Levi Johnston Will Run for Mayor of Wasilla

Yes, he lost a fiancée, but he gained a Reality TV gig...and one more chance to reprise his role as Sarah Palin’s Only Slightly Cheesier Doppelgänger:

The docu-soap will follow the ever controversial, headline making, matinee idol, handsome father of one as he embarks on a run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska… [the] series will chronicle a “no-holds-barred” period in Levi’s tumultuous life; co-raising his son Tripp, looking for love, and taking care of business for his fellow Wasillians.

Thanks to Hunger Tallest Palin for pointing me to this quote from Johnston’s Manager, Tank Jones, who I assume makes these pronouncements garbed in a swami hat and wraparound sunglasses, while standing on the turnbuckle of a wrestling ring:

Asked whether he believed people would take Johnston’s run for office seriously, with TV cameras rolling, Jones said: “People questioned Jesus Christ, so I definitely don’t care about these mere mortals questioning Levi Johnston.

“People can question whatever they want. I mean, he’s going to keep on doing his thing,” he said. “He was going to do this, even if this wasn’t a reality show.”

For those of us in the Lower 48 (or Hawaii, the rarely-named Usurper State), Citizen Palin 4 President supplies this Rickenbacker-pumped promotional glimpse of Wasilla, which—to a chair-bound Urban Elite like me—appears to be a cross between Battlefield Earth, Waterworld and Barstow, only with primary colors, decent dining and puppies(!)...but is probably a fun, funky place, once you locate the Cheesecake Factory and the liquor store.

Wasilla. Come for the Kayaking, Stay for the Political Comedy. God have mercy on this Scenic Natural Wonderland, which—until August 2008—was happily under the National Radar, and proud to be there.

Posted by StrangeAppar8us on 08/10/10 at 10:45 AM • Permalink

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I hate to cover this, but it’s almost obligatory.

PS: Wasilla actually looks like a hoot, and it knows how to sell itself. Alas, my days of wandering the wilderness with a camera crew are long past…and my only notable “manly” outdoor experience was white-water-rafting most of the Youghiogheny River without a raft—which I got pitched out of at the first falls.

Oh, yeah, there was that time I jumped out of an airplane and had the chute wrap around my legs instead of opening. Let’s just say there’s been a “theme” to my outdoor adventures that makes me less and less inclined to pursue them further.

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 08/10/10 at 11:05 AM

The lady with the giant zucchini looks particularly excited.

Comment by justlen on 08/10/10 at 11:07 AM

@justlen—More excited, obviously, than the current Mayor of Wasilla…who gets about 36 frames of screen time, versus Sarah’s on-camera statement and multiple wardrobe changes.

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 08/10/10 at 11:11 AM

Shortly after the couple relaxing on their deck overlooking the lake were filmed, yarn-hatted hoodlums surrounded them, called them a**holes, and built a 28-foot fence around them, or what we call in Wasilla, “MEETING THE NEIGHBORS.”

Comment by Mrs. Polly on 08/10/10 at 11:20 AM

Tank? Levi? Trig? Track? Mercede? What the fuck are these people on?

Comment by Tom65 on 08/10/10 at 11:30 AM

What the fuck are these people on?

Meth.

Comment by Allan on 08/10/10 at 11:34 AM

@Tom65—ARE YOU KATIE COURIC? WELL, ARE YOU?

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 08/10/10 at 11:35 AM

Who entrusts the direction of their career to a man named “Tank”?

Comment by Dan Coyle on 08/10/10 at 11:42 AM

Someone named after a brand of pants.

Comment by Tom65 on 08/10/10 at 11:43 AM

Someone named after a brand of pants.

Tom65 x 1,000!

Comment by StrangeAppar8us on 08/10/10 at 11:45 AM

I have a friend who went to Alaska recently for work, and on his downtime decided he just had to visit Wasilla. In his words: “It was a real fucking dump. It was like a giant amorphous strip mall, nothing but big box stores and crappy chain restaurants.”

Comment by OneMadClown on 08/10/10 at 01:15 PM

I smell a trend - Levi running for office after a photospread in Playgirl. Our newish Massachusetts senator ran for office with a Playgirl photospread also on his CV. Will Playgirl become the replacement for Iowa caucuses for semi-humpy male Publican wannabees?