Sarah is much too busy playing the fame game to properly give guidance and support to her daughter. I wonder where Bristol and Levi first learned to love the spotlight? Hmmm....maybe when Sarah trotted them onstage when she was running for VP?

If these two kids really love each other and want to make a go of being good parents to their child then they will get out of Dodge, make a new life for themselves elsewhere, and tell that crazy gun-loving media you-know-what to leave them alone.

Truthfully, is Sarah Palin what Americans want as their president in 2012? I sure hope not because your country will once again become the laughing-stock of the rest of the world and that's something that the USA simply cannot afford.

There's not a device known to mankind that could measure my indifference to the soap opera being played out between these two dweebs.

Jesus Wept - who gives a rats ass people...there are real issues going on right now - they will be freaking fine.

And off topic, what is up with the dumb a@@ layout MSNBC is using lately on all their stories - why aren't the designers doing real life testing before going live with this mish mash.

It's good this future marriage was called off. Levi is a stinker; he would be having affairs galore on the side even while he was married.

It probably took her parents wake up call (hearing that her dad, Todd blasted Bristol for getting engaged); no body was thrilled with her choice, so her logical thinking side of herbrain kicked in. Levi is garbage, but love is blind. We all have someone in our family that doesn't match our choice for a young person to marry.

She subconciously knew he would be trouble all the way. A Father; yes, he is capable of making a baby, but he is not capable of being a good husband, nor father.

Bristol wins. What a louse!

Ok Sarah, time for you to stop playing politics and play a supportive mother for a change

1. The kid is now an adult.

2. Amazing that this gets this many comments when so many important things are happening in this country. This is right up there with Linsay Lohan in jail.

thanks to this post and replies my i.q. dropped abour 50 points...

Perhaps if people just left them alone, they would be fine.

Unfortunately, those with PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) just can't pass up the chance to take a swipe at Sarah.

I wonder if Obama's kids will have to go through the media grinder in a few years. I hope not.

The problem is the Pailins put themselves in the news at every turn. I do wish the media would stop covering every move they make. Although, I'm sure their PR people send out press releases at least a couple times a week.

All this coverage has contributed to their growing wealth so it must be difficult for them to want to keep things private.

Why, again, would any family raise their children based upon "Republicon Family Values?"

Seriously, this could devolve into a National Security issue.

I can see hypocrisy from my house.

Here we go again, with yet ANOTHER Palin/Johnson saga! Just like you can't turn a Ho into a housewife, you can't turn a pack of wild hillbillies into a POTUS family or even a respectable family.

Having said that, any young people associated with sister Sarah will NEVER stand a chance because they have had zero parental guidance or role models.

At least Bristol and Levi have an excuse for being so "fickle" with their on again/off again relationship - they're young and have NEVER had decent parental guidance or role models. But they need to understand that neither one of them are ready to be married or parents.

I do hope that these precious babies that are being brought into this senseless mess will be given a fair chance if there is anyone who has any common sense in that hillbilly Palin/Johnson clan. These little precious babies does not deserve being born to them as "parents."

What a mess. This is going to sound harsh, but either the women in the Palin/Johnson clan need their wombs AND ovaries removed, or the men all need vasectomies AND castrations so that they will not be able to reproduce and ruin the lives of anymore innocent babies.

Wild hillbillies? Remember Billy Carter, Roger Clinton? Short memories people.

People keep saying the Palin family should get out of the news. Well...maybe if the media would stop stalking their private lives and family matters, they would be out of the news.

**HI HAWAII**:)

@ Aggie:

"But Moommmm, *HE* did it..."

Sweet weeping Jesus. Billy Carter's supposed to justify the notion of putting this tabloid-trash queen in any position of responsibility for this country?

What about that good old Personal Responsibility? Billy and Roger were decades ago. This is today, right here, right now.

Never heard much about Clinton or Carter being tainted by their brothers or those pres. tainting their brothers. But with Bristol, whole 'nother story. You blame Sarah for Bristol's choices/mistakes. Or you say Bristol is just like her mother. So then was Roger just like Bill or was Bill just like Roger? Same with the Carter kin.

Sure it's in the past, but never heard all of the hate and trash being thrown at them AT THE TIME. It wasn't an issue then....but it is now? That's my point.

Aggie, talk about short memories! Oh yes they DID receive a lot of press! Not very positive press either!

BUT...the difference I'm pointing out is, their behaviors were NEVER blamed on their brothers.

Their antics certainly didn't get praised, I know, but it was usually of the"that crazy guy....snicker" type.

Once again for the cheap seats. This is not Sarah Palin's brother. It is her daughter, the daughter of a woman who claims to speak for family values and abstinence only education. If these two jackasses are the result of family values and abstinence only education, I don't want any part of either of them. The Palin's are the same people who tell us so fervently that abortion is murder while simultaneously telling us it was a private family CHOICE to not abort either Tripp or Trag.

As for "leave these people alone," why was the latest engagement announced on the cover of Us Weekly? If they really wanted to be left alone, their engagement would not be announced in a gossip mag. Neither Bristol nor Levi Supersperm want to be left alone. They love the gossip spotlight just like her hideous human of a mother. Speaking of mother, you never hear much about Trag anymore do you?

Tripp, Trag, Tic Toc and Tacky, I don't know their names, I just want them to all go away. Immediately.

Sandie - hilarious! Thanks, I needed that laugh!!

What do you expect from the family of the caribou killing nitwit from Alaska

She seems to be learning that "starting something but not finishing it" thing from her mother.

Why I read this article....I don't know. I could care less about these two people.

"Baby daddy"...wow I hate that saying it's like saying "my bad."

YAAAAAAAAAAAWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a hard time getting excited about a punk kid named Levi. If his parents imaginations ran so shallow when they were picking a name for him that they ended naming him after a pair of jeans the poor child was destined for doom.

But then again our incompetent POTUS Barrack was named after a military housing unit, so I guess stupidity in names runs the gamut.

Oh Brandon come on... surely you can she "didn't quit" She just didn't want to waste the public's time on a "lame duck" marriage. She is doing it for the good of America.

Bristol is a very immature woman and that's due to the lousy parenting skills of her flaky mother, Sarah. They both should have stayed in Alaska and kept their igloos tidy.

Don't these people know about birth control??? What about Mel Gibson's girlfriend with a baby by 2 fathers??? I guess they want to be set financially...

ROY WILSON-336103

Perhaps if people just left them alone, they would be fine.

Unfortunately, those with PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) just can't pass up the chance to take a swipe at Sarah.

I wonder if Obama's kids will have to go through the media grinder in a few years. I hope not.

Sorry but they are the ones that keep putting themselves out there. Maybe they should try to stay out of the media instead of keep running to it every time they get back together then break it off. Levi running around sleeping with other women and taking his cloths off for the world all while claiming to be in love with Bristol is the cause of their strife, not the media.

Of course Obama's kids will go "through the media grinder". Kids of any famous people always do. This is not a new thing.

Exactly why are you Sarah Palin bashing? Even if you don't agree with Sarah Palin's politics, one must respect the fact, she is standing up for what she believes in; and is trying to correct some of the Obama crud (I have another four letter "C" word in mind)created (out of control national debt spending; refusing to implement Congressional Laws in place regarding illegal residents; breaking about every campaign promise he ever made; still high unemployment; home foreclosures rising; putting us in Debt with China over the last stimulus loan he created and now wants to create another; hurting struggling businesses and Medicare forced to pay for his government controlled Health Care Bill ; forget about his promise to bring the troops home, he has allocated 30,000 more and million's in spending over the next two years; and, continually passing Federal bills, allowing more government control over our lives, such as the Pending Presidential Control over the Internet and News Media...Just to name a few Obama inadequacies).

However, this whole issue is Bristol Palin, not Sarah Palin. What we really have here is a young girl wanting her relationship with her child's father to work. She was even willing to try again for her child's sake. This happens all over this country; women staying in loveless marriages for the children's sake; running back to ex's for the children's sake. SO EXACTLY WHY IS EVERYONE DUMPING ON BRISTOL FOR DOING WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE YOURSELVES?

Levi is the lying scum you should be dumping on. Bristol is a young woman of 19 years, that works, is trying to finish her education, just purchased her first home and is raising a child alone. She is doing everything right, and you call her "Loony"?

Levi is the one living with his family, unemployed, trying to sell whatever picture or story he can for the quick buck, playing with Bristol's emotions for a free ride, and "hooking up" with other women behind Bristol's back. Not, to mention one of Levi's two side "girlfriends" is pregnant and won't really know until the birth of the child and a DNA test determines if Levi or, yet, another guy is the father.

Bristol Palin, is a young woman, who found herself in the clutches of a manipulating, self-absorbed "Con-man." She tried to do what she thought was right for her child's future and wanted to give Levi "the benefit of the doubt." How many of you haven't done that with an old boyfriend or ex at some point in your life.

So, instead of ripping this poor girl to shreds, (mostly for political gain, of which Bristol has no control of) why not do the right thing and stand behind this girl and emotionally support her. I am sure she feels duped and stupid enough now, without all of you rubbing salt into her wound!.....

Could you make this a little longer? Please?

Schwannomin... Then Bill Clinton is a reflection of his mother and upbringing. Let's blame her for his moral lapses and sexual escapades. I guess one would then have to assume that Chelsea is going to reflect her father's morals and actions.....ridiculous isn't it? But since he parented her, you must be saying it's a good possibility. The handwriting is on the wall. Seems to make sense by your deductions.

Bristol is a teenager...since when do they listen to their parents warnings, lectures. Ole Billy Boy is and was an adult, add married and President of the United States. Not some love sick teenager. His brother and Carter's brother are adults. C'mon who you gonna blame in those families???

Therese .. I bet you're voting for Sharron Angle, right?

The only con that Bristol Palin likely found herself in the clutches of was her media hungry mother who clearly had no issue selling out her own child for political gain.

People who say "but Bristol is an adult" are just being ignorant. A vast majority of adult women still turn to their mothers for support, guidance, and to vent to. I'm almost 30 and I still talk to my mom quite often. I'm fairly certain a teenage mother still needs support from her mother. A mother has to be diligent enough to understand when her child is struggling, but I doubt Sarah Palin could grasp a such a concept.

Aggie:

Clinton's half- brother was a "jailbird" for one year (then pardoned by his Pres. brother), and Carter's brother was one piece of work. They also had the right to visit their bro, ex. Pres. Bill Clinton and Carter in the White House.

Now if only, the White House walls could talk, unsavory families and friends have all been there. Marilyn Monroe romps with JFK in the WH (special privileges) and Robert Kennedy; did the Mafia ever enter the WH while Kennedy was in office?

Secrets!

Before I had a Child I was so sure my child wouldn't "be like that, or act like that" God finally blessed me with a child and a huge dose of reality with him, Those of you who cast dispersions on another parent must be absolutely perfect in every way lest God humble you with an unruly child.

We parents clear the path for our children we want them to follow, BUT we can't make them walk it anymore than we can make the wind blow or the Sun rise.

ROY WILSON-336103

Perhaps if people just left them alone, they would be fine.

Unfortunately, those with PDS (Palin Derangement Syndrome) just can't pass up the chance to take a swipe at Sarah.

I wonder if Obama's kids will have to go through the media grinder in a few years. I hope not.

Roy they already have. Or have you already conveniently forgotten the whole Glenn Beck "Daddy,Daddy" bit he did on his radio show?

Bristol has put herself into the media when she accepted money to make public appearances. If she doesn't want the fame she has to give up the money and appearences it doesn't go one way.....

All I see is a child following her Mothers lead- No follow through what so ever. Quitting everything the very second it gets difficult or inconvenient make for a very scattered and disorganized life. But hey her family is rich now from sheep giving her Mom money for looking like a moron with gimicks like what were supposed to be her life long beliefs written on her hand for a visual statement made to look like a regular stupid American.......

Good for her, only in America could a person like her and a man like "Joe the Plumber" who had to use a complete hypothetical situation or as most would call it a lie, get so far into the public eye for being so stupid and moronic.

It just shows that you can take the trash out of the trailer park but it still will be trash no matter how much $ they get for doing nothing.

Sorry to all of you very nice residents of trailer parks around our nation for the generalization comparing you to the Palin family but you know the trash that I'm talking about better than any of us.

And is anybody surprised by this outcome other than Simple Sarah lovers??

Therese

Levi is the lying scum you should be dumping on. Bristol is a young woman of 19 years, that works, is trying to finish her education, just purchased her first home and is raising a child alone. She is doing everything right, and you call her "Loony"?

Levi is the one living with his family, unemployed, trying to sell whatever picture or story he can for the quick buck,

Why should we be dumping on him? He proposed twice to this girl and did the right thing tried to raise his child with both parents.

And where was Bristol living before her relationship with her Mother got her speaking fees for being a teenage unwed Mother? Seems to me the only difference between the two of them is you like Sarah and are willing to support her children no matter what they do...

I still don't get how people think Bristol is a story worth promoting and paying her to tell. She is just another dumb girl who didn't use protection and got in trouble, and you fools are making her famous for it. Good way to teach your children right from wrong......I thought that those type of programs like scared straight were supposed to show the BAD effects from doing something stupid or wrong in life, not put up someone who has gotten rich and famous for doing it. You want to show girls the bad effects from being an unwed teenage Mother then show them the ones who have had their lives ruined by it and live in the projects when they had college dreams, not someone who has benefited from it.....

Come on people, this is "NOT" because of Sarah's mothering or her working. Just because you do not like Sarah Palin, you shouldn't be casting stones at her. Many women have careers in politics and raise children that act their age. Bristol is 19 years old with a baby and SHOULD be mature enough to make sane judgements, and so should Levi. It is very obvious that both Bristol and Levi are NOT mature enough to be getting married OR raising a child. Where does responsibilty stand? When are these 2 (STILL) kids start acting like mature adults? Today's young people (eg. Bristoand Levil ) need to go back to pre-school and begin all over again and grow up. They are more interested in today's fashions, posing for playgirl and having sex with everyone they meet than they are in becoming responsible adults and parents. They are pitiful!!!! Stop blaming the mother for these adult children's irresponsibilties when they should have grown up long ago.

And to think that these 2 people are raising a child. Now that is scarey!!!!

Geez, who cares? Is this really news worthy?

All you folks posting here that are bashing Palin (BTW I'm not a huge fan) because of her daughter need to get a grip. How many of you live sterling lives or have children that aren't sleeping around and doing stupid things?

I see Bristol and Levi as a sad public example of a society that has gone awol with permissiveness. THey are obviously too immature to be in the position they are--acting like adolescents, but with huge stuff at stake: the life of that child, the ability to choose appropriate lifemates, the ability to commit and trust over the long-haul (does she really think this guy will be faithful to her in marriage??).

This kind of behavior promotes insecurity, fear, unmet needs for love and acceptance in all parties, especially the children. No wonder our kids are needing more and more drugs for mental illness or just to get through life, with this becoming the norm. I see it everywhere. It's nuts!

RE: Message 1.34, by dadoftim... [quote]"Those of you who cast DISPERSIONS on another parent must be absolutely perfect in every way...[/quote]

Why do some people insist on using words [or even 'non-words'] that their brains can't handle?

I'm guessing you bought Palin's excuse for her frequent abuse of the English language - "it's a living language"... I'm also guessing you might have meant ASPERSIONS.

WOW! nothing but hateful remarks about the women...what about the loser boyfriend? I'm really sick of hateful remarks about the powerful women in our country, I am a feminist, and while there are many issues I disagree with Palin on I do not bash her because her views are different. PLUS, If the media shined it's little sensationalistic light on YOUR life just what would it find??? HMMM????? Something to think about my fellow sisters is that women can put other women down more than men and this is something we need to fix, especially since we still have fellow sisters being repressed by religion & denigrated by the press.

Palin never has been a mother, all she cares about is press coverage and money.

@Hawaii2

She is no better than Levi, all you have to do is look at her parents and know why. They are all losers.

Let us make peace. Do you know Sarah is in the Bible? As the matter of fact, Sarah was Abraham’s wife’s name. And Levi is also in the Bible. Don’t you know that? Levi was also named Matthews, one of Jesus twelve disciples. His life was never the same after one encounter with Jesus. I am convinced that our Lord Jesus Christ will do even greater things for Sarah Palin and Levi Johnson than He did for those two people in the Bible amid they get their lives back on track to follow Jesus, the way, the truth, and the life.

Yeah, Jesus was in the bible too.....he's one of the guys I buy weed from.

Stop judging someone you do not know. This young woman controls her own life and Sarah can only be there when she is asked. Did you let your mother tell you what to do after you became a parent? If so you might have some issues. I ask for suppport when needed but do not allow her to run my life and she certainly can not stop the man from being a playboy and sleeping with everyone that walks by. Nor can she keep the media from invading the privacy of all their lives and all the people from judging them when all they know is what some simple minded reported placed in a report. What would they write if they saw a 15 minute section of your life and asked a money hungry friend or a friend that thrived for attention. What would the article about your family say? Think about that before you judge someone else.

They stayed "engaged" just long enough to collect payment for being on the magazine covers. Looks like this "engagement" was planned from the beginning to bring in more bucks. All of them are sleaze except the baby. He is too young to know the difference. Let's hope that this apple falls FAR from the tree.

Ex marks the breakup spot for Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston.

Who gives a rat's B-hind??

I can see hypocrisy from my house.

A. Macarthur

snort....

dadoftim:

How right you are. Good post. You can only raise your kids, teach them by role modeling, then they have to take it from there.

What they do with their lives is their responsibility. It's like giving them the "tools", and letting them run with them, or they simply just disappoint us with their choices. Peer pressure in the later years, whether it is positive or negative, has a great deal in how they turn out.

Good luck.

Well the proof she is a bad mother is her daughter got knocked up to get some attention from her mother.

The check from the magazine cleared. What a bunch of suckers people are to believe anything from the Palin publicity machine. This was all about money.

why is this tramp and her looser boyfriend even in the news???

Hate is pretty strong. Why can't you just say you disagree with her, and why. I'll bet if Sarah Palin went to the grocery store, there would be negative comments about that, too. I think one of the reasons people react so viciously toward her is that she represents a kind of woman that contradicts the traditional feminist narrative. She is not a victim. She is strong. She is not a fat, ugly, bitter, dried-up hag. She is a beauty queen. She is not a stay-at-home mom. She has a career and a family. In short, she is living out everything feminists have fought for, and all they can do is tear her down. Do all feminists have to be flaming left-wing fanatics who toe the party line? Do feminists believe in freedom? Disagree with her all you want on policy, but stop villifying people.

Everyone goes to a grocery store. Who cares Nick?

Nick: Sarah Palin hasn't enough knowledge or interest in the world around her to run the United States, be a U.S. representative, or even a state representative. She didn't even finish her term as governor of a state with a small population. She has received so much media attention because she is pretty and charming. She's no feminist; she's an opportunist. She complains about the media but used to be a TV sports journalist. The GOP helped turn her into a political product for conservatives. She might make a good mayor back in some small Alaska town, but the world would be way better off if she were selling cars or hunting equipment. She needs to be out of spotlight.

@nick-1132925

"She has a career and a family..."

Sarah Palin is a gold-digger -- her "career" is being a celebrity, and she is famous for being famous, a lot like Paris Hilton. She bailed on her public-service job as Governor of Alaska for a bigger payday giving speeches and writing atrocious, self-serving books. Her "family" consists of a set of children whom she uses as public-relations props, a daughter who is an unwed single mother with no skills besides being famous for being the daughter of someone who is famous for being famous, and an almost son-in-law twice removed whose best-paying recent employment was as a nude male model in a skin magazine. Her most notable accomplishment to date seems to have been helping to capsize John McCain's Presidential election bid.

Yeah, Sarah Palin is truly "is living out everything feminists have fought for" -- NOT!

Put yourself in the media and see what people say about YOU.

I'm just another crackpot with a computer and some time on my hands this evening. Most people find most other people repulsive or stupid or annoying or crazy or ugly. I'm a little of each. I'm not seeking media attention. Sarah Palin is seeking attention and power and money, however.

Bristol just figured out that at $30,000 per ENGAGEMENT it was time to crank the Abstinence Tour back up.

If Palin is only seeking fame, power and money.....what do you have to say about Hillary Clinton? Nancy Pelosi? How are they different? If the shoe fits.........

Clinton and Pelosi have actually accomplished things ...

So ... take the shoe and your foot from your mouth ...

Angie - Are you for real? Seriously Hillary, Nancy and any other serious politician do not air their dirty laundry in public shamlessly they way Sarah P. and her family does.

Sarah P is nothing but a mouth peice with little or nothing intellegent to offer and is in constant attach mode. It often amazes me how people take her so seriously. She really needs to be a talk show host and get out of politics.

Welllllll.....up until the election Palin "accomplished" more than Obama.

But...I digress. My POINT is that Pelosi and Clinton both seek money, fame and power. Okay for them.....no-no for Palin.

I'm sorry....dirty laundry? Two words...Bill Clinton. It is/was not Hillary who aired that, it was the media....it is/was not Palin who aired theirs, it was/still is the media. The one thing Palin put out up front, was about Bristol's pregnancy during the campaign....she was honest about it. Didn't hide it for her image. Had she not been up front about it...whoa...the feeding frenzy would have been apocalyptic. This day to day stalking by the media for more dirty laundry lays on the media. As for Pelosi.... Her money is being made and banked overseas, not here. Of course she doesn't air it...it shows what a hypocrite she is. But, I am sure if the media dug as deep and as relentlessly as they do with the Palins, they'd find plenty more soiled laundry there too.

I refudiate that!!! Hey, I'm just like Shakespeare!!!

Harbharb- I agree with Nick.While this may be senseless Msnbc news- the hatred you should is shameful.If you need to post to vent- please stop.As an alternative - vent to one of your friends, buy a teddy bear to talk to,Better yet- buy a tape-recorder, and hear your message when you speak it.If you think you sound great when you get read as a post- you sound childish, petty and angry.Maybe hearing what you say would clue you in
And if Newsvine wants to strike this- only fair they strike your post

Nick~

While I would agree with you hate is a strong way to feel towards someone you don't know, I can't agree with anything else you said. She has a career? You mean she makes money by blabbing about her personal business to the world? She makes money of her little mistake? I would hardly consider her a strong feminist. She keeps going off again and on again with a dog that obviously has no strong feelings about her. Strong would be to walk away from him and stop making herself look foolish.

Exactly why are you Sarah Palin bashing? Even if you don't agree with Sarah Palin's politics, one must respect the fact, she is standing up for what she believes in; and is trying to correct some of the Obama crud (I have another four letter "C" word in mind)created (out of control national debt spending; refusing to implement Congressional Laws in place regarding illegal residents; breaking about every campaign promise he ever made; still high unemployment; home foreclosures rising; putting us in Debt with China over the last stimulus loan he created and now wants to create another; hurting struggling businesses and Medicare forced to pay for his government controlled Health Care Bill ; forget about his promise to bring the troops home, he has allocated 30,000 more and million's in spending over the next two years; and, continually passing Federal bills, allowing more government control over our lives, such as the Pending Presidential Control over the Internet and News Media...Just to name a few Obama inadequacies).

However, this whole issue is Bristol Palin, not Sarah Palin. What we really have here is a young girl wanting her relationship with her child's father to work. She was even willing to try again for her child's sake. This happens all over this country; women staying in loveless marriages for the children's sake; running back to ex's for the children's sake. SO EXACTLY WHY IS EVERYONE DUMPING ON BRISTOL FOR DOING WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE YOURSELVES?

Levi is the lying scum you should be dumping on. Bristol is a young woman of 19 years, that works, is trying to finish her education, just purchased her first home and is raising a child alone. She is doing everything right, and you call her "Loony"?

Levi is the one living with his family, unemployed, trying to sell whatever picture or story he can for the quick buck, playing with Bristol's emotions for a free ride, and "hooking up" with other women behind Bristol's back. Not, to mention one of Levi's two side "girlfriends" is pregnant and won't really know until the birth of the child and a DNA test determines if Levi or, yet, another guy is the father.

Bristol Palin, is a young woman, who found herself in the clutches of a manipulating, self-absorbed "Con-man." She tried to do what she thought was right for her child's future and wanted to give Levi "the benefit of the doubt." How many of you haven't done that with an old boyfriend or ex at some point in your life.

So, instead of ripping this poor girl to shreds, (mostly for political gain, of which Bristol has no control of) why not do the right thing and stand behind this girl and emotionally support her. I am sure she feels duped and stupid enough now, without all of you rubbing salt into her wound!.....

How did this turn into a forum for Obama bashing>

The same way it turned into Palin bashing, I guess. Everything has to back to politics, for some people. These two kids, unfortunately, are not unlike a lot of kids I see today. THey're more public, but the disease is everywhere. Immaturity, promiscuity, teen pregnancy, trading mates like horses, lack of ability to be faithful to one person. That's our society, more and more. That's what it's taught these two--and many others. I wish it was just an issue of the parents. But unfortunately, there are many forces at play that influence our children's behavior.

Let us make peace. Do you know Sarah is in the Bible? As the matter of fact, Sarah was Abraham’s wife’s name. And Levi is also in the Bible. Don’t you know that? Levi was also named Matthews, one of Jesus twelve disciples. His life was never the same after one encounter with Jesus. I am convinced that our Lord Jesus Christ will do even greater things for Sarah Palin and Levi Johnson than He did for those two people in the Bible amid they get their lives back on track to follow Jesus, the way, the truth, and the life.

Thomas you sound very angry and must be a poor excuse for a human being. You don't know anything about this family.

Don't know anything about this family?!? We all know TOO much about this bunch of looneys. They should all do the country a favor and go away.

Come on Thomas, quit insulting the decent hillbillies of the world!

And mwhoward, how could we NOT know all about this "family", they thrive on press coverage.

Read up on Sarah, the facts. Not a pretty story.

Sad commentary on our country.

As opposed to the Great God Barak OBA-MESSIAH who is single highhandedly turning our country into the next Socialist-Fascist State? Well I take that back he has help from people like Cass Sunstein, Van Jones, Jeremiah Write, Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dohrn, Nancy Palosi and Harry Reid.

Ed, you would be a lot more convincing if you could correctly spell the names of the people that the entertainers in your little radio tell you that you should hate.

Find me a Teen that has a brain at that age and you will find an anomaly!, You are making a judgement based on your ideology, because if Bristol was a nobody? you would not care, and I would guess your mind is about same age based on your response!

I wonder if McCain is still "proud" of her.

Sarah Palin is about one thing and one thing only, MONEY. Sarah is, perhaps, the greedest person on the face of the earth. Yes, she is an idoit, but one that is laughing all the way to the bank. What's the difference between Sarah Palin and a hooker? There are some things that hookers won't do for money.

Thomas- I have to guess you really know how to spell, and aspirations as you spell it, is yet another wave of vitriol.What have you done that is so newsworthy, or worthwhile for society.As I commented earlier this is a useless article, but perhaps personal attacks on people you do not know, as well as anger ought to stop.

mwhoward

Thomas you sound very angry and must be a poor excuse for a human being. You don't know anything about this family.

Sorry but we know far more than we want to know about this family, as they make a living out of being angry (Palin ranting all the time) and selling their personal business in magazines and books.

All you folks posting here that are bashing Palin (BTW I'm not a huge fan) because of her daughter need to get a grip. How many of you live sterling lives or have children that aren't sleeping around and doing stupid things?

I see Bristol and Levi as a sad public example of a society that has gone awol with permissiveness. THey are obviously too immature to be in the position they are--acting like adolescents, but with huge stuff at stake: the life of that child, the ability to choose appropriate lifemates, the ability to commit and trust over the long-haul (does she really think this guy will be faithful to her in marriage??).

This kind of behavior promotes insecurity, fear, unmet needs for love and acceptance in all parties, especially the children. No wonder our kids are needing more and more drugs for mental illness or just to get through life, with this becoming the norm. I see it everywhere. It's nuts!

Nuts, Hillbilly - Guess we know who you voted for and some of us are paying the price now. I mean with the spill in the gulf - what an amazing effort to make sure that BP cleaned it up in an effective, proper, and above all Timely manner. That can in no way be blamed on any one else. The government - all of them, had the power to get it done but they are to busy fighting and looking out for number one to ensure that things are done correctly, not to mention none of them have the education to know if it is done correctly. With that you can call that family a bunch of hillbillies when that Levi kid needs to take a sex ed class before he populates a small town. He is in no way innocent.

As for women not having sense and just because she likes to hunt and lives in a rural area it becomes a reason to criticize. I am quite sure she can put you in your place in a verbal debate or physical confrontation. That also goes for us southern peaches who people think have no brain, and should only sit sweetly and smile. Well most of us have high IQ's, high level degrees, good careers, know how to handle a firearm safely when hunting and can debate with any one willing be on the opposing side of an issue. We can also handle our selves quite well in a physical confrontation, or attend a black tie event where we utilize the southern grace and morals that we have been taught since birth. As with most men this scares them as it seems to do you. She must really frighten you, since she has intelligence, strength and can pull it all together in a package with grace and poise. If hunting makes her a hillbilly then most men fall into that same category. Wake up, her daughter may have just saved herself from the biggest mistake of her life -being tied to a loser who doesn't know how to keep from making babies at his age and has no means of basic support and certainly not for a family. He also seems to lack the morals that should be passed on to this child. The girl can claim she made one mistake, he continues to repeat them, when will he learn?

BESMARTAMERICA - Georgia Peach - And your point is?

Because "reality shows" are all about things real people don't really care about?

I think when he married her, his mouth quit working, or the 'FEMINIST' that she is, she forbid him to speak unless directly spoken too!!!! LOL

Why would anyone have to pay Levi to make Sarah Palin and her family look stupid? They seem to be perfectly capable of handling that without any help or encouragement from him.

@renee love,

I'm sure you are right, but I think she prefers to be called a "Momma Grizzly Bear," instead of a feminist. She continues to say "don't mess with us Momma Grizzly Bears." She is just so presidential sounding.

I'm sure you are right about Levi being an a low live - but the Palin family doesn't need help looking stupid.

Exactly why are you Sarah Palin bashing? Even if you don't agree with Sarah Palin's politics, one must respect the fact, she is standing up for what she believes in; and is trying to correct some of the Obama crud (I have another four letter "C" word in mind)created (out of control national debt spending; refusing to implement Congressional Laws in place regarding illegal residents; breaking about every campaign promise he ever made; still high unemployment; home foreclosures rising; putting us in Debt with China over the last stimulus loan he created and now wants to create another; hurting struggling businesses and Medicare forced to pay for his government controlled Health Care Bill ; forget about his promise to bring the troops home, he has allocated 30,000 more and million's in spending over the next two years; and, continually passing Federal bills, allowing more government control over our lives, such as the Pending Presidential Control over the Internet and News Media...Just to name a few Obama inadequacies).

However, this whole issue is Bristol Palin, not Sarah Palin. What we really have here is a young girl wanting her relationship with her child's father to work. She was even willing to try again for her child's sake. This happens all over this country; women staying in loveless marriages for the children's sake; running back to ex's for the children's sake. SO EXACTLY WHY IS EVERYONE DUMPING ON BRISTOL FOR DOING WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE YOURSELVES?

Levi is the lying scum you should be dumping on. Bristol is a young woman of 19 years, that works, is trying to finish her education, just purchased her first home and is raising a child alone. She is doing everything right, and you call her "Loony"?

Levi is the one living with his family, unemployed, trying to sell whatever picture or story he can for the quick buck, playing with Bristol's emotions for a free ride, and "hooking up" with other women behind Bristol's back. Not, to mention one of Levi's two side "girlfriends" is pregnant and won't really know until the birth of the child and a DNA test determines if Levi or, yet, another guy is the father.

Bristol Palin, is a young woman, who found herself in the clutches of a manipulating, self-absorbed "Con-man." She tried to do what she thought was right for her child's future and wanted to give Levi "the benefit of the doubt." How many of you haven't done that with an old boyfriend or ex at some point in your life.

So, instead of ripping this poor girl to shreds, (mostly for political gain, of which Bristol has no control of) why not do the right thing and stand behind this girl and emotionally support her. I am sure she feels duped and stupid enough now, without all of you rubbing salt into her wound!.....

If you know anything about grizzly bears of either gender, you know that they are not big on brains and act without thinking. Bear (!) in mind that they can also be dangerous.

The Palin family needs no help in making themselves look stupid.

Did anyone catch Palin's commentary on FOX the other night - about the mama bear attachs, no the mama bear defends?? Oh here you go Palin word for word:

"Watch out for the angry "mama grizzlies," who are ready to "get our country back on the right track."

"It seems like it's kind of a mom awakening in the last year and a half where women are rising up saying, 'No, we've had enough already,' because moms kinda just know when something is wrong,"

"There in Alaska I always think about the mama grizzly bears that rise up on their hind legs when somebody's coming to attack their cubs -- to do something adverse toward their cubs," and she goes on: "You thought pit bulls were tough, well, you don't want to mess with the mama grizzlies."

And lastly: “Look out Washington, cause there’s a whole stampede of pink elephants crossing the line and the E.T.A. for them stampeding through is November 2, 2010,"

Is she calling her tea bag - republican women elephants? And the poor grizzly is almost extinct. Is this what she thinks of her party? Elephants and the poor almost extinct Grizzlies? Hmmm....that says alot about her thinking.

OH Jack were they your neighbor?

Jack I'm sure your double wide it right next to theirs.

I agree with Jack. And those of you who don't can just hitch up and roll out right behind Bristol & Levi.

I take serious offense to these trailer park comments. Especially after the tragedy we had down here in Louisiana with the fire at the Governors mansion. 4 alarm fire and all hands couldn't stop the inferno. Mansion burned down to the axles in 45 minutes!

Sorry Jack - but that is an insult to people that live in trailer courts. The nut-case family from Alaska isn't quite good enough to be called 'Trailer-trash'

filthy liberals. excuse me, her mother is a staunch republican. if she can't control her own daughter, what does that say about conservitive family values??

I'm a liberal and I waited until I was married to have sex.

Seeing as how having sex before marriage and being you're definition of 'liberal' have really zero correlation and is just another Repub talking point, I think it's safe to say you're a moron Joe.

Umm, I think that Joe was being sarcastic....

DOH!

thank you, sof, i was being sarcastic...

yeah, anyways. . . I resemble that remark! (Thank you, Curly!) I'm a liberal and I bathe frequently, so I'm not a filthy lib'rul.

Curly - the best!! And he didn't even make up a word in order to be funny!

They choose to allow their personal life to be publicized for monetary gain, but that's their stupidity and lust for money that overrides preferring discretion

Renee: I think itgrl is talking to you and about you. I also agree with her.

you're right renee i guess they missed the part about the "reality show" with the kid.

You haters are SO gullible. The only place we heard about a possible, maybe, what-if, reality show was in the liberal media. You know, it's their JOB to stir the pot and sensationalize.

Aggie-345886 ~

I guess that makes you super gullible.

mw ...you don't know anything about him....or is he your neighbor?

Says who she can do much better, she's an unwed mother right out of high school, no news on her choosing to go to college but trying to follow in her mother's footsteps and chase the money by putting her private affairs on display for the world to scrutinize!!!

Her "private parts" are for sale....just like Levi's and especially her "mother".

Levi never intended to married Bristol Palin, because he doesn't respect her. Levi knows he can get anything he wants from Bristol Palin and still remain single. If Bristol keep hanging around and fooling around Levi, no descent family oriented man is going to want to marry her and help raise her child.

I agree Levi is a worthless piece of crap, but no she can't do better. Levi, yes, he can do better.

Will,

I agree 100% with your comment.

Renee Love....What do you care if she chooses to go to college? But, fear not, when she does you can bet it will be in the news. Of course, the slant will be anything but supportive or commendable. Besides, what's the rush, she's only 19? She may just be taking RESPONSIBILITY for her child for the time being and will continue her education when he is a little older. What's so wrong with that? OH, I get it...ONLY if it's Bristol Palin. Worthy of praise for any other girl in that same situation. Believe it or not, Bristol is not the only girl on earth in that situation.

Aggie-345886 ~

I guess "liberals" like to see people get an educate and make worthy contributions to the world. Since when did when did having underage, out of wedlock sex become a praise worthy thing? Getting an education and a proper job to take care of her child would be something to proud about. Obviously Bristol is not the only teenager that had a baby, but you don't see all those girls getting paid and praise for doing it. What makes this girl so special? Oh yeah she is the daughter of the much loved by tea baggers, Palin.

Risha: Your two recent comments make absolutely NO sense whatsoever. Learn to read and comprehend...I didn't say having a baby out of wedlock is a praiseworthy thing. I think you need an educate (sic).

Did the DCs record such a song? If not they need to do so now. Perfect for the wedding.......much better than "Goin' to the chapel, gonna' get married" which is what most trash seem to use in lieu of the traditional wedding march.

Oh, yeah! It's on their "Home" album. The lyrics include "I shouldn't be wearin' white and you cain't afford no ring."

You betcha!

Why did you read it then?

annette,

Are you blind? Levi is a very nice looking guy.

No. It's in Tennessee.

agreed!

Tiger Woods's docket of ex-girlfriends was full, I guess....

Yeah! He is kind of cute, isn't he?

"eeewwwwww"!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA. You guys are hilarious.

They would have had the kid with the mullet :)

LOL----that was funny!!!! LOL

it would have to be a designer dress. that of course, she didn't want, she was forced to wear by her handlers....

Del....Apparently you are too indoctrinated to have figured out that it was a STUPID question, that she DELIBERATELY gave a STUPID answer to...get it? It was a kinda "back attcha" thing. And you KNOW if she had rattled off every financial, news, political publication she would have been criticized for that too. It was obvious that Katy Couric was "out to get her" and Sarah knew it...whatever she may have answered li'l Katy would have found some way to put it in the worst possible light.

Haven't you heard? That horse is DEAD. Buried along with "I can see Russia from my house"...which she NEVER said.

I think what pisses people off is that no matter how much the media and the Democrats tried to demonize her, criticize her, even went to Wasilla digging for dirt...........she just kept on keeping on. Infuriating isn't it? ha ha ha ha

Stupid is as stoopid does!! Any savvy pol knows you don't give stupid answers. She'll never be able to live that down. All an opponent has to do is play the clip. They don't even need Tina Fey!

Nowadays they all get attention for whatever they say and she was under such scrutiny that she couldn't afford to mess up. She dropped the ball on that one. And she ain't living in the VP's house now.

Hmmmm...seems to go to show just how genuine Sarah is. No pandering for Brownie points, she was making her own point.

Again, if she plans to run for office, she simply can't say things like that and hope to survive electionwise.

Either way, yes, she's probably laughing all the way to the bank. But a certain percentage of the population thinks you're not the most crisp bill in the drawer.

Exactly why are you Sarah Palin bashing? Even if you don't agree with Sarah Palin's politics, one must respect the fact, she is standing up for what she believes in; and is trying to correct some of the Obama crud (I have another four letter "C" word in mind)created (out of control national debt spending; refusing to implement Congressional Laws in place regarding illegal residents; breaking about every campaign promise he ever made; still high unemployment; home foreclosures rising; putting us in Debt with China over the last stimulus loan he created and now wants to create another; hurting struggling businesses and Medicare forced to pay for his government controlled Health Care Bill ; forget about his promise to bring the troops home, he has allocated 30,000 more and million's in spending over the next two years; and, continually passing Federal bills, allowing more government control over our lives, such as the Pending Presidential Control over the Internet and News Media...Just to name a few Obama inadequacies).

However, this whole issue is Bristol Palin, not Sarah Palin. What we really have here is a young girl wanting her relationship with her child's father to work. She was even willing to try again for her child's sake. This happens all over this country; women staying in loveless marriages for the children's sake; running back to ex's for the children's sake. SO EXACTLY WHY IS EVERYONE DUMPING ON BRISTOL FOR DOING WHAT MANY OF YOU HAVE DONE YOURSELVES?

Levi is the lying scum you should be dumping on. Bristol is a young woman of 19 years, that works, is trying to finish her education, just purchased her first home and is raising a child alone. She is doing everything right, and you call her "Loony"?

Levi is the one living with his family, unemployed, trying to sell whatever picture or story he can for the quick buck, playing with Bristol's emotions for a free ride, and "hooking up" with other women behind Bristol's back. Not, to mention one of Levi's two side "girlfriends" is pregnant and won't really know until the birth of the child and a DNA test determines if Levi or, yet, another guy is the father.

Bristol Palin, is a young woman, who found herself in the clutches of a manipulating, self-absorbed "Con-man." She tried to do what she thought was right for her child's future and wanted to give Levi "the benefit of the doubt." How many of you haven't done that with an old boyfriend or ex at some point in your life.

So, instead of ripping this poor girl to shreds, (mostly for political gain, of which Bristol has no control of) why not do the right thing and stand behind this girl and emotionally support her. I am sure she feels duped and stupid enough now, without all of you rubbing salt into her wound!.....

Aggie-345886 ~

Yes it was so obvious that Katie was trying to "get her" with that question about how she stays up on current events. Sarah is the one that said she reads, but then couldn't even name what she reads. Damn those tricky hard questions that "liberals" ask!!!!!! It couldn't be that Sarah is just stupid....

Therese, You uns is rite. them gurls have no control over whut a boy may want or do. It is that boys fawlt that gurl is pregnunt. Hur mom made hur a medeea star too and put her on the rod to tawk but they shud be abel to deecid when they gets in the news and not anywun els. You uther peepel shud lissen to glen beck mor like me an therese you may lern sumthin.

Risha....I am not at all surprised you didn't "pick up" that Katy was out to get Palin. Just the curl in Katy's lip was very telling. But, you don't seem to pick up on much of anything. When you see the name "Palin" you lose abilities of comprehension, and observation.

Some people must have been dropped on their heads at birth. To think that Katie Couric asked "gotcha" questions just to "get" Sarah is ridiculous! You mean that Sarah couldn't answer a question like: "What publications do you read?" to which Sarah claimed she read all of them. So reporters should only ask questions that interviewees can answer easily and honestly without any repercussions? For real? And asking what materials a Vice Presidential candidate reads is a "gotcha" question. PLease think for yourselves and for this country's sake- stay away from the Fox network for anything other than sitcoms.

I guess you couldn't see that Katy was talking down to Sarah. So she gave her a stupid answer to her stupid question. Did you know that interviewers are given the questions they are ALLOWED and/or ENCOURAGED to ask before Obama can be interviewed? It's all scripted. Ever notice at news conferences, he will call on a reporter even before they raise their hands? He really needs to work on his timing. But he does at least know which ones have been "briefed" so his answer is prepared.

Aggie- please stop listening to Glen Beck and watching Fox "news" your ignorance is showing

Sorry David, but I observed the non hand raising OBVIOUS episodes with my own eyes. Your denial is showing. And if you don't know that his interviews are cleared, scripted...then YOUR ignorance is showing. Even the journalists have admitted that they are briefed on what to ask before a one on one sit down with him.

Give it up already, Aggie. You can't defend that stupid answer.

Aggie - I believe that the majority of Americans are smart enough to understand that Palin is not ready for VP much less Pres. When you can't answer simple questions, there has to be something wrong. I mean please,
"I'll get right back at 'cha". I can just see her answering foreign diplomats like that. Get real.