Word broke today that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol and Levi Johnston, the father of their 2 1/2 month old baby, have broken up.
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OMG! Bristol and Levi are dunzo!
By Jimmy Orr | 03.11.09
Not even the Love Boat had a happy ending every time.
Remember when Charo had a crush on Capitan Stubing and they didn’t end up together? Although we were all heartbroken, Charo moved on.
So will Bristol Palin. For all we know, she may be the Charo of the 21st century.
Break up
It’s true, Bristol and Levi Johnston are no longer. Splitsville. Toast. Done.
Word of a breakup between Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s daughter and Johnston, the father of their 2 1/2 month old baby, broke today. People close to the teenagers, however, say “OMG! Yeah, that was so like ten years ago! Whatever…”
Regardless of the exact time and date, the former lovebirds are no more.
Mutual
Levi told the Associated Press today that it was a “mutual decision” which means that it probably wasn’t. But that’s what you say when you break up. Kind of like when you get fired, you want to spend more time with your family.
Bristol talked to AP too saying she was “devastated.”
No comment
The governor’s office isn’t talking about it because it isn’t state news. This means the press will continually ignore that and pester Governor Palin’s staff endlessly.
They will undoubtedly relent and release a statement. This won’t satisfy the media so they will hammer on Palin’s staff again until the governor herself comments on it.
Knowing the press won’t let this go, she will probably talk to them in-person before the end of the week (despite not being state business).
Oops
Oh yeah, the breakup might be particularly painful for Levi. He might have to go to a local tattoo removal outfit.
Luckily, he didn’t have Bristol’s face engraved on his back or anything. Just Bristol’s name tattooed on his ring finger. You can check out that photo here.
There’s plenty of other gossip out there too. But since we don’t report gossip (unless we get it first hand), we’ll just say you can read more about it here and here.
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2. Trevor | 03.12.09
Usually a headline like this earns an eye-roll and a sigh. But this the Monitor–which makes it absolutely amazing.
Thank you! I needed a laugh tonight, that was great!
3. Sean | 03.12.09
Is anyone actually surprised by this ? It was an absolute 100% foregone conclusion.
6. beccainflorida | 03.12.09
No surprise here what so evah!! GOPers to the end. Smile a fake smile, say your life if perfect, yada, yada, then do just the opposite.
They are neither blissfully happy, or ready to be parents. For that matter, look at the messy, dysfunctional issues on both sides. Parents: clean up your own messes, and leave these kids alone. Bristol, get your HS diploma, then a college education, and raise your son.
7. Terrie Donovan | 03.12.09
Bristol has an uphill struggle, now that she won’t be marrying the baby’s father. Owing to her mother’s fame, as a Vice-Presidential nominee as the feeding frenzy of the press, everybody in the world now knows that Bristol Palin put out. That, plus having a kid, will make any guy who asks her for a date fair game for the press. It will also give Bristol pause to wonder if and when some guy asks her for a date, if it is soley because everybody knows that she puts out. And then the possibility of marriage comes up. A guy would have to take on the baggage of her illegitimate son, if he marrys her. Possibly the financial responsibility, if Levi does not make enough to afford the amount of child support that will be required.
8. Mo | 03.12.09
A great high profile case for birth control, family planning, or a little restraint. Men are men, afterall. They prefer a challenge, and seem to stick by women who are a little hard to get and a little hard to please.
9. Edward | 03.15.09
Ok. It’s done.
Time to move on.
It’s time to let the kid have a life.
And that goes for the dummies in the media as well,
because this is one person that won’t read about it
any more.
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Jimmy Orr has worked in politics for the majority of his professional career working for two U.S. Senators, two Governors and one President. Most recently, Orr served as White House Spokesman and Internet Director for President George W. Bush and Special Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger for Internet Communications.
David Cook is Washington bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor and host of the Monitor's newsmaker breakfasts. He was the Monitor's editor from 1994 to 2001. Cook is a graduate of Principia College, served in the U.S. Army, was a Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University, and is a member of the Gridiron Club, Washington's oldest journalistic organization.
1. Mike Licht | 03.12.09
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