The saga of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin continues...
In the latest revelation, British newspaper The Telegraph reports that the father of pregnant 17-year-old Bristol Palin's baby is Levi Johnston, a self-described "redneck" hockey player.
The couple have been dating for a year, according to officials in their home town, and Bristol regularly cheers on her man at games...
On his MySpace page, since removed from the Internet, Johnston describes himself as a "f****n' redneck" and reveals: "I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing," before warning that of anyone annoys him, he will “kick ass".
Poignantly, in the one part of the site where it asks about children, he wrote, "I don't want kids."
Meanwhile Hollywood Celebs Gossip picks up The Telegraph's report and adds in the the gamer bit (source not immediately clear):
Since Bristol Palin’s pregnancy news was broken out, those profanity-laden words have been withdrawn from the social network site, replacing with “I enjoy hanging with my buds and playing a good video game. Thanks for looking at my site!”
GP: A look at MySpace seems to indicate that at least three pages have created in Levi's name. Some or all are obviously fakes. For now, we're taking all of this info with a large grain of salt.
UPDATE: A GP reader wrote in to object to the story as not appropriate for the site. Here are my thoughts on that:
I agree with [the reader] to a point. I don’t love the story, either. However, I can guarantee you that *every* mainstream news organization is going to cover the “father of the baby” story by tomorrow morning, and on that basis alone I do not have a problem being early with it. And, I always seek to bring any connection between politics and gaming to the forefront. He’s reportedly a gamer, this is a high profile story.
Nor do I have a political dog in this fight. Personally, I don’t think the pregnancy is politically relevant. But, absent my beliefs, it has become an international story. So, it gets covered.
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Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
It became acceptable fodder to question her home life, when she went on national television and made a big deal about how important her role as a parent shaped her. Palin more or less did this to herself. And it's not like there's a whole lot from her political career to judge. It's all the more amusing since the McCain campaign has been really focused on pointing out Obama's lack of experiece, and then they picked someone with even less.
As for the Myspace rewrite, it's a little funny that the Republican handlers, who no doubt swooped in and started redressing this idiot child as a stand-up gentleman, would go with video games as a hobby. Conservatives are generally more uptight about younger generations wasting their time gaming. They should have stuck with the Hockey angle, really.
But whatever you believe, you have to admit that it's pretty funny timing. McCain's people are probably kicking themselves as we speak.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Because, as we all know, when somebody gets raped, it's the victim's fault. And you know nothing of conservatives. Few, if any, people on this site do. What you know of conservatives is a media lie.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Why thank you kind sir for saying what I was thinking. I consider myself more of a libertarian, but since most of my own views fall in line with conservative views, I thank you for stopping the media lies as they come.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Are you kidding this site has us down to a science ALL I DO IS WATCH FOX NEWS!
serious note: WTF is with this story Dark, I haven't been here long but ussually GP is better than this, maybe we should start a gaming blog with a right wing bias...
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
This is such a perfect example of why abstinence education doesnt work.
Heh.
Well now I definitely can't vote for McCain.
"Hey, you see that chick? The VP? Yeah, I TOTALLY knocked up her daughter. Can you buy me some beer?"
-Remember kids, personal responsibility is for losers!
For information on games and psychology, look up: Jonathan Freedman(2002)Block & Crain(2007) Just to name a few...
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
He looks like the kind of creep who used to beat up on gamers when I was in High school back in the 90's. Either eay, he's an ass who need to learn to wrap his Whopper when he's with the Dairy Queen.
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Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
He DOES look like he's got more knuckles than brain-cells doesn't he?
(Uninformed assumptions in the name of comedy ftw!)
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
One Point to the Democrats.
When Life gives you lemons, you find a new god.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
I'm of two minds on this.
On the one hand, I'm irritated. The actions of bristol should not be of any import to her mothers abilities as a VP candidate. Further, There are far more serious issues facing this woman as a potential president then her daughters hormones.
On the other hand, The media has been going beserk over the past year raking up every piece of irrelevent trivia muck to try and tarnish obama, including (but not limited to): He's a muslim, his pastor is insane, he deals with dirty slum lords, ect. And now that the republicans are being subjected to the same treatment it's suddenly unethical?
In short: I disagree with what the media is doing, but I'm not exactly pissed about it.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
While I do think that the media totally overblew Obama's controversies, they actually had a legit reason to critisize him. Think about it. The people that Obama associates himself with kind of says something about his common sense.
This, on the other hand, has nothing to do with Palin's ability as VP.
I get what you mean, though. Both parties have ridiculous double standards.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Yes, this really is a non-story, especially considering there's so many other things that call Palin's qualifications into question.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
It would have been a legit IF there was any meanigfull connection.
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Obama's childern were left alone, Al Gore's son who was not without incident himself was left alone, kids stay out of it period.
Side bar: Listen to Wright and Read up on Rezko, also look up William Ayers while you are at it. He is not a muslim though, you are right on that.
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Hey, do you know that the Obama- Ayers connection is such bullshit that when a conservative PAC tried to run a ad about about it FOX news wouldn't let it run on their channel? FOX. The ''terrorist fist jab '' network. All the other connections are equally BS, or the McCain campaign would be all over them. Yes, Wright was crazy. Obama disowned him. In short, the other suspicous past shit is just as ridicoulus as the ''secret muslim'' BS, and only the incredibly guilible or people who read conservapedia believe otherwise.
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Hey, do you know anything about it? Thought not. Obama has rebuked Ayers's critics in far harsher terms than he ever rebuke Ayers.
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He said something bad about someone who said something bad about someone else! ZOMG!
But seriously, there is a reason no credible news source has run this story and it ain't some vas liberal conspiracy.
How did you get your information? I'm going by either chain mail, conservapedia, or ''I know a guy".
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Or the Annesburg Records. Or well publicized events. They don't make it into much more than local media, but that's where you have to get your news if you want the dirt.
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Then why hasn't the McCain campaign publicized it? And don't give me some BS about a ''clean campaign'', if a presidentail nomine, your opponent no less is linked to a terrorist, you publicize it. Whay haven't they done that? Oh.. wait.... because it's bullshit. Don't tell the ''liberal media'' stopped McCain or fox news from picking it up.
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I'm shocked GP really this is so beneath this site, I'm just shocked
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Reporting facts and quotes direct from the horses mouth? Citing newspaper articles that are not tabloids? This is beneath the site?
How Strange.
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Attacking kids for political points? Really? Pure sensationalism, the issue has nothing to do with games, or politics and frankly the rationale GP gave is insulting, but please enjoy the politics of personal destruction enjoy seeing a 17 year old girls life get smeared and maligned. this is really sick.
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To be honest, T5 is right.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
..What on Earth does this have to do with anything? Levi Johnston's gaming habits or lack thereof have no bearing on the campaign or game-politics in general.
Concur
Agreed, I question the relevance of this...now if GP was mentioning ALL of Palin's offspring's gaming habits, that MIGHT be interesting if Palin was say, anti-gaming or something...
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Regardless of what Obama's people might do, this cat is already out of the bag and people are going to speculate and draw their own conclusions. Nothing's going to change the fact that her unmarried teenage daughter is pregnant, which is something that flies in the face of most conservative Republican family values.
Honestly, I don't think the dems need to do anything.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
But she's keeping the baby and getting married, which is a plus in most Republicans. Sure, she made a bad choice, but she's doing what Republicans believe is the "responsible" choice. Good for them, I say. Me personally, I'd want the baby aborted, but I don't have the same beliefs as all people.
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
I guess the "fu**in redneck" never heard of a thing called a "condom"
Dumbass!
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
How's that abstinence only sex-ed working out for you, Sarah?
Re: Father of Bristol Palin's Baby is a Gamer... (Maybe)
Kid needs to grow up.
Good Lord
Just like anyother non-Amish 17 year old in the United States.
The Left is going to make a huge deal out of this.I'll bet you lot anything.Family should be off-limits,but the Left will practically rape this story.
Re: Good Lord
As opposed to the rights sparkling clean record of clean campaigns and staying on the issues? The left has a long way to go before they come even close to the bullshit the Gop has spread over the years.
Re: Good Lord
No, they don't. At the Daily KoS, the commenters were declaring that if they had to ruin this girl and her family they would. Earlier, leftist protestors were terrorizing a group of cub scouts and smashing cars in St. Paul. The Obamabots have been spamming threads with McCain smears from the very beginning. The left goes far beyond the right in terms of disgusting campaigning.
And this moral relevancy is bullshit. It doesn't matter what your opponent does. When a dog barks at you, do you bark back? No. In this way, maintain your dignity. But the cult of media refuses. Obama is coming out of this honorably, but his supporters are not.
Re: Good Lord
Have you been in media isolation for the last few decades? Because evidently you missed the swiftboating of Kerry, the attempted impeachment of clinton, the ''secret muslim'' chain mails (hey , if annouyus commmenters count as members of ''the left.'', then this counts for the right),George Bush accusing McCain of having a illegitimate black child,Zell Millers 2004 RNC speech and pretty much several years of right wing character attacks and mudslinginng in Fox news. Yes, both parties do it, but the right has been doing it for longer, has been more enthusiastic and are quite frankly better at it. So don't point to a few random blog comments (by that logic, JT speaks for this site),a few immature fuckwits on internet threads (and there are just as many McCain spammers out there) and a few isolated protesters as evidence that the left is ''just as bad''. Their are people like that in both parties, but in the Dems. at least they aren't running the show and are relegated to the sidelines where they belong.
Re: Good Lord
The Swiftboating of Kerry had some truth to it. Many of the Swift Boat veterans disputed Kerry's account of things which is why they were so effective. A few of the stories weren't true, but not all of them were false. And you have weirdos in all groups. I mentioned the anarchists before.
The left wing usually tries to hide its bullshit character attacks. But here we see it in full display. In all of its character raping glory.
Re: Good Lord
Oh and the anarchists wern't part of the democratic party. Anarchists aren't members of any political party.
Re: Good Lord
The point being, the RNC and republican party engage in this type of tactics WAY more often then the left does, and it it with party knowledge and resources, rather than some isolated asshole. I like how you ignored most of the post anf focused on thing BTW. And yes, the swiftboating was baseless, there's a reason the RNC didn't fund it directly, and there's a reason that ''swiftboat'' has become a political term meaning baseless character attack. Do try get some perspective.
Re: Good Lord
Didn't the ninja turtles fight The Left? Or was that The Foot?
Re: Good Lord
Maybe it was "Two Left Feet".
"I'm not responcabel fer my comuter's spleling errnors." -- Xlorep DarkHelm
"I'm stel not responcabel fer my comuter's spleling errnors." -- Xlorep DarkHelm
Re: Good Lord
I always thought the Foot Clan were right wing myself :P
Re: Good Lord
Obama has already declared that Family is off limits and his campaign will not be touching this.
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Re: Good Lord
I just remebered that.But the rest of the left will not be so decent towards the Palin's.Why?
Because so many more people are rallying to McCain again.Evangelicals are returning becuase she is more to their clique.Some spurned women voters may start dancing to McCain's tune now.They have to crush her,here and now,cause it may cause Obama to lose.
Re: Good Lord
Let's dispell a myth shall we? Firstly, Democratic women are not flocking to the Republican ticket. What happened is that Hillary managed to win over a bunch of Republican women by garnering cross-party support. Now that she is not in the running, those Republican voters are returning to the McCain/Palin fold.
Also Obama doesnt need to "crush" her at all. Have you seen the polls? Let me show you. First of all let's start with the overall voting figures.
http://www.pollster.com/polls/us/08-us-pres-ge-mvo.php
These are the global US polls and they seem to show that Obama has a SLIGHT lead. Nothing major in the total voting figures. If it went to a vote today, he would win the popular vote by a small amount. But let's project this now across State by State and see how it fits in with the Electoral Votes...
http://www.pollster.com/
WHOA! Suddenly we see that Obama has a bunch more solid States, worth a considerable amount of Electoral Votes than McCain. Further more take a look at Texas. 50.3(R) vs 43.4(D)??? This is the Home State! It should be way better than this if McCain were a threat, I mean Obama's Home State of Illinois is 51.8(D) vs 36.8(R). Additionally, take a look at New Mexico. This is very odd for a Democrat to be picking up these central States.
Right now, McCain and the Republicans have to be worried. I am watching with great interest the polls after the Republican speeches to see if they are going to boost McCain's campaign.
PS: I do not hide that if I were an American citizen, I would vote Obama in a heartbeat. It is for this reason I am only dealing in facts and not in personal opinion. Yes you can argue that these polls have a margin for error, but they need to SIGNIFICANTLY change in the coming months if the Republicans are going to win.
Re: Good Lord
Um..no,they aren't, Obama's numbers have actually gone up since Palin was announced. She's pretty far from a threat to his campaign right now
Re: Good Lord
Bullshit. There's been all sorts of investigation into the pregnancy by Obama's team already.
Re: Good Lord
Any facts to back up this allegation? Note the nice little links in GP's article? Try doing the same.
Re: Good Lord
No Obama's team has been investigating Palin in general but they are not involved in these attacks on her family. The attacks on the family are the results of Media acting independently to find ANY story they can because they just LOVE controversy and have absolutely no respect for Privacy... Saying Obama's camp is responsible for this is like saying McCain's camp is responsible for those e-mails that called Obama a secret muslim terrorist or whatever shit they were talking about.
Obama and McCain do not control the media and they do not control their supporters
Re: Good Lord
[citation needed]
Re: Good Lord
No. No there has not.
Re: Good Lord
Anything documented? Thought not.
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