Interesting story from the Libertarian Republican:

Libertarian Republican frequent contributor Josh Painter, of Texas4Palin blog along with Sarah’s Web Brigade blog have just done some amazing investigative work. Readers of LR may remember Josh for his investigative series here and at RedState last Spring, uncovering favoritism by the Obama administration for certain GM and Chrysler by Democrat auto dealers over Republican-owned dealerships.

Now Painter and SWB, drop a bombshell using background information obtained from Gregory Tart at the Member’s Only TeamSarah website.

But first, they give a little background:

As we’ve talked about since the election, there has been a coordinated effort by backers of Barack Obama to harm Governor Sarah Palin. We have also talked about the efforts put forth by both candidate, and now President, Barack Obama to do everything in his power to derail Sarah Palin.

We have previously talked about Barack Obama’s Alaska Mafia and how Obama and Pete Rouse, his former campaign chief-of -staff and now White House adviser, not only played an active roll in the failed “Troopergate” smear on Sarah Palin, but also actively coordinated the many attacks on Sarah post election, including encouraging the filing of all of the phony-baloney “ethics complaints” against her that would eventually cost the Alaskan taxpayers around $2 million.

Barack Obama even did a little pay-for-play “Chicago Style” payoff to Alaska State Senator Kim Elton for his part in the “Troopergate” smear. After being sworn in, Obama quietly appointed Elton to a make work job over at the Department of Interior. You can read the whole deal, as well as watch the great video that ties the entire mess together in a nice little bow, here.

As you know, Levi Johnston, the poster child for abstinence, and deadbeat dad of the century, is now “staring” in an advertising campaign for nuts. This ad, which also features his “bodyguard” “Tank” Jones, an Alaska private investigator, who works for Alaska attorney Rex Butler, a big Obama supporter, features Levi and “Tank” pretending to be at an “event” and has Levi eating the company’s nut.

Butler, who claims to be Levi’s “manager” is also representing Levi’s mother, who is facing drug trafficking charges.
The seriously cheesy ad, which features Levi in a green t-shirt with “Alaska” on it, (because no one would know who this moron is without it) is set against an all white background with “flash bulbs” going off and “canned” crowd noises while ‘Tank” pretends to “fight back the paparazzi!”

Note the reference to Levi’s Mom and her pending drug conviction.

This is key to the story. Sherry Johnston, 43, is now facing 5 to 8 years in the Alaska penitentiary for possession and distribution of Oxycontin, a powerful prescription drug. She sold 10 pills to an undercover agent in the parking lot of the Wasilla Target store. Originally, charges were more extensive and the media reported possible “trafficking” in meth-amphetimine. She was ultimately convicted of a Class ‘A’ Felony back in August.

Johnston, who was reportedly unemployed, recently got a new high-priced Attorney. He is none other than Rex Butler. Johnston’s new Attorney is working on a deal with the Judge to allow Ms. Johnston to “serve her sentence at home,” with an ankle bracelet, according to the ADN instead of hard time at the State Penitentiary in Eagle Lake.

Butler, it turns out, has extensive ties to a network of hard-line Democrat Party of Alaska operatives. And he also has friends in very high places.

Read the full story here