The Big Bad Press and Sarah Palin’s Boyfriend-In-Law

In addition to feeling sorry for herself, Sarah Palin is now claiming that the media might prevent her daughter, Bristol, and her boyfriend and self-professed redneck, Levi Johnson, from getting a job.  The media simply pointed out correctly that Levi’s lack of a high school diploma made him ineligible to apprentice as an electrician so he quit his job.  According to CNN, Johnston’s father, who was reported to be the one with whom Levi was serving as an apprentice, said that his son’s missing educational qualification was “just something that slipped through the cracks.”

“You guys are watching him so tightly,” Johnston told the paper. “He’s being treated different than an average 18-year-old kid. He has to do everything by the book now.”

Well, is it so hard to do things legally?  God forbid.

The Anchorage Daily News though stated that Johnston began working last  fall in the oil field with ASRC Energy Services Inc., a major Slope contractor.  

In a Sunday newspaper column, Anchorage radio talk show host Dan Fagan questioned how Johnston could take part in ASRC’s apprenticeship program without a high school diploma.

Fagan said he understood federal regulations require all members of apprenticeship programs to have a diploma. He also questioned whether the governor might have had a hand in getting Johnston into the program.

Palin adamantly denied that Monday.

Did you expect anything else?

Posted in Politics   Tagged: ASRC, electrical apprentice, Levi johnston, Sarah Palin