Levi Johnston: Credible, Till Palin-Bashers Don’t Need Him Anymore

As long he can be used to damage Sarah Palin, you'll be seeing him around.

September 4, 2009 - by Melissa Clouthier
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Right up until Levi Johnston, Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol’s ex-boyfriend, decided to pose underwear clad in Playgirl, he was a credible voice in the Alaskan wilderness about all things Palin. The Playgirl article, that will be the credibility-killing straw.

Wait. No it won’t.

Levi Johnson braying at the moon wearing nothing but boots and a polar bear pelt wouldn’t impair this young stud’s street cred with liberal media organizations. He’s trashing their favorite woman to hate, Sarah Palin. Alinsky’s Rule #2 and all that. One snarky wag called Johnston the “sanest member of the family.” Until he’s discarded as yesterday’s news, anyway.

It’s no surprise that Vanity Fair, the least fair of glossy liberal publications, would give a nice splashy spread to useful idiot Levi Johnston. He made revelations, man. The Truth is about to be revealed by a guy who named his kid for his favorite hockey equipment company.

Levi Johnston says far more about the sorry state of modern media than he says about the Palin family. Levi Johnston says more about the American Idol culture than he says about the Palin marriage. Levi Johnston reminds all of us why many feel shame at weddings and family reunions. There’s one in every family.

First, the media. Vanity Fair knows one thing: Sarah Palin moves magazines. They wouldn’t deign to interview her and give her a glowing report a la Obama. But, oh, they do so want to stay in business. With ad revenue down the crapper, how to use her for their own ends? It is inspiring that they at least seem somewhat market-driven. They recognize that pesky capitalistic cycle — supply and demand. So, there’s a silver lining.

However, it’s pathetic to interview this guy and portray his musings as fact. Any possibility of corroborating one thing he says? I somehow doubt family members are going to talk given the treatment they’ve all been subjected to. Some feel a little sympathy, but even some sympathetic journalists can’t dismiss Johnston outright. In typical relativistic fashion, this is Sarah Palin’s fault, according to Cynthia Tucker:

But the larger share of blame for this very public dysfunctional family saga has to be borne by grandma, Sarah Palin. She’s the person who introduced a young Levi to national celebrity. She’s the one who invited him to share the stage at the Republican National Convention, to campaign with her and Bristol, to share the adoration of the ultra-conservative base.

So he’s old enough to help his girlfriend make a decision to abort. He’s old enough to have insights about the long-time marriage of a couple with five kids. He is not old enough to decide whether to be in the spotlight.

Got it. He’s responsible and credible except when he’s not.

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Dr. Melissa Clouthier is a chiropractor who blogs at MelissaClouthier.com and Right Wing News.

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42 Comments

1. Cyrus Zal:

All this Sarah Palin bashing has confirmed for me that she is the best candidate conservatives have and she is the only person the liberals truly fear. I will support Sarah Palin because she believes in the principles our country was founded upon, she is fearless in expressing her ideas, and she is someone I trust. When she succeeds, all these Sarah Palin bashers will be gnashing their teeth and pulling out their hair, knowing that they failed in their mission to destroy her.

Sep 3, 2009 - 11:48 pm 2. Steve Sampson:

With the problems facing this once great country, with the problem of enemies of the country embedded deep within the government, with the traitorous Marxist living in the White House and momentous challenges and decisions facing Patriots in the days and weeks ahead; I can’t believe I just spent the time to read this crap about a degenerate moron.

If you want to write this tripe or read this useless BS, there are tabloids in every supermarket and corner store in the country. The tabloids are more suited to this lowest common denominator material.

Sep 4, 2009 - 12:21 am 3. caestal:

I don’t know about “degenerate moron” (I was not a virgin as a teen, so I can’t cast any stones) but I would certainly say “gormless young fella.” He is just a silly kid who made some mistakes, got vaulted into the limelight and used by the “journalists” in the tabloids and the tabloid journalists who pose as television news. Hopefully, eventually, folks will let it go.

Sep 4, 2009 - 1:27 am 4. Chuck Pelto:

TO: All
RE: He’s….

….just the latest useful-fool of the left. And I DO mean fool, in the classic sense.

Just like Cindy Sheehan was during the Bush administration. And now she’s the classic, pathetic ‘has-been’.

Regards,

Chuck(le)
P.S. The more flak the throw at Sarah, the blatantly obvious it becomes they are deathly afraid of her.

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:28 am 5. David Thomson:

Levi Johnston will soon become a mere Trivial Pursuit question. He is obviously a jerk—and that is obvious to any halfway sensible observer. Moreover, Johnston is no longer effectively harming Sarah Palin. At the most, he is a minor distraction. His current “friends” are already starting to give him the cold shoulder. He will be “Levi who?” by the end of October.

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:58 am 6. Reiuxcat:

Levi can start a support group with Cindy Sheehan when the MSM are done with him.

Sep 4, 2009 - 4:39 am 7. Ed Wallis:

“Jerry Springer like misfortune”.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

Steve #2, this article at least has common sense put into it; if you want “tripe” on this matter, read the Jazz Shaw article…”we only have ourselves to blame.”

While we do not have the individual power to choose what gets into a magazine or TV show, we can reasonably criticize it and tune it out.

Sep 4, 2009 - 4:59 am 8. Meryl:

He’s just a BMOC who apparently can neither get nor hold a full time job in the normal world, although it is beginning to look like he may just hold a ticket for a bright future with the left.

Think about his lack of character, sleazy behavior, willingness to sell out everyone in his personal world for a buck…he’s probably got a bright future in the democrat party.

I understand that Charlie Rangel’s position will soon be open…and William Jefferson’s role is available. So there are political opportunities ahead. He may just be the boy to fill them. They seem to thrive on perpetual cases of arrested development willing to shill for them.

Sep 4, 2009 - 5:21 am 9. LeighB:

I have a feeling that Levi is going to regret a lot of what he has said and done over the last year. I am content that his 15 minutes are up and I remain firmly in the corner of the Palin children and grandchildren–rooting for their interests.

I’ll let someone else check out the “I’m too sexy for my shirt” spread of Levi in Playgirl and give a review.

Sep 4, 2009 - 5:47 am 10. always right:

Cindy II, Cindy Who?

Do the public still remember and honor army specialist Casey?

And how does Cindy II got her fame?

Sep 4, 2009 - 6:49 am 11. XC:

Levi needs to finish school, find a good job, and help provide for his son, not run around dissing his son’s grandmother so he, Levi, can get more attention. Let’s hope Bristol marries a responsible, mature young man who can be a good father figure for her son.

Sep 4, 2009 - 6:56 am 12. Gary Ogletree:

Levi is a tragic figure. He was once welcomed into close association with some very good people as part of their family. To be associated with such good people is considered a high blessing in Buddhism. But he couldn’t handle it. One day he may realize how stupid he was.

Sep 4, 2009 - 7:21 am 13. Sebastian Shaw:

Exactly. Levi Johnson is a tool being used by the MSM to bash Sarah Palin & the Republican Party; when he is no longer useful, he will be ignored by the MSM like Cindy Sheehan was used to bash President George W. Bush on Iraq. Sheehan’s current protest against Obama is either ignored or insulted by the elite MSM.

Sep 4, 2009 - 8:03 am 14. TOhio:

One day Levi will apologize to the Palin family for all that he is doing now. When that happens, the left will attack him like a vicious dog. In the meantime, they’ll will use him and then toss him aside like a Kleenex.

I feel sorry for Levi. He’s basically a kid being used as a tool for evil.

Sep 4, 2009 - 8:16 am 15. Saltherring:

Only ignorant fools read such trash as Vanity Fair or Playgirl to begin with, and who really cares what this dim-witted little punk thinks?

Sep 4, 2009 - 8:20 am 16. Old Soldier:

Long before I reached Levi Johnston’s age, I learned that only low class losers bad-mouthed ex’s and their families.

While anonymous stories can be funny, and confidential conversations over concerns with women and/or families are fine, spouting off about the mother of your child and her family is unacceptable.

Sep 4, 2009 - 8:25 am 17. JimDavisNewsmax:

Levi Johnston’s lawyer is Rex Butler, a Democratic Party operative. Rex Butler supported Jesse Jackson for president and also Barack Obama. He repeatedly tried to paint Palin as a racist. Levi’s “agent” is another race hustling thug named Tank Jones, a private detective from Anchorage who weighs about 500 pounds.

Neither one of these guys works for free. Both of them are African-American.

I’d like to know who’s bankrolling Levi Johnston.

Sep 4, 2009 - 8:38 am 18. Poor Citizen:

The author is absolutely correct. Most of us guys would much rather see Sarah pose instead. And Playgirl should be banned.

Sep 4, 2009 - 9:07 am 19. BattleAxe:

Amazing to me that Levi is so stupid as to not acknowledge the irony of trashing the Palin family while his own mother was arrested for selling drugs.

Sep 4, 2009 - 9:17 am 20. Moho:

The funny thing to me is that Johnson has the same qualifications to be governor or poltical pundit in this current political environment as Palin or Joe the Plumber. Thanks to a large portion of the electorate that’s chosen ignorance, rejects the reading of newspapers or expending any intellect on understanding issues, and their desire to see these same qualities embodied in their representatives, almost any idiot who gets on tv long enough is qualified to run the country.

Sep 4, 2009 - 9:22 am 21. Arroyo:

1.) Levi is the current Cindy Sheehan. He will be discarded after the Dems have no more use for him.

2.) What a pathetic loser Levi has turned out to be. Lots of class — all third class…!

Sep 4, 2009 - 9:41 am 22. Steve Sampson:

“Almost any idiot who gets on TV long enough is qualified to run the country.”

That’s how we ended up with Obama!

Sep 4, 2009 - 9:57 am 23. Commuter:

‘Thanks to a large portion of the electorate that’s chosen ignorance, rejects the reading of newspapers or expending any intellect on understanding issues, and their desire to see these same qualities embodied in their representatives, almost any idiot who gets on tv long enough is qualified to run the country.’

Proof positive inhabiting the White House at the moment. The quote is the only statement, partial excerpt of a comment notwithstanding, that has ever indicated that this tool, moho, has a lick of sense.

Sep 4, 2009 - 10:01 am 24. XC:

“The funny thing to me is that Johnson has the same qualifications to be governor or poltical pundit in this current political environment as Palin”

Levi finished high school, finished college, got elected mayor of a town, got elected governor of Alaska, and had the highest approval-rating among his state’s population of any current governor while he was in office? Come on, Moho, don’t insult your own intelligence by saying something so incredily easy to shoot down.

Sep 4, 2009 - 10:12 am 25. LBK:

Not only allowing himself to be used by our illustrious MSM, speaks volumes of his ignorance.
The real issue I have with him (and many others) is the fact his son is going to grow up and read about how his betrayal to the his baby’s mother and Palin family will definitely cause this child to wonder what kind of ‘man’ is his father?

This is demonstrative of our MSM. It speaks volumes of how so many people fall for tabloidism (can this be a new word, please?) instead of news. The current MSM is nothing but cheap tabloid reporting. Blindly lead by the current sad state of our Government.

The conservative folks in this Republic Nation must not blink for even a moment for the next 3 years.

Stand up for the USA and protect our Constitution.

Sep 4, 2009 - 11:04 am 26. Chris:

Palin has no credentials. If you cannot handle a news interview without sticking to the script there’s something wrong. She cannot think on her feet and that has been her trait throughout all of her interviews. Her sound byte cutesy little remarks are designed for people with average intelligence. The woman was quoted saying she believes the Earth is only 6000 years old and that she saw a “picture” of a fossil with a human foot print on it. Please… she holds none of the ideals this country was founded upon, she is nothing more than an actor/ reporter with some connections and heavy funding. Keep living in your dream world those who think she would save America.

Sep 4, 2009 - 11:35 am 27. Cyrus Zal:

Chris wrote: “Keep living in your dream world those who think she would save America.”

Dear Chris: Your statement is very revealing. First of all, if Sarah Palin is as incompetent as you claim, there is no chance she would succeed in achieving high office, so why are wasting your time disparaging her? Secondly,I look to no politician to “save” America. Among the founding principles of our country were self-determination, self-reliance, and self-responsiblity. It is not up to the politicians to “save” America — it is up to “we the people” to do our part to preserve the freedom, liberties and, yes, responsibilities, that have been handed down to us as a sacred trust. I am not looking for any politician to “save” America — all I am asking is that we stop electing politicians who are bent on destroying America, like our current President.

Sep 4, 2009 - 1:35 pm 28. Rick:

Where to start? Come on momo, you think the pres. who wasn’t a Senator for even a year is qualified to even be a dogcatcher, let alone the President?! The man/boy has never even held a real job!! To the all-wise chris: I think you are thinking of the “o” as the one who cant think on his own,or function without a script/teleprompter. I have seen the photograph also of the man’s footprint in the dinosaur print. So what? If you want to deny evidence that doesn’t fit your beliefs, that is your privelege. If all you dems are so sure Sarah Palin is a joke, why do you spend so much time worrying about her? I await the squeals of the trolls. . . .

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:06 pm 29. LBK:

I am sorry that the constant insults for Sarah Palin must continue. The argument that she has no experience and is incompetent is lame. The fact that she started at the grassroots level of gov’t. Then worked her way up to become a Governor says a lot about her commitment to her State and Country. We know EVERYTHING about her, her H.S. years, College along with what Sports she played, etc. Which is a lot more than we are allowed to know about our secretive TOTUS. So, please enough on Sarah. Spend your energy on finding out about what is really behind all this secretive nonsense and disturbing way our Executive Branch is behaving..
Enough!

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:11 pm 30. Laxer:

An overlooked fact is that Playgirl magazine has ceased publication over a year ago so I think it will be doubtful you will be seeing more of Levi there.

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:50 pm 31. ic:

Cindy Sheehan was out of her mind after losing her son, Levi Johnston is out of his mind because his son’s mother decided to keep his son.

We may disagree with Sheehan’s politics or tactics, but we feel sorry for her. We only have contempt for Johnston, a fool and a bum who tries to make a quick buck by destroying his son’s mother.

Sep 4, 2009 - 3:59 pm 32. newton:

I see a homeless shelter and/or prison and/or drug overdose in his future…

***

Bristol should just go to college, get a good degree and find a MAN (not a boy like Levi) who will have all requirements to be a FATHER to her son.

Once she accomplishes all three of those while raising her son, she should go on the speakers’ circuit everywhere there’s a teenage girls’ conference and make sure all of those girls (and their moms) repeat after her, “DO NOT DATE LOSERS” and “DO NOT MARRY A LOSER.” Of course, make Levi as an example.

By that time, I’m sure her little boy will say that “My Daddy is so-and-so” and “Biological don’t matter.”

Sep 4, 2009 - 4:03 pm 33. LBK:

#32
Your last sentence says it all. I hope Bristol raises her son to be a mature young and responsible man and when he finds out his father sold out Bristol and her family; that the son will say “The Biological Father does not matter”.
I would hate to be in Levi’s shoes when he realizes what he has done to his own son. With the help of our now defunct MSM.
He joins the rank of Joey Buttafuoco (sorry for incorrect sp?) and others of such distinct disgusting character.
By the way, still would be interested in seeing our TOTUS’s H.S., college transcripts, medical records, passport info. This info. was readily available with EVERY other nominee for Prez. Vetting can be enlightening.
I am sure if we ever see them, they will be fiction.
Enough!
This Republic deserves so much more than this. These Politicians are trashing our Constitution, it is time to start holding Politicians accountable for their folly. When a President of our U.S.A. tells us to shut up and get out the way and no one seems to be bothered by it, well…that is bad news and no one in this country should rest for a minute until this TOTUS and gang are thoroughly investigated and impeached.
Enough.
Enough!
Pardon for going off topic.

Sep 4, 2009 - 4:34 pm 34. Brian Richard Allen:

United States of America’s President and Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief-Elect, Palin — meanwhile exploiting every intelligent and moral material opportunity and gathering sufficient personal wealth to insure her family against the pathological Left’s psychosis and its projectile projections of its psychopathology — will, come 2012, wipe the floor with the Soros-and-other-Svengali-steered sail-eared simpleton.

Thank God.

B A – L A – CA — and The Far Away

Sep 4, 2009 - 11:30 pm 35. Lana:

I’m a democrat and an Obama voter last November.

I really hate Republican Party, I can’t really explain my repulsion to this party.

But I am a woman. I hate men like Levi Johnston. When he started spewing venom to Sarah’s daughter. He forced me to be sympathetic to Sarah and her daughter. Then I started to like Sarah Palin.

Then, I began to have the courage to read an article about her.

Then … I was forced to read her Facebook note, thanks to the incessant urge of my friend, a Republican.

And for the first time in my life, I realized how wrong I was about Sarah Palin. She’s MS. COMMON SENSE.

I’M A PALINISTA NOW. I still have to tackle my other issues particularly abortion and limited government. Pray for me.

But I want to vote for Sarah Palin in 2012. I just have to. I have recently changed my D to R. And I’m from California by the way.

Sep 5, 2009 - 3:37 pm 36. caestal:

“almost any idiot who gets on tv long enough is qualified to run the country.”
Irony, they name is MoHo…

Sep 8, 2009 - 3:20 am 37. deguello:

Media interest in this clown represents a clever attempt to recruit the White Trash male to liberalism.Levi is ,in all but color,a typical feckless, dumb,sport- obsessed ghetto impregnator, who knocks up his girlfriend,and theN abandons her because the baby will take a substantial bite of his sneaker budget(In Johnson’s case ,skates).He probably listens to EMINEM.Such folk represent the Democrats party’s outreach efforts toward trailer trash.

Sep 9, 2009 - 11:32 am 38. Catherine:

I do believe everything that Levi has said about Sarah Palin. Any one with 1/2 a brain knows that Sarah Palin is in this for the money. She is a uneducated women, with a disfunctional family. The way her kids are turning out it doesn’t take a shrink to see that she pays no attention to them. This is plain to see. Sarah Palin spouts off nonsense
and its obvious she has no class, no culture and no future. Its ok for Sarah to rile up a frenzy crowd to hurt Obama but don’t do it to her. Please, make this women go away!!!!!

Sep 12, 2009 - 9:59 am 39. Alan:

Sarah Palin will always be appealing to a low educated no culture type of person. This women is a disgrace and she needs to first take better care of her family, that should be her first priority. Its obvious that Sarah’s only priority is Sarah and money. Very sad!

Sep 12, 2009 - 10:02 am 40. John:

I’m laughing at the VF article. I do believe Levi, its always what I imagined her family to be really like, now I know its true! Poor Sarah, what a mess.

Sep 12, 2009 - 10:03 am 41. Ken Besig:

It is reassuring to me that so many people rightly decry this boy’s treacherous and tasteless behavior. Yes the Left is despicable to use this kid in such a way and one day when he grows up he will feel as though he was raped.

Sep 12, 2009 - 3:25 pm 42. Laurens:

It’s time the Sarah Palin followers did a reality check. Mrs. Palin is not qualified now and wasn’t qualified when she ran. The day of the socially irresponsible conservative is over. kaput. Levi shows great courage. He’s doing whatever it takes to get the money to fight for his child. I can’t say the same for the low -shots Palin has pulled.

Left and Right? Both of you should shut and be as ashamed or everything you’ve ruined in the country as you possibly can be. If it weren’t for your stupid mismanagement of the country we would not have ever elected Obama. YOU are the cause.

Nov 22, 2009 - 6:47 pm