BREAKING: PALIN Announces 17 year old Daughter is Pregnant!

[Breeze54]

Palin says her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/01/america/daughter.php

Reuters

Published: September 1, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minnesota:

The 17-year-old daughter of the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Governor Sarah Palin of
Alaska, is pregnant, Palin said Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal
bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant
and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by
the campaign of Senator John McCain.

Bristol Palin made the decision to keep the baby on her own, McCain aides said.

"We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,"
the Palins'statement said.

"Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow
up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows
she has our unconditional love and support," the Palins said.

They asked the media to respect the young couple's privacy.

"Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties
of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask
the media, respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children
of candidates," the statement concluded.

More....

[POAS]

1. LINK? n/t

[OmahaBlueDog]

2. Interesting choice of timing in the middle of a hurricane

[Bolo Boffin]

3. My apologies to everyone I've been bashing about this. PS: Got a link inside...

That's the end of that, isn't it?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080901/pl_nm/usa_politics_palin_dc

[YellowRubberDuckie]

7. But still.

There goes the family values/we're better because we're fundies argument that the Republicans like to trot out when they are running for president.
Duckie

[Bolo Boffin]

15. Yeah. Abstinence-only education strikes again! n/t

[malaise]

93. QED n/t

[still_one]

111. This is an issue because of exactly what you said

How dare they say the media should not discuss this
This is about sex education, birth control, and positions their campaign has taken

[Stellen]

12. Well...there is an older brother right? Does he have a girlfriend?

LOL. :D

[VP505]

44. Aren't they a bit too far north for that?

:evilgrin:

[quiet.american]

4. Um... dearest.... we know! There's 3,000 threads on this already. :) nt

[OmahaBlueDog]

5. Yes, we know, but I believe this is the first time she's admitted this in public

[quiet.american]

6. No, I mean there's another 3,000 already on this "breaking news." :) nt

[OmahaBlueDog]

21. OK, OK -- I only need to be told once

Hearing it 3 times is like arguing with Mrs. OBD ;-)

[quiet.american]

28. I hear you! My computer went nuts temporarily. :) nt

[quiet.american]

8. Dupe. nt

[quiet.american]

9. Dupe. nt

[Breeze54]

16. Um...dearest... it was just announced officially... not the 3000 rumors you refer to.

:eyes:

[quiet.american]

19. Not talking about threads about rumors, but threads about the announcement. But --

-- what's one more! Let them flood forth. :) I surrender -- DU has become PalinCentral. I give up.

[Breeze54]

36. Mine is the only announcement in GD... I just searched.

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General Discussion forum

BREAKING: PALIN Announces 17 year old Daughter is Pregnant!
Topic started by Breeze54 on Sep-01-08 12:23 PM (23 replies)
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PMIs there a substantive difference between "Palin faked her pregnancy" and "Obama is a Muslim"?
Topic started by Seen the light on Sep-01-08 01:40 AM (98 replies)
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WHY the stupid pregnancy thing matters
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wow..just love the family values... Palin lying about child
Topic started by ORDagnabbit on Aug-31-08 01:46 AM (77 replies)
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Trig was born there on April 18, 2008 Here is the hospital record
Topic started by seemslikeadream on Aug-31-08 08:28 PM (69 replies)
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Everyone here is missing the point re: Palin's baby...
Topic started by misanthrope on Aug-31-08 04:06 PM (33 replies)
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Why the "is it her son or grandson" matters to me
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Palin: If her daughter were raped & became pregnant "I would choose life"
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Are we not allowed to talk about Palin baby rumor?
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An actual serious question about Palin's youngets child
Topic started by Husb2Sparkly on Aug-29-08 10:27 PM (146 replies)
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If you don't want to read anothor thread about sexism, don't click here.
Topic started by kiva on Aug-30-08 09:02 PM (34 replies)
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Feb 25, 2008.. 7 months pregnant?? you decide
Topic started by SoCalDem on Aug-29-08 02:37 PM (186 replies)
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One last word about baby-gate...
Topic started by Liberal_in_LA on Aug-30-08 09:26 PM (23 replies)
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She "simply doesn't look pregnant," a reporter wrote in the Alaska Daily News. Feb 2008
Topic started by Liberal_in_LA on Aug-29-08 02:09 PM (67 replies)
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Palin SCANDAL
Topic started by Obama_for_our_future on Aug-29-08 01:42 PM (22 replies)
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Sarah's 16 year-old unmarried daughter pregnant.
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rumor? Palen has a pregnant 17 year old daughter.
Topic started by greenman3610 on Aug-29-08 04:08 PM (8 replies)
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Is anything about any kind of pregnancy in the Palin household an acceptable topic for debate?
Topic started by Bucky on Aug-29-08 03:47 PM (9 replies)
Last modified by kestrel91316 on Aug-29-08 04:07 PM

[quiet.american]

43. I saw threads in LBN & on the Greatest Page beforehand. But it's no big deal.

In hindsight -- so what if there are a million threads on this. It's no big deal.

[TankLV]

23. umm - NO - YOU all tried to SILENCE us by saying the "rumors" WEREN'T TRUE. THIS PROVES IT TRUE...

sorry, no sale to your bullshit...

[quiet.american]

24. I don't know what you're talking about, but you won't find any posts from me on that. nt

[TankLV]

10. So - WE WERE RIGHT IN QUESTIONING THE LIES!!!

and all those fucking "concerned" trolls who tried to get us to shut up were WRONG!!!

I think the people who BROKE THIS STORY deserve BIGTIME APOLOGIES from these idiots...

[Bolo Boffin]

14. What lies?

Did Palin ever say her daughter wasn't pregnant?

Are there going to be apologies from the people who said that Palin's fifth child was actually her daughter's child?

[TankLV]

26. Yes - Palin tried to claim SHE was pregnant HERSELF...

but you haven't been paying attention, naturally...

[Crabby Appleton]

34. You wern't paying attention yourself

[TankLV]

41. Oh, I KNOW I was, honey...your BULLSHIT won't work on us anymore...

[AZ Criminal JD]

40. She WAS pregnant herself.

but you haven't been paying attention, naturally...

[Breeze54]

70. She WAS pregnant herself !!

:eyes:

She has a new 4 month old baby named Trig.

[tavalon]

122. Um, the fact that Bristol is pregnant now,

doesn't negate the fact that Bristol was also pregnant then. Heck, I bet she's marrying the dad to keep her mother's grubby fingers off of this kid.

[SoCalDem]

86. I'm waiting, but don't expect any

:rofl:

[screembloodymurder]

103. Me too!

This story matters. It's not about the pregnancy. It's about the lies.

[BlueIdaho]

11. McCain campaign attempts to right the ship by stating the bloody obvious.

This is only the beginning for Sarah Barracuda - welcome to the big leagues governor.

[LostInAnomie]

13. Again? Someone needs to teach that girl a lesson about pulling out.

How exactly is announcing that she is pregnant supposed to quite the questions about Palin faking a pregnancy?

[Breeze54]

18. How could the girl be showing if Palin's baby is 4 months old?

Can you count?

[robinlynne]

33. There are two teenage daughters. That might be how.

[alphaq]

56. So you're saying that it was the 14 y/o that had TRIG? That's low.

So did she mysteriously disappear too when she was showing? :eyes:

[jhain]

75. we can count

and the repubs can LIE

[LostInAnomie]

77. Maybe because I don't automatically buy the GOP line that she's "around" 5 months.

Pretty damn convenient that she would be just pregnant enough to dispel the rumors.

And, so far, I haven't seen any pics of her "showing".

[Breeze54]

115. Look at this taken a few days ago... daughter looks pregnant to me!

[LostInAnomie]

117. That picture was taken a lot longer than a few days ago.

That's the evidence people have been using to show she was pregnant with Trig.

[POAS]

32. Good point

HOW pregnant is she, let's see April, May, June, July, August----4 even 5 months???

I better duck.

:hide:

[Radical Activist]

37. Or the Tina Fey sex-ed program

"You can't get pregnant in the mouth."

[cobalt1999]

17. I feel for the girl.

How many teenage girls who find themselves pregnant also have the news broadcast to the entire world?

[Breeze54]

22. 17 in Gloucester, MA!

Remember? Jamie Spears? Need I go on?

[TankLV]

35. I don't. When the mommy is another fucking repuke HYPOCRITE who insists on telling the REST of us

how to live perfect lives LIKE THEY DO, it damn well is "fair game"...

Fuck ths WHOLE FAMILY and their PHONEY HYPOCRITICAL "values"...

[cobalt1999]

50. What her mom is has nothing to do with it.

How many liberals here on DU also have conservative parents? Would say Fuck Their Whole Family too?

[screembloodymurder]

102. The daughter doesn't deserve that.

The kid loves her child, and probably didn't have any choice in the matter. Look at her eyes. She's not like her mother. She's a sweatheart.

[Warpy]

20. So much for Jesus and abstinence education.

That's the problem here, not the poor kid who will be stuck in an unstable teenage marriage and motherhood too soon.

Their ideas DO NOT WORK. That should be the point.

[OmahaBlueDog]

31. Here's how this will be spun

a) The Palins are an American family with real problems, just like yours

b) Look at their example: they're not even considering taking their daughter for an abortion

edit c) it's no wonder this happened with the bombardment of messages in pop music and from hollywood. It's a wonder this doesn't happen more

[Triana]

25. Yea that abstinence-only method really works eh?

Good going. What an embarassment. For McSame and Miss Half-Baked Alaska and daughter.

[mmonk]

27. Palin. The gift that keeps on giving.

[Radical Activist]

29. So if her job as a mother is one of the things that makes her qualified to be VP...

I guess we won't be hearing about that anymore.

[WhollyHeretic]

30. "respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates

This is a joke right? She does realize she is campaigning with John McCain. I don't think anyone should go after this girl I just think it's funny as hell she'd say that while campaigning with McCain.

[alphaq]

38. Uh, you guys realize that Obama's mother was 17 when she had him right?

And that was more than 40 years ago. I suggest we drop this since it could really backfire. Just saying.

[Crabby Appleton]

47. 18 actually, but close enough

[VP505]

54. Yes and we also realize that Obama's

Mom isn't running for VP.

[alphaq]

58. Yes but an attack on Palin as a mom about this is the same as an attack to Barry's Mother

All I'm saying is, these double standard character attacks will cost us more votes than we would like.

[Breeze54]

63. It isn't the same at all. Others have pointed out that Palin

flew to Alaska, after her water broke, instead of going to the hospital in AZ
and that she didn't tell her staff or anybody at the AK State House that she
was pregnant. It isn't that she was pregnant at all. It's the apparent secrecy.

[suffragette]

79. Barry? Who is Barry?

[Breeze54]

85. Barry Obama

That's the name he went by in school.

[Vanje]

83. No. It isnt!

Unless someone selected Obamas Mom for a running mate

[Laurab]

84. "Barry"??

Welcome to DU. :eyes:

[stillcool]

107. You've got the wrong party

The Democrats are not the party of sex obsessed freaks and the subjugation of women. That is the Republican party.

[LSK]

72. do you realize that the GOP is the party of family values and church and all that

Its about the hypocrisy.

[GinaMaria]

104. Does Obama's Mom preach abstinence only?

Does she work to deprive other women of birth control? Did Obama's Mom engage in high risk behavior during labor? This is someone running for public office. She' a liar and should be exposed.

[alphaq]

39. .....

[VP505]

51. Yes and we also realize that Obama's

mom isn't running for VP.

[nancyr]

42. What an endless freak show this is.

This is all some weird nightmare.

[radfringe]

45. oh man.... to dispel rumors of one scandal - they come out

with this??????... lol

ennywhoo - wishing Bristol and Levi congradulations on the coming birth, I wish them the best

[ThomWV]

46. So what we are seeing is 16-year-old promiscuity - evangelical parenting at its best

That's just how it looks to me.

[ildemo]

76. Yeah right.

No one here had sex at 16.

[magellan]

95. No one here is a Repub VP candidate

...who endorses "abstinence only", wants to ban most forms of birth control, and is determined to overturn Roe vs Wade...AND has an unmarried 17-year old daughter who is pregnant. Lucky for Bristol, her parents are well off. I doubt she'll have to deal with the problems of starting an unplanned family on a paycheck from Walmart.

If you don't hear the hypocrisy oozing from Palin -- as is usual for Repubs -- then you aren't listening.

[Contrary1]

100. Well, maybe I did.

And, maybe my partner and I had enough sense to use not just one, but two forms of birth control. And, since we are talking 40 years ago, I see no excuse for the young people of today not to take precautions.

Hell, way back when in the olden days, we even had to pay out of our own pockets for it. As far as the abstinence only approach, yeah; it worked great for us too. In my opinion, this young lady could not approach her parents on the subject, and given her limited education on the matter, had no clue as to where she could go to find out.

Either that, or she got pregnant on purpose.

[carlyhippy]

48. this young woman is 17 years old

40-50 years ago women married with children at 17 was not unusual and they made it, besides she has a family who obviously is going to be supportive and hopefully financially supportive as well. This young woman is not sick or dying, she is having a baby, which hopefully will evolve into a happy event.

The problem I have is Palin's trying to cover this up...tell the media proudly and stand by your kid.

[fascisthunter]

49. ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION DOES NOT WORK!!!?????

[ProdigalJunkMail]

55. ABSTINENCE IS 100% EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING PREGNANCY

it is failure at abstinence and the lack of proper education in light of that failure that causes pregnancy...

sP

:-)

[fascisthunter]

66. I Corrected my Above Statement

[ProdigalJunkMail]

82. just funnin' ya!

taking my shots where i can get them...while taking a break from mowing the grass...

sP

[fascisthunter]

88. you got me.... speaking of chores, I need to fullfill some

this place can be addicting, but work needs to be done.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

112. fortunately for me...

my better half prevents me from too much addictive behavior where this infernal intertubes thing is concerned!

sP

[dkofos]

52. Can't hide the second one like she did the first, so were gonna

have us a shotgun wedding.

[fascisthunter]

53. ABSTINENCE ONLY DOES NOT WORK!!!?????

[Breeze54]

57. Why the dupe? I got it the first time.

:shrug:

[fascisthunter]

64. weird.... not my intention

[Breeze54]

68. Are you having errors with DU too?

I was just trying to reply to you and was stuck waiting for DU to load...
now there are all red X's at the beginning of each reply! Weird!

I had to get back into DU through the net cache

[fascisthunter]

71. Quite a Few Actually

I double posted an another thread, but I know why that one occurred. The page was slow to refresh and I hit the button twice thinking I only hit it once.... but on this thread, I'm not sure what happened. Also, the site slowed down for me considerably as I was replying to an idiot trying to get a thread locked....

[Breeze54]

73. I still see big red X's all the way down this thread and in GD

:shrug:

[fascisthunter]

74. same here.... I Think Palin's DIrt is Causing a Flood of Attention

and causing bandwidth issues from the traffic. :evilgrin:

[Breeze54]

81. LOL... No ... DU went to Level 3 ... must have done that when we had errors

all is good! The red X's appear when in Level 3, I think! ;)

[spanone]

59. well hush my mouth, once again the rumors prove true

[spanone]

60. well hush my mouth, once again the rumors prove true

[L0oniX]

61. I boinked her.

[dkofos]

62. AGAIN!!!!

The little slut must not have listened in abstinence class.

[mzmolly]

65. Hmmmm, something doesn't smell quite right about this. We have the suspicion

surrounding the first pregnancy and a coincidence of her daughter being pregnant to boot? Also when the baby was napping the other day, he was with his "big sister" on the campaign bus.

I'm intrigued.

[WillowTree]

78. First of all, the baby is a boy.

But for Heaven's sake, get a grip. Baby Trig is four months old and the older sister is five months pregnant. Do you have any math skills at all?

[Marr]

89. Are you that trusting?

She says the girl is "about five months pregnant"-- just enough to counter the rumor. And you accept that claim at face value?

This makes me more suspicious, not less. It tells me they saw this rumor pop up and jumped to counter it.

[mzmolly]

97. It's very strange. The same girl that was pulled out of school for five months

due to "mono" besides.

[quercus palustris]

113. I'm completely convinced that Trig is hers, too.

I think this is the cover up to hide the cover up. They didn't expect a second pregnancy so soon.

[mzmolly]

114. I think it's possible given the oddities surrounding the pregnancy.

I just realized I called the poor child "twig" LOL.

Welcome!

[quercus palustris]

118. Thanks.

I've been a long time "lurker". I enjoy reading everyone's thoughts.

[mzmolly]

91. My suggestion was NOT that the child IS Twig, but that the child is perhaps a

sibling. However, if the girl is five months pregnant and the child is four months old, this is, as you note, not possible. That said, I don't trust the messenger. Feel free to take their word for it if you like.

I've edited my post above to reflect the proper sex of the child in question and to tone down my impolite response.

[Marr]

67. So a Republican campaign says she's "about 5 months pregnant".

And people accept that? I'm sorry, but I don't trust them-- especially when the *other* child is four months old.

Five months. Just enough to counter the rumor. Juuust enough. Uh-huh.

[LSK]

69. family values my ass

[jpertello]

80. I am hearing banjo music

and I think the father may be...

[Liberal In Texas]

87. "Bristol and the young man she will marry"...bet her mom and dad will have the shotguns all polished

up for the nuptials

Just another Repuke hypocrite, what a surprise.

[JenniferJuniper]

90. This is proof Palin was not vetted

Which makes McCain's scary choice downright terrifying. What else don't we know?

[Solly Mack]

92. LMAO No doubt an immaculate conception with all that abstinence

[bvar22]

94. Am I the only one here who doesn't care who is or isn't pregnant?

There are plenty of legitimate issues with which to attack Palin and McCain.
This isn't one.

[Marr]

96. There are plenty of issues, yes. And this is one of them.

How much damage has the "secret Muslim" rumor done to Obama? Quite a lot, IMHO. This sort of thing could finish McCain off with many evangelicals, and it should be pushed in those quarters.

[janethussein]

98. PREGNANCY is NOT the issue -

It's the lies and deceit from Grandpa's "soul-mate" that are the issue.

I can only imagine the hundreds of skeletons that are flying out of her closet this minute.

Ms. soul-mate has to bring out the "truth" that her daughter is carrying an illegitimate baby to dispel rumors that her daughter had given birth to an illegitimate baby 4 months ago ! PRICELESS !

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[bvar22]

105. I still don't care.

I never cared much for The Jerry Springer Show either.

To each their own.

[bvar22]

106. !

?

[jberryhill]

109. you are in good company

The only issue is about Sarah Palin's judgment.

This would have been a better "we chose life" narrative for the acceptance speech, to deal with the rumor mill up front.

But - beyond that - It is Palin's ambition that has made a 17 year old girl and Mr. Scared Out Of His Levi's the subject of national media attention over a private matter.

Todd was week-on/week-off on the north slope. Sarah was doing her political thing, and raising the kids was farmed out to others.

But the VP ring was dangled in front of her and she said "Screw 'em, I want that."

I hope the kids hold up well, and we get to the good stuff - i.e. her connections to Ted Stevens and her lie about the Bridge to Nowhere.

[Tutonic]

99. I thought the daughter was 16?

[sunnystarr]

101. I was in the middle of posting a blogger making this claim

when I saw the breaking news. Still I think her views from Alaska are relevant so I'm posting it here.

Re: babygate - I don’t know what’s being reported. Here, however, is the truth. Trig is Sarah and Todd’s baby.

When Sarah first learned she was pregnant, it was shocking and overwhelming. While she and Todd had not planned to have anymore children, it is common knowledge among their family and friends that neither of them ever surgically insured that they wouldn’t have any “late in life” surprises/blessings.

This, to me, showed a disturbing lack of judgement. If you want to ask the citizens of a state to let you run the state for four years, to me she and Todd should have thought ahead and determined that the possibility of an unplanned pregnancy wouldn’t have been prudent for either the child, their family, their extended family (who are the ones who end up helping them raise their current four children) or the citizens of the state.

They either didn’t think this through, or didn’t care. Not sure. But, either way, to me and to others, it was a lack of foresight and judgement.

But it is the same vein - this lack of judgement - Sarah showed, on the campaign trail for governor, when asked who would raise her children should she win, she promptly stated that Todd would quit his job and stay at home with the kids (Todd works a “Slope” week on/week off schedule).

Sarah was elected and then - whoops. Todd didn’t like the stay at home gig - so Sarah, citing they needed money for the kid’s college (even though Track enlisted in the military) said Todd was returning to work. When asked about her statements on the campaign trail about how Todd would quit his job, Sarah said she’d actually never talked to him about what they would do if she was elected (in terms of his employment) and that she’d spoken out of turn when she spoke for him stating he’d quit his job.

Again, call me picky, but this is the kind of bizarre judgement Sarah routinely displays. Are you kidding me that she would run for governor and she and her husband would somehow not think to have a conversation about what to do with their four school aged kids? That’s insane. So, either her judgement is super goofy, or she wasn’t telling the truth. Either way, it’s not reassuring to now think this is someone who would be one 72 year old heartbeat away from having to call shots for the country/world.

So Todd trots himself back to work and Sarah is busy traipsing around the state and the nation. The kids are “farmed out” (this is the word used by thier associates in “the Valley”) to family and friends to raise while Todd and Sarah are off having their respective careers (Sarah is famously quoted as saying, “My mom does whatever I need her to”).

During this period is when Bristol, Sarah’s sixteen year old daughter, turns up pregnant. So, it’s kind of interesting to note that the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee and her sixteen year old junior in high school unwed daughter were carrying babies at the same time. Once Bristol’s condition became more obvious this summer, she was whisked out of sight and hasn’t been seen in public until yesterday in Ohio. This is why Trig’s blanket was strung across her entire abdomen and torso, but, when she walked down the stairs from the stage, in a profile shot, it was very clear to see she is well into her third trimester of her pregnancy.

It has come out in the past couple of days that she and her high school boyfriend had a quickie wedding and that she is home schooling her senior year.

The Anchorage Daily News has known about this for months - and haven’t touched the story. But I can’t imagine the national press or the Democratic Party will be as willing to turn a blind eye.

For me, once again it speaks to judgement. We all - every single one of us - even Sarah’s closest friends in the Valley (I know, I’ve been speaking to them) know she is in no way qualified for this position. At all.

But then, why would she accept the nomination, knowing that Bristol’s situation will come to light and knowing her hunger for national and international acclaim and attention will carry with it a mighty high price for her seventeen year old daughter who had absent parents last year and who turned up pregnant.

How embarrassing will it be for Bristol once the news (or the baby) comes out and not just the Valley, not just Alaska, not just the USA - but Bristol will be known the world over as the seventeen year old unwed - then quickly wed senior-in-high-school-homeschooled-teenage mom and daughter to the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee?

How hard will that degree of scrutiny and shame be?

How does one do that to one’s daughter?

How does one dash about the country for the next 66 days trying to pull off an image of the devoted mother of five when she, by and large, isn’t the one raising them and when one of them - her daughter, is in a truly vulnerable point in life; not to say anything about the needs of Trig. But maybe he doesn’t count, except as a talking point or a photo prop. But this is a person, a little boy who is going to require a tremendous amount of time and attention. From his mother.

This is okay?

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/off-to-the-land-of-palin/#comments

She had responded to this post http://divasblueoasis.blogspot.com/2008/08/alaska-blogs-dispelling-sarah-palin.html which showed pictures put up by Meghan McCain on her blog. I went to Meghan's blog www.mccainblogette.com and found it wouldn't come up. So the gig was up and they knew they had to make the announcment fast. They sure did!

[Union Thug]

108. Ah yes - family values, christian morality. This really cracks me up...

Why is it that so many the whack-job born-againers that I've know over the years tend to feature daughters that end up pregnant at 16 and 17 years old? And now the Palin clan is fitting this mold perfectly. Why is this, you right-wing, self-righteous, sanctimonious, better-than-thou, bible thumping assholes? Why?

[jasmeel]

110. Looking pregnant here and hiding it with another baby!!!

Scandalous

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gov-Sarah-Palin-Vice-Presidential-running-mate-Republican-presidential-candidate-Alaska-Gov-Sarah-Palin-Sen-John-McCain/ss/events/pl/082908govsarahpalin/s:/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_daughter#photoViewer=/080901/480/47012dd3da5341e4a4b9c20b95cf4da5

[HEyHEY]

116. DS1, you've gotta marry that girl

[Tatiana]

119. This is so sad. I feel for the girl. And looks like they are going to force her to marry the

baby's father. Is that really the best decision? Is there love involved or are they going through this farce for the sake of appearances?

She did look pregnant to me, so at least that's one suspicion confirmed. I wish the young lady the best.

[amuse bouche]

120. This scenario happens everyday. Why is it such a big deal here?

[Fuzz]

124. Here?

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[tavalon]

121. When did Sarah Palin know this?

Today or a month ago? It matters, as she was incredibly blinded by her ambition if she knew about this when she was asked to be McCain's running mate. It's not quite John Edwards stupid but it does get close.

[Errrica]

123. Good day, dear McLame

We just sunk your battleship.