As much as it pains me to say, I don't expect much from Levi Johnston's book. Update!

Some of you have been asking if I received an advance copy of Levi's book, the answer is no.

And considering the falling out that I had with Rex Butler and Tank Jones, I am not at all surprised.

The only contact I have had with anybody connected to the book, was when the authors contacted me to ask for Sadie's phone number, which I thought was rather odd since they were working with her brother.

Anyhow here is a rather troubling excerpt from this book:

We hear his side of the story about her pregnancy and the birth of their son. Levi says that Bristol was inspired when she learned her mother was pregnant.

“I’m the one, Bristol said, who should be having a baby. Not Sarah. . . . Bristol looked at me. Let’s get pregnant.” Levi says Bristol didn’t stop talking about having a baby after her mother’s new son, Trig, arrived. “When she started talking about it, I asked her about birth control, but she assured me that everything was safe. I only half believed her.” 

Later, he writes, “Bristol got pregnant on purpose. She had finally come clean, admitted to me that she hadn’t been taking her birth control pills. We were having a baby, end of story.” 

Now I have NEVER spoken to Levi about Sarah's "pregnancy," and he has never given any hint to his mother or sister concerning what he knows, but if Tank Jones is to be believed (And there was a time when I still think he WAS telling the truth), he certainly knows something quite different than what is in this book.

But even if I did not have access to that kind of information it would be obvious that Levi was not telling the truth.

He claims that "Bristol didn't stop talking about having a baby after her mother's new son, Trig, arrived."

According to the official account of his birth, Tripp was born on December 27, 2008, and was originally supposed to have arrived ten days earlier. In order for that to have been a full term pregnancy, Bristol would have had to be pregnant no later than mid to late March 2008.

Trig was born on April 18, 2008.  Why would Bristol STILL have been trying to get pregnant after she supposedly was already pregnant?

And besides that according to Mercede and Sherry they were BOTH talking about getting pregnant, so Levi's story about being surprised simply does not ring true.

As I am sure most of you remember I had an author all ready to help Levi write a book in December of 2009, but when it came to actually signing a contract Rex and Tank got cold feet and backed out.

Part of me wonders if they realized that with my participation, THIS version of reality would never have made it into the book, therefore they needed to find co-authors who would not question Levi's version of events?

Well I still have Levi's book pre-ordered on my Nook, so I will sit down tomorrow and read through it before passing any final judgement.  However from what I have seen thus far, I fear that Levi may have kept the truth at arms length.

Update: I received my copy of the book and have already read almost a third of it.

It literally reads like Levi actually wrote it!  I did not expect it to be good, but this is a whole new level of bad!

I kid you not, the majority of it is actually about hunting and hockey!

I am sorry Levi, I wanted very much for you to vindicate yourself, but this is just embarrassing.  If you had just refused to let Tank and Rex take over your life you could have had so much.

If anybody reads it and has a different opinion feel free to share, but I can not imagine that being the case.

To be honest I am not sure I can even make myself finish reading this damn thing.

Levi Johnston's book confirms that he and Bristol were trying to get pregnant, but there is still something missing.

Courtesy of the AP:

Johnston writes in his upcoming book his ex-girlfriend Bristol Palin was so angry about her mother's pregnancy with son Trig she wanted to get pregnant, too. 

Johnston says when Bristol found out her mother, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was expecting a baby she responded she should be having a baby, not her mother. 

He says she told him in March 2008, "let's get pregnant." 

He says they had begun dating in 2006 and had been sexually active. 

Johnston says he'd "been too dumb" to use protection while dating Bristol but knew having a baby was "what she wanted."

The good: Levi confirms Mercede and Sherry's' version of HOW Bristol got pregnant. And THAT is going to seriously damage Bristol's ability to continue to market herself as the poor abandoned single mother. Abstinence spokesperson my ass!

He also confirms that Bristol was very angry when she heard the news about Sarah's "pregnancy," which is the same version I heard from a source close to Bristol over two years ago.

The bad: What is left out is WHY Bristol would have been so angry at her mother, and WHY she would have wanted to IMMEDIATELY try to get pregnant.

I am positive that Levi knows the answer to this question, and from what I was told by someone very close to him, he is leaving something very major out of this story.

If indeed that information is left out of his book it will leave me with NO choice but to fill in the blanks with what I know, and then attempt to make sense out of the incomplete picture that all of those bits of information present to us.

I will give Levi the opportunity to fill in those blanks himself, but if he did not do so in his book then I do not expect him to do it in response to my request.

I also have yet to figure out why Levi has not fought harder for his son. Something about that makes me think there is something very fishy afoot.

Just like her mother, Bristol Palin is destined to always play second fiddle. This time to her very own son, Tripp Johnston.

"Hey Trig, what say we get our own agents and drop these dead weight family members? After all WE have been the star attractions all along!

Courtesy of Wetpaint:

Not a single shot of Bristol Palin’s new, yet-to-be-named reality show has aired, but Wetpaint Entertainment can already tell you who’ll be burning up the screen when it does! 

Kyle and Chris Massey, Bristol’s costars, who will be sharing a pad with her in L.A., tell us that her two-year-old son, Tripp, is a sight to be seen. And the cameras love the tot. 

“Tripp is the man,” said Kyle at the Urban Sanctuary Jet Set Luxe Lounge on September 6. “He’s just such a good kid. I think one thing that’s really great is that people are going to be able to see Tripp, how he really is and see him grow up in front of their eyes. It’s going to be cool.” 

“Look out for the little one; he’s just like a character,” added brother Chris. “It’s funny to just watch him.”

Great, now Tripp will find himself thrown under the bus just like EVERYBODY who dares to embarrass Bristol or Sarah!

Hey maybe Tripp will get his OWN reality show and dump his untalented mother for a new co-star.

Which, by the way, might work out perfectly since rumor has it there is also interest in putting Mercede in front of the cameras for HER own show.  Now I hate reality shows as a rule, but the "Mercede and Tripp, Wild in Wasilla" show sounds like "must see TV" to me. And just imagine how much happier Tripp will be to spend time with a family member who always thinks of his needs first!

As they say in Wasilla, "Sucks to be you Bristol!"

Bristol Palin puts her son Tripp to work helping to pay the bills. Yeah, why should he not have to pull his own weight?

These were apparently scenes filmed for Bristol's reality series.

 You know I would never suggest that I am an expert on raising children (pretty close though), but don't you think that once a child is old enough to push his own stroller that he no longer needs one?

Tripp is only about four months shy of his third birthday, and he appears rather large for his age, I really think he would benefit from being treated like a young boy, and NOT a baby. And what the hell is with the pacifier?

Besides it does not appear that he is too happy with the whole stroller situation.

That is clearly the face of a very angry young man.

And perhaps part of that reason is because he might be missing somebody...

..who is also REALLY missing him.

(BTW you can count Sadie as somebody who believes that the anonymous poster on the Nick Broomfield post is on the up and up. It was this comment here that convinced her: "Bristol talks about Sadie 24/7. Like...Constantly. It's the worst case of projection I have ever seen. She is so jealous of Sadie, she has taught Tripp to go "ewwww" and wrinkle his nose if Bristol shows him a photo of Sadie."   She said she had been told that before by people who have seen her do it. And people say Mercede is that vindictive one.)

Sadie's Playboy pictures (For those too embarrassed to buy the magazine.)

Well I think Sadie looks beautiful.  (Which you can judge for yourself by clicking here.)

Though keep in mind that I am a liberal, so I really don't have any hangups about nudity or sexuality.

Of course the point of the pictorial was to get information like this out to a wider audience. Which this pictorial, and accompanying interview, accomplished quite well.

My understanding is that Playboy was surprised by the amount of attention that Sadie's pictorial and interview received.A friend of mine said they could not find even ONE issue available here in Anchorage.) Well good, perhaps they might just ask her back for more pictures and tidbits about the Palin family?

Oooh, I don't think that will make the Grizzled Mama, and her vicious little cub, too terribly happy.

Do you?

P.S. Stay tuned as Sadie will be making some more public appearances, and telling even more secrets about "you know who," in the near future.

Bristol Palin is filmed eating a hot dog for her new reality show. I guess they already filmed her doing her laundry and brushing her teeth. So exciting!

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:

The three friends were spotted at a hotdog stand, Bristol smiling as she ordered her chilli dog.Bristol tried to eat the snack nicely with a knife and fork but it became difficult and she picked it up with her hands. (You can see video of the segment here.)


I don't think it is any mystery as to WHY Bristol was using a knife and fork to eat her hot dog.

I am guessing her mother warned her NOT to put anything phallic anywhere near her mouth. Good call mom.

She recently sparked internet rumours of plastic surgery, with observers nothing her jawline appearing more angular and cheekbones more pronounced. 

 She has battled with her weight since giving birth to Tripp in December, 2008. 

Bristol battled to lose weight while competing in DWTS, a show credited with helped several celebrities she pounds. 

She told Access Hollywood: 'I haven't really noticed a change in [my body]. 

'I think most people lose weight [on the show] because they're too stressed out to eat. I haven't had that problem.'

 Jesus how "unstressed" was she?

You know I did some checking into this meme that keeps popping up, usually from concern trolls, that Bristol was "always battling her weight" as a teenager. 

You know what I learned?  You guessed it, total bullshit.

In fact Bristol was a pretty active teenager who engaged in sports both in school, and out of school.

However it was also recently confirmed that somewhere around the end of 2007 Bristol started to wear sweatshirts, and sweaters constantly.

Of course that was just when people actually saw her.  Which around that time was apparently quite rare.

And I was also told that "Because of her round face, the sweatshirts always made her look kind of heavy, but you really could not tell if she was gaining weight or not."

For reasons I hope to explain later, I found that VERY, VERY interesting.

P.S. According to People magazine Bristol also recently got the letter "T" tattooed on the top of her foot.

Budding reality star Bristol Palin, 20, had a cursive "T" inked on the top of her right foot – and her rep tells PEOPLE that "T is for Tripp, Trig, Track and Todd," her son, two brothers and father,respectively.

WTF? That may be one of the strangest reasons for getting a tattoo I have ever heard.

Bristol Palin avoids questions about Mercede Johnston Playboy interview.

Bristol Palin Fields Questions About Mercede Johns

Damn, I don't think Bristol liked this introduction into the world of the LA reality star one little bit.

And you just know she was biting a hole in her lip to keep from responding to those questions about Sadie.

Somebody who has access to her REAL Facebook account needs to monitor is carefully, because I have little doubt she will let her anger out later on today.

It was nice to see that Willow has been allowed to accompany her sister and Tripp on their adventures.  She has been out of sight for such a long time.

(If the video does not play click here.)

UPdate: What is this? Bristol's reality show is a big fake? Say it ain't so!

This may come as a bit of a shock, but, from what can be seen here, Bristol Palin's new reality show isn't very, well, real.Footage taken of Palin, son Tripp and co-star Kyle Massey on their new BIO channel reality show features the trio in a number of Los Angeles-area locales. 

They go in and out of a baby supply store, timed with their cameras to get the shot just right, and take a strangely long amount of time to order food at a burger stand. 

Perhaps the most authentic of the crew? Little Tripp, who had a cute fit when someone tried to pry him off an electric rocking horse. 

(Here is the video of what's described above.)


Fake pregnancies, fake political credentials, fake marriages, fake chins, and now fake reality. Isn't there ANYTHING real about this family?

She's back! Sarah Palin's fake political bus tour heads to Iowa. Well you did not think jury duty lasted forever did you?

Oooh, that made me red, white, and blue nauseous! I don't know what was more stomach churning, her voice, the over-saturation of patriotic imagery, or that hummingbird on crack editing job!

But wait, there's more!

From the depths of Mordor! (Or as you may know it, the Sea O'Pee):

Dear SarahPAC Supporter, 

We are very happy to jump back on the bus for another leg of our “One Nation Tour”! We accept with gratefulness an invitation to meet folks at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this week. The heartland is perfect territory for more of the One Nation Tour as we put forth efforts to revitalize the fundamental restoration of America by highlighting our nation’s heart, history, and founding principles. 

In a grossly ("Grossly?") weakened economy – especially when recovery is thwarted by today’s Obamanomics (Yeah, NOBODY uses that term.) – prudent Americans make sensible decisions to live within their means. This includes seeking affordable participation in more community events, local patriotic parades, and traditional all-American venues like state fairs. State fairs hold a special place in our nation’s history and heritage, so my family is honored to highlight one of them on one stop along the One Nation Tour route – America’s historic Iowa State Fair! (I’m also excited to try some of that famous fried butter-on-a-stick, fried cheesecake-on-a-stick, fried twinkies, etc. I’ll enjoy them in honor of those who’d rather make us just “eat our peas”!) 

 (Yes, screw healthy eating and common sense!  "Rill Amerukans" eat deep fat fried, artery plugging heart attacks on a stick!  Because with health care costs so high, and after the Republicans killed the public option, it is better to die fast than to linger in a hospital somewhere running up bills for your loved ones.)

Unlike next week’s Obama Bus Tour, taxpayers aren’t funding our tour, which is why we so appreciate your support in allowing us to be out there on the open road to visit with you to highlight small towns, big-hearted people, and the important role they play in our most exceptional nation. 

 (That's right Sarah Palin would NEVER ask every day Americans to pay for her self aggrandizing, political prick teasing bus tour!)

You can participate with support for the “One Nation Tour” through SarahPAC.com and following virtually by bookmarking the SarahPAC website. (Wait! You mean she IS asking every day Americans for money to pay for her self aggrandizing, political prick teasing bus tour?) We’ll have updates from the road as our Constitution-draped bus travels to shine a spotlight on more of our nation’s fine history. 

Watch this video and let the American road inspire you!Thank you for your continued support of SarahPAC. Let’s stay committed to the worthy cause – restoring all that is good and strong and free in America! 

Thank you sincerely,Sarah Palin

So what, you're surprised?

Did any of you REALLY expect Palin to sit at home pulling her hair out while the Iowa straw poll was being conducted, Rick Perry prepared to launch his campaign, and Mercede Johnston was stealing her limelight by showing what a real Alaskan beauty looks like?

Well then you must be new here, welcome to the crazy world of Sarah "Me, Me, Me, it's all about Me!"Palin.

(By the way, I do still think she spent a little time sitting at home pulling her hair out first.)

Jonathon Capehart talks to the man who interviewed Mercede Johnston for Playboy.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Okay this guy is an imbecile, though I guess I should be pleased he liked my state so much. However he did not answer any of the Jonathon Capeheart's important questions.

However it is interesting to note that, despite what people are constantly trying to imply on this blog, he said that the residents of Wasilla did not consider Sadie a liar.

Too bad he did not ask them if they consider Sarah and Bristol liars.

I've asked that question in Wasilla and guess what? Yeah I think you know the answer to that question.I also think it is awesome that Sadie's Playboy pictorial and interview are getting much MORE media attention than the Grizzled Mama's most recent Facebook rant.Oooh that's gotta sting!

Sarah Palin still has nothing to say about her newborn granddaughter, but about Mercede Johnston's Playboy interview?

Courtesy of the National Enquirer:

Sources say “Mama Grizzly” Sarah be­came so enraged she vowed the Johnston clan would never again see baby Tripp, the out-of-wedlock son of Levi and her daughter Bristol. 

But acid-tongued Mer­cede – who posed nude in “Playboy” – charged that Bristol’s pregnancy “wasn’t an accident. She and Levi planned it. 

They were trying to con­ceive for months.”Protective Palin reacted in a fury – denouncing Mercede as “a little whore,” her entire family as “trailer trash” and Mercede’s mother as “a drug dealer,” say sources. 

You know we can always take the things that NE reports with a grain of salt, but I have to imagine that this time they are undoubtedly correct about Sister Sarah's response.  I have heard about Sarah's tirades in the past and this one sounds very similar.

And by the way that whole threat about how they will "never again see baby Tripp?" Well that is what they have been using to manipulate the Johnston family for two years now. The evidence clearly shows that the Palin family had long ago decided to cut Levi, Mercede, and Sherry out of Tripp's life and they used every excuse in the book to do so.

In my opinion it is Mercede and her family that will ultimately come out looking the best after the dust settles.

In fact they already do.

Update: By the way you all might also like to read this post explaining just HOW Sherry Johnston became a convicted felon.

Sherry herself would NEVER tell you she did nothing wrong, But the circumstances surrounding her arrest are very troubling.  And they seem to have Palin's fingerprints all over them!

Sarah Palin's week just got a whole lot worse as Shailey Tripp reveals what she knew, and when she knew it.

From Shailey's blog:

The next few days I will be writing about How The Lies of Sarah Palin turn into TRUTH as it pertains to me. 

I know for a fact (and yes with proof), that Sarah Palin knew that at the very least a prostitute who claimed to have sex with Todd, her husband, was going to go public with the information. I know for a fact, Sarah Palin, was told about all the emails that showed there was a relationship between her husband, Todd, and this person. Furthermore, I know Sarah Palin was told that there were even emails showing that Todd could be involved in running or involved in a ................prositution ring. 

This was 1 week before Christmas 2010- Fri. Dec 17, 2010.

To read the rest, and yes you DO want to read the rest, just click the link and head on over to Shailey's blog.


You know there are two names that attract the most aggressive and negative remarks from the trolls when they appear on this blog.  And those names are Mercede Johnston and Shailey Tripp.

I am constantly cautioned by these helpful little imps not to believe anything that they say, and told (using a plethora of exclamation points) that they are LIARS!!!!!!! HATEFUL, HATEFUL, LIARS!!!!!!

Here's the funny thing.  I have never caught them lying to me.

I have had dozens, and I mean dozens, of people attempt to deceive, manipulate, or outright lie to me. But never them.

In fact Sadie's version of events (Often either preceded by, or backed up by, Sherry's version of events.) has never changed.

People have attacked her character, screamed obscenities at her in the grocery store, stolen her mail, and vandalized both her car and her house, and still she has refused to allow herself to be intimidated into keeping her mouth shut. The only time she stayed quiet was when she was hoping that by doing so she would get to see Tripp.  But after numerous promises made, and then broken, Sadie realized that the Palins were simply using the last hold they had over her family to control them.

Now that control is no more.

As for Shailey, well Shailey is the only source I have ever known that passed five, count them five, polygraph tests with flying colors.

I have talked to many bloggers, journalists, and authors who have spoken to her, and they all said that she was very credible.  The only thing that keeps her story from getting the kind of coverage it deserves is lack of physical proof, which we are still struggling to have released from APD. I have seen some of the evidence, and so far it all backs up Shailey's story, and refutes much of what official APD spokesman Lt. David Parker said publicly.

Once she is able to get her hands on that evidence I think her story will blow up again in a major way.

Especially if all of the people claiming that Palin is DEFINITELY launching her bid for the GOP nomination on September 3rd, are accurate. If, or when, that happens this whole thing  is going to get much, much more interesting.

Is the stress from all of the recent bad news starting to get to Bristol Palin?

Courtesy of the Daily Mail:

She has certainly had a rough time of it late. 

And it appears the strain of recent events, including the claims made by her former boyfriend’s sister about her family, have taken their toll on Bristol Palin. 

The Former Dancing With The Stars contestant was spotted at W valet in L.A. yesterday and appeared weary and tense. 

Well I guess one would have to imagine that keeping all of those family secrets hidden, and attempting to put on that "We're the perfect family" facade, would wear just about anybody down.

A year and a half ago I might have felt badly for Bristol, but after what I have seen her mother and her do to the Johnston family I am just all out of sympathy.

Oh by the way for those who have been wondering, you can find a preview of the Mercede Playboy pictorial  here.

New tidbits leak out from Mercede Johnston's Playboy interview. Oh, the Grizzled Mama is NOT going to like this very much! Update!

Mercede and her mother Sherry. Palin victims no more.

Courtesy of TMZ:

19-year-old Mercede Johnston (above left) just WENT OFF about the entire Palin crew -- calling Sarah Palin a bad mom who's "never there for [her kids]" ... adding, "She doesn't make her kids go to school.

She'd rather parade them around and put on a show, at book signings or conventions."

As for Bristol -- "Everything is about her, her, her. She has to have her own way. She'll be supersweet and then she turns into the most evil person I've ever known ... Honestly, she is the meanest person."Mercede adds, "I didn't know someone could be so vindictive and evil ...[She's] a sociopath. She doesn't think anything she could do or does is wrong."

Mercede also claims Bristol and Levi PLANNED their pregnancy -- saying, "They were trying to conceive for months." 

And for good measure ... Mercede explains why Sarah would have been a TERRIBLE president saying, "I think she'd have had a mental breakdown if she was elected [president] ... She can't even answer Katie Couric's questions." 

Just when you think Sarah's day could NOT get any worse.

You know I waited with bated breath for this summer (and the fall) to finally arrive, but even I did not realize just how many things were coming down the pike to help put an end to Sister Sarah's career as a political hatemonger.

Numerous tell-all books, a damning documentary, Michele Bachmann stealing her thunder, a painfully poor propaganda piece that failed to ignite her political career, unexpected grandbabies, a Playboy interview that reveals unflattering truths about the Palin family, newly discovered pictures proving she was not pregnant with Trig, the list just goes on, and on, and on.

Don't the Germans have a word for this? Schadenfreude if I am not mistaken.

(I looked it up for you Palin-bots so that you would not hurt your tiny little brains. Just click this link.)

Update: It looks like Hollywood Life has a few more tidbits:

Mercede tells Playboy of Sarah’s eldest son Track, “He would do a lot drugs. He did OxyContin but mostly cocaine. He didn’t choose to go into the army; he went there because his mom made him, to get him out of the way…” Track did ship out during his mother’s campaign, though it is uncertain when exactly he enlisted. 

He may not be the only fan of the drug either as, the interviewer writes; “Someone trying to get my attention makes the incredible claim to have snorted coke with [Sarah] at the Mug Shot (a local bar) and points to the very spot on the bar where said lines were cut up.” This is, of course, to be taken with a grain of salt. 

Mercede also labels Bristol as a thief, among other things. When asked what Bristol is into, Mercede says; “stealing her parents credit cards to order clothes. Literally. And chasing after men and partying.” 

Mercede goes on to say that she could bring any number of men to meet the interviewer and have them show some of the nude pics Bristol has sent them.

Okay I knew about the stolen credit cards, the boy chasing, and partying, but the nude pics of Bristol are a new one on me.

Not that I would have been interested if I had known about their existence.

Update2: More from Hollywood Life:

She is furious about Sarah’s treatment of her brother Levi, who is the father of Sarah’s grandson, Tripp. “Not once did Sarah contact us and say, ‘Is this okay?’”, about her decision to take Levi into the spotlight, when she became John McCain‘s running mate in 2008. 

After all — Levi was only 18 at the time and hardly able to stand up to the powerful Governor of Alaska. “She literally took Levi from a hunting trip and flew him to the Republican Convention. He didn’t have a choice. I don’t blame John McCain — this is all Sarah Palin. She didn’t have to announce on stage that Bristol was pregnant. She doesn’t care, as long as she’s going to the top. But it’s screwed my whole family up. Levi was a prop, and once they didn’t need him, he was out the door.” 

No matter what your political persuasion you have to admit that Mercede’s accusations have a ring of truth when it comes to the Palin treatment of her brother. 

For good measure, Mercede also calls Bristol — “the most evil person I’ve ever known” and a “sociopath” and claims that she , Mercede, has been virtually excluded from baby Tripp’s life. 

Now, we all know that Sarah Palin can dish it out against her political opponents … and Katie Couric. She’s even been accused of inciting violence against Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords by placing her district in crosshairs on an “attack map” that she featured on her facebook. 

Do we really need a “Pitbull in lipstick” or a Mamma Grizzly ( Mercede calls that Sarah nickname “retarded” ) leading our country now? A woman who’s instinct is to attack even the father and aunt of her “beloved” grandchild, rather than reach out and make them a part of her family? 
  
Damn! Sarah and Bristol really screwed the pooch when they pissed Sadie off!

I actually don't know everything that Sadie talked about in the Playboy interview because she signed a non-disclosure agreement and was not supposed to talk about it. Technically I was not even supposed to know about the pictorial, but she did not want me to find out from anybody else.

P.S. I almost forgot to say that I also heard that story about the cocaine use by Sarah at the Mug-Shot. And no it was NOT from Sadie.

Mercede Johnston bares all concerning the Palin family in soon to be released Playboy interview. Update!

Courtesy of the New York Post:

Mercede posed nude for the September issue of Playboy and gave an equally revealing interview to George Gurley. Asked what kind of president Sarah Palin would be, she responded: "I think she'd have had a mental breakdown . . . As governor she quit on us. What does that say about her?" When Gurley asked what percentage of Wasilla residents "can't stand Palin," Mercede responded, "I would say 70 percent."
 
Mercede also claims the Palins are so polarizing in the small Alaskan town that she can't work. "It's hard to get a job in this town because of the Palins," she tells Playboy, adding, "People say, 'Oh, Mercede Johnston, I don't know if people are going to come in if she works here.' "

Regarding Bristol's relationship with Levi, she claims Bristol sent a text message to Levi after she found out she was expecting son Tripp that read, "Ever since the moment I found out I was pregnant, I prayed to God you weren't the father."

Mercede -- who had claimed on her blog that "Levi never liked [Bristol] to drink since it just made her more promiscuous" -- also told Gurley that Bristol, who's since become an advocate for teen abstinence, wanted to get pregnant: "Bristol's pregnancy wasn't . . . an accident. She and Levi planned it. They were trying to conceive for months."

Mercede also tells Playboy that Track Palin, Sarah's 22-year-old son who is an Army reservist, used drugs. She claims, "He did OxyContin and mostly cocaine. He didn't choose to go into the Army; he went there because his mom made him, to get him out of the way so when she was at the convention they wouldn't know he does drugs and would think he was a patriot." A Palin family rep declined to comment.

Let me remind all of you that Playboy has an average circulation of over 3 million, which is substantially more sets of eyeballs than have ever perused either mine, or Sadie's blog.

That means that many, many more people are now aware of just how duplicitous, and polarizing, the Palin family is considered even in their own home town.

And for those of you who are so quick to pass judgement on Mercede for taking off her clothes, and using her body to get the information out, just ask yourself how she could have done it any more effectively?

And then ask yourself what sacrifice YOU have made to let the world know about the potential harm that Sarah Palin poses to this country, and the harm she has done to those around her?

Personally I am proud of her, but of course she already knows that.

Update: I just received a clarification concerning the text from Bristol from Sherry.

It came after Lanesia dropped by to give Sadie and Sherry flowers for Valentine's Day (Something she does every year.).  Apparently Bristol heard about it and a few minutes later, called and yelled at Sherry for letting her come over, and then sent that text to Levi about wishing that Tripp was not his son.

Classy right?

Remember this was all while refusing to let the Johnston family see Tripp, and a few months before Levi, Mercede, and Sherry went public on the Tyra Banks Show to tell their side of the story.

Update 2: Oops, I forgot about this clip!  Dennis Zaki just reminded me.

Mercede Johnston's pictorial to be featured in same issue of Playboy as profile on Sarah Palin. Oh, SOMEBODY is not going to be happy!

From the NY Post:

GOP presidential hopeful Sarah Palin and her family are the subjects of a profile by George Gurley in the September issue of Playboy, according to sources. Insiders say the story will run next to a four-page nude pictorial of Mercede Johnston, the sister of Bristol Palin's estranged baby daddy, Levi. The Palins did not participate in the Gurley piece. Instead, the writer went to Alaska to interview locals and friends for a write-around. But Playboy sources say that Mercede is outspoken in the article about Palin and Bristol, whom she routinely lashes out against in her blog. One of Johnston's latest blog posts rips Bristol's book, "Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far," saying it should have been entitled, "Not Afraid of Lies." Sources say Johnston was paid less than $25,000 to strip down for the magazine. A rep for the Palins didn't get back to us.

I am aware that many of you sent me a link to this story, or others just like it, in the comments section throughout the day. I apologize for rejecting them, but they showed up on posts that I did not want to have hijacked, and plus I really had nothing to say about it until I had contacted Sadie and told her the story was out.


So for all of you who waited all day to weigh in on this topic, THIS would be the post for you to do that. However let me warn you that if you are a troll who just wants to say ugly things, I will kick your ass to the curb so fast it will make your head spin.

Longtime visitors will know that I have already written about Mercede and her Playboy shoot five months ago.

Here is her statement from that post:

First she would like you to know that she has been assured that this shoot will be very classy. She is not intending to go "completely" nude and she has turned down numerous other offers to pose nude in the past (True, she has told me about those before.)

She said that she is definitely hoping to use this money to work on her education, and to remind people that she has been working since she was 13 years old, and is NOT lazy as many have stated.

She has a friend helping her mom while she is in LA because Sherry cannot be left on her own right now, which also has much to do with Sadie's decision.

Oh, and she also wants to remind everybody that she is nineteen years old now, not eighteen.

The only thing that I can add is that Sadie told me about the shoot after the deal was already made. If this had been another magazine she MIGHT have asked me for some advice on trying to negotiate a better deal, but I am sure her instincts told her I would not have been completely on board with the idea, and to be honest she is probably not wrong about that.

When Sadie finally called me to tell me about the pictorial she was VERY nervous, and worried about what I might think. I honestly told her that it would not have been MY first choice for her, but that I understood her desire to make some money to help her mom, and that it certainly could lead to bigger things.

Anyhow I have to say I am pretty pleased that her pictorial will be in the same issue as a Palin profile by this George Gurley fellow.  I know that Sadie gave an interview that will not make the Palins very happy, so assuming that the Gurley piece will tell the truth about Sarah, THIS issue should be a must have for anybody who is not a fan Klondike Kardashian and her family of traveling grifters.

And yes I am sure that the opportunity to see the stunning Mercede Johnston featured au naturel won't exactly hurt sales either.

Speaking of Sadie, she just recently updated her last post to answer some of your questions.  If you are interested to see what she has to say, just click here.

Picture time!

Somebody sent me a link to Laura Novak's recent post, and I saw this very cute recent picture of Tripp and Trig being uber cute.



 Some have already mentioned that they think Trig favors Sarah, but considering what we know about the faked pregnancy that seems rather unlikely. What is very evident however is that Trig is STILL not wearing his glasses or hearing aids like he is supposed to and his crossed eyes appear to have gotten worse.

By the way seeing the boys side by side like this makes the argument that both are the offspring of a Levi and Bristol very hard to swallow.  They are both cute kids, but to me there does not appear to be a great deal of similarities between the two of them. Even putting aside the facial features that are the result of Down syndrome.

However I really DO see a striking resemblance between Tripp and Levi as a child.

Levi was a cute kid, and so is Tripp.

Others have suggested that Tripp favors his mother, which is somewhat harder to determine since she has so dramatically altered her looks as illustrated in these pictures of her arriving at Fox and Friends on June 26th.








Nice Gestapo boots Bristol!

It looks like Bristol changed her clothes before she did her softball interview, as you can see for yourself below. (This by the way is the segment where Bristol accidentally told the truth about whether or not her mother knew if she was running for President.)



Listening to Bristol bash Levi sounds even uglier now that Mercede has told us that virtually everything she says is a bunch of bullshit.

Sadie's newest post.

Mercede has the first of many posts up that she has been working on to answer the horrible allegations that Bristol made against Levi in her incredibly duplicitous book.

If you have not read it yet, I suggest that you do.  It took Sadie quite awhile to get over the shock of what Bristol said and to decide how to respond.

I have had numerous talks with her and I know how sensitive her feelings are about the topic and the level of her frustration.

Now let me clear up a few things.

For one this is only the first of the posts that Sadie is going to write about what Bristol has said about her brother. She has been having trouble writing down her thoughts because her computer is not working, and she is relying on her phone. That is the main reason why it seemed to take her so long to respond.

Also I should note that there was a problem with the comments, but I think that has been cleared up now. Currently I am moderating her comments until she gets her computer out of the shop.  So if you are going to be an asshole than don't expect to see your comment on the blog.

Speaking of assholes, somebody tried very hard to allege that Bristol slept with Sadie and Levi's older cousin.  I have to imagine that only somebody with severe brain damage, or a troll, would come to that conclusion. Clearly the cousin HEARD Bristol not being a virgin with Levi in his bedroom.

There have also been a few trollish remarks that since Sadie refers to Bristol waking up "that summer morning" that she is misremembering, or getting two different camping trips mixed up. If you were from Alaska you might know that a lot of people up here only identify TWO seasons, summer and winter. If there is snow on the ground, it is winter, but when it is mostly melted off, it is summer.

And just for clarification, Sadie is only aware of Bristol and Levi going on ONE overnight camping trip. They definitely spent a lot of time together, but not in a tent.

Anyhow I am not sure when Sadie's next post will be ready, but we are making sure that THIS one gets out to the various media outlets so that they will have the opportunity to question Bristol on the difference in the two accounts the next time that they interview her. I would very much like to hear her defend her version of events, especially since I am working to get a few other people on the record calling her out on her lies.

For too long the Palins have been telling lies and expecting never to be confronted on them by the media.  Hopefully this time we can do something about that.

P.S. By the way just in case you think that Mercede is the only one calling Bristol out on her lies, perhaps you need to read what Celeb Dirty Laundry recently had to say about the book.

Despite devastatingly bad sales Bristol continues her sad little book tour of lies.

Apparently Bristol will be in Birmingham, Alabama this next Tuesday.  This time it looks like she will be flying solo so that her mother can avoid the embarrassment of what happened at her LAST book signing..

However Bristol has proven that she does not need her mother to hold her hand while she trots out one lie after another. I imagine that the Grizzled Mama just beams with pride.

From the Birmingham News:

Bristol Palin was 17 and seven-months pregnant when first approached about writing a book.

"I said, ‘No, not right now,’" she says. "‘I’m just a kid. I don’t have much to write about.’ I hadn’t been able to look back on anything yet, and I really didn’t have anything to say."

"I figured the more honest and candid I can be in the book, the better. At the end of the day, it’s so more relatable to so many more people," says Palin, now 20. "I wasn’t going to hold back."

I'm sorry exactly WHAT has changed that makes this simpleton believe that her life is worth reading about now? And whatever she thought it was, I believe the dismal book sales are teaching her how wrong she was about that.

Palin’s calling from a hotel room in New York, and despite being interrupted a couple of times by her son, she’s more than happy to talk about her memoir. And she doesn’t back down when it comes to what she wrote about Johnston or Meghan McCain, daughter of Sarah Palin’s presidential running mate, John McCain.

Of Johnston, she doesn’t have much more to say about him past what she details in the book. There, he’s a cheating scoundrel who "stole" her virginity from her. She says she hasn’t spoken to Tripp’s father "in a long time."

"I actually have full physical custody of him," she says of Tripp. "Levi’s entitled to see Tripp. He has visitation rights, but he certainly doesn’t use them. It’s unfortunate, and I never, ever thought that the father of my child wouldn’t see his child as much as I hoped or wanted, but that’s just the way it is. I’m just thankful that I have an awesome dad and awesome brother that are awesome with Tripp."

Levi has been trying multiple times to see his son, and he gets blocked virtually every time.  I also understand that Bristol will not take his phone calls anymore which is undoubtedly WHY she has not heard from him in such a long time. (And to answer your question I have NO idea why he does not take her back to court.)

In "Not Afraid of Life," Palin recounts her distrust of Meghan McCain, whom, she writes, wore thousand-dollar dresses and constantly complained about her treatment.

"I feel like that was necessary to put in the book just because that totally shows the difference between us and between our families," Palin says. "We’re both politician’s children, but I think she was a lot more defined by it than I would ever be. I wrote in the book about how my mom wouldn’t let us ride first class when she was the governor. We didn’t have any perks when she was governor. We always had jobs. Meghan was the opposite of that."

Believe me, if Palin could have figured out some way to make the state of Alaska pay for her children's first class tickets, they would have NEVER flown coach again!

There is even more moosecrap in this interview but I have already addressed most of it before.

However on that front I have some very good news.

Tomorrow Mercede will post the first of many responses to the scurrilous claims that Bristol makes in her book.  I have read what Sadie has to say, and believe me the Fourth of July will DEFINITELY have some serious fireworks!

Finally, somebody who actually knows what happened will call that nasty little snot out on her lies.  And believe me I am going to make sure that EVERY news outlet is notified about it too!

Nick Broomfield's documentary might make it virtually impossible for Sarah Palin to weave her web of lies ever again.

I kind of hesitated to weigh in on Nick's film, mainly because I had promised not to let the cat out of the bag.. 

And as all of you know once I make such a promise, I NEVER break it.

However, now that EVERYBODY is talking about it, I guess the cat has officially escaped the bag.

First I will let the Guardian describe for you just who Nick Broomfield is, and why Sarah Palin should be pooping cinder blocks.

He's tackled Kurt Cobain, Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur and Heidi Fleiss. Now British documentary-maker Nick Broomfield has turned his attention to Sarah Palin, darling of the American right and potential candidate for a US presidential run next year.

Broomfield's as-yet-untitled film reportedly offers a critical examination of the former US Republican vice presidential candidate via interviews with her parents, friends and ex-colleagues from his subject's time as governor of Alaska.

Broomfield is known for working with minimal crew, often in a "gonzo" reporting style. His Palin film is the film-maker's first documentary feature since 2006's His Big White Self, about the South African far-right leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, which was screened on More4. The film-maker's two most recent features, 2006's Ghosts and 2007's Battle for Haditha, adopted a docudrama approach, using untrained actors to play themselves in dramatic roles.

Broomfield's films have attracted controversy in the past. An interview with Courtney Love, ex-partner of the late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, for the documentary Kurt and Courtney, was so damning that Love successfully campaigned for the movie to be removed from the lineup for the 1998 Sundance film festival. A version was eventually screened in cinemas without any of Nirvana's music, after Love refused to allow it to be used.

Essentially Nick turns the harsh light of reality on his subject, and cuts right through the carefully constructed media facade that they hide behind.  Which of course is the very thing that Sarah Palin fears the most.

This is what Sarah Jones of Politicususa had to say about Broomfield:

Derek Malcolm of the Guardian once said of Nick, “If Broomfield took up wedding photography, the divorce rate would be even higher.” This is not the man you want helming a documentary of you if you are hiding under a perilously constructed myth.

Peabody winner Broomfield also holds numerous other prestigious awards, from First Prize at Sundance to a 2006 Bafta Award for his contribution to the documentary genre. If that doesn’t impress you, Broomfield’s filmography includes “Aileen Wuronos: The Selling of a Serial Killer”, “Biggie & Tupac” and “Kurt & Courtney”.

I’ve already heard that Broomfield exposes Palin for who she is, and that is not a good thing for Sarah Palin. The truth may even shock average Americans who don’t follow politics.

Now since I am still honoring my promise to Nick I can only share a few innocuous things with you about what I know of the film.

I know that Nick interviewed a lot of the main players in Palin's political life.. A LOT of them!

I know that he attempted several times to interview Sarah Palin herself, but I am not sure that he was ever successful.

Nick and his crew interviewed me a number of times as well, in a number of different locations, including the office in my home while I was blogging. So you can imagine how exciting THAT footage must be to see on film!
Nick also managed to make it to a number of Palin's book signings (Including one you might have already read about), and speeches all across the country.

Hint: One of these hands might belong to a British filmmaker.

I cannot say definitively how the documentary will treat Sarah Palin.  I do know that Nick wanted to be as fair as possible, and to get a well rounded vision of who she was by interviewing people who liked her, as well as people who actually know her. (That is a little snark for my English friends.)

I believe I can also share that Nick was very thorough in his research and did check into some of the scandalous stories about the Palins, as well as to conduct interviews with people who had grown up with her, worked with her, or had been impacted by her in one way or another.

Personally I think this film has the potential of impacting the Palin mythology in a way that the books may not be able to do, in that it is a visual medium which does not require the ability to read.  Even the simplest of Palin loving simpletons should be able to understand the moving pictures well enough to finally realize that their Queen is in actuality the Court Jester.

Okay maybe I DO have some idea of how this documentary will treat Sarah Palin. After all it is attempting to show the REAL Sarah Palin, and we all know how unflattering reality is to the Grizzled Mama, now don't we?