Palin's Daughter--Pregnant!

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To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant
To rebut rumors, Palin says daughter, 17, pregnant - Yahoo! News

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on 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 Alaska Gov. 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 Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

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

The Palins asked the news 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.

MCCAIN KNEW

Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter's pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.

In the short period since she was announced last Friday, Palin has helped to energize the Republican Party's conservative base, giving the McCain camp fresh energy going into the campaign for the November 4 election against Democrat Barack Obama.

McCain officials said the news of the daughter's pregnancy was being released to rebut what one aide called "mud-slinging and lies" circulating on liberal blog sites.

According to these rumors, Sarah Palin had faked a pregnancy and pretended to have given birth in May to her fifth child, a son named Trig who has Down syndrome. The rumor was that Trig was actually Bristol Palin's child and that Sarah Palin was the grandmother.

A senior McCain campaign official said the McCain camp was appalled that these rumors had not only been spread around liberal blog sites and partisan Democrats, but also were the subject of heightened interest from mainstream news media.

"The despicable rumors that have been spread by liberal blogs, some even with Barack Obama's name in them, is a real anchor around the Democratic ticket, pulling them down in the mud in a way that certainly juxtaposes themselves against their 'campaign of change,"' a senior aide said.
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Reba said:
The truth is, children don't necessarily "inherit" the beliefs of their parents, good or bad.
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No, they don't inherit them. They are taught them. Or not.
 
Wait. Isn't sex outside of marriage the same thing that people were so recently comdemning Kerry for?:hmm:
 
shel90 said:
What do u mean?
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I mean there were several posts made suggesting that he was of questionable moral character for having sex outside marraige. If one gets pregnant without being married, then one is also having sex outside of the marital bond. Just wondering if people would apply the same moral judgement to both cases.
 
jillio said:
I mean there were several posts made suggesting that he was of questionable moral character for having sex outside marraige. If one gets pregnant without being married, then one is also having sex outside of the marital bond. Just wondering if people would apply the same moral judgement to both cases.
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It should be different since he was a married man and Palin's daughter is not committing a sin against marriage.
 
i didnt mean to :(

i was just using her as a stepping stone to get to that porno librarian looking mom

*cries*
 
Bottesini said:
It should be different since he was a married man and Palin's daughter is not committing a sin against marriage.
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Ah, but the issue is sex outside of the marraige bond. Premarital or extramarital, if it is preached as being a sin, it would apply here as well.
 
PowerON said:
Is that important to know?
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its not but people take it and blow it up to epic proportions as if shes so horrible because her daughter got knocked up. Id be more offended if she kept her whole family on a leash, sheltered and using drinking water out of a bowl.

Actually the whole "i can get public servants fired for no reason because im me" is more appalling.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Yup. It's pretty stupid, but if her child is pregnant, it may be a big deal for some.
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It just serves to keep things realistic. There is always more than what appears on the surface.
 
dead money said:
its not but people take it and blow it up to epic proportions as if shes so horrible because her daughter got knocked up. Id be more offended if she kept her whole family on a leash, sheltered and using drinking water out of a bowl.

Actually the whole "i can get public servants fired for no reason because im me" is more appalling.
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No doubt. And the story of her daughter's preganancy just serves to confirm that what is seen on the surface is just that.
 
jillio said:
It just serves to keep things realistic. There is always more than what appears on the surface.
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Oh, I know that, Jillio. I just get tired of the games being played. I'm speaking moreso of the mindset that premarital sex and pregnancy that can result from such, is wrong.

When are some gonna wake up and realize that we're living in the 21st Century? The bullshit gets piled higher and deeper. I tire of it easily.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Oh, I know that, Jillio. I just get tired of the games being played. I'm speaking moreso of the mindset that premarital sex and pregnancy that can result from such, is wrong.

When are some gonna wake up and realize that we're living in the 21st Century? The bullshit gets piled higher and deeper. I tire of it easily.
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**nodding**
 
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