Scrapping with Levi

An unlikely opponent, but one of Palin’s most prominent sparring partners over the years has been Levi Johnston, a 21-year-old high school dropout who was once engaged to Palin’s daughter Bristol. Johnston and Bristol had a son, Tripp, in 2008 before the relationship ended and Johnston, rather getting into the mood of what it might mean to be a Palin, went on a national media tour. He enraged Palin with a series of outlandish claims about her (she wanted to secretly adopt the baby!) before, in 2009, appearing nude in Playgirl magazine. “I call that porn,” said Palin, rising to the bait. “He hasn’t seen the baby much while he has been on his media tours”