HuffPo Flashback: Levi Johnston, Early Show, 10/27/09: Palin joked about Trig, her "retarded baby"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Levi Johnston On CBS' Early Show: I'm Going To Leak Things On Palin, That's Just How It Is (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner First Posted: 10-27-09 03:53 PM | Updated: 10-29-09 08:15 AM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/27/levi-johnston-on-cbs-earl_n_335866.html

Levi Johnston appeared on CBS' Early Show Wednesday, where he explained his reasons for spilling unflattering information about the Palin family and said he was keeping some "huge" secrets.

Among other things, Johnston said Palin joked about her son Trig's Down Syndrome, calling him her "retarded baby."

"I was just in shock the first time I heard it," he said, when host Maggie Rodriguez expressed disbelief. He also said Bristol took care of the baby much more than her mother: "Sarah was never home."

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Imagine what Trig must think of his mother................

[marshall]

14. Imagine what Tripp thinks of his father

Levi also says he thinks condoms and birth control should be "enforced", as an alternative to absintence. I wonder how he thinks society should go about forcing people to use condoms or birth control?

[MercutioATC]

2. Secondhand info from somebody with an axe to grind.

Hardly a reliable report.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. True, but...

...I'd doubt it more if he made the claim after Rahm-Gate.

[KingFlorez]

5. It's not that hard to believe

She showed that she can be classless and ignorant on the campaign trail, she's no doubt even more ignorant at home.

[MercutioATC]

6. Find me ONE example of Palin making derogatory remarks about the mentally challenged.

You're generalizing to a silly conclusion.

As ignorant and classless as Palin may be, it's simply ridiculous to assume that this claim is true with absolutely no corroborating reports.

[KingFlorez]

7. I never asserted she made any remarks about the mentally challenged

I just don't believe she would be above saying such a thing. You might think she is, but that's your opinion.

[MercutioATC]

8. I realize that.

My point is that it's silly to attribute a specific act to somebody based on one's opinion of their general intellect...especially when that act would directly contradict other statements they had made and their personal situation.


Bush was no Mensa member, but it would be silly to claim that he made fun of a specific group without any evidence just because YOU felt he was "classless" enough to theoretically make the comment.

[KingFlorez]

11. All I was saying it wasn't completely unbelievable

No need to defend her, she's done plenty more out in the open to earn ire, so it's not like she's a nice person.

[MercutioATC]

13. "Completely unbelievable"? No. "Very unlikely"? Yes.

"Completely without evidence or corroboration and contrary to every public statement she has ever made on the subject"? Definitely.


I'm certainly not defending Palin, I'm defending the logical process....something that seems to be increasingly unimportant to DUers lately.

[KingFlorez]

15. You are entitled to your opinion

I just don't share it. I'll leave it at that.

[emilyg]

17. Thank you.

[JackRiddler]

9. As opposed to which other cast member in this runaway farce?

[defendandprotect]

4. Doesn't sound made up . . . especially when said in October of '09 . . .!!

[MercutioATC]

10. What about Obama's claim in 2007 that Wall Street was more important than "the little people"?

No, there's no evidence that he said this, but I'm claiming that he said it in 2007...before the banks got bailed out...so it must be true.

:eyes:

[defendandprotect]

18. In fact, I think you'd find that many DU'ers . . .

fear that's exactly how Obama felt --

and the corporatist Obama has now revealed himself --

As for Palin and the wayward almost-son-in-law --

I'd say it's more likely than not that Palin did make the comment --

[MercutioATC]

19. Arrrrgh!

I give up.

You've missed the point entirely.

[HipChick]

12. I wouldn't put it past her...she did laugh at someone's cancer

[emilyg]

16. I don't believe a word from Levi's mouth.