# Excellent revelation, Levi Johnston! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 10, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554 "2009-07-10T13:56:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/1 "2009-07-10T13:56:15Z")
Everybody hold on to your hats! Levi Johnston is suggesting that Sarah Barracuda may have resigned in order to cash in on her fame! Full story here! [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap\_on\_re\_us/us\_palin\_resignation](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090710/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation) From the article: \*“She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and you know just run with it, say ‘forget everything else,’” he said. He said he thinks book deals were really what appealed to Palin. “I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars,” said Johnston, who has had a strained relationship with the family but now says things have improved\*. Holy shit, Levi. I’m glad you’re privy to this kind of inside information. We outsiders could have never speculated such a thing! ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/2 "2009-07-10T14:38:56Z")
Easy for you to laugh, but that’s the first time ANYONE in her inner circle has said that. It’s been a common point of speculation, but there’s been zero confirmation from anyone that it was even a topic of conversation for her. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/3 "2009-07-10T15:18:36Z")
Is he in her “inner circle”? I guess to the extent that he knows her personally, he is, but I thought he hated her. I could be making this up. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/4 "2009-07-10T15:27:40Z")
He sure was in Bristol’s “inner circle”, I can tell you that much. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/5 "2009-07-10T15:38:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > He sure was in Bristol’s “inner circle”, I can tell you that much. Yeah, I heard he had sex with her too. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/6 "2009-07-10T15:51:26Z")
And I’m pretty sure David Letterman tried to rape her. ---
**Author:** ![TJVM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b38774/32.png) [@TJVM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJVM)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/7 "2009-07-10T16:29:05Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > From the article: > > \*“She had talked about how nice it would be to take some of this money people had been offering us and you know just run with it, say ‘forget everything else,’” he said. > > He said he thinks book deals were really what appealed to Palin. > > “I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars,” said Johnston, who has had a strained relationship with the family but now says things have improved\*. I guess he wanted to put an end to that improvement. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/8 "2009-07-10T16:30:09Z")
Thank goodness you’re here, Captain Obvious! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/9 "2009-07-10T18:00:03Z")
That article really did say the words “reality show”, didn’t it? :eek: Work up to it slowly, Sarah. Try a guest host spot on SNL first. You can do your famous Tina Fey impersonation. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/10 "2009-07-10T18:05:53Z")
Oh hell, I like hearing it from someone who actually knows her. Personally, I think the dumb rink rat is the smartest one of the bunch. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/11 "2009-07-10T20:30:42Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > Oh hell, I like hearing it from someone who actually knows her. Personally, I think the dumb rink rat is the smartest one of the bunch. Well, normally I’m not one to argue, but… ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/12 "2009-07-10T20:39:20Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > And I’m pretty sure David Letterman tried to rape her. No, that was the infant with Down Syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/13 "2009-07-10T20:42:19Z")
Jeez, it would appear there are four exclamation points in a six sentence OP. It seems I got a little overzealous there. I don’t know, I think I was just so darned excited about the breaking news. I love insider tell-alls. It’s too bad he’s losing faith in Ol’ Sarah. ☹ [QUOTE=Y! story] Asked if he would vote for her if she ran for president, Johnston said: “I think she’s a great lady, but after seeing what she did now, you know, leaving Alaska, I would have to say, ‘no.’ Obviously she’s stressed out as governor. I mean moving up to the vice president or president is huge. I just don’t think anymore that she’s cut out for the job.” [/QUOTE] You’re not listening to her, Levi! She \*told \*you she had to leave for the troops! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/14 "2009-07-10T21:32:02Z")
You have to look at this thing logically. Sarah Palin is a “celebrity.” So is Obama. Now ex-presidents command about $250,000 per speaking engagement. That is for ONE talk PER engagement. Palin probably has no realistic chance of being president, BUT she is a draw. People like her. She can easily get a 100K per speaking engagement. People want to see her, so if she is heading a fundraiser for Republicans people will come. They will donate. If she’s governor of Alaska, she can’t do both, or at least do both well. Think of her what you want, she’s a draw. It is to her credit that she is going to help the Republicans more this way. Also be honest, if any of us were in her shoes would we say no to all that money? Perhaps a few of us would but I wouldn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/15 "2009-07-10T22:06:03Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > People want to see her, so if she is heading a fundraiser for Republicans people will come. They will donate. Be that as it may, she was elected to be Governor, not the fry-cook at Shakey’s. She had an obligation to do what she was elected to do. Her explanation of, “since I’m not going to run again anyway, I may as well quit now” a big shit sandwich for Alaskans to take a bite of … and she doesn’t give a fuck. She could have done the fund-raising stuff after her term and been just as effective as a rabble-rouse for the Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/16 "2009-07-10T22:12:26Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > No, that was the infant with Down Syndrome. The Down Syndrome baby tried to rape her?! ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/17 "2009-07-11T01:01:38Z")
How do you think it got all up in her hoo-ha? ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/18 "2009-07-11T07:46:58Z")
I wouldn’t take a copy of her book if it was free. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/19 "2009-07-11T09:41:23Z")
> [@Green\_Bean](#): > > I think the dumb rink rat is the smartest one of the bunch. No, THAT would be the infant with Down’s syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![lavenderviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@lavenderviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lavenderviolet)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/20 "2009-07-11T15:19:16Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Be that as it may, she was elected to be Governor, not the fry-cook at Shakey’s. She had an obligation to do what she was elected to do. Her explanation of, “since I’m not going to run again anyway, I may as well quit now” a big shit sandwich for Alaskans to take a bite of … and she doesn’t give a fuck. > > She could have done the fund-raising stuff after her term and been just as effective as a rabble-rouse for the Republicans. _shrug_. Just like Obama could have waited to run for president after actually finishing out his senate term. If you don’t care that he bailed out on his term to pursue an ambition, I don’t see why it matters that Palin decided to bail too. After all, the lieutenant governor is right there waiting to take over. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554.md?page=2)