“.....but I want to be with my kid.....”
His words say one thing, his actions say something different.
Her remarks just feed Levi's responses plus the maw of the tabloid press. An ongoing soap drama is not beneficial to her personal or political stature.
The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, did not continually remark offhand about the scandals of her loopy son, maintaining her statemanlike demeanor at all times much to the consternation of the British tabloids and the lumpen masses who love to read this stuff.
Starting with the "Mommy Dearest" daughter/author decades ago, Americans-in-the-news seem to love to spill or comment on family dirt.
Palin's Thanksgiving "invite" served absolutely no purpose other than to invite eyebrow-raising and snickers.
Leni