Bristol Palin attempts to put rumors of a break up to rest by posting picture of the recently MIA Gino Paoletti. Update!

So yesterday this picture cropped up on Brancy's blog.

I actually DON'T know for certain if Bristol has officially broken up with Gino or not, but I did think it rather odd that there was virtually no mention of him in the description of her unreality show.

Sarah, Tripp, and Willow are all mentioned, but the man who she at one time was rumored to be wanting to start a family with, is nowhere to be found.

Which if he were by the way would make statements like,“It’s not fair to him (Tripp)that he has no one here except for me,” sound kind of ridiculous.

Ostensibly the post this picture was attached to is about asking for ideas to help the "still happy couple" name their Newfoundland puppy, however it seems so pointless that even Bristol's "supporters" can barely be bothered to waste their time coming up with ideas, and of this posting there are only 36 comments.

One of the comments goes as follows: "Name it Bill Maher"

I am assuming that is so Bristol can abuse the animal and not feel badly about it. 

Another comment, from somebody named "Joe," said the following: Looks like a “Jesse” to me…

WTF?

Now I am not sure if this is a Palin-bot who likes the idea of Bristol rubbing her dog's nose in his poop to housebreak him while saying "Bad Jesse, bad," or if this is an IM reader who is secretly giggling to themselves for successfully inserting my name into the comments of Brancy's carefully moderated blog.  Either way I have say I am not sure I would really like the idea of some poor dog running around that nutty household saddled with my moniker.  Somehow I just KNOW he would not fair well in that environment.

While we are on the unfortunate subject of Bristol and the people she hates, I should note that her campaign to turn her son against his father continues apace as evidenced by a post on June 4th, titled "Praying, Tripp Palin style."

As we all know this poor kid's name is still Tripp Johnston, and having his mother constantly referring to him by the wrong name must be terribly confusing, and eventually quite scarring.

I remember when I was a kid that when my mom remarried there was some talk of changing the last names of my brother, my sister, and I to our new stepfather's last name. That idea was rejected with a very angry, and venomous response from all three of us.

My mother meant no harm, she thought she was doing something to make us all feel like we belonged in the same family, but she did not understand the importance to children to have a sense of identity and feel some connection to their father. Even to a father who they see but rarely.

By this time in his life Tripp knows who he is, and Bristol's attempts to change that are only going to push him away from her at some point and drive him to want to more firmly connect with his father. For that reason I would encourage Bristol to continue, except that I know in the interim it will only do Tripp grave emotional harm.

If Bristol could let go of her anger toward Levi and his family, and allow Tripp to  spend some REAL time with them, she would actually end up with a much healthier, and well rounded young man for a son. Trying to keep him in a box, and using him to earn more money and fame for her, will only end up biting her in the ass, and turning him into an angry and resentful teenager.

An outcome that you would think SHE would be able to predict better than most.

Update: Not to be too conspiratorial, but Bristol has a new post up about the puppy, and either the damn thing is eating Purina Steroid Chow, or the picture was taken some what AFTER the first picture.

Am I wrong?