ANCHORAGE — The teenage daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, whose quest for the vice presidency began to go downhill the day she announced the pregnancy, 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.
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 nomination as John McCain's running mate.
The announcement that Bristol, 17 at the time, was pregnant immediately drew concerns that it could damage Palin's credibility as a religious conservative. It also foreshadowed a troubled campaign for Palin, who drew large crowds at rallies but was criticized for her composure in news interviews and for her experience level.
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.
Wow, what a name to pick, wonder what it means.
"TRIPP!!....I will not tell you again!!; Stop being BAD!!"
Shame it wasn't a girl, they could have called it Crystal-Meth.
My vote would have been for Oops.
The Associated Press made an error in judgment when they declared Levi Johnston the father. He should have been referred to as "the presumptive father."
Objectivity has fallen by the wayside.
Sarah Palin is definately one "hot" grandmother.
Sarah Palin is definately one "hot" grandmother.
Too hot to handle ! Shes an idiot McCain didnt allow to face the media and for the few times she did- TRAGEDY.
I guessed it would be TARP or TRAMPOLINE, oh well....I like mine better and the kid won't get his ass kicked with MY choices!
Remember the FARKLE FAMILY from SNL? This reminds me of them is some warped way....maybe because they all have the same father..ooops .
Oh God...the Farkles? I thought I was the only one that remembered them!
They were all red heads with the first Names starting with "F" like Frannie, Freddie, Ferdie, etc etc....and the one with the dark hair that looked just like the mailman!
You had to have been there I guess, but thanks for the memories!
Her boyfriend's mother was just arrested for dealing drugs and then she names her kid "Tripp"? Was she high? Was she tripping when she decided on this ignorant name? Or just acknowledging drugs use in her boyfriends family?
Tripp, Track, Treck.
What's next, GPS?
Or maybe they named him after Linda
Tripp, Track, Trig, are they trying for an entire tongue twister?
RDS------
Was she high ? Was she tripping together ?
LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! made my day !
Tripp, Track, Trig, are they trying for an entire tongue twister?
No, their IQs wont allow for more than 1 or 2 syllables.... grade school nouns and verbs.
I love it. Libs in "the vine" using made up funny names tearing apart the name of a new born baby that had no say into his own name. And I don't understand why you people have so much hate for this young girl and her baby. Just tell me what they have done to you that makes you resent them so much. A lot of you are the same people ripping apart other people when they call BO a name. Yet you go to another post and start calling a innocent baby and his young mother terrible names. I understand your feelings about her mother but to take it out on the grand baby seems way over the top.
I love it. Libs in "the vine" using made up funny names tearing apart the name of a new born baby that had no say into his own name.
Neither did baby boy Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 1961 in Hawaii. Yet you cons have made a whole lot about his name.
How's the shoe on that foot?
I certainly wish baby Tripp and his young mom and dad all the best.
Kim-298921 -- excellent!
Exactly, Kim-29821 !!
Neither did baby boy Barack Hussein Obama II, born August 1961 in Hawaii. Yet you cons have made a whole lot about his name.
How's the shoe on that foot?
TRIPP EASTON MITCHELL JOHNSTON...........at least it is an AMERICAN name...........unlike the PE.
BB your ignorant.
Easton is Old English
Mitchell is Middle English, Old French
Johnston is Middle English and Scottish.
There now your are slightly less ignorant.
Tripp is an American name? I looked in the book of baby names, it's not listed at all.
Poor kids. Sigh...........
Poor kids indeed.
With Sarah busy having a press con in front of bleeding turkeys and knows nothing intelligent for a national position.
You guys crack me up! Spot on...
The irony is almost just too easy.
But I wish her the best. She's going to need it.
Why not just name him oxycontin and be done with it? Or how about redneck? This poor poor poor kid.
Just don't trip on him!
Todd, Track, Trigg, and now Tripp. What was Tray, Troy and Turbulence taken?
LMAO! Turbulence! I just choked on my own saliva. ROFLMAO.
Turbulence !!!!!!!!!!!! LOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I cant stop laughing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
I thought... it should be Todd ALSO, Track ALSO, Trigg ALSO....... in honor of the stupid grandmother.
Dammit R. Donald...you stole my post...lol...
What a ridiculous ass name...
Can anyone say "Who cares!"
Bad trip!
;)
Bad trip sums it up very well. :)
What is it with the fugly names in that family???
C'mon. They are just being "mavericky".
Haha, must be.
C'mon. They are just being "mavericky".
Yo! They be gittin' all maveriky up in here, y'all! You betcha!
maveriky. lmao. *snort*
Mavericky would have been a better name.
I'm choking here omfg, you all are way too much!...too funny.
Who gives a flying f**k?
Apparently Bristol did....not sure if she was in a plane but......
Too bad Sarah didn't see them copulating from her porch!
Randy from Maine.
She was too busy keeping an eye on the sky in case Putin dropped in on his way to D.C.
♫..What a lonng strange Tripp it's been.. ♫
argh! you beat me to it, jim! lol.
The name you give your kid affects his life. That's why I didn't name my kids my culture's equivalent of Trig, Trip, or Bristol.
Bristol, that was the cheap brand of smokes in the NE about 20 years ago, wonder if they are still around.
It is also the name of a racetrack in NASCAR.
Bristol was a toothbrush brand in Asia.
Bristol CT is home of ESPN, where Sarah wanted to work sooooo baaaad.
I would have thought Tragedy or Travesty would have been appropriate names...
Those names were already being used... McCain-Tragedy and Palin-Travesty!
Oh, yes.... two more really appropriate "T" names.
You guys are soooooo funny. I am falling out laughing at you all with these comments. I knew that name "Tripp" would get a lot of feedback from you viners. But really, what was Bristol thinking? That they had a long Trip to the White House and didn't make it and that they had to Trek back to Alaska? LOL
what kind of name is Bristol? That's a man's shaving cream, and Levi? a pair of jeans? hmmmm, makes sense, combine shaving cream and jeans, light em with person in em. they get a real fast tripp.
I bet Levi would like to have named the baby Trap.
Touché !
"What a long strange Tripp it's been" - Grateful Dead
ooohhh....BURN! lol
+1
"I bet Levi would like to have named the baby Trap"
Or Wrangler....so they can tell they have the same.......genes (groan)
Trapper M.D.- came to my mind,lol..
"I bet Levi would like to have named the baby Trap."
I regret I have but one vote to give that comment!
What about Trooper?Year of the F-Troop popping up and in all year.
Best. Comment. EVER!
If I named my kid Trip my mother would have a fit. This woman's mother was so close to having her finger on a nuke. Is this where we are at America?
2 to 1 the wedding is off
if it was ever truly on...
Guaranteed! I bet he was paid to look like the dotting boyfriend/fiance to uphold the "family values" being touted. You think he wants to marry her? Uh, no!!
2 to 1 he swore of dinking and drugs the next morning, and then went back on them when he found out she was pregnant.
I hope it's off - why the heck should those two kids suffer, and end a bad marriage in a divorce just for a spring fling.
That kid wasn't paid to hang around. He was threatened within an inch of his delinquent life. You know henchman came out, sat him down and told him that if he even thought of running, not playing along or in anyway not playing into the united front that terrible things would happen to him.
Aww Tripp.....you fell down go boom...you okay? Have a nice fall?
Damn Tripp......you're a trip!
Tripp your guilt trip won't work with me!
Dude! It's the colors man! Whoa.......dude......what a tripp!
Why not just call him Meth A. Don Mitchell?
This is just one more port 'o call in the wide weird world of the Palin Tripp
Not news but it does seem entertaining. Although, the sooner wall (we all) butt out of their lives the sooner ours might start to feel like it's improving. No need to wallow in their simple lives.
The governor's office said it would not release information because it considers the baby's birth a private family matter.
LOL!
Waaaahhhhhh!
Dr. - Congratulations Miss Palin, it's a boy!!
Bristol - Oh please tell me it looks like Levi??
Sherry Johnston, Levi's mother, said in October that Bristol and her son were considering a summer wedding, followed by two more children they will name "Stumble" and "Fall"
Sherry Johnson regrets she will be unable to attend the Wedding due to a previous engagement for 3-5 years.
i said it once, i'll say it again: ooohhhh, BURN!!!
lol. good one.
Typical behavior for the usual born again Christian family. This should make all the hypocritical Jesus freaks who supported Palin happy. It is nothing more than their do as I say, not as I do philosphy. Let' s see if the poor guy marries Palin's daughter now. It all looked cute at the convention, but reality is here.
holy crap. i just hope they don't throw that poor guy over for a 'virgin' birth. can you imagine??? oh, it's too scary to think about. i can just see the born again christians using the poor girl and her baby to further their belief that palin is just so....right.
@!$%#. I had the office pool for "Teabag". ;0
T-Bag would still work.
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