10/13/2008
Levi Johnston on Obama: He Seems Like a Good Guy
Sarah Palin may not be talking to reporters, but her future son-in-law is.
In an interview with the AP, Johnston speaks up on a number of topics,including being told to keep his mouth shut: "They're not telling me anything right now. It's pretty chill."
On his future mother-in-law: "I just hope she wins. She's my future mother-in-law. She better win."
On being forced into a shotgun wedding: "None of that's true. We both love each other. We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do...We were planning on getting married a long time ago with or without the kid. That was the plan from the start...We're up for it. I'm excited to have my first kid. It's going to be a lot of hard work but we can handle it."
On his hobbies: "Johnston is an avid hunter. He's dark haired, tall and muscular, sports a bit of stubble and drives a red Chevy Silverado truck. He'd be the perfect cover for Field & Stream. He's bagged bears, sheep, elk, and caribou. Some of the antlers are scattered about his yard. Last July on a caribou hunt he lost a 'promise' ring that Palin had given him. He said he decided to tattoo her name on the finger and not bother with more rings because he'd just lose them anyway."
And on Barack Obama: "I don't know anything about him. He seems like a good guy. I like him."
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In other fun Alaskan news, I read today from a reputable site that Wasilla leads the state in crystal meth arrests, with 48 labs busted last year. Impressive!
If that's true it would mean (assuming they busted only perhaps a quarter or a third of labs) 1 lab for every 50 or so people. So Wasilla must be doing a booming business in meth exports! Very mavericky.
Posted by: Paul R | Oct 13, 2008 6:36:59 PM
John Sidney McCain: The Story of a Middle Name...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7VS8dg6mWE
Posted by: David | Oct 13, 2008 6:54:49 PM
Where do I even begin?
Posted by: David R. | Oct 13, 2008 7:03:11 PM
Hey, thats great, just like his future mother in law... he knows nothing!!
Posted by: Joel | Oct 13, 2008 7:13:26 PM
Guess he lost the condoms on the caribou hunt, too? And tattooing those on is even less effective than that pretend promise ring on another extremity. He is soooo in over his sweet, redneck head.
Posted by: Ernie | Oct 13, 2008 7:25:12 PM
He looks like every cute but sub-genius str8 guy I wanted to suck off when I was in high school. And usually did!
Posted by: Dom | Oct 13, 2008 7:28:17 PM
Not to speak in broad generalizations here (!), but are they all stupid up there, or is it limited to those in, or soon to be in, the Palin family?
Posted by: Jim | Oct 13, 2008 7:37:01 PM
You would think that the Governor of Alaska would be encouraging or pushing this young man to at least graduate from high school before marrying her daughter. He's now a high school drop out who just a few months ago claimed on his MySpace account that he never wanted to have kids. What a great prize for her knocked up daughter.
Posted by: Patrick | Oct 13, 2008 7:58:02 PM
Has anyone noticed in his pics from the convention and such that when he is clean shaven and in a shirt and tie, he looks like his future father-in-law?
Posted by: jon | Oct 13, 2008 7:59:09 PM
Why beat up on this guy? He's just a teenager who hasn't harmed anyone.
Shouldn't we try to live up to a better standard and not attack some kid for dating Palin's daughter?
Posted by: noah | Oct 13, 2008 8:00:33 PM
Aint nothin like drivin around in the Chevy shootin loads at wildlife and loose teenage daughters of Governors.
That line should have read: "Some of the antlers and bastard babies are scattered about the yard."
Posted by: Chino | Oct 13, 2008 8:31:59 PM
Andy, props to you for finding and posting this, that was a hoot, the kid is pitiful, but, at least he tries to be logical and polite when asked questions, maybe, he can try that on the Palin clan of church going Christans.
Posted by: Sebastian | Oct 13, 2008 8:38:15 PM
After reading some of the comments here...some of you really live up to the expectation of the right wing of being stuck up, snotty, elitist coast faggots. Congratulations.
Posted by: Las Vegas | Oct 13, 2008 8:40:18 PM
What's wrong with being elite, Las Vegas?
Posted by: Kevinvt | Oct 13, 2008 9:06:48 PM
I want to fuck him hard.
Posted by: LightningLord | Oct 13, 2008 9:45:11 PM
Sorry, Vegas, but people who revel in their ignorance don't merit respect. Like I'm sure he'd show you a ton.
Posted by: Paul R | Oct 13, 2008 9:49:59 PM
That's MISTER Stuck Up Snotty Elitist Coast Faggot to you, you ignorant flyover mall-gay.
Posted by: 24play | Oct 13, 2008 10:05:16 PM
He's a kid. Leave him alone. He didn't bash Obama, he's marrying the girl who's having his baby, he's getting a job. Bitchy queens.
Posted by: David T | Oct 13, 2008 10:17:31 PM
How old was he when he knocked up the hard-drinking pot-smoking Bristol?
Geez, it's amazing how this Palin mess is looked at OK for the Palin supporters in the CONservative party.
Reminds me of what Tim Wise, the author of "White Like Me" wrote:
"For those who still can't grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are constantly looking for some easy-to-understand examples of it, perhaps this list will help. White privilege is when you can get pregnant at seventeen like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because 'every family has challenges,' even as black and Latino families with similar 'challenges' are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.
White privilege is when you can call yourself a 'f...in' redneck,' like Bristol Palin's boyfriend does, and talk about how if anyone messes with you, you'll 'kick their f...in' ass,' and talk about how you like to 'shoot shit' for fun, and still be viewed as a responsible, all-American boy (and a great son-in-law to be) rather than a thug."
"White privilege is, in short, the problem."
Posted by: FunMe | Oct 13, 2008 11:55:58 PM
I don't see him reveling in any ignorance. I see a guy who lives on the edge of a wilderness away from the city and enjoys living out there. I don't give a rat's ass whether he would be a friend to me or not. There is nothing in here that would lead anyone to believe he is ignorant.
What I see is a bunch of bitchy queens making fun on him because of where he lives and what he likes to do. Shame on you...
Posted by: Las Vegas | Oct 14, 2008 12:01:27 AM
Dam you guys are hateful. He can't even vote and he did not bash the Dems. Who cares.
Go Obama!
Posted by: brian | Oct 14, 2008 12:01:39 AM
Oh Boo Hoo funme. GO peddle your race baiting somewhere else. The difference here is that the person who knocked her up is going to hang around and take responsibility for his actions.
When it's gotten so bad in the black community that its own role models (Bill Cosby) have to take to task their own people then things have gotten bad. You'd have an argument if this guy was not in the picture but he is...for whatever reason (political or otherwise). SO if you would like me to go find some hard core numbers on the number of black and latino children that have no father involved in their lives as opposed to white I will be happy to. So the Palins have decided that there will be no "Baby Daddy" but an actual father who will be int he childs life...you condemn that?
Anyone who would like to call me racist feel free but when the facts back the assertion it's not racism just a tragedy.
Posted by: Las Vegas | Oct 14, 2008 1:16:20 AM
Funme, thanks for posting that brilliant gem by Tim Wise, it was exactly what I was thinking about when I saw this report on Levi, the double standards are so blatant.
Posted by: Red | Oct 14, 2008 3:58:42 AM
Imagine having that CUNT as a mother-in-law. Maybe he will tazer her. Seems that's the effect of marrying into the Heath family.
Posted by: Hdtex | Oct 14, 2008 8:02:27 AM
Please. When Palin loses in November, this engagement will be off faster than Bristol's panties.
Posted by: Chris in Kansas | Oct 14, 2008 9:54:19 AM