Isn’t it wonderful when a self-proclaimed “f-ckin’ redneck” and the unwed mother of his child finally patch things up and decide to get hitched? I just love happy endings: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Are Engaged!
I wonder when they’re planning to let Sarah know? Oh, wait!
I have just the music to go with this announcement: Ben Folds’s tribute to Levi Johnston.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:22:31am |
*Best Church Lady voice* Well, isn't that special?
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:24:54am |
Gee...I hope this doesn't mean she's pregnant again.
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:25:10am |
Wow, it's almost like a reality TV show!
/Oh, wait...
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:25:36am |
Luke and Laura were more interesting to me ...
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:25:51am |
Okay cynics out there: how long will the marriage last?
I suspect Levi will not be allowed to torpedo it until after the 2012 elections...
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:26:27am |
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Radicchio ad Absurdum Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:26:39am |
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:27:05am |
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Stanghazi Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:27:28am |
The age of celebrity. You get paid to announce your engagement on a tabloid rag.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:27:48am |
re: #11 Stanley Sea
The age of celebrity. You get paid to announce your engagement on a tabloid rag.
Or you're breakup.
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MandyManners Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:28:40am |
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:28:52am |
Haven't we heard this particular will they or won't they song and dance once before? Not to belittle youth needing some time to figure things out before making a major decision in their live but this entire thing is starting to sound like something out of a sitcom/soap opera!
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iceweasel Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:29:01am |
heh. This is why Levi issued that heartfelt apology for all his earlier claims about Palin last week, remember?
i bet they're going to have some interesting thanksgiving dinners.
Levi johnson's sister started a blog a month or so ago and she and bristol don't get along very well, to say the least, or so it seems...hee.
The soap opera won't end!
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:29:08am |
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:29:26am |
you got the right idea here...
this marriage is 100% an artifact of Sarah's 2012 run.
re: #6 ralphieboy
Okay cynics out there: how long will the marriage last?
I suspect Levi will not be allowed to torpedo it until after the 2012 elections...
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lawhawk Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:29:31am |
re: #13 MandyManners
Levi's hotter than Luke.
Eh, they're both scruffy looking nerf-herders compared to Han.
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webevintage Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:29:46am |
I hope they are happy, happy, happy and that they are able to live their lives free from the crazy of Ma Palin.
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:30:20am |
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:30:29am |
re: #20 webevintage
I hope they are happy, happy, happy and that they are able to live their lives free from the crazy of Ma Palin.
To do that, they would have to move to a place even more distant that the remotest wilds of Alaska
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:30:35am |
re: #20 webevintage
I hope they are happy, happy, happy and that they are able to live their lives free from the crazy of Ma Palin.
Good luck with that. She needs stage props for 2012 and what better than welcome the "prodigal son" back into the fold and publicly forgive him of his "sins" against her?
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:00am |
re: #22 ralphieboy
To do that, they would have to move to a place even more distant that the remotest wilds of Alaska
Washington DC?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:05am |
I hope it's for real and I hope everything works out for them and they actually have a good and honest marriage, sans all the bullshit, self-created or otherwise. I wouldn't wish less for any two people, in any sort of relationship.
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:09am |
re: #17 aurelius
you got the right idea here...
this marriage is 100% an artifact of Sarah's 2012 run.
or engagement I should say.
somehow I think the engagement will last more than 2 years
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Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:31am |
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:46am |
re: #25 Walter L. Newton
I hope it's for real and I hope everything works out for them and they actually have a good and honest marriage, sans all the bullshit, self-created or otherwise. I wouldn't wish less for any two people, in any sort of relationship.
This, really. I may be sarcastic and cynical about the whole thing, but I do in all sincerity hope it works out for them.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:52am |
Does this mean Levi is going to join Bristol in teaching young kids on the importance of abstinence?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:31:58am |
re: #26 aurelius
or engagement I should say.
somehow I think the engagement will last more than 2 years
And your proof of that is? Or is that just your unfounded opinion?
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:32:46am |
re: #29 thedopefishlives
This, really. I may be sarcastic and cynical about the whole thing, but I do in all sincerity hope it works out for them.
And in this case, I was being serious. WHy not wish them the best and hope for the best? Unless one just wants to be ugly for the fun of it?
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:33:20am |
re: #31 Walter L. Newton
And your proof of that is? Or is that just your unfounded opinion?
vegas has it on the board .... over/under is 22 months ...
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MandyManners Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:34:17am |
Thanks, Nimed!
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:34:31am |
re: #31 Walter L. Newton
And your proof of that is? Or is that just your unfounded opinion?
wtf? We have to prove what we think?
dude...
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MandyManners Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:34:33am |
re: #25 Walter L. Newton
I hope it's for real and I hope everything works out for them and they actually have a good and honest marriage, sans all the bullshit, self-created or otherwise. I wouldn't wish less for any two people, in any sort of relationship.
YES!
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:35:21am |
re: #23 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Good luck with that. She needs stage props for 2012 and what better than welcome the "prodigal son" back into the fold and publicly forgive him of his "sins" against her?
Oh, it's a gift for Sarah. She can be "proud grizzly mama" and flush all the nasty things she said about Levi down the memory hole.
I just hope they get to pick their own colors for the wedding.
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Walter L. Newton Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:35:36am |
re: #35 aurelius
wtf? We have to prove what we think?
dude...
This was just a thought... or was this a statement "this marriage is 100% an artifact of Sarah's 2012 run." Prove it?
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webevintage Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:35:55am |
Of course my cynical side notes that Sarah has been out of the news for a few weeks and this will keep her out and visible for months as morons on the 24/7channels report each and everything that happens between the two young folks.
And when the inevitable "ugly" comments start then Palin will have a reason to tweet and/or give a speech about "Grizzly Mamas" and how her family is being pick on and yadda yadda yadda.....
BUT I want to see the positive side today.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:36:57am |
re: #6 ralphieboy
Okay cynics out there: how long will the marriage last?
I suspect Levi will not be allowed to torpedo it until after the 2012 elections...
Lord knows...they're a couple of kids, and there's a lot of pressure on them already. Let's hope it's happy for as long as it does last, and maybe they'll get lucky and spend the next seventy years chuckling about that awful year when Bristol was pregnant with Tripp and Grandma was running for VP.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:37:06am |
I'd like to believe it's real, but the cynic in me is screaming "Follow the money!" After all these months of pimping himself out to whichever media outlet would pay the most and spreading the dirty laundry out for all to see, I find it hard to believe that he'd suddenly allow himself to be roped back into this dog and pony show. Nothing I've seen up to this point makes me believe that Sarah doesn't have a very short leash on Bristol and would allow her to pursue Levi again without some form of permission or blessing.
Or maybe it's the caffeine talking, I don't know.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:37:56am |
re: #14 jamesfirecat
Haven't we heard this particular will they or won't they song and dance once before? Not to belittle youth needing some time to figure things out before making a major decision in their live but this entire thing is starting to sound like something out of a sitcom/soap opera!
I suspect that most people's families would if they were being covered by the entertainment press.
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:38:44am |
re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist
Lord knows...they're a couple of kids, and there's a lot of pressure on them already. Let's hope it's happy for as long as it does last, and maybe they'll get lucky and spend the next seventy years chuckling about that awful year when Bristol was pregnant with Tripp and Grandma was running for VP.
Sarah has made enough coin in the last year to build them a nice house near the "border" with russia. ... And keep them in "Colt 45" money too ...
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Douchecanoe and Ryan Too Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:38:52am |
re: #42 SanFranciscoZionist
I suspect that most people's families would if they were being covered by the entertainment press.
This is more true than you know.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:38:57am |
re: #17 aurelius
you got the right idea here...
this marriage is 100% an artifact of Sarah's 2012 run.
You think? If I were Sarah, I'd rather have Bristol single and preaching abstinence than married to the F'ing Redneck. Politically speaking, and also personally.
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jamesfirecat Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:40:20am |
re: #45 SanFranciscoZionist
You think? If I were Sarah, I'd rather have Bristol single and preaching abstinence than married to the F'ing Redneck. Politically speaking, and also personally.
But now they can preach about abstinence together! They just have to show up and bell all "Kids do you want to end up like us?" And bingo problem solved!
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:41:18am |
re: #45 SanFranciscoZionist
You think? If I were Sarah, I'd rather have Bristol single and preaching abstinence than married to the F'ing Redneck. Politically speaking, and also personally.
Good point, but I think it's a means to keep Levi on the reservation. Can you imagine him doing the talk shows during her presidential run if he were still in single and bitter mode?
keep your enemies closer.... (V. Corleone)
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:43:05am |
re: #47 aurelius
Good point, but I think it's a means to keep Levi on the reservation. Can you imagine him doing the talk shows during her presidential run if he were still in single and bitter mode?
keep your enemies closer... (V. Corleone)
Sounds about right. I'm willing to be that Sarah has either paid out or promised to pay out good money if Levi keeps up this charade through 2012, with a healthy bonus to keep it going longer if she wins.
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SanFranciscoZionist Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:44:31am |
re: #47 aurelius
Good point, but I think it's a means to keep Levi on the reservation. Can you imagine him doing the talk shows during her presidential run if he were still in single and bitter mode?
keep your enemies closer... (V. Corleone)
This is starting to feel very--Roman.
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:44:35am |
re: #37 darthstar
Oh, it's a gift for Sarah. She can be "proud grizzly mama" and flush all the nasty things she said about Levi down the memory hole.
I just hope they get to pick their own colors for the wedding.
truly a "crime of fashion"
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_RememberTonyC Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:46:33am |
re: #45 SanFranciscoZionist
You think? If I were Sarah, I'd rather have Bristol single and preaching abstinence than married to the F'ing Redneck. Politically speaking, and also personally.
NOT
GONNA
MATTER
(at least not in the general election) Sarah has no shot and I'm sure Obama is praying she gets the 2012 nomination ...
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:48:59am |
I Keep thinking of the Tom Hagen- Frank Pantangeli scene in the Godfather II.
Frankie= Levi. Sarah = Michael. Bristol= Tom.
"Don't worry about anything Frankie Five Angels".
re: #49 SanFranciscoZionist
This is starting to feel very--Roman.
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aurelius Wed, Jul 14, 2010 9:51:36am |
re: #48 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds
Sounds about right. I'm willing to be that Sarah has either paid out or promised to pay out good money if Levi keeps up this charade through 2012, with a healthy bonus to keep it going longer if she wins.
Yes... the things that were said on both ides to me seemed to pretty much salt the earth. It might not be explicit it terms of money, but job/opportunity very plausible.
and heck, if Levi thinks Palin can win, then being the loving daddy of the President's grandson is better than being the estranged lone-wolf outsider.
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Targetpractice Wed, Jul 14, 2010 10:00:13am |
re: #53 aurelius
Yes... the things that were said on both ides to me seemed to pretty much salt the earth. It might not be explicit it terms of money, but job/opportunity very plausible.
and heck, if Levi thinks Palin can win, then being the loving daddy of the President's grandson is better than being the estranged lone-wolf outsider.
It may be that or may simply be that the gravy train that's been sustaining him all this time has run off the rails and he needs a new source of income. What would be more reliable and plentiful than mooching off "Grizzly Mama" while mugging for the cameras on occasion?
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lostlakehiker Wed, Jul 14, 2010 10:01:38am |
re: #40 SanFranciscoZionist
Lord knows...they're a couple of kids, and there's a lot of pressure on them already. Let's hope it's happy for as long as it does last, and maybe they'll get lucky and spend the next seventy years chuckling about that awful year when Bristol was pregnant with Tripp and Grandma was running for VP.
It's not actually all that bad a year if you had a child you wanted. Especially if, looking back, it all worked out and the father decided to kick in and ante up and tie the knot and do his part in raising it.
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lostlakehiker Wed, Jul 14, 2010 10:07:36am |
re: #6 ralphieboy
Okay cynics out there: how long will the marriage last?
I suspect Levi will not be allowed to torpedo it until after the 2012 elections...
It will last decades. That's my bet. The mother's marriage has lasted. Say what you will about Todd and Sarah, they're by-gum married. Whether it's a matter of nature or nurture, the odds favor Bristol and Levi.
And why would Levi want to torpedo this marriage? Bristol is easy on the eyes, fertile, brighter than the average bear, and spunky. They have a child together already. If he's thinking straight, he'll figure, in for a penny, in for a pound.
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darthstar Wed, Jul 14, 2010 10:16:31am |
re: #56 lostlakehiker
It will last decades. That's my bet. The mother's marriage has lasted. Say what you will about Todd and Sarah, they're by-gum married. Whether it's a matter of nature or nurture, the odds favor Bristol and Levi.
And why would Levi want to torpedo this marriage? Bristol is easy on the eyes, fertile, brighter than the average bear, and spunky. They have a child together already. If he's thinking straight, he'll figure, in for a penny, in for a pound.
I agree. I read one article about how they talked during child custody battles, and realized they still had strong feelings for each other. I think, had it not been for the 2008 campaign and the sudden submersion into the public eye, they would have married the first time. This could be good for them. Hopefully, they'll skim enough financial stability/support from mama grizzly to pay for college educations for both of them and be able to pursue actual productive lives and carreers.
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filetandrelease Wed, Jul 14, 2010 11:12:37am |
I am a little surprised she took him back, that being said, best wishes to them and their family.
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theheat Wed, Jul 14, 2010 11:13:09am |
My mother gave us girl some precious advice when we were young: marry an orphan.
Try as we might, we couldn't find any suitable orphans. As with anything, odds of finding decent in-laws are about 50-50. My sister made out like a bandit, and hers is great. Mine is probably pretty typical, just being a little nuts. But I'd take her any day over the Palins. Better yet, mine lives across state and hates to drive. Hot dog, I hit pay dirt.
Congratulations to Bristol and Levi. Together, they can write all new chapters to that literary classic, Tobacco Road. Momma Grizzly can keep beating her political aspirations drum, unfettered by an unwed mother for a daughter who preaches abstinence for appearance money, and the daughter's hillbilly ex-boyfriend-turned-fiance who runs his mouth while posing with his pants around his ankles. The kidlets can now hump (legal and all) with the blessings of the church, and Sarah can wipe that little bit of egg off her face, if only for awhile. And who says God doesn't have a plan?
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