Lawrence O’Donnell Grills Levi Johnston… Using Same Questions Couric Asked Palin

Levi Johnston was a guest on Lawrence O’Donnell‘s second show last night, and after some talk about whether Johnston would be a “tea party Republican or establishment Republican” (“I’m not sure on that yet,” he said), O’Donnell started grilling the young political candidate/Playgirl model with policy questions.

If they sounded familiar, it’s because they were the exact same ones Katie Couric asked Sarah Palin during that infamous interview.

To set up the Q&A, O’Donnell brought up the record low 6% approval ratings Levi has in Alaska. “I don’t know a whole lot, you know?” said Johnston.

Then, it was the Couric questions – from the “what newspapers and magazine do you read” question to foreclosures and Pakistan. What did we learn? Well, Johnston said he didn’t know the answer a lot. He also revealed that he doesn’t “believe in abstinence,” but anyone could have probably made an educated guess about that one. “If you think they were tough, you’re not the only one,” said O’Donnell after the quiz was over.

The Last Word blog has an interesting post about the interview, furthering the Sarah vs. Levi debate. They present the video below, as well as the original Couric sit-down with Palin. “Let’s compare and contrast,” writes Sarah Muller. “Who performed better?”

O’Donnell’s interview was entirely tongue-in-cheek, which made it ultimately less about informing than about entertaining. But it was undeniably entertaining:

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