# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/21 "2009-07-11T15:38:17Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > _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. There’s a difference between leaving an office for a higher office, with more responsibility, for which there is only _one_ opening and is only offered once every four years, and leaving an office for something that can be done any time and for which there is only one candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/22 "2009-07-11T15:42:36Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > _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. Are you serious with this comparison? Obama didn’t resign his Senate seat until he’d already been elected President. He didn’t bail out on it. That’s the way things are normally done. No one quits midway through their first term in a significant office to become simply unemployed 3 years before the next Presidential election. As to the OP, I see no reason to doubt the rink rat’s word. It wasn’t like he was trying to assert absolutely that the money was her reasoning, just saying he thought it might have been because she was always talking about it (which she undoubtedly was). I now think it was a combination of wanting the money, and hating being stuck in Alaska away from the cameras. ---
**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 11, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/23 "2009-07-11T16:26:57Z")
> [@lavenderviolet](#): > > _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. Again, Obama resigned to take on the presidency. He went on to be the president. He’s the President of the United States of America. Palin went on to be second runner up in the biggest grouper contest down the lodge. It’s a qualitative difference. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2009, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/24 "2009-07-11T17:22:43Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Palin went on to be second runner up in the biggest grouper contest down the lodge. This is patently false. Grouper are a warm water fish. She probably caught a sea bass or some kind of salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/25 "2009-07-12T02:23:06Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > If she’s governor of Alaska, she can’t do both, or at least do both well. Was there anything to indicate that she was doing that Governor job _well_, when it was the only one she had? If so, I missed seeing that. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/26 "2009-07-12T03:53:23Z")
**lavenderviolet** : Didn’t George W. Bush step down from his post as governor of Texas to run for president in 2000? He presumably could have waited until _his_ term was over, too. I have a second question: Do you not see the difference between what George W. Bush did and what Sarah Palin did? ---
**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 12, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/27 "2009-07-12T17:34:05Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > As to the OP, I see no reason to doubt the rink rat’s word. Oh, I believe the little shit. I just think it’s funny. “Breaking news! Inside sources say Sarah Palin may be quitting for the fame and money, but not the troops.” And those guys and gals work so hard… They’re bold, they don’t give up, they take a stand and know that LIFE is short so they choose to NOT waste time. They choose to be productive and to serve something greater than SELF… and to build up their families, their states, our country. These Troops and their important missions - those are truly the worthy causes in this world and should be the public priority with time and resources and NOT this local / superficial wasteful political bloodsport. Now seriously, some folks have been watching too much Sean Hannity if they’re honestly contending (or pretending to contend) that seeking a different or higher position is the same as stopping (I mean fighting) in the middle of the job because point guards everywhere need to take one for the team, or whatever the fuck. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/28 "2009-07-12T18:48:55Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > **lavenderviolet** : Didn’t George W. Bush step down from his post as governor of Texas to run for president in 2000? No. He left that office when his term expired, on 12/21/00. ---
**Author:** ![Batfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/29 "2009-07-12T19:04:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > No. He left that office when his term expired, on 12/21/00. No. He resigned a bit less than halfway through his second 4-year term as governor. AFTER his election as president had been assured. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554/30 "2009-09-02T23:31:52Z")
More [revelations](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/09/levi-johnston.html) from Levi: > [@](#): > > Sarah told me she had a great idea: we would keep it a secret—nobody would know that Bristol was pregnant. She told me that once Bristol had the baby she and Todd would adopt him. That way, she said, Bristol and I didn’t have to worry about anything. Sarah kept mentioning this plan. She was nagging—she wouldn’t give up. She would say, “So, are you gonna let me adopt him?” We both kept telling her we were definitely not going to let her adopt the baby. I think Sarah wanted to make Bristol look good, and she didn’t want people to know that her 17-year-old daughter was going to have a kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excellent-revelation-levi-johnston/502554.md?page=1)