"Levi is in a bit of a haze right now... Umm, I'm not allowed to see my nephew and my mom isn't either. We aren't Palins so therefore we are white trash and Bristol doesn't want her baby around us. So mom and I are really upset over it. I just hope Levi pulls his head out of his butt and lets us see our nephew and her grandbaby."

This is what Levi's sister wrote on her friend's My Space page.
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Lovely people.

Since Levi's mom is a drug addict (or so it's been said), I don't think I'd let her near the baby either.

I don't know that she's an addict, but she was arrested for selling Oxycontin (I believe she has 4 felony charges pending currently, which if convicted she could face SEVERAL years in prison).

This is one of those times, where I would, if I were Sarah Palin, put my foot down and cut ties w/ that family--regardless of whether they are in-laws or not! Levi would be lucky if he got to see the baby much less his extended family....

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ITA not allowing a druggie grandma around the baby..but what did Levi do? It isn't his fault if his mom is on drugs(?)

Cutting ties with this family is kind of like shutting the barn door after the horse gets out.

What would her reason be for barring Levi's sister from seeing her brother's child?

Hysterical. NOW Palin puts her foot down? What a joke.

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How are we supposed to know that, exactly?

Just speculating, I would guess that if mama is a mess and the sister is defending the mama, the sister is probably a lot like mama.

Letting the sister come around probably invites all sorts of drama that nobody really needs.

I am guessing the sister probably doesn't have a lot of positive things to contribute to the development of a child if she is like her mom. I wouldn't want my children getting to attached to relatives that could ultimately bring the child a lot of grief. I have a brother-in-law we didn't want around our child, and as things turned out, we were smart to have made that decision. He is in the penitentiary today.

Good choice for baby daddy, Bristol.

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Once again, who cares. They are not your family. Would you really know what was going on if they weren't in the news? What if it was a neighbor of yours or someone your child knew in school. Would you still post it or care about what someone else does? There is a lot more important things to worry about then worrying about what someone posted on myspace.

When a person (Sarah Palin) puts herself on a very public stage, and one of things she espouses is how "good" she is and how she can run the country--she opened herself, ergo her family up for rumours, inneuendos, gossip and speculation.

Having had a 17 y/o niece who go pregnant and married into a worthless, law breaking, abusive family, I can say that yeah, our family has been there and done the whole unwed teenage mother "thing". Based on what has been reported about the "baby daddy" and his mother--I stand by my statement of cutting them out of the picture if at possible. It will greatly decrease the heartache and sorrow in the future for the baby and the mom.

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Sarah Palin put herself in the spotlight. Her children did not ask for it. Therefore, their private lives should be that, private, period.

I don't disagree....However, Ms. Palin through her daughter under the bus on this matter. If you, as a parent, want the press to not pay attention to your children--then you, as the parent, don't drag those children into the spotlight.

I can name several movie stars who have abided by this--and their children are not the focus of media attention (until such time as the children hit their teenage years and start behaving badly).

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I dared my sister to request her as a friend I don't know if she will actually do it.

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Ever heard of teenage rebellion? You can raise your kids right with all the best morals and they still can make dumb choices. You can restrict them all you want ( and should) , but it doesn't guarantee all intelligent choices...especially when "love" is involved. Geez....even adults aren't always smart and rational when it comes to "love" and s*x.

I have the Best Mom in the world and I was a horrible horrendous thankless brat of a teenager. I still cringe and have some guilt today for the choices I made in that they hurt my Mom.

You are soooo right.

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Sarah Palin announced her unwed teenage drop-out daughter's pregnancy. Palin is entirely to blame for putting her in the spotlight.

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Not sure if you're saying this, but I don't think it was the announcement of the pregnancy per se, but by initially accepting the invitation to run, thereby forcing the announcement.
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No, I don't think her choosing to run is what put her kid square in the spotlight. It was choosing to announce the her unwed, teen-aged, high school drop-out kid was pregnant. That was what put Bristol in the spotlight.

Since the kid's birth, there are reports that Bristol and Levi have tried to peddle pictures for cash. If true, then I think it's Bristol's choice to remain in the spotlight and she has only herself to blame.

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How do you think that Sarah Palin could have run and the pregnancy would not have been discovered and announced in the media? I'm not following your train of thought there...

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Oh, maybe if she'd kept her mouth shut instead of making a big announcement and a big phony show of having the baby daddy on stage at the convention? It's hard to claim that your kid should be left alone when you're the one that thrust her to the forefront and used her as some kind of shining example of pro-life-dom.

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