Top 5 Reasons Levi Johnston is Bad News

Levi Johnston has been in the news since fall 2008, when he burst somewhat unwelcomed onto the scene as the boyfriend of VP candidate Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. Levi and Bristol got engaged. They broke up. Recently, they became engaged again. As of this writing, they're again apart. Given that track record, it may be just months - or weeks - before they again reunite.

But Bristol, I'm telling you: Levi Johnston is bad news. Here are my top 5 reasons why you and Levi should never share the same room again, let alone the same last name:

1. Your friends don't like him

If your friends don't like the object of your romantic interest, that oughta be a huge red flag. And Bristol's friends aren't exactly members of the Levi Johnston fan club, as Bristol herself has said: "My friends saw what played out last year. There was no "woo hoo; you're getting married. Instead, it's 'You've got a lot of work ahead of you, guys' ... they're more worried for me than they are excited."

You've known many of your friends longer than you've known Levi. Listen to their wisdom.

2. Your family doesn't like him

Yeah, yeah. It's all cool and romantic to go against your family for the sake of love. But for Pete's sake, you're not Romeo and Juliet here.

Bristol's mom Sarah Palin has said "Actions will speak louder than words" in response to Bristol and Levi's most recent engagement news - not exactly a ringing endorsement. Bristol has also said "every family member of mine has so many concerns." Maybe at least one or two of those concerns are valid? Maybe, just maybe?

3. His family dissed the Palins

Here's a lesson for all participants in relationships of any kind: while your friend/spouse/girlfriend can dis her own family, you can't. Period. Just don't go there. This is a lesson Levi Johnston and his family apparently haven't learned.

Examples? Levi has spoken negatively of Bristol's mom Sarah repeatedly over the past two years. He alleged that Sarah called her son Trig, born with Down Syndrome, "retarded." He also claimed that in contrast to her folksy Alaskan image, Sarah didn't know how to shoot, and that she puts career ahead of family.

It's not just Levi. His 18-year-old sister Mercede maintains a Palin-bashing blog.

Would you want to ally yourself with a family who has repeatedly put your own family down? Think long and hard about this one, Bristol. Sounds like some mighty uncomfortable Christmas get-togethers to me.

4. He posed in Playgirl

'Nuff said.

5. He lacks ambition

Levi is a former electrician's apprentice - emphasis on former. He dropped out of high school and is currently studying for his GED (this the hopeful assessment given by Bristol during their most recent engagement). While none of this is necessarily a disaster, it doesn't exactly sound like stellar husband material, either. Think long and hard about this, Bristol. Do you want to be the main breadwinner in the family? Playgirl isn't going to pay the bills forever.

SOURCES:

US Weekly 7/26/2010

US Weekly 8/2/2010