NationStates Jolt Archive

Imagine this: You're name is Levi Johnston. You're an eighteen year old total f---in redneck and proud of it. You like to play hockey and hang out with the guys. You have a girlfriend named Bristol whose mom recently became Governor of Alaska. Then you find out she's pregnant. Bam. It's like a punch to the gut, isn't it? While you're still on the ropes, your girlfriend's mother is chosen to be the Vice-Presidential nomineee. All of a sudden, you're caught in the spotlight's backwash and the pressure to get married(which you considered) builds to the point where it'll probably squish you flat.

Now imagine if she wins and becomes Vice-President. Further imagine if McCain succumbs to rot and Sarah Palin becomes President. Imagine being the f---in redneck son-in-law of the President of the United States. Your Mother-in-Law is the most powerful person in the free world.

I suspect he's going to become a champion for better birth control education in public schools, don't you? :p

I suspect he's going to become a champion for better birth control education in public schools, don't you? :p

Ditto.

Dunno.

Teenage pregnancy is the norm in my neighborhood, or close to it. Not a good thing necessarily, but not a big deal to most people. Maybe some readers in Maryland or Connecticut were scandalized to hear that a 17-year old girl was pregnant and isn't going to abort, or that the father called himself a "redneck" on the internet, but I can't muster any shock at either thing. It's life as usual for large portions of the country.

Dunno.

Teenage pregnancy is the norm in my neighborhood, or close to it. Not a good thing necessarily, but not a big deal to most people. Maybe some readers in Maryland or Connecticut were scandalized to hear that a 17-year old girl was pregnant and isn't going to abort, or that the father called himself a "redneck" on the internet, but I can't muster any shock at either thing. It's life as usual for large portions of the country.

It wasn't my intention to emphasize the pregnancy or the kid's 'redneckishness'. I was more trying to emphasize my amusement in the seemingly fun-loving teenager and the consequences both real and foreseeable in boinking the daughter of possibly the future President of the United States without a condom. I smell a sitcom in this. :p

Personally I'd marry the gal that I knock up, and then I'd try to keep my family out of the spotlight as much as possible.

By becoming the dullest family EVER!

Dunno.

Teenage pregnancy is the norm in my neighborhood, or close to it. Not a good thing necessarily, but not a big deal to most people. Maybe some readers in Maryland or Connecticut were scandalized to hear that a 17-year old girl was pregnant and isn't going to abort, or that the father called himself a "redneck" on the internet, but I can't muster any shock at either thing. It's life as usual for large portions of the country.

More or less agreed. I find it far more worrying that mom seems to be unable to divert some of her attention to her family.

It wasn't my intention to emphasize the pregnancy or the kid's 'redneckishness'. I was more trying to emphasize my amusement in the seemingly fun-loving teenager and the consequences both real and foreseeable in boinking the daughter of possibly the future President of the United States without a condom. I smell a sitcom in this. :p

My apologies. This last week of breathless talking-head coverage of the topic/over-exposure to internet demagoguery (not *here* of course) has sort of blurred my sense of aesthetic distance. It does have the makings of a classic comedy of errors, when seen that way. Well sighted. :tongue:

I'd be marrying the gal I knocked up. No need for any pressure on me.

or, if the boy is smart, he'll be the posterboy for using sex as a road to advancement.

this boy really should (and who knows, he may be) be making demands that cannot be renegged when the mccain/palin ticket loses. they will give him anything he wants (and will shut up about) as long as he agrees to marry the princess.

if they win, and especially if palin becomes president, that boy is going to have options that he would never have had as a hockey playing highschool drop out.

im hoping that someone does a brilliant "alaskan hillbillies go to washington" comic strip.

Man, if I was him I'd get wasted in the White House 24/7

wonder if we'll get a "levi" beer outta this then...

or, if the boy is smart, he'll be the posterboy for using sex as a road to advancement.

this boy really should (and who knows, he may be) be making demands that cannot be renegged when the mccain/palin ticket loses. they will give him anything he wants (and will shut up about) as long as he agrees to marry the princess.

if they win, and especially if palin becomes president, that boy is going to have options that he would never have had as a hockey playing highschool drop out.

im hoping that someone does a brilliant "alaskan hillbillies go to washington" comic strip.I'd be surprised if they haven't coerced him to shut up and play along to whatever tune they have in mind.

Boy, it's going to hurt him badly when he gets divorced...goddamn.

I'd be marrying the gal I knocked up. No need for any pressure on me.
What makes you think she'd have you?

I mean, really, just because a girl is willing to have sex with you and keep the kid if she gets pregnant doesn't mean she wants to marry you.

What makes you think she'd have you?

I mean, really, just because a girl is willing to have sex with you and keep the kid if she gets pregnant doesn't mean she wants to marry you.

Her father with a shotgun is all the convincing any girl needs.

Her father with a shotgun is all the convincing any girl needs.
Heh. I wasn't talking about this situation in particular, but situations in general.

I mean, if I got knocked up, I probably wouldn't just hop right into marriage because of it. Even if I'd been considering it beforehand, it's something where I would wait until the hormones are back to normal and the helpfulness of want to be hubby post-childbirth as well as my own feelings on the matter are taken into consideration.

That being said, I'd never keep a pregnancy unless I knew that I could financially support a baby (i.e. either I have a good job and can do it on my own or I'm married and together there's enough income to do so) and to me financially supporting a baby includes putting money away for its future schooling.

I smell a sitcom in this. :p
All in the Family Alaska Style?

All in the Family Alaska Style?

Supermom knows best (except about foreign policy)?