Engagement to Nowhere: Bristol Palin, Levi Johnston Break Up

2009_03_johnstpali.jpg Famous Alaskan teen parents Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston have confirmed their break-up to the Associated Press. The couple's relationship and pregnancy became an unavoidable talking point since Palin's mother, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, was the 2008 Republican VP candidate; the couple made a very public appearance at the Republican National Convention and their baby Tripp was born on Dec. 27. Today, Johnston said that they decided to mutually break up "a while ago" but his sister Mercede told Star there were bigger problems, "Levi tries to visit Tripp every single day, but Bristol makes it nearly impossible. She tells him he can't take the baby to our house because she doesn't want him around 'white trash'!" Bristol Palin, who just last month said they were getting married, is "devastated" about the Star article and said, "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."

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Then does that make the kid half white trash...?

Well, if Levi's family is indeed white trash, that would make the kid 100% white trash.

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I've only one thing to say: Goyim!

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Did you even read the New look for Purim thread?

Allow me to elighten you...

http://gothamist.com/2009/03/10/new_look_for_purim_in_obama_era_bla.php

Don't throw stones in glass houses.

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Also...I just want to take time out of my evening to say that Bristol is hot and I would wifey that up. Real talk.

Her mom is hot too.

Maybe, but if the daughter is even half as dumb as the mother, no, thank you.

Palin told them to wait until after the election and when things calmed down.

I feel bad for these kids. Having to play this out in public because grandma Palin is a hypocritical nazi with a huge grudge against almost everyone.

"Unfortunately, my family has seen many people say and do many things to 'cash in' on the Palin name."

Really, "the Palin name"???? 'Cause I thought that name was a liability.

What about the last half of the "quote:" "Sometimes that greed clouds good judgment and the truth."

Yeah, sure. A 17yo said that. Right.

Good judgment? Like getting pregnant as a teenager?

And this is part of "Gotham" news how?????? I thought Gothamist was news about NYC. I guess I'm wrong.

Who gives a shit?
C'mon Gothamist give us NYC news like promised.
Let this hillbilly piece of trash die like that whore Dupre that you insist on telling us about.

That kid is going to grow up one day and realize his existence was due to the political expediency of his grandmother. That's assuming he survives all of the schoolyard beatings over his name...

Is anyone shocked? Let’s face it; this hillbilly had no intention of making an honest woman out of this bumkin. Still, I have to give him props, he was able to travel around the country, stay in the finest hotels, got a whole new wardrobe, and was paid rather nicely by the RNC to play a role. Not a bad haul for forgetting to “pull out”.

Girls, let this be a lesson. If you want to avoid this embarrassment, stick to anal.

Is anyone shocked? Let’s face it; this hillbilly had no intention of making an honest woman out of this bumkin. Still, I have to give him props, he was able to travel around the country, stay in the finest hotels, got a whole new wardrobe, and was paid rather nicely by the RNC to play a role. Not a bad haul for forgetting to “pull out”.

Girls, let this be a lesson. If you want to avoid this embarrassment, stick to anal.

I know that meaningless "celebrity" gossip like this gets hits, but is there any real reason for this story to be on Gothamist when it's already on nearly every other website in the world? There isn't even a specious connection to New York here.

Actually, Gothamist is my only source for delicious junk food like this. If it wasn't here, I might very well have missed it, and so I am grateful to Jen & Co. Same is true for all the fun Jon Stewart clips.

Want to rethink your stance on abstinence only sexual education Sarah Palin? No? Don’t see how this applies? Ok.

So...who gets the commemorative Tupperware?

Really Levi, take a hike. You're tarnishing the good name Palin.

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