I’m Sorry, I Just Can’t Resist
By The ex-governor of Alaska and her husband were not great parents? She wanted to secretly adopt Bristol and Levi’s baby? Really?
So claims Vanity Fair, quoting Levi Johnson. Ordinarily, I’d find this sort of story difficult to believe, and there remains the distinct possibility that Levi is making it all up, but with this family, I’m oddly able to suspend my natural cynicism more readily. And, as Ben Smith at Politico suggests, it is satisfyingly similar to the rumor that was largely rejected during the campaign . . .
It certainly does not help Palin’s craptastic spin control, but the response from both her and the movement right is predictable:
And the picture he paints will most assuredly give ammunition to Palin’s many critics outside of and inside of her party (her rivals for the 2012 nomination will be grinning), lead to her angry response dismissing it as the word for a disgruntled former almost-family member, and cause her defenders to label it a lie and Vanity Fair as being out to get her.
This is classic.
UPDATE: and keeping to the script. Shockingly, Conservatives4Palin.com offer a dissenting view.
