws that are based on her Biblical views, in this nation that, hypothetically speaking, still has a separation of church and state, then as long as she's in public office -- even dog catcher, if in fact she's trying to get such laws passed -- she is fair game for criticism.

The fact is, she and her party are against providing necessary education and/or contraceptives to prevent unwanted pregnancies and at the same time does everything in its power to keep woman from choosing for themselves whether they want to get an abortion, no matter the circumstances -- even, in some of the most extreme right-wing segments of her party, in cases of rape and incest.

So the fact that her own teenage daughter got pregnant means, plain and simple, that she and her husband FAILED AS PARENTS. They clearly couldn't stop their own daughter from having sex outside of marriage. So why should anyone be forced to live by the Palins' beliefs when they can't even live up to them? That family's daughter had sex outside of marriage and got pregnant. That family chose to keep the baby. Yet, if some other family's daughter got pregnant and chose to have an abortion, Sarah Palin and her party would deny them that choice.

So yes, Sarah is fair game as long as she's in public office, even if it's dog catcher.

No you don't. I can't sing worth a crap.




I'm glad you see the futility of your argument and hypocrisy.



And this is no different from those of us who wish to impose our beliefs upon a country. An argument can be made that we our imposing our personal views on a nation whose constitution says absolutely nothing about abortion. There are people who believe we are denying babies a chance to live while we believe Palin and her kind are denying women a right to choose.

It goes both ways; and in either case, to drag one's child and grandchild into it is despicable. Period.

Crew Chief, let me make this clear. It is relevant because Sarah Palin is a HYPOCRITE! She has made a career out of passing judgement on others. Now it is her turn. Too bad for her daughter that she is caught in the crosshairs, but guess what...life ain't fair! This is what happens when you want the spotlight...you may get it, but you also get the glare. Maybe I would be a bit more empathetic for her daughter if the mother, Sarah, hadn't made a name for herself as a judgemental sack of crap. What is good for the goose is good for the gander. If Sarah sees fit to try to make life difficult for any group of minorities, then she should bear the pain of judgement of her parental skills. Also, for the record, I wished no harm on the daughter or the baby. I only wish the best for them, as they have an uphill battle just having someone like Sarah in their family. And yes, the pill-poppin' grandma on the other side is relevant too. it shows the ilk of these characters in Alaska. Maybe Sarah will think twice the next time she craves herself some spotlight. Everything comes with a price...sometimes you don't know how expensive it is until it is too late.

With all due respect, miller, I don't think you understand. Who gives a crap about Palin? I certainly don't. It's irrelevant what her beliefs are when it comes to ripping on her child and child's child. This doesn't justify the behavior of people here who are acting as hypocritically as she is.

I think it's simply juvenile for supposedly intelligent, mature people here to try and justify their hypocritical, blowhard behavior by saying essentially, "Well, SHE'S doing it, too!"

Cripes, that sounds like a frickin' 8-year-old!

CC...the hypocrisy of a pro-"family values', "abstinence only" candidate trotting around her pregnant daughter as if its acceptable is the huge sticking point here.

If you don't like people discussing it, that's unfortunate. But the moment a vice presidential candidate was found to have a pregnant teenage daughter it became fair game. Just like eight years ago when it discovered that Cheney had a lesbian daughter amidst the right wing of the Republican Party.

Should people here keep their mouths shut about that too? Should we not rip into the total hypocrisy of the Reps being virulently anti gay yet having a veep with an openly lesbian daughter?

Bristol's pregnancy is. Exactly. The. Same. Thing.

Who is attempting to impose what values on who is not as important here as the hypocritical stance of saying(reviling it) one thing and doing another(then passing it off as acceptable).

And we will give a crap about Palin when she's the Republican frontrunner in 2012. She's back in Alaska, but she's not going away.

I had to read your post twice to make sure you were saying that a person choosing to have a child was the same as our vice-president choosing to have his daughter be a lesbian. Methinks you've hit the champagne a little too early today.

You cannot possibly equate the two. Cheney's daughter being a lesbian is completely different. She was that way not by her choice or "bad parenting," as someone referred to Palin, but by some probably genetic circumstance. Therefore, the two are totally different situations.

Sarah Palin says that her future son-in-law is not a high school dropout as is being erroneously reported.

Meanwhile, Bristol and Levi may be set for a big winfall should they sell their baby pictures to People or the tabloids.

That's not what I see. If you see that, you need new glasses or a functioning brain. More likely the latter.



Those who support a woman's right to choose aren't denying anti-abortion people the choice of NOT having an abortion.

Thank you for proving my point about this being an argument born of emotional bias.




As I said above, an argument can easily be made that they're denying life to over a million babies each year.

No, women are making their own choices...you know what? Never mind. I'm done with this crap.

Crew Chief, major league props to you for the only person on this thread who shows some integrity.

Here's the heart of the issue: when gays like someone's politics, then personal attacks are abhorrent. But when they dislike someone's politics, then personal attacks are absolutely fair game. All the twists and leaps of logic in this thread to rationalize an ugly personal attack are just pathetic.

Newborn baby Tripp = Absolutely 100% off limits for criticism, and I don't think anyone here will disagree with me....

Bristol and Levi = Since they are now of age, they can be a criticized a bit for making not so great choices, and they should have thought things through before they played hide the bologna, but sh*t happens.

Now...Miss Sarah....100% deserving of her critics. Of all her BS that she spews, One of them was "I'm a great Mom, I have family values, We don't believe in pre-marital sex, We're better than you if you don't believe that too...etc" and all that crap.

Now, Rudy and Crew Cheif....for Caribou Barbie to be aspousing that, and then have her own daugher to turn right around and show they don't have the family valuies Princess Palin wants everyone to believe she does....IS COMPLETE HYPOCRISY. Really don't care what you say, what argument you come up with, or if you disagree. It's fact. Can't disagree with fact. You can not like it, but you can't disagree.

I am still just giddy with anticipation until the First Dude is busted with hiring a male escort or airport bathroom sex.

And right now, I am sure that both Levi and Bristol are very proud parents and happy the baby is fine, but at the RNC they were petrified and had it clearly written on their faces that they did not want to go through with this pregnancy, and because of Sarah's beliefs....they were forced to have it. I'm sure they are happy now with it born, but I truly believe (and this is just my belief...no concrete proof) that they were ordered by Sarah, and probably the heads of the RNC that there was no way she was going to get an abortion and she had to have the baby.

Sadly, there are some here who would disagree. They're partisan, hypocritical hacks.



Of course I can disagree, because here's why you et. al. are wrong: Gov. Palin is not the one who got pregnant out of wedlock. She thus far has lived by her own values that she is preaching. If her daughter Bristol was on the stump making speeches about abstinence or what not, then your argument would be correct. However, she is not. Sarah is the one whom you are incorrectly criticizing by faulting her for something she did not do.



I would love that for one sole reason: Todd Palin is smokin' hot!!! Then I can fly up to Alaska and hope to score with him.

BTW, I hope she runs for president so I can vote for her solely because I want to see more of him on TV!

Sure, I'm thinking with my penis, but it's worth it!

You are right, it was Bristol who got pregnant, not Sarah. However, Sarah is the one who preaches how she is, AND how she raised her family a certain way with certain values. So, yes....it was the daughter who got pregnant, but it is a direct slap is Sarah's "family values" face.

And with Sarah still in the public eye, her daughter, and her whole family is a direct representative of what Sarah preaches.

Well it seems Miss S.P. is NOT going away quietly. Now she is crying about the media and them believing in "lies", and she is also complaining about how she wasn't treated fair by the media, and that she suspects Caroline Kennedy will be treated with "kid gloves" unlike her. Hey Sarah, nobody likes a sore loser. And I for one, don't subscribe to your "family values" either.

So-o-o, are you telling us that you're straight?

Are there other straight guys on this board?

Really the statement should be.... "Whenever anyone agrees with someone's politics" ... because any word that you substitute in for gay is going to generally follow the same rule most groups.

Me. I'm straight for pay.

Poor, poor BoSox...so much confusion, so little time. (insert snicker here)

best thing about sarah palin is levi. love him.

You're obviously strapped for cash, then.

I beg to differ. The best thing about Palin is her husband Todd. He's HOT!!!




Teachers usually are.

Agree. Todd Palin is Handsome. Levi is too young.


You sometimes got the impression Todd wasn't too happy with living his life in front of the cameras. He's probably just a good ole boy who enjoys the outdoors of Alaska. There is nothing wrong with that. However, his train wreck of a wife is a completely different story. She's a dangerous person. That's she made it this far in the political process is a reflection of Alaska politics and the win at all cost by Republicans who completely ignored properly vetting an unknown figure.

Splitsville for Bristol and Levi

Now who didn't see this coming eventually? Hell even Stevie Wonder saw this coming. He wanted no parts of her, that kid, that family, and certainly no marriage. I actually am glad it ended up this way. You don't have to be married to raise a healthy child. Hopefully they can both find people they actually want to be with and have shared custody.

So will this increase Sarah Palin's sympathy for welfare grandma's raising their grandchildren while dependent on taxpayer money to help with childcare while they work?

Love Levi's forearm tattoo:

http://gawker.com/5168150/apparently-the-l...-affair-is-over

HIS LAST NAME! Is that so they can ID him when he passes out at a keg party?

btw this thread is about as political as the Jonas Brothers.

levi's interview on ABC.

levi's hotter, hunkier, studlier, and sexier than ever. i wanna move to wasilla.

Levi is cute for sure but from what was revealed on his myspace page, yall can have that redneck.

Way to go Tyra! Get that Levi to tell all his bidness on your couch.

Apparently the Palin's have issued a sharply worded response.

Greased and bent over?

Why are these two still an issue? They're yesterday's news. Why the media and too many people here are still talking about sexy Levi and the Palin pinheads is beyond me.

Instead of airing their dirty laundry on tv Levi and his family should simply have hired a lawyer and sued for parental/ custody rights. It would have become public anyway without them appearing to be courting the media.