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Levi Johnston: "Me and Mrs. Palin"
by Vanity Fair
September 2, 2009, 12:01 AM
Three days after Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, the McCain campaign released a statement saying that her 17-year-old unwed daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The baby’s father, an 18-year-old former hometown hockey star, was thus thrust into the national spotlight. In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Levi Johnston explains what happened behind the curtains of the campaign—and inside the Palin home.
For “Me and Mrs. Palin,” Johnston tells Vanity Fair his story about life with the Palin family—with whom he lived for two months after the election—over the course of his two-and-a-half-year relationship with Bristol. He turns a number of commonly held beliefs about the former governor—the purportedly loving mother, devoted wife, and prolific hunter—upside down.
The Palin house was much different from what many people expect of a normal family, even before she was nominated for vice president. There wasn’t much parenting in that house. Sarah doesn’t cook, Todd doesn’t cook—the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry, and get ready for school. Most of the time Bristol would help her youngest sister with her homework, and I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill.
Even before Palin became John McCain’s running mate, she seemed worried about what a grandchild would do to her political career. According to Johnston, she had a plan for how to handle her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy.
Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, “So, are you gonna let me adopt him?” We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.
After the campaign, Johnston watched Palin turn into a different person. The result back home in Alaska was a woman ready to turn in elected office for money.
Sarah was sad for a while. She walked around the house pouting. I had assumed she was going to go back to her job as governor, but a week or two after she got back she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make “triple the money.” It was, to her, “not as hard.” She would blatantly say, “I want to just take this money and quit being governor.” She started to say it frequently, but she didn’t know how to do it. When she came home from work, it seemed like she was more and more stressed out.
September 2, 2009, 12:01 AM
Three days after Sarah Palin was announced as the Republican vice-presidential candidate, the McCain campaign released a statement saying that her 17-year-old unwed daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The baby’s father, an 18-year-old former hometown hockey star, was thus thrust into the national spotlight. In the October issue of Vanity Fair, Levi Johnston explains what happened behind the curtains of the campaign—and inside the Palin home.
For “Me and Mrs. Palin,” Johnston tells Vanity Fair his story about life with the Palin family—with whom he lived for two months after the election—over the course of his two-and-a-half-year relationship with Bristol. He turns a number of commonly held beliefs about the former governor—the purportedly loving mother, devoted wife, and prolific hunter—upside down.
The Palin house was much different from what many people expect of a normal family, even before she was nominated for vice president. There wasn’t much parenting in that house. Sarah doesn’t cook, Todd doesn’t cook—the kids would do it all themselves: cook, clean, do the laundry, and get ready for school. Most of the time Bristol would help her youngest sister with her homework, and I’d barbecue chicken or steak on the grill.
Even before Palin became John McCain’s running mate, she seemed worried about what a grandchild would do to her political career. According to Johnston, she had a plan for how to handle her daughter’s unexpected pregnancy.
Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, “So, are you gonna let me adopt him?” We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid.
After the campaign, Johnston watched Palin turn into a different person. The result back home in Alaska was a woman ready to turn in elected office for money.
Sarah was sad for a while. She walked around the house pouting. I had assumed she was going to go back to her job as governor, but a week or two after she got back she started talking about how nice it would be to quit and write a book or do a show and make “triple the money.” It was, to her, “not as hard.” She would blatantly say, “I want to just take this money and quit being governor.” She started to say it frequently, but she didn’t know how to do it. When she came home from work, it seemed like she was more and more stressed out.
Tags: Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin
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Permalink Reply by cynthia Hunter on
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If you guys believe his story then let me tell ya I have some land for sale!Shesh!
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Permalink Reply by P.A. on
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Exactly where is your land? I will buy it if it is in a good location before the price goes up because of he economic recovery.
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Permalink Reply by Judi on
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Perhaps it's because there are more of them, jacquin. There are a number of black men making some very good sense, also, in response to the current administration's shenanigans. Maybe you're just not on the right TV/radio channels, as well as internet. I do hope that more white males begin speaking up, however. LOL, it could be that they are angry that the women in our country are becoming AC-DC, if you know what I mean. Lack of sex can be a powerful force . . . just sayin' . . .
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Permalink Reply by Julie Hershey on
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Haha! X~D
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Yes, if it "makes sense", then it must be true. Gossip mongers are just as bad, if not worse, than war mongers and hate mongers. If you believe everything you read, judge everyone on the "other side" without having all the facts, then I can understand why the Lefties are spitting and sputtering so much, and then blaming the white man for all the craziness in the world. Sounds a bit hypocritical to me.
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Permalink Reply by cyndromeda on
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please, don't forget the gullibility of many of the righties judi! many people have indeed become to lazy to think or even read past a headline, and tend to buy the most sensational story being told. it's a nationwide epidemic.
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That is absolutely true, cyndromeda, absolutely the God's honest truth! lol (I just like to point out that the Left are human, too. They often forget they do the same things they accuse "them" of doing, and "they" do the same things as the Lefties). Oh, isn't pointing out others' errors fun?? Now, let's see, how many mistakes have I made today? Mmmmmm, too many to count. Hey, I'm human, too, what da ya know?? The internet has made us a world of misinformation, misunderstood humans, misinterpreted treatises, and miscellaneous savages! Hah!
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true.;>)
my mistakes are numerous too. maybe if we all started approaching politics as the comedy it has become, we can all laugh together instead of fight. there's nothing better than a good laugh. ;D -
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Yes I am sure many are still worried about the "death panels" and other wide stories that if my memory serves me correctly were not started by the left or even the middle or even the slightly right of center.
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Permalink Reply by Madhatterat60 on
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I have no doubt that this is his 'memory' and perceptions. Doesn't make it real...but I suspect there is more truth than fiction in it.
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her behaviour alone has pointed to the possibility of truth in this.
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CAN WE not POST MUSIC????? Daymn THAT'S ANNOYING AS HELL!
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