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"I'm pretty sure she probably knew," Johnston told Tyra Banks in an interview that airs Monday. "Moms are pretty smart." Johnston also told Banks that he and Bristol Palin practiced safe sex "most of the time."
Which is different, of course, from practicing abstinence all of the time.
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Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd have five children with short, masculine and certainly unique names: Track, 19, Bristol, 18, (with Levi Johnston), Willow, 14, Piper, 7, and Trig, 8 months (not pictured). Read More
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"We both love each other," Levi Johnston, 18, told the AP in a rare interview about his relationship with 18-year-old Bristol Palin. "We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do."
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Levi Johnston called himself a "redneck' on his MySpace page.
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Sarah Palin initially hid her pregnancy with Trig from the public, causing rumors that Trig was her grandson via Bristol.
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Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband Todd, and daughters Bristol,16, right, and Piper, 5, at the end of a 2006 inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks. Palin, 42, is the first female and youngest governor of Alaska.
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"Trig is beautiful and already adored by us," read a statement by the Palin when Trig was born on April 18. "We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed."
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"Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned," the Palins's statement said when they announced her pregnancy. "As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows that she has our unconditional love and support."
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Chuck Heath, 70, (pictured with wife Sally), Sarah Palin's father, said gift boxes for his newest grandson are piling up in the governor's mail room from all over the world. There's no way the family will ever be able to answer every letter, he said, although they are trying.
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Then-Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, her daughters, Piper, Willow, and husband Todd walk out onto the ice to drop the ceremonial first puck before a St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings hockey game.
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Sherry Johnston, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston's other grandma -- besides Sarah Palin -- pled not guilty for charges of selling OxyContin. "I was in pain, and I'm still in pain," she told People.com.
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I'm having a hard time reconciling all the pieces here. Governor Palin is a vocal advocate of abstinence-only sex education, but she let her teen age daughter share a room with her boyfriend. And while we only have Johnston's word that the Governor knew the kids were having sex, I would have to say that he's probably right -- moms are smart, especially moms of girls, especially about stuff like this. In fact, when smart moms want our kids to be abstinent, we do things like, oh, I don't know, say no when a boyfriend wants to sleep over and share a bed with our daughter.
But that's not all.
I also find myself wondering why on earth Levi Johnston thought it was a good idea to spill the beans about this whole sleepover thing on "The Tyra Banks Show" -- does he think this will win Bristol back, or make her family like him more? He told "Good Morning America" that he and Bristol called off their engagement because "it's just us not, me not being mature enough, or something, and having a kid." I agree -- he's not mature enough to be making decisions about sex, clearly. And also possibly about what to say to the media.
I feel for Bristol and Levi; they've got a hard road ahead of them, both as young parents and as media magnets, and clearly they haven't been getting very good guidance from the adults in their lives. It's our job as parents to help our teens mature into responsible people, and sometimes that means saying no -- to sex and to interviews.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 14)
4-03-2009 @ 4:32PM
Karen said...And sometimes good judgment means passing on the opportunity to smear them yet again.
If you truly thought it was a bad idea to do the interview - why repeat it?
If you truly think that Bristol has a hard time of her, in part due to being a media magnet, then why be one of them?
It is time to drop this. Make your arguments for/against abstinence, teen sex, whatever without involving these kids because of Sarah Palin.
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4-07-2009 @ 11:54AM
Rick said...Oh no,no, no no, Karen, there will be no leaving this alone. These are not ordinary people. Governor Palin would like to be lead this great nation. We MUST know what kind of person she is. We MUST not rely on the lamestream media, who sold us the marxist college professor/ "community organizer" (whatever the heck that is)Barak Obama. Sarah Palin purports to be conservative, traditional, but we see evidence that this is not so. This woman wants the vote of a family-oriented Christian like me, yet she leaves her children to pursue a high powered career? She has an impaired child and she drags him and the others to political events around the nation? She has given such poor guidance that her daughter is pregnant? Now we see that she apparently allowed her teen daughter and her boyfriend to sleep together in her home (the governor's mansion, was it)?? Oh no no Karen. We must expose these ambitious, shallow frauds for what they are. We thought Georgie boy was a real Christian man. What did we get? A frat boy that spent his college days swilling beer. A lightweight that didn't understand the gravity of invading another country and all the contingency planning that was required, the costs that could be incurred. No no , Karen, we must plunge to the core of these people's souls and see who they really are.
4-03-2009 @ 9:29PM
Addie said...I hate to tell you that Palin brought this ALL ON HERSELF!!
If you would have kept her daughter out of the spotlight then there would be no story!
Boy, Palin really talks out of both sides of her mouth!!
What else could you expect!!
4-04-2009 @ 12:40AM
billditt said...First off, the title says he said she knew. In the artical, it says he thought she knew. Big difference.
4-03-2009 @ 10:56PM
tyrebitre said...Good idea , Karen ---- Uh, that "next person" was YOU - I know the definition of hypocrite; and when you look it up, you shall find it fits Sarah Palin as if it were custom built just for her. Matter of fact, it fits ALL Republicans, ALL fundamentalists, MOST religious people and ALL Christians, MOST Democrats : in short, at some level, all of us - the difference is: most of us are NOT pushing an agenda which we do not follow as Sarah Palin is.
4-04-2009 @ 12:04AM
streetcop said...I really don't this this was about abstinence but the fact that after Sarah Palin preaches about abstinence, the teenagers are allowed to shair a bed together. Even an idiot knows that if you let two teanagers spend the night in the same bed, and they even kind of like each other, there is going to be sex. Itis more about how Sarah Palin has no common sense.
4-04-2009 @ 1:56AM
Kurt said...First off, some of the responders need to learn how to write better English. It shows one's intellectual level, not much for most of the people that made comments. Also, I find it distasteful that the assumption is that Sarah let the boy spend the night in the same bed with her daughter. I find it very hard to believe that Sarah would allow them to sleep together. To me, I had the impression that Sarah did not think too much of the boy (Levi) and seem to only put up with the situation because her daughter was expecting. Even if Levi's revelation is true it goes to show how ignorant he is and how far he has to go before he would be able to raise a child. Why does so many people get such a thrill over someone else's problems? You would think with the economy and what the this new Administration is doing to this great land would be enough to keep one occupied with enough problems. I am worried about this country turning into another Russia or North Korea, someone having a baby at a young age is immaterial compared to what is going on in this country right this minute. The home of the brave and free will soon become the home of the suppressed and enslaved.
4-04-2009 @ 2:54AM
suesee7649 said...i agree with u karen....such a dirty thing to do...i always watched tyra..i thought she was better than oparah..but not..i will never watch either a gain
4-04-2009 @ 3:06AM
Lupita said...I agree. With all the damage the Republican party did to our beloved country, selling us out before our eyes, the last thing we need is to focus on another Republican selling out her own family due to blind ambition.
4-04-2009 @ 3:19AM
Debbie said...I agree with you Karen...........I'm sick of the media rehashing this over and over. I'm sick of the media picking every little thing that Michelle Obama wears to pieces.......... I'm sick of the media picking everything the President says to pieces. I did not vote for Obama. However, he is our President and I will support him.
4-04-2009 @ 6:31PM
AnnieRazz said...When a mother lets her teenage daughter sleep in the same bed with her boyfriend the mother de facto knows her daughter is having sex. Duh! And this became fair game for the media the moment Sarah put her kids on stage, the moment she began talking about them and especially when she seemed to want to use Bristol's predicament to make a statement about her own pro life stance.
4-09-2009 @ 1:27PM
james said...This is America. And Sarah Palin should know this better than anything else. She said "yes" to being a vice-presidential candidate for the US presidency. Private life is affected. A quick trip to the grocery store in her hometown and a glimpse of the cover stories in US Weekly or the National Enquirer should have also made that clear to her long ago.
How would YOU report the fact that a pregnant daughter, a religion that sanctions death to "witches," a boyfriend who talks about his and his girlfriend's sleeping arrangements, interviews with people at politcal rallies that show many of them with an incredible low level of intelligence and critical thinking skills, a candidate for higher office that knows next to nothing about managing power and grasping recent politcal history--not to mention the complexities of the nations of our world....the dynamics of the Palin family as set out in comparison with the Christian Right's "ideal" family model and moral values.
And the word "hypocrite"--at least in Jesus of Nazareth's world--referred to the masks that actors wore in the Greek plays that were performed in nearby cities to Galilee such as Sephoris (which had huge ampitheaters). By the way, Jesus said more about hypocrisy than he said about saving anyone from Hell or sending anyone to Heaven.
4-14-2009 @ 3:05AM
james said...Again, the ridiculous comments make my point.
Some of you are nasty, disgusting, vile human beings. How interesting that you think you are in a position to judge Barack Hussein Obama with the things that are written here. Ugh!
4-04-2009 @ 1:21PM
Tammy said...My children will be taught that abstinece is the best policy,parents can advise their children how they see fit. No one knows exactly what went on in the Palin household, I wouldn't put a whole lot of faith into what Levi has said.I'm pretty sure there are some sour grapes in this situation. All of you out there writing nasty things need to remember what you were like as a teenager and how if you wanted to do something you were able to find a way, despite what you might have been told by your parents. As parents we can only advise our kids and hope they listen as I'm sure Sarah and Todd Palin did.
4-04-2009 @ 2:32PM
amber said...I couldn't agree more! Short, sweet, to-the-point, and DEAD ON TRUTHFUL. Bravo!
4-06-2009 @ 8:51AM
Kim said...I don't care how you raise your children, if they want to have sex, they will! There is no stopping them short of locking them in their room. If a teen decides to have sex you can not fault the parent. The problem is with all these judgmental people in this country. The ones that complain the most probably have a closet full of skeatons. Stop giving that kid an avenue to air his dirty laundry!
4-06-2009 @ 3:41PM
Kasha said...Number one Palin is a liar and hypocrite who just came out of nowhere. She is a hillbilly who has faked the funk and probably slept with a few old men to get where she is. She is also a racist and i would not doubt that her reasons for lying are to justify allowing those two teens to sleep together under her roof Moreover,if she dares run again she had better make sure that people forget the interview on Taras show.
Getting preg is not a crime, i feel for both of the teens who will eventually go on to bigger and better things however, Sarah Palin, is a liar and an unfit mother for saying one thing and doing another..HYPOCRITE!!
4-06-2009 @ 11:47AM
margyrl said...From the beginning, I do not think anyone believed this "relationship" would last. The only reason Levi was around was to help Gov. Palin become VP. Once that ended, the relationship ended. Unfortunately, because they are 18, does not make them mature. This is why parents need to be involved in decision making with their children. If the Palins -- both mom and dad -- allowed them to sleep in the same room, shame on them or any other parent who would allow this. Even if you think sex between kids is ok, that is really irresponsible period. The real issue is the innocent child that has been born. This baby is the product of families that do not have good values, on both sides (his mom, selling drugs, her aunt, arrested for burglary over the weekend). High school drop outs, and Sarah, 5 colleges in 6 years. There seems to be no stability. Wow. What a sad commentary for the child's future.
4-06-2009 @ 12:03PM
d1anaw said...If Sara Palin doesn't want her kids in the spotlight, she shouldn't be putting them there herself. She should be taking your advice and dropping the comments directed at her and her own kids. But of course, she doesn't have to because the world for those like her is different than it is for the rest of us.
4-06-2009 @ 10:31PM
trick23dpc said...Karen,
It is not smearing when it is the truth. If she was for abstinence, even allowing to share a bed wouldn't be allowed. And Levi is right, "Mother's arent dumb". So yes she knew....but yet all mothers might not be so smart, I'm just saying.