The Palins: The comedy gift that keeps on giving. And people ask me how we're going to keep our show's going after the new administration takes office....
--Rose On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Richard de Give <rduhg...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp > ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The daughter of former vice presidential candidate > Sarah Palin has given birth to a son, a magazine reported Monday. > Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Sunday, > People magazine reported online. He weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. Colleen > Jones, the sister of Bristol's grandmother, told the magazine that "the baby > is fine and Bristol is doing well." > The governor's office said it would not release information because it > considers the baby's birth a private, family matter. Palin family members, > hospital employees and spokespeople for the governor's former running mate, > John McCain, either would not confirm the birth or did not return messages > from The Associated Press. > The father is Levi Johnston, a former hockey player at Alaska's Wasilla > High School. > Palin announced on Sept. 1, the first day of the Republican National > Convention, that her unwed daughter was pregnant. The campaign issued a > statement saying Bristol "and the young man" would get married. > Levi Johnston's mother eventually disclosed that her 18-year-old son was > the father. The following week, the young man attended the convention in St. > Paul, Minn., when Palin accepted the vice presidential nomination. > The announcement that the unmarried Bristol Palin, 17 at the time, was > pregnant immediately drew concerns that it could damage Palin's credibility > as a religious conservative. But many observers noted the pregnancy served > to humanize the Palins and showcase the candidate's rejection of abortion. > Sherry Johnston, Levi's mother, said in October that Bristol and her son > were considering a summer wedding. > Levi Johnston told The Associated Press that month that he and Bristol > loved each other and wanted to get married. Johnston, who dropped out of > high school to take a job on the North Slope oil fields as an apprentice > electrician, said he was a little shocked to learn that Bristol was pregnant > but quickly warmed to the idea of being a father. > He said the two had planned to get married even before Bristol became > pregnant. > Johnston, an avid hunter, hinted at the time that they were expecting a > boy. He said he was already looking forward to taking the boy hunting and > fishing. > Johnston's mother was arrested on felony drug charges this month after > state troopers served a search warrant at her Wasilla home. According to > authorities, she sent text messages to two police informants in which she > discusses making drug transactions involving OxyContin, a strong > prescription painkiller. > Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, have five children ranging in age from > Trig, 7 months, to Track, 19. In between are Willow, 14; Piper, 7; and > Bristol. > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to wnndl+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wnndl?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
