Sarah Palin’s Secret Plan to Adopt Her Grandchild! And Other Levi Johnston Revelations

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by Glynnis MacNicol | 10:06 am, September 2nd, 2009

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levi-johnston-0910 Perhaps in lieu of a well-followed Facebook page, Levi Johnston chose to take his story about life with the Palins to the once-powerful pages of Vanity Fair. Earlier this week a preview of the October issue went online, and last night VF opted to make excerpts of Johnston’s ‘Me and Mrs. Palin’ piece available online, though just enough of it to whet your appetite (maybe VF is finally figuring out the internets!).

In the article Johnston discloses a number of juicy tidbits including the fact Sarah Palin doesn’t cook and that the kids were often left to fend for themselves (welcome to modern-day America!). However it’s this quote about Palin’s reaction to Bristol’s unplanned pregnancy that will no doubt set tongue’s wagging and issues flying off the stands (or at least moving a bit more quickly):

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.

Alert the Trig birthers! How much of this story is true remains to be seen. It’s entirely possible that Johnston is just picking up where Andrew Sullivan left off and building on the conspiracy theory that Trig is also actually Bristol’s child and that Palin planned to convince the press Trip was also hers to protect her daughter.

Of course, the fact that Trig was born on April 18, 2008 and Trip (Bristol and Levi’s child) was born on December 27, 2008 sort of makes either storyline biologically impossible, not to mention, should Palin actually have attempted to pull it off, unlikely to fool the press during a presidential campaign. Unless! Maybe Palin was planning on telling people they had adopted Trip from another family? The head explodes! Maybe VF will provide some sort of flow-chart. In the meantime all eyes on Sarah Palin’s Facebook page for any forthcoming reaction. Also, here’s a video of Levi’s Vanity Fair photo-shoot.

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I’ve never really figured out the motive of Levi Johnston. Is it because of revenge, the enjoyment of publicity, desire to advance in a career – for example acting, or just love for easy cash? I remember reading his myspace page describing himself as a redneck.…how far we’ve come.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Joe-Callan/100000200979966 Joe Callan

Are we even sure he has a motive? I don’t remember having a motive for anything until I was well into my twenties. Isn’t it possible he’s just going with the flow and fielding the requests of the Palin-hungry press as they come at him?

I’ve never really figured out the motive of any member of the press for focusing on ANY derivative Sarah Palin topic after November 2nd (and then ESPECIALLY later on, when Sarah proved that she couldn’t handle being the top executive of Alaska, let alone the vice-executive of the United States.)

The Republican party really needs to distance themselves from Palin, but it won’t be easy now that every (R)ed-blazer-wearing den mother has declared their undying love for her. 2010 and 2012 are both coming up quick. There’s a lot of work to be done with the party platform if they’re going to convert the votes of independent Obama-dissenters into congressional seats. The cards are already in play, but the Republican Party MUST play the hand well (read: leave the Bush-era behind, return to small government principles and begin appealing to independents). If they’re smart, they’ll leave Palin’s nightmarish publicity out of the plan to rebuild the party. If, on the other hand, the GOP doesn’t have any up-and-comers that will appeal to independents, the Democrats are going to maintain their hold.

In the meantime, though, looks like Levi’s having fun, despite appearing a little awkward with all the photo-shoot assistants grooming him like he’s going for best-in-show…XD

As for VF, they’re playing the story out with a masterful hand (to the point where my hypocrisy overpowers my ivory-tower comments above), because I can’t wait to read this article. The last time I said that about any Vanity Fair article? Never.
TfT

Yawn. This kid’s 15 minutes of fame are long gone. Funny how you media folks trashed him while he was standing with the Palin’s and now you treat him like a god because he speaks out against the Palin’s.

“Me and Mrs. Palin”? Only in the minds of liberal media is this a story at all.
Martiniman

Bonus for Sarah as Graydon Carter unwittingly keeps her top of mind in the media dialogue…
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