I agree...good for Todd Palin! Smart move to dump this levi who goes on tv to trash Bristol and a car is much more useful and most likely dependable than a guy like levi. Take the car, Bristol; you will mature to appreciate that decision.

What lesson does that teach Bristol? You can buy your way out of a mess? Hold that boy's (he is still just a boy!)feet to the fire and teach him and Bristol about the responsibility that comes with their actions, in this case unprotected sex. Signed -Mother of One

First of all, no one knows if this is true or not. Secondly, I've said a lot of things to my kids that I've had no intention of going through with to jerk their attention. So, without knowing the circumstances I wouldn't comment on Todd Palin. You, however, have stated what you have done and asked the question of whether or not we out here in this insidious piss pot called the internet have ever stooped so low and I will answer that. No, I have not ever bribed my children because I believe that bribery is inherently wrong just as stealing,lying,murdering and raping are wrong. What are you trying to teach him? That a little bribery to get what you want is okay. To run from a tough and uncomfortable situation? Is a little stealing okay? What happens when your bribery fails and he looks at you with disgust because you couldn't just honestly state your feelings and authoritatively say we're leaving? Telling me that you were laughing about it on the way home makes me feel that you don't even realize how badly you mishandled an opportunity to display and teach your son a valuable lesson in character. I hope that you don't think that I saying these things in anger, you asked a question and I answered. It's as simple as that.

I think it's time for Levi Johnston to saddle-up and start thinking about his future. Soon enough, the gossip hounds will move on to another "human interest" story.

Oh yeah, from time to time, Bristol Palin does the teen pregnancy warning circuit. Just where do teen fathers fit into all this?....other than just riding off into the sunset.

James, you are so typical in these times of someone who would rather obfuscate what someone says by cherry picking words from a sentence and ascribing another unintended meaning to them. I get so tired sometimes of even trying to decipher if this type is truly misunderstanding or are deliberate. It makes no difference really.

Yes, in my sentence, they are alike because they are all part of the type things that I feel a parent should teach their children as a matter of ethics and morality. Obviously, anyone would rather hear that their son/daughter were accused of bribery than murder or rape but in either case I feel that I would have failed in my responsibility as a parent and citizen were it to occur. The reason that I included them in the sentence was to emphasize that our responsibility to raise ethical children is just as great as that of raising moral ones. Nowhere did I mention punishment or execution:This is something you made up all on your own for a reason that only you know or perhaps not. I went out of my way to state that there was no drama intended in my response, yet, you say that I am melodramatic. Why, James? Also James, the person on a soapbox is the one bringing the question. Not, the one answering it. Finally, I declined to address the story from the beginning of my post and chose to only answer Melinda's direct question to the board. If you have no problem with the issue of bribery, you could have answered Melinda's question from your point of view and left me out of it. Why didn't you do that James?

Sorry, James, I see that Melinda has rewritten her article and edited out her personal parenting story and question to other parents out here in the wilderness.

Like, uh, maybe, it was like? who knew? UH, "thought it was, like, 'cause she was pregnant, she was moody and that kind of thing. So I was dealing with it and stuff. But it didn't stop after she had Tripp. Things got worse. So I was like, "All right.''...Every time we talked, we just weren't feeling it...Then eventually we were just, like, we were just friends and that kind of thing.''

Ugggggg. This is his final 'fifteen minutes of fame' under the tite of: Just how stupid do you want to sound?

Get lost.

She dated Levi for 3 yrs, the Palins could have put a stop to it anytime and they didnt. They obviously approved of the relationship for a very long time, even pushing marriage when Bristol became pregnant. Unfortunatly Sarah Palin is career driven and thinks only of what is good for her public persona rather than what is best for her children. If she truly thought of her child first marriage would have NEVER been mentioned, even when Bristol became pregnant. As for the offering of the car big deal thats not the problem. The problem is when Sarah lost they dumped Levi, if Palin had won they'd be planning a wedding right now. Thats just sick.

This kid has no reason to lie about such things as the car offer and it wouldn't be the first time a parent bribed their child with a material object to get them to do something. Honestly speaking I don't think anyone in America really bought that perfect Palin family portrait lie anyway. The entire night of the big "coming out" Republican rally Levi looked like he was being held up on that stage at gun point.

This story doesn't surprise me in the least. "First Dude" = "First Rude"

everybody!
look under your seats!

Who in their right mind would want their daughter to marry a clown like this guy? I would have bought her 2 cars!

So whats the difference there are 1000s of unwed mothers in high schools all over the nation, kids meet they have sex and live for each other for 6 weeks and then they start a new sexual relationship as everyone knows. Sarah Palin wanted her daughter to be happy like most mothers do but being a Neanderthal living on the South Slope she probably never heard of sex education or birth control. Maybe when she found her daughter doing herself with an Ice cycle she felt her daughter would at least get through school with out another mouth to feed.

I would hope that the Palin family realizes that sara will never ;;ever ;;be elected anything any more. And her views are only shared by a minute amount of brain dead,,,right winged,,hypocritcal,,color blinded bible thump'n.phoney's who think they are ,,,, holyier then thou......

I recently had lunch with a very Liberal friend. Of course, I tried to skirt the hot-button issues, but somehow the name of Sarah Palin came up and, in an instant, he exploded: "Whore!!" Of course, he's gay, so that may explain his momentary hissy fit, but the same unhinged and inexplicable hatred fills what passes for the heart & brain in almost every Libtard out there! I'll tell you this: It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Palins' lifestyle or speaking style or wardrobe or family issues. It is SOLELY based on her being a Conservative - and not just any Conservative, but one who is beautiful, smart and has speaking skills that put most politicans (YAWN!) to shame. BUT - and this is a very big supposition to contemplate - if she were a flaming Liberal, a so-called Progressive (I think most self-styled progressives are REgressive - but I digress...), the same MSM drive-bys and all the libtards out there with their head up their butts, would IDOLIZE her and call her the Political Diva/Goddess of all time! She would be lionized and adored! I would bet $$ on that supposition! And, further, if Conservatives mocked her Alaskan lifestyle and homey ways, the MSM & Libtards would be enraged and call us bigots, racists & idiots!!

Her natural abilities and success in drawing crowds and genuine adherents - and not all right-wing crazies, although we do admit that it takes a bit of craziness to withstand the hatred spewed from the Left - is a real threat to the Left & the Progessives. My guess is that, if there's any country left at all by 2012, the Obamanation will win a 2nd term (political opposition didn't stop Clinton or Bush 43 from their second terms). But look out, guys, in 2016, Palin will be hitting her stride, still young enough and TOTALLY GROOMED in all aspects of foreign & domestic policies, as requisite to become our 45th POTUS. Remember, they laughed at Reagan from 1964 until 1980 (16 years!), but he, too, prevailed and went on to become a historical, transformative President. Too bad his successors in office (especially in the Congress) forgot their core Conservative Republican (& WINNING) principles.

As for Levi Johnson, he's an ignoramus - no class, uneducated and a bit of a media whore himself. His 15 minutes of fame will soon be over - unless he figures a way to squeeze a career out of screwing unprepared and unprotected Bristol Palin. Maybe a boring reality show in the offing? Yuck & Yawn!!

Well, if it will make you feel better and more energetic, I'll just say "**** you Terry".