From "Bristol Palin to Earn $14,000 Speaker Fee; Levi Johnston Files Candidacy Form":... The 19-year-old daughter of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will earn $14,000 when she speaks in Louisville, Ky., Sept. 8, the Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The occasion is a fundraiser to benefit Lifehouse, a home for single mothers. Bristol knows the topic well: Her 2008 pregnancy drew the national spotlight when her mother campaigned for vice president as John McCain's running mate. She gave birth to son Tripp in December of that year and has had a highly publicized on-and-off relationship with Levi Johnston, the toddler's father. ...
... As for Johnston, he's back in the spotlight this week too: TMZ.com reports that the 20-year-old has filed a "letter of intent" with the Alaska Public Offices Commission to run for municipal office in 2011, presumably for mayor of Wasilla, a post once held by Sarah Palin. The move is apparently part of Johnston's effort to land a reality-TV show.
ABC News tells us that Levi has filed a letter of intent without specifying an office, which would permit him to run for a seat on the city council. An Associated Press article has Tank Jones, Levi's manager, stating that he is interested in running for city council or mayor.
A man videoed Todd and Sarah Palin at the Valdez airport recently. Mediaite is calling it a rorschach test:
The website Palingates has posted an amateur video, by an Alaska skateboard/espresso mogul named “Hawk,” of a bizarre encounter at Alaska’s Valdez airport. According to the site, the video shows Sara Palin husband Todd “bullying” a Valdez citizen.
In reality, the incident isn’t so one-sided, and will likely act as a sort of Palin Rorschach test, confirming whatever the viewer already feels about Palin. Taken together with this video from a few weeks ago, however, a pattern of passive-aggressive behavior toward the Palins’ fellow Alaskans emerges. ...
A local radio station has identified "Hawk:"
... Hawk Pierce, a local small busines owner, attempted to video Sarah and Todd Palin at the Valdez Airport on August 17th but was met with opposition from the Palin's and the Fox News crew that accompanied them. Sarah Palin visited Valdez last Tuesday with her Fox news team to shoot about the pipeline with Prince Willaim Sound as the backdrop. ...
CBS News has a story, too, where you can easily compare the Valdez video with an earlier video made in Homer.
Finally, and more seriously, NPR's Political Junkie has some information about the primaries in Alaska. Polls are still open!
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I considered titling this post "Palin Family Media News." Bristol doesn't look like a clown.
I found it very disturbing that Todd would seek out Hawk in the waiting room and bully him with his very childish remarks: "Why you shaking so badly?" Furthermore Todd tried intimidating Hawk by getting right in his face and shoving his camera in Hawk's face. Of further concern was the Fox News woman who assaulted Hawk by slapping his camera and hand with papers to try and prevent Hawk from exercising his first amendment rights. Oh shoot! I forgot that only the Palin's have first amendment rights. No one else does. Why are these jackasses tolerated?
Clown isnt the only job in the circus. Maybe someday she will run away FROM the circus.
She's a clown. She may run away from the circus, but there's possibility and probability and the cynic in me gives it a LOW probability.
Wouldn't there be security video inside the Valdez Airport? See exactly who did what to whom???
Right outside the boarding gate waiting area... might be interesting to get it... public record and all... and didn't Hawk film the Faux news crew member swatting his cell phone with the papers in her hand? And of course, Todd coming up and starting the confrontation outside the boarding gate? I think he'd be entitled to get a copy of that videotape if he was going to file a Notice of Intent to Sue... for assault.
I didn't see an assault. That's something a victim needs to report to the police, if it happened.
Mediaite's notion that this is a rorschach test doesn't seem to describe this. I'm as eager as anyone to find bad news about Sarah Palin, but I have to say that this tape isn't bad for her.
If anyone felt intimidated -- well, it's a lot like an insult isn't it? -- you can't be insulted unless you feel insulted, and you don't have to feel insulted.
"Why ya shakin' so bad?" is reminiscent of dirty Harry and "Go ahead. Make my day." These are things people confident in their acts might say. I don't think Todd Palin is hurt by this video, either.
You don't think it hurt either Palin? Perhaps, but it was certainly a turn-off to me when i watched it. The Palins come across as childish and as bullies. It's difficult for me to respect anyone who behaves in that way. I doubt that I'm the only one who feels that way. It was certainly disingenuous for the Palin media-whores to be offended that someone was filming them.
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