There’s brave. Then there’s Alaska brave:
The boyfriend of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s unwed, pregnant daughter will join the family of the Republican vice presidential candidate at the GOP convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Levi Johnston’s mother said her 18-year-old son left Alaska on Tuesday morning to join the Palin family at the convention where Sen. John McCain will officially receive the Republican nomination for president. The boy’s mother, Sherry Johnston, said there had been no pressure put on her son to marry 17-year-old Bristol Palin and the two teens had made plans to wed before it was known she was pregnant.
“This is just a bonus,” Johnston said.
She took the words right out of John McCain’s mouth, I’m sure.
UPDATE: curse my cynicism. McCain stands by his fellow maverick!
This image will probably reassure the pro-life lobby that the candidate is very, very committed to defending the unborn. But after Barack Obama sportingly declared that he’d stay out of Palin family affairs, should Mr. McCain be getting involved?
