Livin' Palin-- Who Can Possibly Be Surprised By This?

In the wake of all the Rush Limbaugh brouhaha-- and WOW do Americans ever hate that asshat!-- who even thinks about Sarah Palin anymore? When you want a dose of right-wing stoopid, there are any number of Republicans-- from Mark Sanford to Patty McHenry to Tom Coburn-- you can turn to without having to go all the way to Russia's back porch. During the presidential campaign we may have been a little unkind in suggesting that the quarter million dollar payoff McCain gave Levi Johnston's family to make believe he would marry Palin's daughter and that he was the father of her illegitimate baby wouldn't last much longer than the campaign. I mean it isn't like they were paying him to marry her... just to behave himself for a few months. Time's up-- and the "engagement" is off.

The whole thing reads like an opening act for a Limbaugh-Steele cage match-- or some Ann Coulter-Meghan McCain nude mud wrestling. And it must be confusing for Palin fans "because in an interview just last month with FOX's Gretta Van Susteren, Bristol said the 19-year-old Levi is a hands-on dad and that they planned on marrying after finishing their education." Apparently she was either as delusional as her mom-- or as big a liar.

[I]n a new interview with Star Magazine, Levi's sister Mercede Johnston says Bristol actually broke up with Levi more than a month ago, is not attending school and rarely lets her baby daddy see their young son. Mercede also says Bristol even told him that she hates him and, when she learned she was pregnant, wished the baby wasn't his.

Mercede told Star: "Bristol's just crazy. That's the nicest way I can put it. She and Levi actually broke up a while ago!"

Apparently, Levi is also far from being a hands-on dad. Said Mercede: "Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible for him. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash.' She treats him so badly!"

Let's let a broader perspective on which family is more white trashy from Lexus and Escalade Johnston.


UPDATE: PALIN'S PAC WEIGHS IN

Gov. Palin's PAC issued a statement on behalf of Bristol accusing the Johnstons of going to the media with salacious stories for cash. "Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to `cash in' on the Palin name. Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth." Very sordid and very trashy and probably destined for a chair throwing scene on a TV talk show in the not too distant future.