Teenage pregnancies rose by 3 percent between 2005 and 2006, the first increase since 1991

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Palin not on board Straight Talk Express

McCain's VP pick blows credibility, missing prime teaching moment

September 2, 2008

MARY MITCHELL [e-mail]

ST. PAUL -- Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.

Those are the last words a 44-year-old woman with an infant wants to hear from a teenage daughter.

Not many of us can truly say we want to become a granny before we qualify for our AARP discount membership card.

But Palin, John McCain's surprise pick for VP, is a real trouper.

"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. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents," Sarah and Todd Palin said in a statement released Monday.

Malarkey.

When an unmarried 17-year-old girl comes up pregnant on the South Side of Chicago, Republicans don't make it sound like a beautiful thing.

They call it tragic and a moral failure, and they often blame the teen's parents.

There's no way to put a positive spin on a teen in this kind of trouble.

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