Posted on 07/14/2010 7:56:22 AM PDT by Steelfish
Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston Reveal Secret Engagement
Couple kept on-again relationship secret from Sarah Palin
Bristol Palin was worried about how she was going to tell her mother that she’s engaged to marry Levi Johnston, the father of her 18-month-old son. She solved the problem by telling a tabloid magazine. “We got engaged two weeks ago. It felt right, even though we don’t have the approval of our parents,” Palin told Us Weekly magazine in a bombshell story published Wednesday.
The magazine cover features a photo of a smiling Bristol and Levi with their son, Tripp. Inside, Bristol admits that she and Johnston had not told her parents, Sarah and Todd Palin, about the engagement. “It is intimidating and scary just to think about what her reaction is going to be. Hopefully she will jump on board,” Bristol told the magazine. “I want her to know Levi has grown up and that he is going to be there as a dad.” ‘Redemption and forgiveness’ In a statement to NBC News, the Palins said, “Bristol at 19 is now a young adult. We obviously want what’s best for our children. Bristol believes in redemption and forgiveness to a degree most of us struggle to put in practice in our daily lives.” No wedding date has been set, but Caroline Schaefer, Us Weekly’s executive editor, told TODAY’s Matt Lauer Wednesday morning that the reunited young couple would like to do it quickly — possibly in the next month. Until marriage, Schaefer said, the couple are living separately and practicing abstinence. Bristol Palin, who has moved out of her parents’ house, is a spokeswoman for an abstinence-only program.
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Indeed. I recall a politician who was successful solely on the basis of his celebrity, speaking engagements, and book deals--his name was Ronald Reagan.
Blasphemy. Ronald Reagan was an economic genius.
Not really, he was a genius in instituting economic policies put forth by other economic geniuses though.
Not blasphemy, but the truth. After all, how did a hayseed from a rural town that makes Wasilla look like New York City gain the name recognition and the mass appeal necessary to succeed in politics at the national level? Through his celebrity, speaking engagements, and book deals; that's how!
Let’s get all-conspiracy here...it is possible that Levi is being put up to this by the left so that come 2012, Levi
can come bursting out with all new trash on Sarah and help Obama keep his job. I believe that for someone with no soul, it would be pretty easy to pull it off.
If this is all about love, then Bravo! Actions do speak louder than words.
If he does turn in 2012, then let his name be used alongside that of Benedict Arnold. Fathers of the future will turn to their sons and admonish, ‘Don’t be a Levi son’.
I have seen dirt bags like Levi convince the young mother to take them back so a judgment for the child support arrearage does not enter. I think he is about up to that scum level.
Sarah Palin is obviously too conservative for your tastes. I assume you would be happier with a Lindsey Graham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Scott Brown.
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