Does the name Levi Johnston sound familiar to you? If you have any idea who this person is by name alone, then you are way ahead of me; that is until I clicked on MSNBC headlines around 6:00 A.M. yesterday morning. Once I began to read the article presented on the site by the fine folks at People.com, I remembered the incident that first propelled Johnston into the public arena. He’s the guy who made a baby with Governor Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol. Knowing very little about him as a person, I read on, hoping to gain some insight into this 19 year old boy. As it turns out, Johnston is not only the teenaged father of Palin’s grandchild, but he is also the latest Hollywood wannabe. Young Levi plans to further his ride to fame by exposing more Palin “family secrets”. Helping Levi to continue his skyrocketing status is none other than slick magazine monthly, Vanity Fair, as they feature him in the October edition due out next week.
Who needs talent when you have the ability to further your ride to tabloid stardom by simply dropping Sarah Palin’s name in the most unflattering ways possible? This newest scathing interview degrades Palin in her role as mother and ex-Governor of Alaska. I initially ignored the details of the pending VF interview until I caught the tail end of a discussion about Johnston on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’. It gave me pause; this boy continues to be granted valuable media attention to degrade the Palin family, especially Sarah, to feed a public interest I am unable to grasp. As NPR droned on about Johnston, a bright light of realization flashed like lightening through my muddled mind. I realized that Johnston is playing the press. Alaska boy has the press by the short hairs and they are falling for his act. Johnston’s outrageous claims are not about a vendetta against Sarah Palin. Johnston is not helping us see into a lie perpetuated by the ex-First Family of Alaska, not at all. Instead Levi, who by all accounts, has the mentality of a typical reality show whore, has found an alternative route to his fifteen minutes by trashing the Palin family. Shopping his reality show ideas has led nowhere, so he is using the media to “expose” the so-called mythical image of Sarah Palin. He’s not as dumb as he looks considering his greatest achievement in life to date has been his role as sperm donor to Palin’s daughter Bristol. Johnston plans to milk it for all it’s worth.
Let me assure you, I am not a Sarah Palin fan. I have nothing against the woman personally; she is just not the type of woman I would choose to represent our nation as Vice President. Her down home persona and self proclaimed status as a “hockey mom” is not what I envision when I think of our nation’s first female V.P. If I had to pick a conservative for the first of my gender to rise to such status, I would choose someone more like Condoleezza Rice. Ms. Rice is the antipathy of the Sarah Palin character; if you will allow me to categorize my gender in such a fashion. Condoleezza Rice exudes authority, carries herself with distinction, earned her status through hard work, education, experience and reputation. Most thinking Americans, would feel more comfortable if Ms. Rice was called to assume the role of President in a crisis. I belabor this point slightly so I can assure you that I have no agenda as I come to the defense of Sarah Palin and the way the media is giving credence to this teen aged boy whose motives have become obvious, so why all the attention?
The excerpts from Johnston’s pending interview with Vanity Fair ring about as true as the accusations of the group of right-wing conservatives who continue to insist that President Obama was not born in the United States. Sarah Palin is quoted by Levi Johnston several times and the words he claims she used when confiding her most private family matters sound more like a slightly stoned teenager than the ex-Governor I heard speak during her run for the Vice Presidency. For example, Johnston insists that Palin, when describing her job as Governor of Alaska, said the job was “too hard”. That sounds more like a high school freshman describing her dislike for Algebra I. I cannot imagine a woman who managed to fight her way to the Governorship of a U.S. State lacking the vocabulary to describe her job in terms as juvenile as “too hard”. That is assuming she would confide in this teenaged genius who impregnated her young daughter. Who knew that Palin and Johnston were so close? I thought he was just sleeping with her daughter. Evidently he also played a role as advisor to the Governor of Alaska, unofficially of course.
Johnston goes on to insist that Sarah Palin and her husband Todd discussed the option of divorce with him and, in his words, “sounded pretty serious.” and why wouldn’t they bring their marital problems to Mr. Johnston? Considering his vast knowledge of life and contraception, he would be the ultimate choice for a married couple to seek out concerning the possible demise of their union. What married couple thinking of divorce hasn’t sat down with a teenage boy sleeping their daughter and asked for such advice?
My favorite direct quote involves Sarah and her evil plan to adopt her unborn grandson nagging the young couple by saying, and I quote; “So are you gonna let me adopt him?” I don’t think they were ‘gonna’ let her adopt that baby, even though she “nagged constantly”. My question is fairly simple; is this guy a complete idiot? He made it abundantly clear while being interviewed by Larry King that neither abortion nor adoption had ever been discussed. That is the problem with liars that aren’t very bright. It’s difficult to keep all those stories straight.
Excuse me, Levi, but your stories aren’t consistent.
There is little doubt that the Palin family has issues. Every family has issues. What I can’t seem to grasp is why this woman from Alaska, the least of all conservative political threats, is being so demonized in the press? If attacking Sarah Palin will save our political system and ultimately our failing nation, then the media must find credible snitches to interview. Levi Johnston with his current appearance at the Teen Choice Awards just doesn’t seem credible. I have a hard time believing that bringing down Sarah Palin will serve any purpose, except to continue to prove our press mean spirited and untrustworthy. Anyone with common sense knows there will never be a President Sarah Palin; there are far too many thinking conservatives in our country. If they balked at a man like John McCain, the poster boy for war heroes and rouge conservatives, than Ms. Palin has about as much chance at the Presidency as I do; I was born in Canada. Relax, let Sarah live her life and quit embarrassing yourself, U. S. media, by quoting this ridiculous teenager whose only claim to fame is his ability to fertilize an egg. Would someone from VH1 call this kid and offer him a show? They had a murderer on the last one, compulsive liar would be a giant step up.
