Bristol Palin & Levi Johnston Break Off Engagement

[davepc]

Sarah Palin's 18-year-old daughter Bristol has reportedly broken off her engagement with Levi Johnston, the father of her 2-month-old son Tripp. It's surprising because in an interview just last month with FOX's Gretta Van Susteren, Bristol said the 19-year-old Levi is a hands-on dad and that they planned on marrying after finishing their education.

But in a new interview with Star Magazine, Levi's sister Mercede Johnston says Bristol actually broke up with Levi more than a month ago, is not attending school and rarely lets her baby daddy see their young son. Mercede also says Bristol even told him that she hates him and, when she learned she was pregnant, wished the baby wasn't his.

Mercede told Star: "Bristol's just crazy. That's the nicest way I can put it. She and Levi actually broke up a while ago!"

Apparently, Levi is also far from being a hands-on dad. Said Mercede: "Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible for him. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash.' She treats him so badly!"

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2009/03/bristol-palin-levi-johnston-break-off-engagement.php

[Sannum]

1. On the next episode of Maury:

I am so glad these hillbillies are nowhere NEAR Washington.

[polichick]

2. Well, nobody here called that. ;)

[baldguy]

3. Oh my, didn't see that coming!

:eyes:

[lisa58]

4. star magazine?

[Maru Kitteh]

43. Yes, When it feeds our rightous progressive hate and prejudice, no source is too low.

Sniping about 18 year-old single moms because of their parents political career is a progressive value, and we should be so proud of it.

[norepubsin08]

50. she's open season

she could have told her mom to fuck off and not appear with her, getting all that applause, free clothes, free trip etc, but she chose to support her and she's over 18 that makes her fair game as far as I am concerned...and I know a thing or two about it...I ran for US Congress and had my family under a microscope for 18 months, so I realize it comes with the territory.

[Maru Kitteh]

100. With a mindset as immature and petty as that, I'm glad you did not succeed.

Expecting a vulnerable, pregnant 17-year-old girl to tell her mother to "fuck off" just because YOU happen to disagree with her politics is one of the more asinine displays of callowness in this thread.

[norepubsin08]

102. But I did succeed...the aim was to cost the guy

a shitload of money which hopefully would prompt him to change his vote on the funding of the School of America's which in fact is exactly what happened after the election. As far as I am concerned, if an action as long as it isn't illegal wins an election or gains the liberal side some traction...tough shit go for it.

[reggie the dog]

81. she should let the father visit his kid

that is my only critique.

[laststeamtrain]

5. Here's my country song comment to mark the occasion:

A rubber tore
Two hearts
Apart...etc.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

60. OK,

now you're making me cry.................

[fasttense]

6. Oh those Palins, they are just another all American family.

:sarcasm:

[sufrommich]

22. Actually the problems that the Palins deal with are pretty

typical. Sarah Palin's real problem, in my opinion, is the hypocrisy of her political ideology.

[reggie the dog]

82. that they are

they have real problems like many people in the world do.

[ogneopasno]

7. GET OUT!

[madaboutharry]

8. I can't say this is a surprise.

I think the crazy one is the Gov., who seems to be a crappy mother. I think Bristol and her siblings were deprived of attention by a mother who was to busy giving attention to herself.

[hamsterjill]

66. Ding! Ding! Ding!

By george, I think we've got a winner!

This is exactly what I think is going on in that family! Mom is the diva. End of story. Not time for any "bratty" kids unless they are needed for a photo shoot to soften her image.

[reggie the dog]

83. Dad could have spent more time with the kids

Being a governor is a lot of work. I do not like her politics but when one of two parents is a politician the other one should work less and spend more time with the kids. It is not right to call her a crappy mother, what did she do differently than the other 49 governors who work a lot and see little of their families? Come to think of it do you think Obama has as much time with his kids as he did before he took office? Is he a crappy father?

[madaboutharry]

101. She is a crappy mother.

It doesn't have to do with the fact that she had a job. A lot of women with jobs are wonderful mothers. A lot of women who are politicians are probably also wonderful mothers. She is a crappy mother because she is a narcissist and the center of her own universe.

[reggie the dog]

117. ah ok

She is a crappy mother because she has a crap personality. That I can agree with.

[CoffeeCat]

9. Someone please...please...

...approach this family and entice them into being a reality show.

Oh, it would be so hilarious!

Bristol Palin is calling her baby daddy's family "white trash."

These people must let us in---to witness this sideshow!

:rofl:

[Warpy]

24. Well, she's got a point since Gramma got busted for

selling hillbilly heroin. I can easily see why she wouldn't want the baby to go visiting that bunch.

I hope the poor kid gets her head and her life together.

[acmavm]

32. I think this is one of those 'it takes one to know one' deals.

The Palin's have nothing on Levi's family. They're all white trash.

[mwb970]

47. It is surprising to me how "low rent" the Palin family is.

I mean, you've got Bristol, and that other kid who vandalized the school buses, and Todd, who looks like a two-bit con man. Plus Tax-Cheatin' Barbie herself. Yuck.

The word that comes to me is sleazy. The exact kind of people I don't allow to be part of my life. Why waste my beautiful mind on such as these?

[reggie the dog]

85. why do you judge them so harshly?

Is it because of the politics of their mother? Why judge the kids? Don't we criticize the Republicans because they are judgemental and have prejudices? Oh no, a real family with real problems. Is everyone in your family one of those fancy college educated folks? Are you all beautiful like models???? Oh no a teen got busted for vandalizing....you never vandalized anything? ever??? really????

[mwb970]

94. What an odd response.

The Palins simply don't have the class I expect from a governor's family. And I don't know why it's important to you, but no, I have never vandalized anything. Ever. Really.

[reggie the dog]

115. never wrote on a desk at school?

why should politicians not have real problems?

[reggie the dog]

84. So you judge Levi by the "sins" of his mother?

Grandma sold drugs, ok, not a good environment for kids. But she got busted and is not in the biz anymore. Levi should still have the right to see his kid.

[Warpy]

92. Not allowing him to take the kid to his house

was rather the point.

I'm not sure I'd want a new baby in an environment like that.

[reggie the dog]

116. like what? the dealer is in jail.

Does she have an injunction barring him from bringing his own son to his own house??? To me this is a dad's rights issue.

[Warpy]

118. Of course it is to you

and while I think he's got a right to see the kid, I can well see the rationale for not wanting him to take a new baby home.

Have you never heard of bail?

[LiberalFighter]

48. Either the Jerry Springfield or Dr Phil Show

[tanngrisnir3]

10. While possible, the quality of reportage at that site is basically fuckwittage

[cboy4]

11. You know that weasely Dr. Phil has already booked a flight

to Alaska. :puke:

Looks like Levi is going to have to cut off one of his fingers.

[polichick]

18. Maybe Phil will film the finger removal - what a ratings booster!

[DS1]

20. He could say he's a big NASCAR fan

http://www.bristolmotorspeedway.com/

[tangent90]

67. Or add some text:

I never got a
Bristol
I was 5



:rofl:

[Earth Bound Misfit]

68. He could say he's into the OLDIES...

Kids in Bristol are as sharp as a pistol
When they do the Bristol Stomp

[KansDem]

56. He could have "England" tattooed just below Bristol

He could claim he's supporting the town in England!

This is Bristol

[sad sally]

75. He should move to California...

remember they got a couple hundred thousand in earmarks for tatoo removal:)

[reggie the dog]

great compassion

My brother has a tatoo of his baby's mother. I would never wish this on my brother.

[BuyingThyme]

12. Sounds like a failed corporate merger.

[ogneopasno]

14. FTW!

[Winterblues]

13. Bastards in the Governor's mansion.

Maybe that term is not politically correct anymore....The fact remains though, and Bush1's VP, I can't even recall his name now,Dan Quale, but he would not have approved at all. Single mothers were a scourge to him and he started a battle with Murphy Brown, the TV series over it...

[Mnemosyne]

65. One of the most stupid acts of a VP ever, imo. Quayle, what a jackass.

:rofl:

Quayle treasures:

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of
not having it."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/20/92
(reported in Esquire, 8/92)

"Murphy Brown is doing better than I am. At least she knows she still
has a job next year."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 8/18/92

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the
world."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/21/88

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 11/30/88

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind
is being very wasteful. How true that is."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

" time for the human race to enter the solar system."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have
was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with
those people."
-- J. Danforth Quayle

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
-- J. Danforth Quayle

"Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and
child."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean
in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't
live in this century."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 9/15/88

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and
democracy - but that could change."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle, 5/22/89

"We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"I have made good judgments in the Past.
I have made good judgments in the Future."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"The future will be better tomorrow."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We
have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the
impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
-- Vice President Dan Quayle


He was a 'genius' for sure.

[tabbycat31]

74. Quayle was good for one thing

inspiring a TV show called "Are you smarter than a 5th grader."

As a 5th grader, I was smarter than Dan Quayle (then the VP). I could spell potato correctly.

[Mnemosyne]

105. How true!

:rofl:

He was a prize...

[treestar]

87. Thank you for today's laugh

:rofl: It's a real toss up between Quayle and the Chimperor, isn't it?

[Mnemosyne]

104. Astounding how 'intelectjewel' they sound together.

Maybe the same boarding school? :rofl:

[MineralMan]

15. While this is an amusing story, why would anyone post

anything from the Star here? Aside from not caring what the heck Bristol Palin does, insult is added to injury when the story comes from that tabloid rag. When did it ever get anything right?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

29. Well, it was a tabloid that nailed

John Edwards, remember?

I have a relative who is a celebrity, has been for years, and it's surprising how much of these stories the tabloids get right. They're not really regarded as rags any more.

This is the current state of American journalism. Sorry, isn't it?

[MineralMan]

35. The Star is a Crock o' Crap.

I don't really care all that much, but maybe stories from these tabloids should be flagged in the title by the poster. Dishing the dirt is fun, but it's not news.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

41. Actually,

when you think about it, news is nothing but "dishing the dirt." It's just a matter of whose ox is being gored.

It's nice that no one forces you to read the tabloids. Isn't America a great country?

[JuniperLea]

51. The only true investigative journalism I've seen in years...

Has come from the Star... sad to say. When all of the print newspapers in the nation fold, this might be all we have.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

59. Money talks

Unlike "regular" journalists, the tabloids are happy to pay informants. In our time, as always, money talks. Sometimes it lies, but it's never silent.

Granted, a lot of what they publish is nonsense, but I read the Washington Post and the NY Times on a daily basis, and they're no better.

[RamboLiberal]

38. A CBS station in Denver is reporting it as well

though they cite the Star magazine.

http://cbs4denver.com/entertainment/bristol.palin.birth.2.956233.html

[Contrary1]

53. Extra TV is reporting it also...

Don't know if they are more credible or not. Would Mario Lopez lie? ;-)

http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/03/trouble_for_bristol_and_levi.php

[davepc]

16. World Exclusive: Bristol Palin's Bitter Split! (Star Magazine)

http://www.starmagazine.com/bristol_palin_levi_split/news/15341

The teen love affair that rocked last year's presidential race is over.

Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, has ditched her baby daddy, Levi Johnston!

Now's Levi's sister, Mercede is telling all exclusively to Star and the picture she paints of life in Wasilla, Alaska is not a pretty one. Bristol, 18, has virtually cut Levi out of the life of their two-month-old son Tripp.

"Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash'!" Bristol won't even allow him to watch the baby for a few hours -- unless he's babysitting!

The worst part, Mercede continues, is that the former vice presidential candidate supports Bristol's treatment of Levi, 19. "I used to love Sarah," Mercede says sadly. "But I've lost lots of respect for her."

[doc03]

17. The Palins a gift from the Right that just keeps giving

and giving.

[Missy Vixen]

19. Color me shocked, no, SHOCKED!

If those two crazy kids can't make it, who can, huh? ;-)

[Iris]

71. omg!

:rofl:

[WolverineDG]

21. Well I didn't see that one coming at all

Nope, not me. :eyes:

Oh well. I hope they can stay on good terms for their baby's sake.

dg

[HughBeaumont]

23. Here's another fun fact:

57 MILLION people thought bringing this Jerry Springer horseshit bunch into the White House was a good idea, lest anyone forget.

Speaks volumes, doesn't it?

[Earth Bound Misfit]

69. Spot On...

:scared: Be afraid...be very afraid.

[malaise]

78. Just give thanks to the Obamas and Bidens

That said when push comes to shove Americans are not that stupid. She will never make it to the WH.

[WI_DEM]

25. Well there's a shock. Remember they got him cleaned up in a nice suit

and put them together just because her mom was nominated for VP. This is the same guy who said on some web page, he didn't want to be a father.

[badgerpup]

26. Color me "Not surprised."

In fact...(how did the parrot's line from Aladdin go...?)

I am so not surprised, I'm about to have a heart attack and DIE from not-surprise!":silly:

[MrPerson]

27. Good for her.

Now maybe she can find a decent man.

[Dogtown]

31. Just my opinion

but I believe she'd prefer *many* INdecent men...

[rvablue]

107. Doubt it. What decent man from a decent family would want to get roped into this mess?

And, no, I don't mean a single mom.

I mean, being Sarah "Grifting, Lying, Race-Baiting" Palin's son-in-law.

Bonne chance!

[Wapsie B]

28. First David Vitter and now this!

When will all these family values end? Makes me want to rejoin the gop. :sarcasm:

Will someone please release Sarah's amateur movies?

[acmavm]

30. Like no one saw this coming.

[SpiralHawk]

33. "Oh noes. Eternal Damn Nation awaiteth thee." - Righteous ReligiousRepublicon 'Family Values' Freaks

[TheCoxwain]

34. I think Bristol is smarter than Sarah. nt.

[MzNov]

73. I agree. I hope she can finally break away from the nut jobs

in her mother's party and be an independent spokesperson for the young people. She seems to have a grip on who she is, in a teenager-speak kind of way.

Unlike what's her name, Megan? McCain, who is IMHO, A Crashing Bore.

I wish the best for Bristol and her awakening. Come to the light Bristol. :bounce:

[nichomachus]

36. Oh, crap -- this is so sad

I had March 15 in the office pool. Damn. I could have used the money.

[Iris]

72. but think of the bayyyyybe! You wouldn't want him around white trash, would you....oh, wait....

never mind.

[nichomachus]

76. But Bristol didn't mind spreading her legs for white trash.

[guitar man]

37. anybody got an exact date?

I need to see if I won the office pool! :silly:

[MessiahRp]

39. "Bristol's just crazy."

Like Mother, Like Daughter....

Rp

[Marrah_G]

40. I feel badly for her

I can't imagine how much it sucks living with SP and being a teenage mother. I hope for her sake she changes her mind, gets an education and moves far far away.

[muriel_volestrangler]

42. In Bristol's own words, from Feb 18th:

"VAN SUSTEREN: What are your plans?

BRISTOL: Eventually, we'd like to get married. We're focusing on, like, getting through school and just getting an education and stuff, getting a career going."

Which is pretty much "no, it's unlikely we'll ever get married", after:

13th Oct: "No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.

"None of that's true," Johnston, 18, said in a brief interview with The Associated Press. "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," he said. "That was the plan from the start."

While Johnston provided few details about next summer's wedding, the planning has started: A cousin will likely be his best man, and he has asked two hockey buddies, Ben Barber and Dane Wilson, to be groomsmen. "

"They planned on marrying after finishing their education" is not the same as "just getting an education and stuff, getting a career going". The former is a plan to marry; the latter is a plan not to, in the short-to-medium term.

[mwb970]

109. "We were planning on getting married a long time ago."

Bristol honey, you were planning on getting married a long time ago. Levi was planning on getting out of Dodge at the first opportunity.

:eyes:

[Botany]

44. I hope Bristol, Levi, and the baby all find their way in life & are left ....

.... alone.

[rvablue]

45. That's nice sentiment and I would agree. But first she needs to get off the TV.

She can't ask for privacy when she's going on national TV shows and discussing her private life.

If she wants privacy, both her and her family are the ones who have to take the lead.

[Raine]

97. Her mother needs to go away then nt

[Yavin4]

46. Well, I Guess Elections Really Do Matter

If McCain/Palin had won, Levi would have had to tie the knot.

[burning rain]

49. I thought it might well happen.

Why would they wait so long after the kid was born to get hitched, if everything was hunky-dory? But, I'd hoped they wouldn't get married if they weren't getting on so well, just for the sake of being married. That would have been dismal (a lot of dismal marriages like that). I'm fiercely anti-Bible Barbie, but I won't visit my wrath unto the next generation.

[a kennedy]

52. oh my......

will this be on faux soon??? don't think so.

[Occam Bandage]

54. What a shocker!

[librechik]

55. and they said it wouldn't last...

[MadBadger]

57. Since when is Star Magazine a reputable source?

John Edwards stories dont happen all the time. We need a real source for this.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

113. MSM is reporting it. It was reported on The Today Show.

[NNN0LHI]

58. I wish these two young adults and their child nothing but the best

Thats all I have to say about this.

Don

[Ilsa]

61. I know. I hope they figure it out for themselves and the baby.

It must have been hard having a public pregnancy like that. Maybe they'll change their minds and get back together, but that is a long shot. I would hope that couples counselling might be recommended for them. They have alot to work out since they are parents together.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

62. Todd and Sarah and their kids

An inspiration to American families, indeed.

Sarah and Todd - shotgun wedding, a quickie, without even telling their parents.

Track - first child - given a choice between doing time and joining the Army - chose the Army - did he graduate from high school or is he GED?

Bristol - high school dropout, unwed mother.

Willow - quiet, caught in the middle - can you imagine the pressure on this poor girl?

Piper - a darling-looking child who was seen carrying a Vuitton tote during the campaign.

Trig - the prop baby, schlepped from place to place during the campaign when he should have been at home in his crib.

Yep, that's doin' it right, I'd say. At least there's no birth control or divorce, praise Jesus...........

[FloridaJudy]

63. If true

Second best damned thing that could have happened to that pair. I don't think they had the maturity to be decent roommates, let alone raise a family together.

Best thing that could have happened was that they avoided pregnancy in the first place. Of course, that would have involved parents who gave them adequate information about how to prevent it - not likely from the "Just say No!" crowd.

I gained enormous respect for Bristol when she pointed out how abstinence-only sex ed had failed her. For her mother, I have none.

[Midlodemocrat]

64. And no one saw this coming?

I really thought that those crazy kids were gonna make it.


:rofl:

[nichomachus]

90. Hey, you could have knocked me over with a feather.

[kskiska]

70. Did Levi get to keep all those new clothes?

He did get a trip to Minneapolis out of it, though.

[KamaAina]

77. So I guess next year's Bachelorette is all set

:eyes:

[reggie the dog]

79. What right does she have to keep the father away????

Last I heard being white trash was no reason. Also Levi's mother was busted for selling drugs but NOT THE SON! He ought to sue for visitation rights.

[nichomachus]

88. You're right

The court would definitely side with him on visitation rights, unless there were some compelling reason not to. At worst, they'd require supervised visits. The overriding rationale is the well-being of the baby in having access to both parents, which is necessary for proper bonding.

[dustbunnie]

91. None really, except Grandma's fangs will come out.

Everyone knows what happens when you go against the Palin clan.

[AlCzervik]

80. A nation weeps.

[Dukkha]

86. That's OK she's got Piper to carry her baby for her

She'll just need a sled to pull the both of them.

[Raineyb]

89. Surprise! Surprise!

:sarcasm:

Regards

[RamboLiberal]

93. People magazine is now reporting it as well

And CNN had the headline linking to People on its website.

Bristol Palin and her fiancé Levi Johnston have broken up, two sources tell PEOPLE.

The split happened "a few weeks ago," according to a source close to the couple, but it's unclear what precipitated it. "It was a mutual thing," adds the source.

Bristol, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, spoke with FOX News in February and told Greta Van Susteren that she and Levi – who are parents to 2-month-old son, Tripp – expected to get married after they completed high school.

"It kind of just happened," says the source, referring to the split. "I thought they would stick it out. But I think they can work together to raise Tripp."

"I'm not sure what caused – it's common knowledge," says another source who knows the family.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20264935,00.html

[Deja Q]

95. Pity she didn't drop Levi's before he knocked her up with his dickies.

:hide:

(I do feel sorry for both families, but as it's a political situation and his name is synonymous with lower body clothing, how can anyone not be tempted to crack a jibe?)

[Raine]

96. Those two were never "together"

except for the hook-up.

[leftofthedial]

98. does that mean they have to return the kid?

[alstephenson]

99. Ann Coulter is going to be so pissed!!!

Single mothers are the reason for all of our problems!:sarcasm:

[Critters2]

103. It would've been a lovely wedding, a formal affair.

White shotguns.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

108. Held at Winchester Cathedral.

Old joke referring to a very old song.

:rofl:

[mykpart]

106. Somebody should notify Ann Coulter.

According to her, babies born out of wedlock should not be raised by single mothers, but given up for adoption. Ann even said that's what she would do if she became pregnant.

Let's see Annie backpedal out of this one.

[mwb970]

111. "If she became pregnant"? Ann Coulter?

And pray tell how would that happen?

[mykpart]

119. How indeed?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Hepburn]

110. Whadda Tripp....

...to say the least.

Talk about trash, the word "Palin" seems to be the definition of that term.

JMHO

[Brewman_Jax]

112. No surprise there

another shining example of repub family values. :eyes:

[Darth_Kitten]

114. He gets the Playstation and the skateboard, she the diapers and all the work.

:evilgrin: