New York Post Offers Up Odd Details In Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Story

I realize that we are deep, deep in the weeds where this Bristol Palin is concerned, but I'm nevertheless surprised at the strange and seemingly unrelated details that the press has brought out of the ether. Consider these paragraphs about Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's child, from the New York Post:

Johnston, 17, who is entering his senior year at Wasilla HS, plays on the school hockey team and was once teammates on a youth squad with Palin's older brother, Track, 19, who is now in the Army.

Despite suffering a cracked bone in his shin last season, Johnston scored 24 goals in 24 games.

That's truly an impressive stat line. And yet, we find ourselves where we are today because of an entirely different instance where Johnston slipped one past the goalie.

Comments

[concernvoter]

01:48 PM on 09/06/2008

I am a concern single working parent, who had a child at the age of 21 years old. First of all, I came from a family with 13 siblings and our parents made sure that education was our first obligation. Secondly, our parents taught us right from wrong and sex education was one of the topics. Third, our parents worked hard everyday and still had time to be parents to their children. I am a proud single parent that took the time out and taught my daughter about sex education when she was 4 years old. Now, she's 20 years old with "NO CHILDREN ". My daughter is now a senior in college majoring in Pre-Law and a minor in Mass Communication. It all starts from the parent teaching their children at home about life not" hockey". Mrs Sarah Palin needs to conduct a reality check. I know several parents that are in politics, but they take out the time and parent their children. Mrs. Palin need to review MySpace regarding her future son-in-law. It appears that Levi Johnston stated that he was a redneck and that he will kick somebody a**. Levi also stated that he did not want to be a father. If Mrs. Palin make it in the White House, I guess Bristol and Levi will be living in a double-wide trailer in the rose garden of the White House.

[TracyLouWho]

10:40 AM on 09/03/2008

Why can't the Democrats use Bristol Palin's pregnancy as an example of being Pro-Choice?
Bristol had a CHOICE. She got pregnant so she could either get an abortion or not. She decided not to and that is her CHOICE. If America is a land of freedoms, why not keep this CHOICE available to people. If one has an abortion, then they deal with the consequences because of their CHOICE. It all comes down to free will. Just because someone may be against abortion and another isn't, we should all still have the CHOICE!!!

[lunapicks]

12:58 AM on 09/04/2008

That only works if you're pro-choice or she had been denied a safe, legal abortion. It's the "RIGHT to life" movement and there's not a lot of wiggle room with a mandate from God. It's their calling to limit choices, not allow them. My choice is not on their choice list whereas theirs is on mine. Their choice has value to them whereas mine does not. My choice and their choice both have value to me. It's like believing that a Right to Lifer would ever have a bumper sticker that said "Choice" or that choise advocates would mandate abortion. Bottom line; Pro-choicers would fight to their deaths to preserve the right of Pro-Lifers to never be forced to have an abortion. Right to Lifers wouldn't lift a finger to preserve actual choice.

[lyn77]

05:47 PM on 09/02/2008

Republican Operatives are attempting to suppress any criticism and prevent exposure of their "Diabolical-Cover-Up-Plan to shield Sarah Palin. They have two angles to shut up the critics:
(1) they claim Bloggers are denigrating Sarah's children,
(2) they accuse the main media and internet bloggers of playing the gender card, diminishing Sarah only because she's a woman.

I hope the Huffington Post will realize that we are talking about the integrity and veracity, the competency and credibility of Sarah Palin. Her credentials are under fire - not her children.

The Final True Story about the two Palin pregnancies has yet to be told by the Main Media, but it is out there on Internet Blogs. The bloggers have done the vetting of the candidate that the Republican Operatives failed to do. There is shocking and condemning evidence that proves Sarah is using two false stories to make herself more appealing to the Christian Evangelicals. Bloggers have not brought the Palin children into the fray, Sarah herself did that in attempting to emphasize her pro-choice policies as she puffed up her resume'.

Go online. Google the net - search out the pictures, the video and the details that have been removed from the Alaska.gov website.

The American Voters are victims of an incredible hoax. Christian Evangelicals will be appalled when they find out the truth. Let's make certain this Republican-Operative-Cover-up is exposed immediately.

[lyn77]

05:15 PM on 09/02/2008

The Republican Operatives are attempting to suppress any criticism and exposure of their "Diabolical-Cover-Up-Plan to shield their VP candidate. They have two angles to shut up the critics: (1) they claim that Bloggers are denigrating the children of Sarah Palin, and (2) they accuse the main media and the internet bloggers are playing the gender card, and dissing Sarah only because she is a woman.

I hope the Huffington Post will realize that we are talking about the integrity and veracity, the competency and experience of Sarah Palin, not about exposing her children.

The Final True Story about the two Palin pregnancies has yet to be told by the Main Media, but it is out there on the Internet Blogs. The Bloggers on the net have done the vetting of the candidate that the Republican Operatives failed to do. There is shocking and condemning evidence that proves that Sarah is using two false stories to make herself more appealing to the Christian Evangelicals. The Bloggers have not brought the Palin children into the fray, Sarah herself did that in trying to puff up her resume'.

Go online. Google the net and search out the pictures and video and the details that have been suppressed and removed from the Alaska.gov website.

The American Voters are the victims of an incredible hoax. The Christian Evangelicals will be appalled when they find out the truth. Let's make certain this Republican-Operative Cover-up is exposed immediately.

[SirReal1]

03:17 PM on 09/02/2008

I'd like to address all of you "Democrats" who are suggesting that those who are posting and taking issue with this "pregnancy problem" should back off, or that it is unreasonable and unfair to judge the candidate in question on this.

ARE YOU CRAZY?

Some of you are suggesting that we should only debate the policy and professionalism of the candidates. How?

McCains policy seems to be a mystery beyond "I was shot down in the Air Force, taken captive, and held for over 5 years, I deserve your vote".

Palins policy seems to be "I am a christian women, a mother, and you should vote for John because I'm on the ticket".

HOW, HOW is taking issue with a woman who has spent so much time advocating for "Abstinence Only" education, who has denigrated families whose teenagers have exhibited "bad judgment" as failures, who has promoted the families RIGHT to provide sex education to their children when THEY feel it is appropriate (as the number of teenage pregnancies continues to rise alarmingly), who has clearly demonstrated that she feels that "IGNORANCE is the best way to deal with a problem", HOW can you SUGGEST that taking issue in light of these recent revelations should be "off the table"?

Obama can order his surrogates to avoid the issue, that is his prerogative
I am not subject to such directives, and I don't believe any of the other people here are either.

[billkarwin]

06:38 PM on 09/02/2008

You're right the conservative position of willful ignorance and puritanical self-loathing in place of healthy sex education is enough to disqualify her. But her kids didn't sign up to be thrust into the public eye. There are plenty of reasons to criticize Sarah Palin for her own conduct and positions. There's no need to drag her kids through the mud. It was intolerable when John McCain made rude jokes about Chelsea Clinton in 1998. Can we hold ourselves to a higher standard? Yes, we can.

[jah2008]

01:59 PM on 09/02/2008

Huffpost. That's enough. Please.

[billkarwin]

01:43 PM on 09/02/2008

This is shameless schadenfreude!

[unity08]

01:27 PM on 09/02/2008

Enough!

[erykah]

01:00 PM on 09/02/2008

I cannot believe the HUffington Post printed something like this. It si uteerly distateful. Stop it!

[zedthewizard]

12:38 PM on 09/02/2008

i hear there's a poster coming out from the family value center with his picture and a scowling bristol . . . it reads and i quote: "why buy the cow, when the milk is for free?"

hey, you started it . . . well, no some republican did probably.

[SirReal1]

12:09 PM on 09/02/2008

As with so many stories of the past few weeks, this one has left me wondering if there is a limit to what the "Republican Faithful" would be willing to overlook in the people they WILL vote for.

With W's approval rating inexplicably hovering around 25%, recent polls still showing McCain as "competitive" in the General Election, and now Palin garnering significant support amongst Republican Voters in light of all the recent news, one has to wonder if the ENTIRE PARTY suffers from COPROPHAGIA!

They simply seem to "eat this Sh*t up"!

[Huffo]

10:39 AM on 09/02/2008

You Dems have double standards. Clinton messes around with an intern, and most of you say it has nothing to do with his ability to lead the country. McClain picks a running mate whose 17 old daughter is pregnant, and you want to question his judgement. You can't have it both ways. Or I quess if you are a Democrat, maybe you can.

[Bitsko]

11:07 AM on 09/02/2008

Sorry. I don't see your vague connection.

[snakesonablog]

01:05 PM on 09/02/2008

It has nothing to do with leading the country. It is the hypocrisy of "family values" when this woman has five children, one a baby with special needs, and throwing that family into the fire to pursue her own ambitions. Is this what Republican "family values" are all about???

[Snoop2]

10:25 AM on 09/02/2008

If Sarah actually stays in the race and becomes VP, does this mean she and the rest of the Palin tramps will hold sleepovers in the Lincoln Bedroom with their significant others?

[plooger]

06:42 AM on 09/02/2008

Come on... you wrote this post just so you could get out that closing paragraph zinger!

[kendra]

04:43 AM on 09/02/2008

Oh boy, oh boy.
What will tomorrow bring?!?!

Sarah's the gift that keeps on giving.