"Palin: We're 'not really into the drama'"

[DearAbby]

(CNN) – Sarah Palin and her almost-son-in-law Levi Johnston have been in a war of words for months, but the former Alaska governor told Oprah Winfrey in just-released clips of the highly-anticipated interview that he is still "part of the family."

While not directly saying whether or not Johnston is invited to Thanksgiving dinner, Palin said her family still has affection for Johnston.

"It's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing," Palin told Winfrey. "Because of course you want - he is a part of the family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing. And he needs that, too."

Discussing her new book, "Going Rogue: An American Life," on Winfrey's famous couch, Palin said she and her family want to make peace with Johnston and move past the dramatics that have unfolded in the media over the last year. Johnston was once engaged to Palin's daughter, Bristol, and is the father of Palin's grandson, Tripp.

"I think he needs to know that he is loved and he has the most beautiful child, and this can all work out for good," Palin said. "It really can. We don't have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. We're not really into the drama. We don't really like that. We're more productive."


Palin also called her interview with Katie Couric during the campaign a "bad interview," but said the campaign staff encouraged her to continue to do others after that.

"The campaign said, 'Right on. Good. You're showing your independence. This is what America needs to see and it was a good interview,'" Palin said. "And of course I'm thinking, if you thought that was a good interview, I don't know what a bad interview is because I knew it was a bad interview."

Palin's full sit-down with Winfrey will air on Monday, the day before her memoir hits bookstores.


Link:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/12/palin-were-not-really-into-the-drama/

[driver8]

1. blah, blah, blah...

She has nothing to say that I want to hear. Too bad that she is getting rich for being a phony and a quitter.

[AndyA]

2. Sarah Palin: "Thanks, but no thanks, to the drama."

:puke:

She was for it before she was against it until someone paid her to be for it again. :eyes:

[AndyA]

3. Did she finish the Oprah interview, or just start it and leave halfway through for someone else

to finish? :shrug:

Just wondering if she's staying true to form...

[liberal N proud]

4. And the bear doesn't shit in the woods.

[tblue]

5. There's no drama in shooting wolves from a plane. Nope.

Thanks, Oprah. :puke:

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Well, that's not what Levi says,

and in this instance, I tend to believe him.

[Contrary1]

7. In other words:

Palin is afraid Levi will be sharing more of the family secrets.

[Toasterlad]

8. Watch Out, Levi.

Sarah Palin is talking, but all I'm hearing is, "Your honor, my client bore no malice toward the deceased. Here is videotape of her referring to him as part of the family and professing love for him. She had no motive to have him killed."

[cynatnite]

9. Well, it does reflect badly on her presidential campaign plans...

:eyes:

[lunatica]

10. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

[Orsino]

11. In other words, stop asking about the drama.

Which doesn't exist, anyway.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Levi must have something really big on Sarah

Palin doesn't strike me as the forgiving kind. She's a viper. Her sudden attempt to mollify Johnston by saying she loves him and still considers him part of the family leaves me very skeptical after the other things she said about him.

[Happyhippychick]

14. Totally agree with you.

[Angry Dragon]

13. Sounds like she has plans

"It's lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing," Palin told Winfrey. "Because of course you want - he is a part of the family and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing. And he needs that, too."


This sounds like she wants to control him.......

[Blue_In_AK]

15. Somewhere Levi is vomiting up his lunch.

[mitchum]

16. "We're not really into the drama"...she ALWAYS talks like a high school girl