Gov. Palin Says Her Unmarried 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant

Palin has nationally embarrassed her teenage daughter by accepting this nom.
She should have put her family first and said “no”. This is shameful.

I wonder how the conservatives will feel about this.

Did McCain VET Palin before he choose her?
We find something new everyday that damaging to his campiagn.

The effectiveness of absinence only programs get a poster child.

if Obama is the ‘celebrity’, McCain’s pick made his ticket the Tabloid Candidacy.

Now watch the desperate attempts at the Obama supporters to attack this. They have run out of issues to attack Palin, so they go after her kids? I read with utter disdain and disgust the false lies they raised about Trig not being Palins son, but grand son. Not only is this taken out of an episode of Desperate Housewives, I once again am shocked at how Obama’s supposed message of “hope” and “change” and a promise for a “better America” has rather brought out the absolute most vicious and worst in people. What have you people turned into?
Nobody with any decency would verbally attack Obama’s children. How can you possibly call yourself decent human beings attacking Palin’s children?
You can keep that kind of change, thanks.
McCain/Palin 2008

I think it could be Bristol’s second child to be. This is not the first time….I thought Palin believed in abstinence. This should call to attention her not wanting to support birth control for women. Not every teenager is going to remain abstinent. Some will experiment.

Well, so much for the conservative, unknown VP pick. Even though I’m not a McCain supporter, I still think McCain would have done better choosing Mike Huckabee as a running mate. At least the presidential race in November would have been even more competitive.

“They have run out of issues to attack Palin, so they go after her kids?”
I feel bad for her daughter, and no sympathy for Palin. she put her daughter in the national spotlight. Wouldnt you be embarrassed if you were her, even if you were planning on keeping the child. having all these people judge you? Palin should have put her family first.

“Everyone knew this would come out. Unfortunately, having 2 children within 2 years is a stretch, wouldn’t you say?”
My kids are 12 months apart; what are you saying?

‘Just say No’-ish!!

This doesn’t matter to me….if McCain knew about it and felt she should not be disqualified by it, then that’s fine. McCain has 7 children and Palin has 5….you don’t think between 12 children there wouldn’t be something their parents couldn’t control, or didn’t know. Palin’s kids did not know she was even being selected as VP until hours before. As for Gov. Palin’s Downs baby….they are always born to women over 40 and bless her for having that child….the McCain’s too adopted a special needs child (Bridgette) who has grown into a lovely young lady.
STILL A HAPPY HILLARY SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN/PALIN……A WOMAN WHO WALKS THE WALK. GOD BLESS THESE CANDIDATES AND THEIR 12 CHILDREN!!!!!

This opens up the judgement question. As the mother of a teenage daughter I would not do what Sarah Palin is doing to her daughter. I would have told John McCain “thank you, I am honored to be considered for VP, but my first priority is my family right now.” End of story. I think her decision to accept the VP position demonstrates a selfishness that is unbecoming and seriously questions her judgement.

And now the McCain camp is vetting her…
MORE TO COME!!!!!!

Last time i checked a teenager has free will! I dont care how religous and how much u teach abstinence,if i person wants to have sex..they will.Espeacially in the religous community so many kids of pastors and reverends are having sex its not even funny.

I don’t see the problem here, teenagers are having babies left and right, what’s the difference?

So how’s that “abstinence only” thingy working out for you conservatives? Works like a charm doesn’t it?

Family Values at its finest.

Maybe John McCain should have Googled Sarah Palin before he selected her…if he knew how to Google!

McCain knew about this!? Right. Not only is he a man of very poor judgement, he is now officially a liar!!

It’s not about her daughter being pregnant, It is not about Bristol.
It is about lies and judgment fit to be President/VP.
Palin has used her right wing religious thinking as part of her politics.
And her politics will be challenged. Unfortunately, she put her politcs before her children and that does not fair well with voters.
She is against birth control for women.
This is NOT Bristol’s first child.
She is not protecting her daughter’s honor by putting politics before her family.
Shamed

how did obama manage to bring out so much hate from his fans?

You GOP-ers are freaking goofy. How can you not see you are being played with? I guess you really are that ignorant. Palin preaches one thing then lives another. Just like McCain. Just like most ALL GOP-conservative leaders. Remember RUSH and his rally against drugs – oops, he’s addicted to drugs. The GOP two-faced list is simply too long. Open your eyes, put the kool-aid down. Think for yourself.

Concerned on OH, that’s not true, you need to get your facts straight, go to factscheck, there was already a law in Illinois that protected born alive chilren, Obama voted against that undermined roe vs wade.

I predict McCain may have to pull a McGovern on his VP pic. As a Dem I am “country first” also. He should have picked someone else as he might very well win. I want a secure nation in the Presidency and Vice Presidency no matter the party. It was just a poor choice. The religious right gets a preganant 17 year old daughter? I feel for the family and they are right to get her married and have the child. I feel sorry for this circumstance and believe in unconditional love, too. But this distracts the posssible future VP AND McCain and that bothers me. Again, poor choice-impulsive. I would go with Obama on judgement.

How utterly pathetic. What can the Democrats possibly do to attack Palin? What has she actually DONE? She’s been mayor of a small town. She’s a first term governor. She has ZERO years as a State Legistlator. She has ZERO years in Washington. The truth there isn’t ONE poster currently posting who couldn’t be John McCain’s VP choice. Think about it. Your husband who is currently out fixing a washer and dryer COULD BE the Republican nominee for VP. God help us all….

I don’t see the problem here, teenagers are having babies left and right, what’s the difference?

We need baby daddy info stat!

Political Party Family Values or who’s the Sell your soul for celebrity?
Obama married to the same woman and raising 2 bright kids. Biden lost first wife in horrible car crash and kids injured. Doesn’t remarry until 5 years later.
McCain divorces 1st wife after she’s in a disfiguring car crash while already carrying on an affair with rich beer heiress.
Palin: Evangelical mom of five’s 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant. Shotgun wedding planned for groom.
Got to love the hypocrisy

This has just helped the McCain Palin ticket! Pro-Life!!!!!!

A lot of daughters, mothers and grandparents will be able to relate to this issue.
I don’t think McCain/Palin will lose many votes over this. They will most certainly not lose mine.
Life – it is what happens while you are living.
PUMA!
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.”
- Susan B. Anthony

VP is measure of judgment. McCain failed in his judgment. Completely Failed!!!!

Sounds like someone needs to spend more time at home with her kids.

Wow! Logic really, really works. If things do not add up it is because the pieces are missing. Now, things are making sense….. the flight from Texas to Alaska after a water break made me wonder as to how responsible she was or maybe she is just a maverick. Logic works!

Obama’s fans have always been hateful. Mazeltov to the Palin family!

Why did she make this pregnate daughter stand behind her holding the weight of a 4 month old baby the whole time during her speech in Dayton???

gop= government of pregnancy!

mamo,
i agree. this is not Bristol. Its about McCain’s lack of judgment. And, yes, he failed.

So much for Abstinence Only education Repubs…the Dems can’t attack Bristol or Sarah for this situation (I’ll even admit thats unfair) but they for damn sure better attack on the hypocrisy in the Party….Why should we respect their privacy when they don’t respect mine to practice contraception or privately have an abortion!

Goon – exactly! What does this say about McStupid? The guy is an idiot.

‘As for Gov. Palin’s Downs baby….they are always born to women over 40 and bless her for having that child….’
No, DS babies aren’t always born to women over 40. My neighbor was 25 and a co-worker was 22 when their DS babies were born.

Just can’t make up real life
Wow!

Huh?
This does not explain away her reckless flight from Dallas to Alaska after her water broke.

This is what happens when we don’t teach sex education. The republicans can continue to look the other way hope the problem goes away, but it is something that needs to be faced.

When Palin uses abstinence for as a political view, she puts this situation on the table.
How would this have faired at Rick Warren’s Church, you know, the one religious leader who mixed church and state with the McCain/Obama appearances.
This goes to the Heart of Republican thinking and politics.

“they are always born to women over 40 and bless her for having that child”
No, they are not. My mother was 25 when her first child was born with DS.

OMG! LMAO! This is the best McCain could find as a VP. What else will come out of Palins closet.

Hmmm…and here I thought liberal thinking was all about personal choice. Bristol Palin made personal choices to have sex and then to have the baby but it looks like it’s most the liberal side sharpening the knives.

The sad fact is, that statistically speaking, she began having sex at 12 and does not use birth control. This is repeated every day in America, where sex sells even water.

She still has my vote. I know as a parent that you can’t control this unless you want to go back to chasity belts.
This issue should be reported and then dropped. Going after someone’s child is not fair game.

Dems, the party that embraces easy sex and welfare, has no choice but to embrace this situation. Dems are all about widows, orphans, and single moms. They only thing that can legitimately object to is if the daughter marries.

For those of you saying that her choice to become VP has ruined her daughter’s privacy, realize that she is already a GOVERNOR of a state. Her family is already exposed. Statewide politics, just like country-wide politics, love to pick at irrelevant things like how families work.
For example, in Nevada, the newspaper loves to harp about Gibbon’s relationship with his wife.
Also, being a Governor of a state I would consider to be nearly as demanding a job as being the VP. If she can run Alaska while also having a family, she can probably be VP too.
If having a family were a disqualifier you’d think voters would prefer unmarried officials. Turns out the vast majority of presidents were married, and many had families.

Couple of things. Down’s syndrome is usually a condition of a baby when the mother is over 40. Teenager giving birth to one is pretty remote. So, give up the nasty rumor. Mary, the mother of Jesus, was approximately 15 when she gave birth to him and would have been shunned or worse by her society according to the culture of her time if she hadn’t married Joseph. My point is, she’s doing the right thing for our society by not aborting this child and it’s pretty wonderful that her family is so supportive. Everything that Sarah Palin has experienced so far in life has prepared her for this VP spot. I’m praying for all her family that they will not give in to the pressures and ugly hatred coming from the Obama Democrats.

First of all: congratulations to Bristol Palin, I wish her all the happiness in life.
Secondly: Mother Palin walks the walk and talks the conservative talk but it seems that her own family doesn’t agree with her extreme stances on abstinence and sex before marriage. This only shows how out of the mainstream this woman really is.

Really!!! How much exactly did McCain vet this woman. Can’t wait for the other skeltons to come crawling out of the closet.

Oh well! She will be a good role model “family value” to teach our kids that you should have a baby at 17 or younger! having sex as young as you like! Gov. Palin!!!
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Well said Johnny!!
OBAMA08!!YES WE CAN!!

Bristol Palin should be the poster child for abstinence education.
Obviously it doesn’t work.

It’s pretty obvious, but for the good of everyone, this family really would probably do best far away from DC politics.

“Sarah Palin – AMBITION FIRST!!”
I STRONGLY object to this. It’s sexist. Why are men allowed to pursue ambitious goals when they’re having babies in the family, but not women?

You leftists are evil.
Bless the Palin’s for being decent.

Mom knew. McCain knew. She becomes the nomine anyway. I think this is a positive thing. If Democrats criticize her for it, than they are hypocrites.

If she was vetted this would have come out earlier. This was McCains ticket with the Evangelical base: McFossil and The Flat Earth Society. I don’t believe any other Republican would risk a long standing political career to be on his ticket. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS GOING TO IMPLODE!!!!! They cannot HIDE their news behind GUSTAV. The GOP is like cellophane tape, weak, thin and TRANSPARENT!!!!

It’s obvious – the country and it’s officials are messed up because the electorate is psycho. Politicians should cease running on the platform of morality and telling me how to live my life. It’s obvious they could utilize the time to get their own houses in order. The victim here is the daughter. I don’t care how many babies she had. I’m an independent, poised to vote for Obama, but this type of violation of privacy, not to mention absence of decency, is another sign why the game of politics needs new rules. I am certain that Obama will have the class and lead by example in having nothing to do with this topic. Some ambitious individual on his staff mat not have the same judgment.

Anybody that thinks they can manage a seventeen year old should come back to reality. Seventeen year olds are capable of rebellion and independent action, regardless of the values of their parental model.

I wonder how the Republicans will spin this.
Obama’s mother wasn’t a religious person. It’s a fact of hypocrisy. Their suppose to be committed Christians and to allow their child to be with a child out of wedlock.
People made such a BIG deal about Britney Spears younger sister.
The public will come up with their own opinion. But I know any mother who had a 17 year old child pregnant and whose youngest child at the age of 5 months has down syndrome woulds not run for VP of the United States.
It goes to her judgement.

The young woman, Bristol was home-schooled and lives in the governor’s mansion. How was Levi sneaking in? Has either Bristol or Levi heard of condoms or birth control?

Interesting that McCain is trying to get political gain by talking about an attack from the Democrats that didn’t even happen. He makes it sound as though they have attacked when they probably wouldn’t even have bothered. The Palin choice was not a good one – being an interesting governor who still hasn’t been proven as a good governor is not enough for a VP spot. Anybody can see that, even if we like her.

Mom of 3 – Why aren’t you slamming Obama for abandoning HIS children to run for President? Why is it ok for him to spend all this time running for President, but not for Palin to run for VP?

Back to what someone else said they came out and told the public about her daughter not obama’s people did not dig this one up. So why now bring this out into the open it’s like McCain and Palin both planed this out i don’t think Obama is attacking her kids she’s useing them for her own.

The American tradition continues, how many of us marched down the aisle with one “in the oven” and how many of us were miracles, “born 6 or 8 weeks early, no complications”. It is a tough way to start a marriage but it is certainly not the end of the world. Sadly ,her condition is repeated over and over again to many who are younger, don’t know who the dad is and then supported by “we the people”.

I’m a Democrat, and I feel nothing but sympathy for Sarah Palin and her family. This is an issue that faces many, many families, and I don’t think she should decline the nomination because the news got out. Big deal. From the article, it sounds like he daughter plans to marry the boy. That’s an honorable decision. No one should lambast Sarah Palin because her daughter was having sex. It’s the daughter’s responsibility.

Wow – that’s a high profile poster child for the effectiveness of abstinence only sex education.

This isn’t about Bristol.
This is about Sarah Palin and her putting her ambition first and family second.
If you just had a baby with Down’s Syndrome and you knew your unmarried 17 year old daughter was pregnant, would you run for Vice President?

THis goes to show the reality of the problem of teenage pregnancy. Even the strongest advocaters of abstinence, can not prevent teenage pregnancy. IT effects all social classes. I’m sure that the Palin family was a good family, but kids will be kids.
My only hope is that this problem isn’t made worse due to political pressures. I believe the boyfriend needs to be responsible in raising this child, but I would hope that neither child is being forced into a marriage by their parents, in a manner that was poorly planned as the child they are bringing into the world.

“HE WHO IS WITH OUT SIN CAST THE FRIST
STONE”

By the way, the news of an unmarried 17 year old having a baby is about as relevant to the campaign as Michelle Obama’s college thesis, meaning not relevant at all. The real question is has the 17 year old seen a consistent love of America from her parents over her lifetime. Or did her parents only become proud of America very recently?

John McCain,
Has no judgement!
He is too old to be President!
Johnny..please Retire and Have Sarah take care her 5 months old child and babysit her grandchild!!

Obama later added, “I think that the American people also would like to see some restoration of decency to this process. And when you start attacking family members, there’s a lack of decency there.”
(but only if it is something against Dems)

So her daughter is pregnant. Who cares? Why is this such a big deal and what does it possibly have to do with the presendial election. 17 year old girls get pregnant every day all over the world.
“As a Christian mother, this saddens me. How could she let this happen in her family? I am going to think more carefully about this woman.”
As for you, Get a grip on yourself and stop living in cave. “As a Christian Mother” Puh-lease.

As a Catholic thank you Governor to your daughter and her fiance for choosing life! I am so glad that your family never thought of this as a burden or punishment and took the easy way out. Your family has my utmost admiration! As far as those that want to make this an “issue” – this has been happening for centuries. There are very few families that can say this has not happened in some way to them. I’m sure if someone looked at the Obama or Biden family – someone else has had an unplanned pregnancy. Those unplanned ones are truly God’s blessings.

Does anyone know the age of Bristol’s “young man”?

How can people blame this on Palin. We do the best we can with our children and at some point the responsibility to move forward with what we’ve taught them is theirs.

Elizabeth S.
What about woman that go to work anyway, dropping there kids at daycare, even if the husband has a job that can cover them. Wouldn’t leaving them at daycare to persue your job interests be abandonment?

Palen Supporters:
Don’t let this get you down.
Mothers and fathers that have been through this–and there are millions, will understand. They will symathize with her.
Anyone that has a child should not cast a stone. It could be you.
Palen is a fine choice for Vp–and she may very well be the first female president.
Keep your chin up.
Let the Obama supporters show there ignorance and lack of class as usual.
Goodness will prevail.

If one can’t keep one’s house the way one tells everyone ELSE to keep their house…how hypocritical is THAT?
No one is attacking the children.
People are upset because Palin can’t practice what she preaches.
How will this affect her choices and decisions for the American people?
Palin would rather drag her daughter into an embarrassing mess than give up the hope of a powerful position. Tsk.
Women: do NOT vote for this woman! She is NOT a feminist and is NOT watching your back! And, yes, I am a woman.
Eating mooseburgers, hunting, opening up oil lines, and picking off sister’s ex-husband does NOT a VP make.
Now…what was that about ‘what does a VP do, anyway?’

Kinda makes me wonder about this family values, Evangelical abstinence mantra, though.

Be Realistic, how do you hide a pregnancy from the public, stomach flat as a board, then have a baby out of no where. The down baby is her daughter baby, and she’s pregnant again. Plain, should have told the truth to McCain, and turned down the VP offer. This would have spared her and McCain, the embarrassment. However I would like to thank her for the Win!! OBAMA will be our next President. Thanks to John McLame and Brittney Spears Momma!

So I guess that this is supposed to squelch the rumors. But suppose she did cover for her daughter… what is one more lie, and what if — wonders never cease in this case — it turns out that they later allege that this newly reported pregancy ends up in an alleged miscarriage? If that raises any eyebrows it will be after the election in November anyway, right? For me, if the original rumors are credible, this well-timed “announcement” is not evidence either way. In the original rumor, people at the local health center would have had to have been in cahoots with the Governor — and that could still be the case. I’m not saying the rumors are true, only that this announcement has no bearing whatsoever on their plausibility — unless of course you for some reason believe this new “fact” — but then why would you have believed the initial rumor? On the other hand, if they lied then, they are lying now — and the “beauty” of it (for them) is that the truth of this new revelation is unverifiable, unless Bristol, unlike her mother, is actually showing signs of being pregant.

I don’t see the problem here, teenagers are having babies left and right, what’s the difference?

HAHAHAHA, the Republicans are a joke!!!

I feel sorry for Bristol, but outrage for her mother. Sarah Palin is a joke, a sick joke to boot. This is a woman that is against abortion even in the case of rape/incest victims.

Seal the deal? What happen to “Go ahead, have kids whatever age you want, its beeeeeeeeeeeeautful!” Your usually ready to beat anyone up for talking against girls having kids at a young age.
Stop being contradictory to fulfill your shortsighted plans.

“Republicans:
Preach small goverment, but give us huge government
Preach fiscal conservativism, but give us record deficits
Preach freedom, then spy on us
Preach pro-life, but love killing anything that breathes
Preach national security, but make the whole world hate us.”
Couldn’t have said it better myself. But what do you expect from a party so full of corruption?

IMAGINE THIS STORY IS ABOUT BIDEN OR OBAMA , HELL WOULD HAVE BROKEN LOOSE. WITH ALL KIND OF DAMNATION FROM REPUBLICANS AND CONSERVATIVES,IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FIRE AND BRIMSTONE STUFF.

I can’t believe that Democrats are celebrating this news. Human beings are autonomous, imperfect creatures.
When they were 17, what were the lives of our current political leaders like?Let’s see. George Bush was already an alcoholic; Barack Obama was regularly inhaling and doing “a little blow”; John McCain was a punk with a penchant for fighting; and Hillary was a small-government Barry Goldwater supporter.
When people are young and dumb, they do young and dumb things.
As a Catholic, I was raised to believe in the belief of original sin – that none of us our perfect. The mark of a Christian is how one responds to adversity. Do you get help and back on the path of Christ? Do you make the right CHOICE about a life that you have produced or do you literally bury your mistake?
While Bristol’s pregnancy is unfortunate, she is making the right choice as a Christian in taking responsibility for her actions.
The Palin family reflects the struggles of Christian America. Before you rejoice in their trials, I would suggest that this issue will simply give her more credibility with voters facing similar issues across the country.

Vanessa,
Shouldn’t you be focused on her politics, not personal family issues? Don’t you think as Democrats we should avoid politically attacking young unmarried females? Seems like its in bad taste.
By the way, Biden is quoted as saying that Palin is good looking. What’s that about?
If Obama and Biden are going to be the nominees shouldn’t they be above such crassness?
Makes you kind of miss Hillary doesn’ it?

What this shows is that McCain did not properly vet his VP pick. It was irresponsible of Palin to accept this nomination knowing her daughters pregnancy would come to light. How could she subject her daughter to such scrutiny?
I hope that my fellow democrats will be respectful to this young woman during a difficult time. We should focus on the fact that teaching abstinence does not work. We need to teach young people about responsible birth control.
With Palin as his VP choice McCain has proved he is irresponsible and rash in his decision making. Not qualities I want in a President.

this news will not affect the base republicans, but will affect the undecideds.
already so many stories coming out…
it’s really like soap opera.

HAHAHAHA The Republicans are a joke!!!!

HELLO, people!!! This is not what i thought i’d be waking up to this morning. But since i’ve done that and pinched myself, i have to say i’m as shocked as anybody, liberal or conservative. But anyhow, the real thing here is simply this. Palin, knowing this could damage her career didn’t force her child into having an abortion just to protect herself. CONSERVATIVES, there’s no need attacking Obama here. Just let the news be reported and let’s move on. There still other battles we can win before november. Even Gustav is one of them.

Barack Obama should send flowers and cards to Sarah Palin for handing him a Presidency that he couldn’t have won on his own. God works in mysterious ways. If McCain had picked Romney and won Michigan, imagine how hard it would have been for Obama to win in November. What if he had picked Pawlenty and won Minnesota? Instead he picked a lying joke. A woman that reprsents for women what Clarence Thomas represents for blacks. Wow, the irony. My God, things can change in a day.

Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers.
So what is she teaching is not what she is living.

Would this be a reason for disqualifying a male candidate if either his teenage daughter or son were involved in an unplanned pregnancy?
Not really, unless he is a holier than thou, self righteous republican like John McCain. It is called hypocisy.

It seems to me accepting the VP spot knowing that this was going to bring all this media attention on your child in what is going to be a difficult time is selfish of Palin. I thought Conservatives were about putting family first.

Breaking News???? Good Lord.

just another testimonial to show that “abstinence-based” sex education is a joke. It just promotes sexual repression that can result in teenage pregnancies and sexual perversions.

As a liberal, this makes feel better about voting for McCain/Palin. With a special needs child and a pregnant 17 year old, Palin KNOWS what REAL every day life is.

Maybe if Palin had spent more time with her young daughter, taught her something other than just abstinence and gave her the attention she deserves, this would not have happended. How on earth do you care properly for your 5 kids when you have such a demanding job..this isn;t a 9 to 5 job..neither was governor and now we see the results. I am a young women who beleives working moms should be admired but the family-work life balance has NOT been achieved by this women. She is NOT a role model.

Typical conservative double standard. Preach family values on one side, getting pregnant out of wedlock. Preach democracy, support all dictators.
Palin you are falin

The only think I find troubling is why would Sarah Palin accept this position knowing her daughter is 5 months pregnant?
The media will tear this poor girl apart and that’s not fair to her.
It seems Sarah put her own political agenda ahead of her poor daughters privacy and as a mother that doesn’t sit well with me.

So, Ms. Palin, why didn’t you teach your daughter about abstinence? I mean, if you’re not going to tell her what a condom is, then you need to tell her how sinful having a child out of wedlock is.

This is all about JUDGEMENT. Palin’s poor judgement has been coming out already, flip-flopping on the ‘bridge to nowhere’, the troopergate, choosing to continue such a campaign after just having a special-needs child. And the JUDGEMENT of McCain to hastily choose a gamble for VP, one he hadn’t actually met or vetted at all.
McCain is a maverick-gambler. Not someone we need gambling with the country.

So much for pandering to women vote McCain. You choose the worng gal.

I’m not sure why she would want to be VP and governor at the same time, with so many things going on in her life, I hope she can do it all.

Really, having a child at 17 is not the issue. Something else is wrong–but, we just do not know for sure “what the else is, yet.” Just like the Edwards scandal, it will come out. We are not stupid, so Palin cannot hope to keep the truth from America much longer. She needs to do the right thing, tell the truth (what ever it is) and step aside so McCain can choose someone else. I wish Palin all the best–she needs help and someone close to her should reach out to her and do that. As for McCain, he needs to have better judgement. He is not ready to be in charge.

Just because Sarah Palin believes in abstinence herself doesn’t mean she can FORCE it on her daughter! When was the last time any of you were able to control the behavior and actions of your teenager? You can teach them your values, but that doesn’t mean they are going to adopt those as their own. And that girl can even believe in abstinence and then had a ‘slip’. It happens – people act against their values. I was taught not to steal but I shoplifted a lipstick when I was thirteen. It isn’t the best set of circumstances for her daughter and will make her life a little rougher, but it isn’t ‘shameful’. This is 2008.

Why is it that the liberals accept and reward inner city young women and unwed mothers of blue collor backgrounds with welfare, subsidies, job training and low income housing, but when it’s daughter of a Republician, it’s suddenly taboo and news. Get a grip, quit playing both sides of the issue, and expecting double standards. Briston Palin is 17, and not a public oficial, she’s not running for office, her mother is. It’s a non issue, I wonder how many Democrat and their delegates are or were single unwed mothers, who were on welfare and profess a success story of working their way out of the inner city and to “better themselves”. America needs ot get over the trivial issues, quit throwing stones, after all, we all live in glass houses. Vote on the real issues in the election, terrorism, the economy, jobs, health care and the future of the country. WHo has the experience of running a government (state of federal), not just running a campaign, of extensive foreign policy, not just going on a rock star tour of countries to citizens who’s vote doesnt matter here in the USA. Get real liberals, it’s time to put up or shut up. You can’t have it both ways!!!!!

c-turple..let’s assume I agree with everything you said…do you think propelling her daughter into this limelight is what is best for her…it is child cruelty…you know it..any mother would put her child first and NIOT her career…you can have it all but you have to have your priorities straight. if you don;t care what kind of mother she is, then fine vote for her based on her ideology but the only thing we know about her is this and that her 4 month old went back to Alaska without her for who know how long.

“ALTHOUGH IF THERE’S ONE THING IN THE WORLD A PERSON HAS THE RIGHT TO “COVER-UP”, IT’S THE PRIVATE MATTER OF ONE’S DAUGHTER’S PREGNANCY.” And the American people have the right to say, NO THANK YOU! Get your own house in order (as Obama and his VP pick have) before seeking the White House.

Any Democrats that are dancing because you think that conservatives are going to abandon McCain/Palin because of a child’s action should go get a check up. From the other side, I’m still going to vote for Obama and Biden, because I think they will pick better Supreme Court candidates than the other side. However, the other side is likely to bring even greater numbers to the fight for this very same reason. For those that think Obama has it in the bag you need to wake up before it’s too late.
I won’t feel bad if McCain wins, but that four years before a Hillary run is a long wait.

“david reyes”
You are right. This is happening to a lot of American families, and that is why none of them qualyfies to run for any public office. If this happened to Bush’s daughters, you really think he would win again? I THOUGHT TEXAS GIRLS ARE WILD, BOOOOOY, WAS I WRONG!!!!!

Of course the proper democratic response to the whole matter would have been what? Abort the down syndrome child as being burdensome and disruptive to her political career, and then promote her 17 year old daughter to do the same, for her own selfish reasons, and rationalize it as being “in the best interest of her young immature daughter.” Typical response…never, never accept responsibilty for your own CHOICE if the consequences are “undesirable.”
Sarah, her husband and daughter have faced the reality of life head on. We are not sinless. They have made the right decesion in seeking and granting forgiveness within the family and before God. Mercy and Grace. That’s the kind of LEADERSHIP we need.
Go ahead, and pick up your stone. It will only be one more that will be laid upon your own grave.

This issue has nothing to do with her daughter. It is an issue of honesty and judgement. Why did the McCain campaign try to hide this? What else are they hiding? The election is two months away, we cannot take a risk on the McCain/Palin ticket.

WestCoastMessenger said “By the way, Biden is quoted as saying that Palin is good looking. What’s that about?”
He also said Obama was handsome and that next to him he looked old.
Someone in the audience said Biden was GORGEOUS.
I say Obama and Biden will be the sexiest President and VP in US history.

andie—a life is a gift not a punishment as obama has stated. second if we all were liberals it would be like in china where the babys life would be decided by the government not the parents. maybe we can understand that the main issues of the difference between the liberals and conservative has come front and center. may sarah’s daughter recieve joy beyond measure from this gift from god. tell what you are saying to all the babies who are now alive that were from a teen pregnancy if they would rather their mother had not given birth as a young mother. perspective– you need perpective

Does Gov. Palin support abstinence-only education?

The issue is not that Sarah’s daughter is pregnant, the issue is that Sarah believes in abstinence only curriculums, which now are clearly proved ineffective. With the two young parents set to marry to raise their baby, we will see another ideology fail to work, as the majority of marriages among teenagers (in this day and age) fail. The saddest part: Sarah will not alter her beliefs in light of the truths.

I am an Obama supporter but I think people should leave this family alone. Every family has difficuties and joys. this family needs privacy to deal with this issue and if you are Christians, pray for them. I admire Gov. Palin’s decision to have her own child. If you are going to criticize her, attack her political positions but leave her family alone.

I wish them all the best. I have no experience with this as I was taught about the pitfalls and perils of getting in this type situation when I was growing up. While she will of course not have an abortion, this is the EXACT situation which leads to many. Kids who are taught nothing at all or simply that they should not have sex. And then they have no knowledge of how to protect themselves if they do. Some kids don’t even know what gets you pregnant or these wives-tales of how to prevent them. Preparing our kids for life and the world outside the parents’ home can be tough but it is necessary. Sadly, many of the same parents who do not prepare their own kids are the same ones up in arms against schools that try to fill that void.

I am an Obama supporter. If the Governor of Alaska who is running for Vice President had lied to the American people about having been pregnant and having bravely chosen to be better than most of us by not aborting a child with Down Syndrome, that would be a significant issue. Barring some sick occurrence where her parents had some influence over her becoming pregnant, the fact that a child got pregnant is none of our business.

Let’s just all agree that McCain can have a do-over. We will all suspend judgement – all of us have make bad choices – let’s give him time to fix it.

The republicans need to recongnize and respect that the world is evolving, technolgy is fastly changing and so are the generations of people. You can not run the United States as if we were in the 1900′s. The United States is constantly changing. The U.S. is a melting pot. This is why I am a democrat. The democrats GET IT and the republican’s are still trapped in the past. God created us all equal; whites, blacks, asians, hispanics,etc. and from all the various creations different religions emerged. Instead of forcing your christan values down one’s throat, you should accept and respect the values of others. There is no right or wrong. God created us all and we should respect that. Diversity, respect and acceptance is the key.
This is why I support Senator Obama… Under no choice of his own, he was born into a diverse culture. He is not African American nor White American. He is an White-African American. He understands diversity and respecting people for who they are regardless of their race or religious affiliation. Obama GETS IT!
Obama/Biden 08 & 12!!!!

i think it is great the palins are walking the walk. Her daughter made a mistake. But she is taking the hard route. The right route. She and her child will be thankful for the decision she made. Sarah keeping her down syndrome child. that is walking the walk. Nobody is perfect.
Everything about Palin is the antithesis of Obama. The most pro abort person to ever run for office.

leave her alone, as well as her family. Nobody can remark on anything, unless they have been in the same shoes

Isn’t Juno a city in Alaska? Coincidence?

This means that Sarah Palin and the mother of Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears now have something in common. Think that’ll make it into a McCain ad?
Just love those kooky Christian conservatives!

McCain shot from the hip, and will now have to suffer the consequences.
Fortunately, we do not have to suffer with him.

May I remind Palin’s detractors here that since she is governor of Alaska her family life is already in the public eye? She is not sacrificing her daughter for her her own gain. Nor is it hypocritical of her to be for abstinence only sex education. Good Lord, haven’t we all done things our parents didn’t approve of that we knew were wrong? And that means our parents should abandon their principles because their children don’t always behave as the parents wish they would? Here is the glaring difference between the Right and the Left: We on the right know we’re not perfect and we have principles that we or our children don’t always live up to. But at least we have them. If this were Obama’s grandchild we’d never know because that child would be “bio-hazardous waste” in a dumpster somewhere. Keep hammering this, Dems. It just exposes you for the creeps you are.

Congratulations on getting a early start on overpopulating the earth!

Notice she anounces it durring Gustav. There’s a fearless leader for you.

“Gov. Palin is a strong proponent of teaching abstinence-only sex education to teenagers.”
Obviously not a GOOD teacher!

someone said that we are human and make mistakes. So do you think John Edwards can now ever get elected. Why can we not forgive him and set our morals aside, as you want us to for Sarahs daughter and her family.

It is a shame how low you Obama worshipers will go when you are worried that your Demogod Obama won’t win. Every stab you take at Palin and her family and the GOP knocks you and your party sown a peg. Mud thrown is ground lost. And you Obama nuts are just about out of ground.

Hmmm? This is troubling. I’m starting to question whether McCain is being affected by mild senility. Did his campaign (and the GOP by proxy) adequately vet Palin? Or was this a total “Hail Marry Pass?”
Down syndrome new born and a pregnant minor?! Is she so blinded by ambition that all of these other worldly concerns (parenting, putting her family through the meat grinder, etc.) fall by the wayside? How is that demonstarting effective judgement and reasoning by an individual who is a heartbeat away from being the Commander in Chief?
I think the GOP needs to do some soul searching and finally dispense with the Christian Right and their associated culture wars. It’s time to get back to their Libertarian roots and focus on what actually matters to the general public at large. I’m saddened that the Neo-Conservatives are leveraging McCain. He is no longer the independent maverick that he was labeled in prior elections. He’s the same ol’ same ol’…no pun intended

These pepople are gonna turn White House in kindergarten. However, I am sure those kids could make smarter decisons than Bush and Chenney.

This doesn’t sway my vote in the least. I was a Hillary supporter now turned McCain/Palin supporter. The issues and my country is what I care about. BTW, hasn’t it been the Obamanites all this time saying the issues and our country should be our focus, not a little dirt here and there on people?

This is about hypocracy! Palin preaches family values, yet accepts a full time gig while the nanny, I presume, raises her children. She preaches abstinence and her daughter gets pregnant out of wedlock. She preaches creationism which is a faith based teaching, yet would she allow the Muslim or metaphysical or any other faith based view of life on earth to be taught in the public schools? These radical right wing Republicans are hypocrites living in a pretend world. No more, no less.

My concern is Palin’s lack of sound judgement. A 44 yr old, high risk pregnancy in her last month of gestation, getting on a plane for 8 hours w/ ruptured membranes & contractions,only to put her already known high risk, premature newborn at even higher risk. How did a gravida 5 not deliver a preemie on the plane? Then she leaves the child after 3 days of age to return to work?
Wow. Now she is encouraging and supporting her 17 yr old to marry? No doubt she encouraged her eldest son to enlist. I only wonder if it wasn’t to promote her own intersts.
Yeah.. life happens. Our children make risky choices. But I don’t further manipulate the situation to benefit myself.
Palin = Poor decision maker.
But more importantly
McCain’s first decision in a pres. elect role…picking his VP was HORRIBLE.

OMG!!! She really is an American and has real American problems.

Give me a break! No parent can be with their children 24/7. How many of you have had relatives whose daughter has become pregnant or whose son has gotten a girl pregnant? It is NOT the fault of the parent. We can only try to pass along our moral values as parents, and cannot FORCE our children to listen. How many of you have had premarital sex or sex out of marriage? My guess, many! I am not about to judge Sarah, her husband, Bristol, or Levi because it is not my place to judge. I applaud Bristol and Levi for their decision to be responsible at that young age; even if the marriage fails. Remember, those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

I remember hearing the cheering crowds when Obama spoke as the masses lent their ears. To paraphrase the great one, men need to take care of their children. This man, Levi, should be granted greatness status for doing exactly what the OH GREAT ONE told his people to do and they in turn cheered for in that grand stadium where football is played.

I REPECT HER PRO LIFE STANCE, afraid OBAMMAS would seek an abortion, based on their beliefs

Ahhh…. Now, the MSM will go crazy with this issue…. .
It is a family issue that is not uncommon across the country. Many people posting on this topic can probably relate to this situation.
A tough decision was made by Palin’s daughter. She and her husband will have to accept the responsibility of their child just as millions of other young mums in the past and the future.
After all, Obama was also loved and raised by a mom who found herself in the same predicament at the age of 17 and without the help of Obama’s father.
Just think if Obama’s mother had decided that abortion was the answer for her situation.
Obama would not be able to accept the nomination for the highest office in the USA.
Who knows what a child may become unless given a chance to live and achieve their goals and aspirations.

Good god, people are sitting here trashing a woman because she has a teenage daughter who is pregnant and yet the other day I just sat and listened to how the Kennedy family is passing on the torch to Obama. Now there’s a wholesome family. I am a strong admirer of Ted Kennedy but there is a family that has endured infidelity, drug addiction and alcoholism, accusations of rape , driving offenses or accidents that have resulted in death and so on. We have seen our share of individuals in public service, be it Democrat or Republican,
struggle with family issues that many in this Country have, are or will be struggling with at any given time.
I’d like see neither side engage in the hypocrisy we see over and over where it’s a huge deal if it’s your opponent and their but you can find a way of justifying it if it pertains to your candidate.

McCain made the right choice.
And all of these viscious attacks prove it.
You are so afraid of Sarah Palin that you hate her and her children.
You’re so mad at Obama because he didn’t get a bounce from his rediculous Temple speech. That he can’t pull ahead in spite of his money and his charm.
You should be afraid of Palin.
She has energized the GOP and made Obama’s choice of Biden look like the ticket of two old Washington cronies.
Be afraid of Sarah–attack her.
It won’t help.

So…had the internet rumors not happened, were McCain and team planning to keep the pregnancy a secret from the American people until after the election?
I do hope people leave the kids alone, but Palin herself is as public a figure as they come. She owed it to the American people to be more up-front about this, especially since she and the Republicans have made her family sort of her calling card as to why she’s supposedly the moral example we’re all supposed to follow.

Let me be very clear… I personally dont give a hoot that Palin has a pregnant unmarried teenager….
BUT this IS yet another reason for these hypocritical eveangelical conservatives to STOP trying to push their notions of ideals and values down our throats, ideals I might add, they themselves can’t live up to.
THAT is the basis of our comments…

Wow, the infatuated with Obama media sure loves going after the young girls of candidates don’t they? Sexist Pigs. Like we’re suppose to believe the media is so moral to search and make an issue out of a CHILD. Wonder if all the far left wingers are going to scream about how she should get an abortion.

“They have run out of issues to attack Palin”
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Hardly… I have no doubt the real fun is yet to begin.
BTW, I find it odd that she appears to support Alaskans for Independence. The “moral decay” may well be in Alaska too! Apparently those Alaskan moral standards are not all that high. LOL
This is from their website:
Q: Would I lose my U.S. citizenship?
A: Depending on the form of independence, several forms of citizenship would be possible, including
the retention of U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship. However, considering the moral, educational, and
economic decay of the U.S., Alaskans’ who hold themselves to a higher standard might very well
decide to at least maintain an arm’s length distance from a country in decline.

Looks like the evangelicals and social conservatives are right after all: Women should stay at home and teach the children conservative values (like NOT HAVING PREMARITAL SEX). Hopefully Bristol will do a better job with her offspring than her mother did with hers.

Let us respect the privacy of Bristol’s pregnancy. Sarah Plain’s candidacy as vp of John McCain brought to light two brewings issues in our national life. (1) The life of children with disabilities or kids with special needs. Those pregnancies having down syndrome children, 80% are aborted.Simply put, this is selective pregnancy! (2) Teen age pregnancy. In Bristol’s case, she is keeping the pregnancy!
Of the 80% of mothers with down syndrome babies, are Democrats! And majority of those teen-age pregnancies, are those with parents who are Democrats!
Democrats would rather resort to abortion, if not infanticide! All under the pretext of women’s right of choice
rather that preserving the sanctity of life! With Barack Obama’s presidency,we can expect for an increase rate of abortion, or more babies to be aborted and more teen-age girls to get pregnant!
Even his administration will keep on buying condom for free distribution to schools. SAd to say, the condom leaks!

I dont get it? What is the big deal? Is it just because shes a celebrity that she had to announced it? Palin shouldnt have announced it in the first place. It is a discarce to think that something like this could affect her ” term” or whatever. I dont think its a big deal.

Ha ha ha ha… ha ha ha ha… Stop! Please! I can’t take any more! A 17 year old unwed pregnant daughter for the woman “committed to overturning Roe vs. Wade”. Ha ha ha ha… I first heard this breaking news on hour and a half ago on Fox News and I am still laughing. Hillarious! You couldn’t have written it better than this.
The issue here is that she is not a good parent, not a person of character – which who I would want a 72 year old heart beat away from the leader of the free world. Apparently abstenence is not the best policy. I knew this whole McCain/ Palin 08 thing would fall apart in the end, but I never expect this. Ha ha ha ha… ha ha ha ha…

No one is running out of issues. She’s only ben the VP pick for 4 days. No telling how much more info we are going to get on her, not to mention the ethics investigation findings that will be released just days before the election. This is looking more and more like a gamble McCain should have not have taken. Makes you wonder does this guy even think about his actions or does he just do what sounds good.

The point is that Sarah Palin is a human like the rest of us and faces the same types of personal, spiritual and professional challenges in life. The problem is that Republicans feel that they should be forgiven for their weaknesses while they condemn and persecute everyone else for theirs. The Republicans are nothing if not intolerant hypocrits and liars. As a tax paying American forced to live in Canada with my same-sex Korean partner because of homophobic immigration laws espoused by the GOP I feel that I have the right to speak.

These are horrible comments about a young girl and her personal life.
I would never want to be aligned with Obama supporters if this is representative of their intelligence and sensitivity.
This life-long Dem will be voting for McCain/Palin.

I find his pick of Palin insulting. Is this the best the Republican party can do? Out of all the politicians he could have selected, she’s the one. The ego maniac who has five children at home, one with down syndrome, and a 17 year old whose pregnant?
Would Exxon hire her to be VP? Would Bank of America? Microsoft? Also, she’s under state investigation? Where did he find her? At a Jerry Springer show?
McCain owes the Republican party an apology for his lack of strategy and leadership.
America should be thankful that we have a qualified alternative with Obama/Biden.
I expect Palin to drop out of the race within a week. Romney will take her place.

I wanted to see a picture of Palins whole family together when she accepted the nomination. I did not seem to find one. What else is hidden. It does matter what your family does.Teenage pregancy is heartbreaking and it taxes the family in everyway.If this woman would put her family first she would not accept VP due to her obligations. She is going to be a grandma… with her child having a child. maybe this is Sarah’s second grandchild? I have no respect for someone who preaches family and when the times comes to stand up and care for the family she is running around in Washington.My sister was married off at 17 pregnant at 16 annulled 9 months later my mother took care of the baby.What will happen to this baby? What will happen to the younger daughter? Go home Sarah and answer Gods calling you are a Grandmother now not a VP.

Michelle Obama is a far cry from being ghetto!

So the Gov. of Alaska supports teen sex now?

This makes population of Alaska from 670,000 to 670,001. You see, this young daughter of VP candidate actualy is helping Alaska, following mom’s steps. Waaaay to go. I need more stuff, this is just funny as hell.

COULD THERE BE ANY MORE DRAMA DURING THESE ELECTIONS?????

Sarah needs to make a FULL mea culpa to christian community. That she failed in raising her daughter probably by not spending enough time with her or being too lenient. Bristol has sinned and had premarital sex. That is what I hate about these new socially christian conservatives. They speak about morality but push it aside when they are in it. I bet sarah did not counsel Bristol about birth control.

The Palin family seems awfully confident that the father of the baby is going to marry their daughter. They must be holding the shotgun on him around the clock.

OMG!!! She really is an American and has real American problems.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and gov. and I hope these right wing republican conservative evangelicals realize that’s the better way to go.

What is going on here ?
* Don’t talk about no experience because you will be attacking a woman.
* Don’t talk about the investigation that she tried to get her x-brother in law fired and fired the man that would not do it because after all, that is still under investigation.
* Don’t talk about her 17 year old unwed daughter being pregnant when she preaches abstinence only because after all thats a family matter.
* Don’t talk about her personal and professional connection to big oil.
This is a very strange election the Republicans are trying to run here. I hope the news media will bring everything out and not hold any secrets from us from both parties, unlike with John Edwards. We need to know it all. This election is way to important for the future of this country to not be aware of it all. As an independent voter I feel its time we stop following either party as if we were blind and dumb. Lets think about our country for a change. This is no joke.

Fully vetted I’m sure that’s why the McCain campaign were the first to include this piece of family bio during the first day…or two.

Amy, if you were truly concerned about the direction this country will take you’d vote for Obama/Biden. Creationism mandatorily taught in public schools regardless of the fact that not everyone believes in creationism, that that brings religion into the public schools? Whatever happened to our right to have separation of church and state in this country? Climate change not caused by humans? No equal pay for equal work? A woman’s right over her own body not her right at all, now at the mercy of The State? A political party devoted to the increasing wealth of big business and oil while us folks scramble to make it from paycheck to paycheck, that is, if we are able to keep our jobs? Privatization of Social Security? Privatization of health insurance with a $5000 “voucher” when we all know health insurance costs at least triple? Are you joking? That aside, it’s nobody’s business but their own when it comes to Palin’s daughter being pregnant. We should all leave them alone. It’s a personal matter and they are handling it as they see fit. What does bother me is that they want their solution to this situation to be OUR solution. No thank you. I’ll stick with Obama/Biden this time around.

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink. As parents we raise our children and try to teach them our values but it is up to them to follow. As a parent I can only imagine what this family must have been through and I think they should have some privacy regarding this topic. All families have different values and beliefs. I remember Obama being critized for saying that if his daughters became pregnant he didn’t want their punishment to be a baby. Once again that is what he believes and as a parent I can’t blame or judge either person’s response. This is the beauty of living in America. We have people of all beliefs and backgrounds living together and no one should be judge.

Sorry to say that many fundamentalist types who are very judgmental have just been lost as GOP voters. I am voting for Obama, but I still think this total non-issue is unfortunate since we are all humans, we all make mistakes in life, and this one isn’t malicious, it isn’t negligent and causing naive young Americans to die in a war or something. This is typical of America, we yell OMG!!! over anything involving sex and then overlook the murderous “peccadilloes” of evil lying thieves in the neocon camp. Yeah, business as usual, and I hope the baby has plenty of love in their family and turns out to be a decent human being.

It’s Alaska
It’s Boring
Sex and drinking is all the culture there is.
Why the surprise?
You’re right, a man with her resume could not get the vp choice..

Kat: excellent catch. “We’re proud of Bristol’s *decision* to have her baby”
I thought she was against choice …

Nasser Qabazard – “If he is of legal consentual age to have sex then doesn’t this amount to statutory rape?”
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Duh. the consent is given by the female.
Age of consent is 16 in Alaska.

To S: re: “Obamas would seek abortion based on To their beliefs.”
That is pure conjecture. What Sen. Obama supports is to have the choice available. What Sen. Obama and his family would decide for themselves is unknown. I am a proponent of abortion rights, but would not make that choice for myself except under extreme and tragic circumstances.

My daughter is republican,voting for
Obama since McCain’s pick.She is a stay
at home mother,and can not possibly see
how this woman is going to leave the responsability of raising her family,and
yet concentrate on the presidency should
she have to step into that role. Also,please don’t compare her to mothers across the u.s.,most work because they have to, most would choose to be home raising their families,but can not afford ,please do not be affended. Choice is what it’s all about,
but Ms.Palin, do not compare yourself to the mothers out there,the majority are working because the HAVE to.

Does anyone know if anyone in this family has close ties to Ted Haggard or Mike Jones?
If they do… watch out!

Would now be a better time to mention Joe Biden’s other son. The one with the police record for drunk driving and use of controlled substances. I wonder how many pretty young things have fallen under his spell. Sort of like the old man. Can’t wait for those Black Face photos from Joe’s college days to surface. Than you will see some serious spins posted here.

Are you freakin kidding?! The Obama RACE CARD FLIPPERS are complaining that they can’t say anything about women? Awe….it must be so hard for you to not be able to be sexist huh?

It’s public record that Palin pulled her kids out of public school for sex-ed, citing religious objections.
When is the media going to emphasize this, in light of consistent historical evidence that REAL sex-ed, including contraceptives, is PROVEN to be more effective at fighting teen pregnancy than “abstinence only” approaches.
This connection must be made.

Why is this news? I wish she and her baby the best of health and wealth in the future.

So I guess that this is supposed to squelch the rumors. But suppose she did cover for her daughter… what is one more lie, and what if — wonders never cease in this case — it turns out that they later allege that this newly reported pregancy ends up in an alleged miscarriage? If that raises any eyebrows it will be after the election in November anyway, right? For me, if the original rumors are credible, this well-timed “announcement” is not evidence either way. In the original rumor, people at the local health center would have had to have been in cahoots with the Governor — and that could still be the case. I’m not saying the rumors are true, only that this announcement has no bearing whatsoever on their plausibility — unless of course you for some reason believe this new “fact” — but then why would you have believed the initial rumor? On the other hand, if they lied then, they are lying now — and the “beauty” of it (for them) is that the truth of this new revelation is unverifiable, unless Bristol, unlike her mother, is actually showing signs of being pregant.

“This VP nomination is really becoming a joke.” I agree. Is this really the best McCain could do? I mean, it’s a cute story getting elected governor of a small state a few months ago. I’m sure the governors of Wyoming, North Dakota, Vermont, etc., have interesting stories too (and probably more time in office as well), but let’s get real, man.

I feel sorry for the 17 year old. My heart goes out to her because she is a human being. As for Mrs Palin, is it true that she made comments against inter-racial marriages? If so, she needs to get a grip, get God, and get going out of this race. It is interesting that everytime the McCain group digs a ditch for Obama to fall in, they topple over in that ditch! God don’t like ugly, and He does not like hypocrites!

ENOUGH! Palins daughter will marry the father as soon as they figure out which one it is.
Posted by: TIM
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McCain may even give them a house to live in…
or two houses, maybe even three houses, how
about four houses, alright, if they stay together,
five……

WHO IS THE “YOUNG MAN SHE IS GOING TO MARRY.” Maybe they don’t know who they are going to select at this time. I wonder how much they will have to pay him. I’m sure Grandma-to-be Sarah will make a financially attractive offer for the right “young man.”
WHY ALL THE SECRECY? WHAT YOUNG MAN?

I heard Obama say “abort” the unborn. What if Obama’s mama had the same idea?

9-1-08
I’ve been a registered Republican for decades, even though I prefer to vote for the person versus the party.
McCain’s choice of VP shocked me. My first thought was that as a mother my prime concerns are for the welfare and happiness of my children. Having 5 of them, and still being a full time politician seems selfish and egotistical. A person can only spread themself so thin, and in the end something suffers. In this case it has to be time with the children, a VERY important area.
Now we not only hear she’s got a 5 months pregnant unwed mother for a daughter, but also that McCain and his staff knew of this before he made her the VP choice. WHAT?
Did they, as the party of morals, family values and conservatism really think this wouldn’t upset the Republican constituents?
I can’t believe that with all the choices out there, McCain would still pick her – after this shoe fell. The man is obviously riddled by senility… as well as his staff who didn’t step in and stop it.
I’m angy, ashamed and refuse to give my vote to this ticket.
Do us all a favor and lead McCain back to one of his 7 houses, then lead Sarah Palin back to her house, husband and the five children who obviously do Not need an absent mother. Don’t keep having kids if you don’t want to be there for them. Now she can proudly add an illegitimate grandchild to the mix and make it an even half-dozen. Didn’t I also read she was a Mormon? Surely they don’t teach pre-marital sex.
When she chose to be a Mother of five, she stepped into a Leader role. Too bad she didn’t want to stick around for the kids.

These are the REAL conservative christian values. It is why they are so ignorant. They have children young and let cable TV raise them. Lip service is paid to “morals”. Look at the demographics for teen pregnancies. They are highest in the bible belt.

I am so tired hearing about how democrats promote abortion. Of course they do not promote abortion, they believe in the womans right to choose.
you can not legislate morality.Woman.
wake up!This could be the most important election of our life time.
Mr.McCain does not respect woman,that’s why he put a woman in the job , that he himself said is only for attending funerals!

It seems the McCain camp was hoping that Palin’s skeletons would not come tumbling out of the closet until after he won the presidency. Well, McCain it looks like that’s not gonna happen. We know your tricks and it is not gonna work, we had enough of that with your buddy Bush! Goodbye Bush, McCain & Palin and the rest of your Republican cronies!

WHO IS THE “YOUNG MAN SHE IS GOING TO MARRY.” Why all the secrecy? Maybe they don’t know who they are going to select at this time. I wonder how much they will have to pay him. I’m sure Grandma-to-be Sarah will make a financially attractive offer for the right “young man.”
WHY ALL THE SECRECY? WHAT YOUNG MAN?

lets see, Barack Obama 20 years racially polarizing church, befriends non repentant anti-american terrorists, no executive experience, never balanced a budget,no foreign policy experience, and he is running for president. Palin running for VP has a teen daughter who is pregnant. I’ll take Palin over the deceitful Obama all day long.

I do forgive these wonderful women.
They represent the best about the USA.
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Yep… After 8 years of Bush, an illegitimate teen pregnancy is about all we have left to admire. At least you did not tell us that McCain finishing 894th out of 899 was one of America’s best moments.
I know the positive… he could have finished 899th.

Now we see the true value of “Abstinence Only” sex education. A fundamental belief of our new prospective VP nominee. Kudos John McCain! excellent choice to showcase the effectiveness of republican social conservative ideals!

THE OMEN IS NOT GOOD FOR REPUBLICANS THIS TIME :
1. MACAN DESIDES HIS VP IMMPULSIVLY
2. SHE HAS NO EXPERIANCE THERE ONE ATTACKING TOOL GOT BLUNT
3.MCANE IS 72 YEARS OLD WITH CANCER
4. GUSTAVE GOT THE HEAT COMING OUT OF TWIN CITYS THERE FORE MCANE CANOT COUTER OBAMAS SPEACH WHILE HIS SPEACH RINGS IN MILLIONS MIND.
5. NOW THE CONSERVATIVE MOM GOT HER TEENN’S BABY THAT LEAVE EVANGELICAL SUPPORTS HOLLYNESS PREACHING LEAVE AT THE BAY CANNOT DEMAGOG DEMOCRATS THEREFORE ACCORDING MY ASSSESMENT MCANE HAS TO CONCEED EARLYER BEFORE HUMILATED VERY MUCH IN THE FUTURE AT LEAST WILL KEEP HIS PRIDE THE ONLY VETRAN EXISTING IN USA ACCORDING HIS HUNDRED TIMES PREACHING HIS EXPERIANCE IN VETNAM AS IF THERE ARE NO VETRANS FROM THAT WAR.

This isn’t over, the McCain team is at a Wasilla high school right now interviewing potential dads.
“have you ever did drugs, what are your political views, would you go to Iraq if asked, how long have you worked at McDonalds….

Hey lefties, get this. My daughter is 16 years old, she understands the human reproductive facts, and we have taught her the importance of abstinence. There are many reasons for abstinence, not just to keep a young woman from having a baby. Disease (a condom will not protect you from all std’s), emotional, lifestyle, etc…
No matter how much information someone has, sometimes people make wrong choices. At least she did not compound her wrong choice with another wrong choice which leads to emotional pain as well as the murder of a human being.
My home schooled daughter has a healthy understanding of sex, where and when it is appropriate, and how birth control works (she might need it when she is married). Her opinion is that it is a sad state of affairs when society has such low expectations of young people and are so afraid of setting high standards, instead settles for the lowest common denominator for all.
This lovely young lady made a wrong choice, not because she didn’t have information and a condom in her purse. We cannot know everything, but one thing we do know, she and her family are taking responsibility for the whole situation.

errr wrote:
“As a committed Christian, I am very saddened by this news.
Abstinence Only programs really do work.”
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Are you aware that most of the States in the USA – including Red States – are now turning down free federal grant money for Abstinence Only programs because the high school teen pregnancy rate rose dramatically when they were imposed on the schools?
They are PROVEN NOT to work. As a “committed Christian”, isn’t it a sin to tell a lie?
Palin prevented her daughter from learning about other methods and now we’ve got another pregnant 17 year old.
This ticket is beginning to look like Mr. Drysdale and the Beverly Hillbillies take on the Democrats.

Come on now… What do we even give a heck about that? Is this the Jerry Springer Show?
You repubs are really shameless.
God helping, good riddance in November.

oh,how brilliant. Yes, she will step
down, McShame will still get credit for
being a “maverick”, and then he can pick
a real candidate and try to save his
a$$, too late though. McCain is the one
that proved he put campagne before
country, with this pick that was meant
for shock value only, and to try to get Hillary voters/Again,showing no respect for women.

McCain was right that his VP choice would appeal to younger voters. Governor Palin’s daughter’s story is just like Lynne Spears’ daughter’s story (Jamie Lynn); 17 and pregnant. It’s all about family values and rock and roll.

The personal lives of the children of Palin is not an issue to exploit by either party. The more important facts- Palin is a hard right conservative, pro-creationist, against abortion even in the case of rape or incest, anti-animal rightss, pro-gun, totally lacking in any relevant experience, a complete unknown to McCain- a beauty queen who established her reputation on right-wing talk radio- these are the issues that make McCain’s choice unacceptable to the vast majority of voters. She is deeply involved in a political scandal concerning abuse of offcial power. The terrifying thought that she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency in light of her gross inexperience and McCain’s age and health- this is what needs urgent attention.

Peyton Place or Mc-Palin Place?
Did John McCain vet this family at all before choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate? (Apparently, he did.)
Here’s one more reason I think McCain will drop Palin from the ticket after the convention — or she will withraw on her own.
Obviously Sarah Palin’s family needs her a lot more right now than the American people do.
One question: will Sarah Palin withdraw before the GOP convention closes, or after? Another question: will she put her family and the interests of our nation first, or will she put her political ambitions first? And finally: what kind of “family values” are held by a man (McCain) and a woman (Sarah Palin) who would knowingly expose a child they know to be pregnant to this kind of public scrutiny? What the hell is wrong with these two?
More info at:

Didn’t Gena Davis already try this,
and the show got canceled?
bingo, this isn’t a sitcom,although it
would make a good one. This is real life. We can not afford another 8 yrs
of Bush,and we can not afford the brady
bunch to be in charge of running the country, one heart beat away.

Prediction:
After a frantic strategy meeting, the McCain campaign will force Sarah to resign within days.
Her stated reason will be “To protect my family.”
McCain will then make a more considered choice.
The campaign’s logic will be that the public has a short memory, and they have two months to spin damage control.
Watch this unfold just as predicted.

I’m sorry…liberal or conservative this hardly presents the sort of family values that the majority of the public wants to promote. As a matter of fact we as a nation have been trying for years to find ways of eliminating unwed and underage pregnancies.

The McCain camp is trying to politicize a family issue…” liberal blogs, some even with Barack Obama’s name in them..” We know that Obama did not personally endorse this rumor and is not responsible for the crap discussed on the net. Palin is so new, ANY information will be looked into: true or not. Obama has gone through this for past 19 months. Palin better be able to handle for the next 2. As Hillary Clinton said: If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. The true political issue is: what does this say about McCain’s “Pandering Politics First” judgment to lead?

I believe that Obama came from an unwed mother as well!
Left wingers cannot win fairly on the issues. They are the lowest form of life with no imagination. I only hope that they take responsibility if Obama, the “uh um..ah..um..umm ah candidate plunges the United States into complete and total chaos. It is the left wing nut jobs who never take responsibility for their votes. Remember the only thing that gives them ability to voice their opinions, however ludicrous, are the very concepts of democracy and capitalism they so hate. If Obama does get elected, his complete and total inexperience coupled with his god like arrogance may very well create the socialistic euphoria the left wing truly want. Careful what you wish for. Take responsibility for your vote and understand that when your wonderful euphoria leaves you wanting…you will once again turn to us to fix your mess.

Welcome to America. The fact of life is that this issue affects everyone. I am surprised that McCain didn’t feel this would just add another layer of questioning to his VP pick. I still question his selection because I thought we had better people for that selection. All of this starts to say something about either his skills or his age?

This goes to the heart of Palins parenting skills or lack of them. This goes to her communication skills with family, this goes toward her awareness of family, for instance, maybe she needs to be more mother at the moment then 2nd in charge of the greatest free nation in the world. Little trivial things like that.
Maybe Palin needs to figure out a way to lead her family from temptation before she tries to lead a nation? Just food for thought.

I’m guessing that this isn’t the pre-convention bump that McCain was hoping for.

Obama’s mother was not a child and she became single after a failed marriage when Obama was 2 or 3 years old. I don’t think the issue is pro abortion for unwed, unwanted or under age pregnancies but that women should control the right to choose their own path to motherhood.

Look…..I can understand the republicans trying to put on a strong “front” because they want their party to win BUT, this woman is a disaster. McCain sees it, and you repubs see it. It hasen’t even been a WEEK and all kinds of crap is coming out about this woman. THE DEMS HAVEN’T EVEN PUT ON A FULL COURT PRESS YET. She is going down folks, and JohnBoy is going with her.

Everyone who supports Obama/Biden respects Gov. Sarah Palin and her family.
Everyone who supports Obama knows that his campaign has traveled across the country with a positive message despite negative ads against all Democrats, Obama, his family,and his message of of Change we can believe in and hope.
Obama supporters do not believe in negative attacks on anyone’s family. We will continue to stick to the issues. The contrasts are clear by now between both parties. This election will be won on these issues.
The Republican’s believe that negative ads will win it for them. Look whos running McCain’s campaign. Look at the swift boaters. Even some of their talk show pundits are saying that Democrats have to sling mud and fight them. The Democrat experts know how to deal with the Republican attack machine and swift boaters.
Any Republican smear posters attempting to pose as Democrats we can tell by the outrageous personal attacks. They tried to do the same by posing as Hillary supporters on comment sections to stir up trouble.
We will continue to run with Obama’s message of Change we can believe in and Hope backed up by friends and allies.
Obama/Biden ’08

I don’t remember Al Gore’s being raked over for his son’s drug problems. I don’t remember people demanding that he quit his job and take care of his self-destructing family. What a sexist double standard.
Please name one “perfect” family in politics or out.

Let’s not forget who placed this pregnant teenager in the public eye – Sarah Palin, her mother. Did Gove Palin think no one would notice?
Dishonest of Palin’s supporters to decry the public discussion of this sad family matter.

3. Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
Sarah Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.

Sorry this does not help, there are people, Evangelical Christians, who are ,and will, not be happy over this.

He can stick by Palin, All he has to do is stick with the REAL issues…
Obama is for
1)Abortion
2)Sex Education for KINDERGARTENERS
3)Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Illegals
4)Decriminaling Drugs
5)Getting Rid of ALL DESCRIMATORY barriers when voting
*All i can think of is underage and/or felons

So ….apparently “abstinence” is practiced somewhat differently in Alaska????

Either she boarded a plane 9 months pregnant (stupid) after her water broke (insane, batsh#t insane), or she faked a pregnancy…
this says something about judgement, John McCains judgement!

Yes, yes indeed Palin have more experience than Obama! More experience in lying & covering up her lies!! If that is the kind of experience you’re looking for then yes McCain/Palin are your guys!

it also brings into question your own J-U-D-G-M-E-N-T. looks like the public education system failed you, too.

Posted by: sonia trevino
obama’s UNWED mother made the same decision to keep her baby-imagine if she hadn’t-we would not be having this discussion right now>
i find it amazing that some of you were SOOOOOOO proud of the fact that obama was the product of a single mother, yet you are so ready to condemn another young woman’s decision to do the same.
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Bravo Sonia.. you are right on…
God Bless Governor Palin and her husband for coming forward and supporting their daughter in her time of need.
Millions of American families find themselves in this situation every day of the year?
I think it is admirable that Palin is saying that she is looking forward to being a grandmother…
That comment has helped her daughter in ways that all of us can understand.
This family is just like every American.. They have problems and deal with them everyday just like us…

Trig is a Norweigan name, do some research before you make ill-informed comments.

Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, is starting to not look very good….

For those of you who say she’s only human, you’re absolutely right, which is why abstinence ONLY education is ridiculous. No one is questionining Palin’s parenting, but her views that she wants to impose on the rest of us. If her own daughter can’t meet the high standards of abstinence only, why should Palin have the right to impose her clearly failed views on the rest of America’s teenagers. It’s the policy that is hypocritical, stupids!

I agree this is a non story…if it were part of Plains introduction on DAY ONE.
McCain knew nothing about this, his campaign knew nothing about this.
Either Palin covered up this, or even she knew nothing as well. I’m betting on the cover up. Way to start building your relationship on trust.

Oh yeah, that Andrew Sullivan is a real hit with Hillary Supporters. ROFLMAO!!!!
I am outta here – I hope everyone has a safe and great holiday!
Life – it is what happens while you are living.
PUMA!
“No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party which ignores her sex.”
- Susan B. Anthony

No spacebrook, I am not at a loss for words; thanks for asking. I am just disgusted with the so called “Change” liberals seizing any opportunity to crucify females, even children who made a mistake that is actually pretty common. I still remember how you all went after Chelsea. Just can’t wait to hit and beat the females right?

I’m socially conservative but recognize that sex ed needs to look like this: These are condoms. This is the pill. Blah, blah, blah. These are all the nasty STDs that most Americans have! And, abstinence or at least delaying sex and having less sex partners means less likelihood of STDs and pregnancy. That seems like a rational curriculum to me, and if VP Palin can lead more conservatives to this view, than everyone wins.

What a farce! I knew this family was screwed up and Palin was a bad pick! Lets’ stand by for more great news like this! I guess this is what real Christians do, have sec before marriage, great job mom!!!!

Typical of the right…preaching morality all the while behaving immorally — at least according to their own standards. What happened to their wonderful abstinence program??

It is not an issue that Palin’s daughter is pregnant. What is at issue is did McCain do his job as a Presidential candidate to select a qualified VP. The evidence that he did not is piling up and it has been only 3 days since the announcement. After we answer if McCain had disqualified himself from being President, we can discuss if Palin is qualified to to VP.

Have you noticed that in the short period of three days how effective Gov. Palin ha been in getting the Democrats back to have a firm set of morals.
Now they want women to stay home with their children instead of having a career
They are shocked and outraged by an unwed mother. want to hold her and her mother accountable. Vs. the past reaction of steering them to the welfare lines.
Are so concerned for who the father is and how old. Never have they raised a sound about the millions of black studs that father millions of babies with unmarried black girls.
Yes Sarah Palin in three short days has brought religion and morals to the Democrats. Imagine what she will accomplish with the rest of the godless terrorists in the world.

I do feel badly for Bristol, it is hard enough being a teenager but now trying to deal with pregnancy and marriage as well with a mother who if elected will be in a very stressful job. It really isn’t anyone’s business, but her mother has made it but accepting the VP candidacy.

Children will be children, but in this day and age there are too many things out here to prevent pregnancies,not speaking of abortion. Did Palin have that discussion with her daughter? Okay that aside, why are the Republicans blaming the news media and others for the rumors? She is in the public eye. She knew this would hit the media. Palin is fair game, unfortunately her unwed daughter is too!
I guess by letting everyone know her daughter plans to keep the child confirms their pro-life views.
McCain met with Palin one time and she was able to get in conversation about the pregnant daughter?! I don’t think so.
This is an interesting development!

the 2:23:50 post display’s exactly the type of inspiration the Obama camp instills in the youth. Yeah, so happy they joined the political process.

Oops, my cheers for McCain ticket is short-lived. Don’t they know better to guide their 17-year old high school child to go to college? Every average US family know (and can do) better than the Palins. It is their family choice. But they are not a role model to me. I like the Laura and George Bush’s family value.

How could she accept this positioning knowing she has a 5 mo. old w/ developmental issues, and pregnant teen. She is emotionally unstable and makes poor decisions.

Well aside from this issue – I am one independent voter who will now most surely be voting for Obama/Biden. It is one thing to say Obama is an elitist Harvard Law grad with only 6 years experience in state and federal government. It is quite another to say that a 44-yr old with only a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Idaho Univ. and less than 2 yrs in (a small) state government is prepared to lead my country. Regardless of my agreement with her on a few issues, she is not ready and this is a dangerous situation. I don’t fault her for trying – she may well lack the experience to know better. There is no excuse for McCain though.

I write as an independent, unburdened by the weight of any political allegiances. But I must say three things.
First, I agree that this is a matter of private family concern. However, there is no such thing as a private matter when we are talking about someone who could very well be one heartbeat away from the presidency. None of us let Bill Clinton get away with his sordid affair in 1999, and we will never let anyone contending for that high office ever get away with anything private when it gets to core issues.
Second, let us not forget the maxim, where there is smoke, there is fire. We have so very little on which to vet Palin that we must examine the few things that there are there about her to determine if she is fit to be president. Since this matter gets to the very fundamental core of the sacred principles put forward by the social conservatives, it is something that deserves our scrutiny, not for what it says in itself, but for what it says about the candidate.
Third, sure this is Bristol’s matter, but it is more than that. It shows a fundamental failure on Palin’s part to raise her children responsibly. If this matter did not get right to the heart of the matter of her values, the issue she was brought on board to stand up for, it would be one thing, but it is not. It is something the public must concern itself with, not to meddle, but to inform ourselves. And it certainly has helped me.
This news is a tragedy, for Bristol, for the man (or boy) who impregnated her, for the baby, for Palin herself, and for John McCain. My heart goes out to each of them, but I cannot just dismiss this matters as a private matter that I can easily overlook. This is not some courtroom where the jury is instructed to ignore some facts wrongly introduced at a trial. We are talking about a person who could very well be our president within the next four years, a person who obviously did something wrong when her 17-year old daughter goes out and has sex the very month that she (Palin) goes into the hospital to delivery a baby of her own. What kind of a parent is she? If she is unsuccessful in running a family, how will she be running the country? And if her principles are so staunch (pro-life) that she would not push them aside to avert three tragedies, what will that say about her running the country.
This is a sad day for America. This is another example of why we are losing credibility around the world and respect for our leaders.

What’s worse, letting your 17 year old have a baby or subjecting your kids to Rev Wright?

Hurricane Gustav hits Louisiana, Hurricane Hanna is brewing in the Atlantic — and now Hurricane Sarah is headed for St. Paul, Minnesota!

Obama is for
1)Abortion
2)Sex Education for KINDERGARTENERS
3)Issuing Driver’s Licenses to Illegals
4)Decriminaling Drugs
5)Getting Rid of ALL DESCRIMATORY barriers when voting
*All i can think of is underage and/or felons

Any word that comes out of Palin’s mouth remotely relating to conservative family values is a joke. Nice pick McCain. LOL!

Why are bloggers blaming this on the Obama-Biden camp? They had nothing to do with this. Let Gov. Palin and her family deal with this matter. Fyi….the american public would have found out about the pregnancy in about 4 months.

I am sure that the decision to accept the VP position was a Family decision not a Sarah Decision. They agreed and she accepted. Knowing full well that Bristol was prego. You know we are not electing Saints. Stick to the issues and leave the tabloid stuff alone. Bristol and the Palin family are doing the right thing. Not ending a childs life.

With Obama you give him six years of state and national experienced, all lumped together. Obama was only a national senator for 2 years before he started campaigning. Sarah has been governor for two years, but it is generally accepted that running a state is better on the job training than being a senator. Besides, can anyone tell me the things Obama has accomplished. I have a difficult time finding reasons to vote for Obama (I also have a tough time finding reasons to vote for McCain.)

What do you expect
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Responsibility and Education Act 2006 s.2508
Authorized federal grants for sex education programs that discussed contraception, abstinence and std’s
McCain VOTED NO……

Obama needs to apologize to all woman for the sexist direction of the new democrats. With his “sweetie” attitude Obama has turned the democratic party into the pimp party.
And all liberals seem to have joined him with this new attitude that women are second class lightweights. The vile comments by the liberal media and bloggers all reinforce Obama’s vile image of woman.
Hillary we need to to be strong for us. Force Obama to apologize now or you will be setting woman back 200 years.

In a resource rich state bordering Russia, wariness of international perils comes with the territory. This lady is Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard, our first responders in the event of a conflict with Russia. How does Obama have more international experience than that?
Her home town grew from 5,000 to 9,000 people because of her skill as mayor. How’s that for being a community organizer? She is a competent executive. How many business executives have more than 5,000 customers and nearly double the number after four years? Coupled with her current experience preparing the budget for a huge and complex state, Sarah Palin has 100% more executive experience than both Obama and Biden combined.
Isn’t executive experience needed in the White House?
Is it better to have been a gas bag senator than a mayor who fostered rapid growth in her town and who is now governor of a strategically critical state?
Compare that to Obama refusing to help his mother raise his little sister, blowing in from Harvard to hold meetings about apartment repairs in Chicago with radical socialists, forcing his incumbent female rival (Dr. Alice Palmer) off the ballot to take over the Hyde Park neighborhood State Senate seat unopposed, getting a mansion from Rezco for services rendered, filing a lawsuit to find dirt in a sealed divorce file so that he could force his strong Republican nominee off the ballot less than 90 days before the general election (replaced by idiot Alan Keyes) to win a U.S. Senate seat he would hold for a mere 100 days before deciding to game the DNC rules and brush Hillary aside for the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
Get a grip! Are you talking about choosing B.O., the megalomaniac opportunist, over McCain-Palin?????
Obama’s skill at gaming the Red State Dem Caucuses won’t help solve the problems in the Middle East. Obama won’t be able to remove Putin from the ballot so he can run unopposed for world leader. A flake like Obama can’t lead the world.
I’m pro-choice. But, I vote for character, not ideology. This lady is stellar. Whether you agree with her or not, you must admire the heck out of her. She is a champion. She makes everyone else in the field look like pygmies. If you put our nation above partisan politics, you have to support the McCain – Palin ticket. It’s clearly the best for America.

Guess the National media and the Democrates are proving howing just how LOW they will go to win……..

Palin “supports” her daughter’s “decision” to “have her baby.” Gee, that sounds a lot like Palin thinks her daughter had a “choice.” Of course it must mean something else because Palin believes women don’t have a choice. What breathtaking hypocrisy. McCain will be pulling her nomination within the week.

I believed where Sarah Palin and John McCain failed was on Friday when he/she introduce her family.
She should have said “and this fall our daughter Bristol is going to bless us with our first grandchild, although the date of her wedding have not been worked out yet, we are looking forward to this new expansion of our family” end of story!!! She needs to come clean now before more stuff comes out. In order to dispel more rumors; I think Sarah Palin should release all of her medical and financial records immediately!!!
I’m a life long Dem. I think Palin and McCain is not right for this country I think you republicans, who are upset with the Neo-cons taking over of your party, should stay home in November. Don’t contribute money to or work very little for your party. At the end of the election they will review what went wrong and they will see that they lost a part of their base

Palin is the Britney Spears of politics.

Sarah Palin is moving sex education in this country years backwards, by accepting her daughters situation as norm. It is so obvious that Palin puts her appearance in the political limelight above her role as a parent. I can’t wait to see how Sean Hanity makes this situation seem acceptable to his listeners

This is just crazy. I cannot believe the hatred coming out of this site.
I am a 32 year old mother of a 16 year old son. I was a pregnant teenager. I made the decision to have sex, things got out of control, and I took responsibility for it.
My parents were great, they helped me through the tough times, but it was not their fault.. they had taught me about birth control until they were blue in the face.. I screwed up, not them.
Sure, it was hard.. extremely hard at times, but we made it through those hard times, and I now am a senior sales representative for Dell.
I was an Obama supporter, but after this ridiculous assassination of Sarah Palin’s character, I’m going to vote for McCain.
If this is what it is like to be a Democrat, then I’m embarassed.

Are you kidding me with all of this “what a beautiful christian woman” crap? Exactly what kind of values system is it that the American people are being asked to vote into office with the McCain / Palin ticket?
Is it good christian value to engage in premarital sex? Is it good christian value to engage in unprotected (against sexually transmitted diseases) sex?!
And, frankly, I’d like to ask what kind of a “leader” Sarah Palin could possible be . . .. this, the woman who would be a heartbeat away from the Presidency! . .. when she couldn’t even “lead” her own 17 year old daughter down a path that adhered to fundamental “christian” values?!! This woman, Palin, preached abstinence only! I guess she just didn’t preach it hard enough to her own daughter! Guess she was too busy running for political office, instead!
And, while I’m at it, as both a mother and a woman, I’m none too happy to hear that a woman who has an 8 month old developmentally disabled child, is willing to place her child, and her country in the position of having, inevitably, to make choices between the two were she to become veep! Vice President of the United States of America, and especially in these dangerous times, is a 24/7/365 job!! And, so should parenting a child with downs syndrome be! It’s not like she needs this job in order to pay her mortgage, after all! If elected, she will be in office for at least 4 years!! Over and over in those next 4 years that child is going to need his mother! . …not his father, not his grandma, not his sister and not his nanny;! And, I think Gov. Palin’s decision to accept this nomination speaks to nothing but her own selfishness!!
And, if that makes her a “good christian woman”, . .. then god help this country! Oh, and ps . .. . they want us to “respect” their daughter’s privacy? OK, I respect her privacy. . .. but, leave the “issue” alone? Let it die in the hurricane Gustav news cycle? . ..well my ass I will!! I want to scream from the mountain top that this country needs to know a helluva lot more about the judgement, priorities, and leadership ability of Gov. Sarah Palin!

WOW – what examples on this comment board of liberals going off the deep end – if this pregnancy news is their hope of winning, they are in for a surprise!

I read somewhere that Obama’s mother also was a teenage mother, pregnant before getting married. I guess Palin’s daughter is making same kind of news for this year’s presidential election.

Thou shalt not have premarital sex, except in Alaska.

I was an undecided voter, leaning toward McCain.
He lost my vote.
What poor judgement in selecting Palin.

I’m a Democrat. I was pleased with Obama’s decision to choose Joe Biden. Biden has Capitol Hill experience the Obama lacks. Like most Democrats, I have been concerned by how close this election seems to be running.
I was shocked by John McCain’s choice. I’m an intelligent, college-educated, working mom. I believe that I could probably be mayor of my small town if I had the proper advisors. I KNOW that I am not qualified to be vice president (and ESPECIALLY not president) of this large and diverse country. Where would one even start??? John McCain is too old to have chosen someone with such poor qualifications.
Sarah Palin’s 17 year old daughter is having a child. In the grand scheme of life, this is not important. I wish them the best of luck. Their decision to keep the child is just that–”their decision”. (Luckily, everyone still has the choice to make for themselves.) However, in today’s political climate, it just seems to underscore the many questions about Sarah Palin. She believes in abstinence-only education enough to pull her children out of public school where they may have learned more about other options. Would it have made a difference? I don’t know, but at least we would know that this child knew of other options. Now she has chosen to become a mother rather than enjoying those wonderfully selfish years of young “adulthood”. Again, I’m greatful for a country where this is still a choice.
I think Sarah Palin herself chose to put her child in the limelight of this election and the expected mud-slinging. You can’t run on a platform that is so judgemental and expect your family to be exempt. I disagree completely with the posts that question the child’s character and personal values and hope that none of those calling names ever “sinned”. But we should be allowed to question Sarah Palin’s values and choices especially since she is trying to impose them on me and my family.

Interesting that some of you are using this blog to preach against abortion. I’m an independent voter in Texas, and I believe that abortion is wrong; however – I’m still pro-choice. Some of you will eventually learn that you cannot legislate morality. You should instead turn your focus to caring for other people and leading by example – instead, you enjoy and seem to thrive on the venom. Sadly, you are really missing the message of the ministry of Christ – and I pity your waste of precious time.

I guess abstinence only sex education didn’t work out in the case of 5 month pregnant, 17 year old Bristol Palin.
It seems strange that no one, not even her staff, new Sarah Palin was pregnant up until the time she gave birth back in May.
So much for a VP candidate that’s free of scandal–Daughter Bristol Palin’s teenage pregnancy (pregnancies?), Dad’s DWI and Mom is under investigation by the Alaskan Legislature…yep, Palin just wreaks of family values.

sorry its not mcsame no more —iiittttsss mcchange change you can feel

McCain can forget about my vote. I’m switching my support to Barack Obama.
McCain continues to show poor judgment.

Saving everything on the planet….except for innocent babies.
Obama Biden 2008
They’ll stick up for terrorist rights not to be beat up.
They’ll hand the scalpel to the doctor to carve up your kid.
What a team.

You know what’s funny about all this. I’m reading a number of posts that claim democrats would encourage their children to abort their babies. Some of the comments are horrible on here. And some of you people are supposed to be religious with family values?? And you’re busy talking about Obama should have been aborted and horrendous stuff. No wonder the world is screwed up. People like you guys are contributing to the spew of hate. Who says this kind of stuff unless they are contributing to all the problems in this world. While you’re spreading lies about Obama and other people just because they don’t shre your viewpoint. How do you know your daughters are not getting an abortion behind your back and your son hasn’t made a girl pregnant. You don’t know anything just like Sarah didn’t know anything going on with her daughter.

COME ON PEOPL….CALM DOWN !!!!
I almost feel sorry for the old man and the republicans……….NOT !!!!!!!!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA…

You can’t legislate morality and as the Palin girl’s teenage pregnancy proves, the government cannot regulate personal responsibility or the lack their of.

It isn’t news that Bristol is pregnant – teen age girls get pregnant without benefit of matrimony all the time: that’s “dog bites man” territory.
Much hay will be made of the fact that Palin the elder, who supports abstinence as an exclusive form of birth control, couldn’t govern her own daughter’s behavior, but that’s not news either.
The news is “the judgement thing”, McCain’s judgement.
He says he knew that Bristol was pregnant when he offered her the VP slot, and did so anyway. What EXACTLY was he thinking?
He was obviously not thinking of the attention this would draw away from the real issues he says he cares about so much.
Did he worry at all about the dissonance between Palin’s hard line positions and the far more human reality of her family drama? Or what it woyuld do to Palin’s family? Have the vetted Bristol’s husband to be? Is that poor kid ready for his close up?
And did McCain consider what the Karl Rove Republican’s, those who engineer campaigns to mercilessly win at any cost, would think about a Presidential candidate who choose an reproductive rights opponent with a pregnant daughter, and then allowed circumstances to force their announcement?? (And please… no one is buying the “squash the rumors about Trig’s real mother” line – was there ever a more pathetic cover story?).
No, the real news is the the judgement thing, the same judgement thing that led McCain to chose, after a total of 75 minutes of conversation (15 minutes at the Governer’s convention in February plus a 60 minute cell phone call), a Governor with 20 months of experience, who had previously been the mayor of her home town of 6,500 or so. He threw the dice.
The American people are very generous with public officials, but the voters of Ohio and Pennsylvania and Michigan are making up their minds, one person at a time.
Maverick?
Maniac.

Putting aside this sensational story about Palin’s daughter, Plalin is a dangerous choice for VP. (By the way, it was McCain’s campaign that released the story, not Democrats. It was pure damage control designed to head off what is now happening))
The choice of Palin for VP shows very poor judgment on the part of McCain and puts the United States in real danger if they are elected.
- She has NO qualifications and her world view would make her a dangerous VP and potential President. It is doubtful she could pass a college entrance exam in history, civics, science, or economic.
- Being mayor of a small Alaska town of 9000 gives her a very distorted view of big city or even small city problems.
- Being governor of Alaska for just over a year and not doing a very good job of it, should be a red flag.
- As VP she would be president of the US Senate. She knows almost nothing about the legislative process and dislikes the little she does know as proven by her governship. What chaos she would create!
- She knows nothing of other cultures let alone have any international exposure of any kind.
- She knows nothing about the US economy.
- She knows nothing about technology and its impact on our society.
- Her religious convictions, which shape her political thoughts, are out of step with nearly all main line Christian denominations.
- She knows nothing about factors that affect either global or local environment.
- Her entire energy experience is about feeding the American oil addiction with more Alaskan oil and her short sighted policies in Alaska proves it.
- Her personal hunting practices are irresponsible even by NRA standards.
- Healthcare problems are not her problem.
- Her entire knowledge of the military consists of using a 12-gauge on Polar bears at the garbage dump.
- And it appears that her position on birth control, contraception, and family planning are completely counter productive.

At least the Dems promote responsible birth control methods to AVOID the pregnancy in the first place.

WHO IS THE “YOUNG MAN SHE IS GOING TO MARRY.” Why all the secrecy? Maybe they don’t know who they are going to select at this time. I wonder how much they will have to pay him. I’m sure Grandma-to-be Sarah will make a financially attractive offer for the right “young man.”
WHY ALL THE SECRECY? WHAT YOUNG MAN?

Lets see…. McCain abandons first wife who McCains own mother sues, lies about his age to his super rich young future wife who never speaks to her sister.
Then we have the pot smoker, who’s husband is a pot smoker, who’s own children get knocked up….
BALANCED TICKET I MUST SAY!!!!

anyone think it’s a coincidence that this news is breaking at precisely the same time that Gustav is overflowing the levees in NO?
And, how this is also an effort to take speculation off of the fact that she hid her daughter’s first pregnancy by pretending it was her own. AND, now she’s even using that poor grandchild’s Downs Syndrome for political gain. What a vampire!!!

Let’s not forget in Obama’s own words in his books how in college he ran after women trying “get laid”. And how “pursued drugs enthusiastically”. “Enthusiastically”. He did not just “inhale”. He was “enthusiastic” about his drug use and womanising. How hypocritically. Let him who is without sin cast the first stone at the Obama campaign. Lol! Lol! Lol!
The Obama people are grasping at straws! Lol! Lol! Lol! Who cares Palin’sdaughter got pregnant before she married the father. Unfortunately it’s the times we live in. But maybe we can all “change” and get old fasion godly morality.
Nothing will “change” with pro-abortion, pro-homosexual marriage Democrates. Lol! Lol! LOl!
Danny

All of you haters will have your chickens come home to roost soon enough. A teenage girl gets pregnant. Not only does she have the guilt of embarrassing her parents but she has the added burden of having her private life spread all over the internet. Here is what conservatives do when their daughters get pregnant. They get married, instead of heading straight to the slaughter house (abortion clinic). The Governor is being honest and up right about it. Judges, I have this to say . We shall see. Children ,especially teenagers , can be one thing in front of mom and dad and another in front of their friends. Having a baby is not shameful. Having it out of wedlock can be an embarrassment. But then you have Presidents who have flings with interns. Truthfully if we weighed the parties by moral standards the GOP would win as the most moral. But what are moral standards today anyway? To some of us morals define our character. To others they are prejudices against wanton behavior. Knowing conservatives as I do (being one myself) our children are not perfect; neither are we. Conservatives are optimistic,caring, loving people.I commend the Governor for being so forthright. It shows good moral character and reveals an honest heart.

OMG! Teenage pregnancy happens. It doesn’t make Sarah Palin shameful or a neglectful mother. It is what it is and it is something that has to be dealt with. Shameful and embarrassing are comments like Chelsea Clinton didn’t get pregnant because no one wanted her because she looks like a walrus. This has nothing to do with her and she shouldn’t be put down like that regardless. If this makes even one parent have a real sex and protection conversation that prevents even one teenager from going through this kind of a hard time, then it serves a good purpose.

To the 32 year old Dell sales rep with the 16 year old son. .. I have the utmost, absolute respect for you, and for your decision. But, the difference is that you are not and were not running for the highest office of this land on a platform that preaches the values of fundamentalist christianity . . .. i.e. – abstinence, no sex before marriage, family values that would presumably include spending time knowing where your children are, who they are with, and what they are doing. The issue is as to the “platform” that this woman and her party “(GOP) are running on. What kind of a leader will she be? And, from what I see now, by virtue of the fact that her own daughter did not follow her mother’s leadership, then I don’t think she’d make a very good veep, at all! And, I applaud your decision, and your bravery in your posting. But, I’m sorry to say that I probably don’t think that I would have voted for your own mother, either, under the circumstances. This is about “leadership”. … not a personal choice that this 17 year old now has to make, or that you did at 16 years old. You can’t run for a leadership position, and on a leadership platform, and not demonstrate exemplary leadership where it counts most . . .. at home! That’s all! This isn’t an argument for or against “teenaged pregnancy”. It’s an argument about Sarah Palin’s ability as a leader!

“I was an Obama supporter, but after this ridiculous assassination of Sarah Palin’s character, I’m going to vote for McCain.”
Jennifer, if you were truly an Obama supporter, I’d expect you’d be intelligent enough to know the difference between Obama and people posting on a message board over whom he has no control. I certainly don’t hold McCain responsible for all of the nasty venom that gets spewed against Obama on message boards every day. There is no evidence that anyone connected to Obama had anything to do with pushing the rumors about Sarah Palin and her daughter. I am sorry some of my fellow Obama supporters have crossed the line, but if you are judging candidates by the way their supporters online behave, you might want to look at some of the crap McCain’s supporters say about Obama before you give him your vote.

If Palin’s daughter and boyfriend(?) were going to get married, why have they waited so long? Time is getting short, dearies. Do I smell a shot-gun wedding??

The Dems will stay away from this as Obama’s mom was 18, and 3 months pregnant when she and B. Hussein Sr. married (although he was already married to someone in Kenya). Wonder who McCain would be running against if Ann had aborted at such a young age?
McCAIN/PALIN

How’s this going to play with the American Family Values / Abstinence crowd? Not exactly the role model they were looking for is it? oops.

What about Bristol Palin? Why would her mother disregard her privacy? Her mother should have been strong enough to weather a silly rumor but instead gave it credence by saying her daughter is now pregnant.

Linda, Hussein means Beautiful Boy- like Beau. Please stop with the trashing of Obama and start wondering what family values means for the Republican party – pregnant teen agers? Much can be said about Palin, but the real story is that McCain, unlike a good general, gave up his strong point about experience by amazingly bringing in someone who, unless you are on drugs, has essentially no relevant experience. Beyond that, this shows a complete lack of good judgment by McCain and lack of understanding of Hillary supporters, who were not voting with someone just because they had ovaries but because Hillary had real, solid experience, vision, proven leadership, and good judgment. In my heart, I feel sorry for Republicans who are trying to sugar coat this decision. Please know, you are welcome in the Democratic/Independent tent and your views, vision, and leadership can contribute to the change we need.

W-a-a-y down this thread, Vet 1973 said: “Guess the National media and the Democrates are proving (s)howing just how LOW they will go to win……..”
How lame. The national media merely reports the news, and Democrats had NOTHING to do with a 17-year-old getting pregnant. She and the father DID.

I wonder what the fund raising numbers will look like now?

This is news because the republicans have always had a holier than thou attitude. They have always condemned dems for not having christian and family values.

First rule of politics – If you have a fool for an opponent – don’t comment on the opponent let them do it for you.
Rule number two – If you have a formidible opponent – attack their character and spread all manner of false rumor and slim. Try to get them off the ballot by any means. engage in personal destruction.
From the fact that the number of High dudgion Dems posting vs Reps it would appear they are really afraid of this fine VP pick and have the “Take No Prisoners” light lite.
Well have at it kids. Every time you make a nasty post you just put more energy into the base and stear more uncommited women over to the McCain/Palin ticket.
So keep it up, saves us a tom of money and time.

And Dobson endorsed this? LOL

Well the repulicans and evanliglistic conservatives are real angry. Sorry, don’t blame Obama or democrates we did not get Palin’s daughter pregant, we are not the blame for Palin’s and other ultraconservative views, Democrates and Obama hope for the best for this young child, remember Obama has two little girls of his own. Conservatives are so bitter they are using words like goon to describe Obama and his followers, its ok we understand how defeated you feel.

Since the mother has a career, guess it must be the father’s falt.

Sir Grace – What a ridiculous statement. That Palin’s teenage daughter failed to do what her mother said, that somehow represents a lack of leadership? Are you kidding me? I have four children and I can direct them until I am blue in the face, and that does not ensure they will do as I say. That does not mean I am a poor parent, or that I lack leadership abilities. Her child’s (and that’s what Bristol is) poor choice is not indicative of a mother or a VP’s lack of ability.

This really makes me question John McCain. This is a private matter that is now thrust into the public airwaves. It is important that our highest office represents the best people in the USA. What example does this set. Sara needs to head back to Alaska and John needs his to have his brain checked.

So I guess that this announcement by the governor herself about her daughter’s pregnancy is supposed to squelch the rumors. But suppose she did originally did cover for her daughter… what is one more lie, and what if — wonders never cease in this case — it turns out that they later allege that this newly reported pregancy ends up in an alleged miscarriage? If that raises any eyebrows it will be after the election in November anyway, right? For me, if the original rumors are credible, this well-timed “announcement” is not evidence either way. In the original rumor, people at the local health center would have had to have been in cahoots with the Governor — and that could still be the case. I’m not saying the rumors are true, only that this announcement has no bearing whatsoever on their plausibility — unless of course you for some reason believe this new “fact” — but then why would you have believed the initial rumor? On the other hand, if they lied then, they are lying now — and the “beauty” of it (for them) is that the truth of this new revelation is unverifiable, unless Bristol, unlike her mother, is actually showing signs of being pregnant.

Why is everyone fighting about this? Is this really even an issue?
I’m a young guy, and I’m an Obama supporter. A lot of us are idealists, and we’re frustrated by how cynical and shallow American politics have become.
There are lots of low blows here, and most of them, honestly, are obviously coming from the Republican side. The same thing happened in 2000 and 2004.
I think this is one of the main reasons that most people under 35 are turning Democratic. Since I was old enough to vote just over ten years ago, both elections were won not because the Republicans fielded good candidates, but because they slandered Democratic candidates.
It’s really disgusting how negative many posters have been. Why be so angry and partisan?
Remember what the good book says about ‘casting the first stone.’ This is like the Tower of Babel– even though we speak the same language, we don’t seem to understand each other.
If you truly look at Obama’s message, he is an idealist, he is an optimist, and he is a good Christian. Perhaps this seems naive in some ways, but let’s be honest…
Jesus Christ was a pretty naive guy. That’s part of what made him special. He was not a cynical person. He was an idealist.
WWJD, everyone? Maybe the Republicans weren’t so bad in the past, but they sure seem a lot like the Romans now, so let the Romans fall.

Deborah Bayne,
Thanks for your kind message. Although the republicans are somewhat frazzled over the news of Sarah Palin’s daughter, I assure you the exposion of out of wedlock births in this country can be mostly attributed to your democrats for the establishment of welfare and entitlement laws that perpetuate this behavior.

Can you imagine what is going through the minds of Romney and Pawlenty???
“You picked the Spears-Family-On-Steorids instead of one of us?!?!?”

She will have lots of love and support from her family and that’s what she needs most right now. Pray for Bristol and her family.
God Bless!

Oh dear, can’t wait to see more drama-soap opera from this ticket.

This pregnancy issue means very little to me. But I think that McCain has made a very dumb decision to pick her as his VP. She is such a wild card, and given McCain’s age, she could wind up being our president. You know what they say – the VP is “only a heartbeat away” from the presidency. This is all very scarey to me. I’m not voting for McCain – nope, no way.

Sara needs to take her family back to Alaska and lets see John go at this again. This will be so very wild to see how all of this will play out.

Sophie, your daughter may be a stay-at-home mother. Good for her, as long as she and her husband are in total agreement about this.
Please do not forget that there are fathers who raise their children full time while the mother works. If Palin becomes the VP, I’m sure that her husband will take care of their children. Fathers have rights too, and they should not be left out of the family equation.
Going back to the Palins–I doubt that one salary can take care of a family of seven in a state where the cost of living is obscenely high. In Mexico, families of 10 or even 15 are not uncommon, and both father and mother have to work in the fields to provide for their family.
I do not judge the Palins. They are far from a perfect family just as Obama’s family is not perfect.

“When it comes specifically to HIV/AIDS, the most important prevention is education, which should include — which should include abstinence education and teaching the children — teaching children, you know, that sex is not something casual,” he said.
“But it should also include — it should also include other, you know, information about contraception because, look, I’ve got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old,” he added.
“I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby,” Obama said.

Why are the comments so negative? How many decades have teenagers been having sex? My 15 year old cousin is hiding the fact she is having sex from her parents. I keep waiting for her to get pregnant. For everyone to judge the Palin family is ignorant and uncalled for. Look at all the celebrities having babies that aren’t married – Angelina, Matthew, Jamie Lynn – do I need to go on? Great role models for our kids. At least Sarah’s daughter is keeping the baby and doing the right thing.

Stay on the attack Dems….STAY ON THE ATTACK.
These repubs KNOW that the end is near. They HATE being on the defense !!!

“Just the Facts..”
That’s anything but the facts!
Why be so hateful?
Why be so intolerant?
You act as if the liberals are the intolerant ones, but why not look at yourself?
Why not take a deep breath and ask yourself why you are so angry?

I got news for all you gleeful,vindictive, Obamdale supporters. There are thousands of families in this country who can relate to what the Palins are going through, and respect how they are handling it. Keep the hateful comments coming. It going to backfire on you big time.

I had to put in my two cents on a couple of comments I read above. One was that ‘if we elect Barack that Abortian rates will go up’ Some people have this idea that if you are a democrate you are for abortion, however some of us are very against abortions, but we don’t feel that it is our right to say that everyone else needs to be against it to, it is just like anyother issue, we are going to have disagreements, but my opinion does not have to be the right one. The other comments made was that Democrats are responsible for some many births because of well fare. I agree that there a lot of people in this country that take advantage of programs like welfare, but let’s be honest do think these people make a profit on wellfare, after all it costs way more money to raise the childrent than the goverment is going to give you. However without these programs, those kids would be on the streets, is that the better idea? With these comments being said I certainly will not generalize Republicans like some of you like to generalize Democrats.

Do people still believe abstinence programs work? Lets see, a couple of months ago, Britney Spear’s “Christian upbringing” family found her 16yr old sister pregnant. Now Palin’s “Christian upbringing” 17yr old daughter is pregnant. It’s patently evil how these people cause such mishaps on their family just to maintain old superstition.

Idiots, Do the math. Baby Trig was born in mid April. Bristol is 5 months pregnant. (I’ve known quite a few ministers’ daughters that got knocked up. It happens.The girl is 17 and is getting married.She and her husband and child will be in Alaska.)
Women sure do like to attack other women.

Minnesota Wildman,
Most Democrats are anything but gleeful and vindictive about this. I know people who have been in this situation.
The problem isn’t Bristol’s pregnancy. It’s that her mother and the McCain campaign lied to cover it up. It’s that McCain didn’t properly vet Palin, and this kind of decision shows that neither McCain nor Palin are making the kinds of intelligent, informed decisions that we need our president and VP to make.

So much for abstinence training and family values when Mom works hundreds of miles south in Juneau while Dad works hundreds of miles north on The Slope.

Are we absolutely sure McCain knew about this beforehand? This all seems very strange to me. Or, is this yet another unpleasant surprise owing to McCain’s lack of vetting Palin? I really can’t believe that Senator McCain would have gone ahead with this choice if he really knew.

For days the rumor about Palin and a baby have been circulating on the www.
Now that a true story of a pregnancy the Obama campaign is being blamed…
It’s obvious John McCain did not know about this pregnancy– he is old school.
People from his generation do not believe in having children out of wedlock. So Palin kept this little secret to herself? I don’t know for sure but I don’t think McCain was looking for this type of attention when he picked his VP.
Just saw Rove wrangle his hands a bit while being interviewd on Fox on this subject. This is my first time seeing Rove a tidbit uncomfortable. He implied if the Democrats attack Palin on this subject it would make them condescending. He was kinda daring people not to express their thoughts.
Proof the GOP was caught off guard on the day their convention was scheduled to start.
What really disturbs me is Palin and camp is using her daughter’s act of having sex irresponsibly and turning it into an anti-abortion campaign soundbite. I don’t care where you stand on the issue but this is distrubing to me.
Our leaders are suppose to lead by example–The example of Palin’s 17 year old 5 months pregnant daughter being FORCED to marry is not a good example on how adults handle rough situations. If the couple intended to marry, there would be plans already made
The relationship between Mac and Pal is strained to say the least.

Why is it the conservative Christians always end up in the sex scandals?

scott–The difference is that Obama’s parents were adults; and even then we see how well that relationship worked out. (And I’ve read a LOT of nasty posts about Obama’s parents.)
whatddyousay??–NO ONE gets pregnant to collect welfare. Get that ridiculous notion out of your head.

And for all you Obama haters he issued a statement to “back off” saying the issue is off limits. “Peoples families are off limits, peoples children especially are off limits” “We don’t go after other peoples families”
So just discuss vetting, inexperience, corruption, tax breaks for oil companies, ruining the environment…..

Let’s see. McCain throws his sick first wife under the bus to have an affair with a rich, young thing. Then Republicans push the good “character” talk about him. And Palin’s teenage daughter has a baby out of wedlock, and Republicans twist it for more Evangelical “family values” talk. Delusion illusion could be a Republican illness?

Good job Momma Palin! Another Abstinence Only success story…
I believe this is a wonderful example of IRONY.

Hey Dems…DO NOT LET UP.
You BETTER believe that they wouldn’t !!!
ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK

Hmmmm…Don’t remember this being a part of Palin’s introductory speech on Friday in Dayton when she discussed her children at length… Interesting…But honestly, it happens everyday to many families. However, the performance of the year goes to the super judgemental right-wing conservatives that have to grind their teeth and smile as all of this unfolds. No one is fooled by their cherade! Come on, the conservative right is elated about a woman with 5 kids (yougest 4 months old) with a pregnant teenager being away from her family to dedicate the time it takes to be the VP?! Grin on, boys… we all know you did not wake up and be “okay” with this. Meanwhile, Millions of us independents are watching all of this unfold and trying to figure out who to grant our vote…

For such a dedicated “hockey mom” I’m surprised Palin even accepted the VP nomination knowing how distracted she’ll be dealing with her daughter’s pregnancy and the extensive media attention on her daughter now. It’s obvious McCain was forced by the Right wing to pick her even though it is the most absurd choice. Now he claims he knew about Palin’s underage daughter. He was just asking to to lose which is fine with me. Instead of pandering to your base and turning this into Reality TV, here’s an idea care about fixing our economy and the American people’s concerns and problems.

wow.. all you stone throwers beware…. From a Christian perspective, we know.. no one is perfect…This family “news” does not change my mind one ounce.
Go McCain/Palin!

Repubs are total hypocrites. That’s not a new statement—we all know it, but this is really beyond belief. This is not a family matter; it is a public policy matter. She can’t even practice what she preaches and wants to force on others. What parent would put their child through this public humiliation, just to further their own ambition and massively inflated ego? And she eats moose and wants to chow down on a polar bear, too. What a hideous being she is. All those snotty, self-absorbed, tax cheating repubs usually do their best to keep trailer trash out of the country club. Griswolds, party of 7+.

If Obama supporters think Sarah Palin is going to withdraw as Candidate for VP you don’t understand the strength of women like her.
Sarah Palin shows the real courage that Obama supporters can not begin to fathom. In my opinion, Hillary Clinton has the same kind of courage. It is a shame that the Obama Campaign had to resort to Voter Fraud to win the Democrat Party Primary. Check the facts, the terrible voter intimidation and outright fraud committed in the Dem. Party Primary was totally documented by Dr. Lynette Long.
Obama had to resort to stealing the Dem Primary to win (Obama supporters tried to force Hillary out of the race too). Obama and his supporters are not the great representatives of ethical politics that they claim to be.
It was no accident that Obama choose Chicago to launch his political career. Obama learned underhanded tactics from the most notorious corrupt political machine in this Country. Let’s remember, he also had Rev. Wright, former Terrorist Bill Ayers and convicted friend and fund raising associate Rezko as his mentors.
Sarah Palin has more integrity in her little finger then all of the Obama Campaign leadership has together.
Women in America are tired of strong capable women being bashed by left (or right wing) ]. By attacking Palin and her family (like the attacks made on Hillary and Bill Clinton) you are only guaranteeing the McCain/Palin victory that we NEED AND WILL HAVE in November 08.
Former Hillary Supporter For McCain/Palin08

Christians will forgive Sarah Palin
They just probably won’t vote for her now, and especially if the candidate they supported the better qualified one was stiffed by McCain.

The posts on here represent another reason I will not support Obama.
The idiots attacking a 17 year old child should be ashamed of themselves.
You are actively putting down a child that made the same mistake made by millions of people. Many of you posting on here have made the same mistake, are a parent of a child that has done this or were a product of the same.
What was Palin to do? Lock her child up in a closet? You can teach a child values hoping they listen and learn, that does not mean that they will.
The fact that she is not having an abortion should be reason enough for the Christian conservatives to continue to support Palin.
You Liberala are the very reason Obama needs to lose this election. you are not doing him any favors by being this way. Your lack if integrity and respect will cost Obama this election.

Palin = PHONY
At least Romneys family walked the walk when it came to “family values”

I don’t think that having a pregnant teenage daughter makes Palin a bad mother. However, I do think that, if indeed this was known prior to the Friday announcement, the VP offer should have been declined or never offered in the first place. It makes a private matter public to the entire world and takes a mother away from her child at a time when she is most needed.
carly in nj–do you vote based on issues or gender? I assume its the latter based on your post. A TRUE Clinton supporter admires not only her strength and abilities but her stance on important issues. Sarah Palin is to Hillary Clinton what Clarence Thomas is to Thurgood Marshall.

This is to all those Obama supporters who are critisizing Gov. Palin because her daughter is pregnant and saying that there must be problems in her family and saying that if Gov. Palin can’t control her family how can she be a good vice president. There are also some of you who are questioning Gov. Palin’s Christianity and family values because of this and saying not MY child! I control MY children! I want to ask you do you know everything that they do? No you don’t because you don’t know what they do when they are out of your sight. There is not a teenager alive that tells their parents everything that they do. The truth is that you would be horrified if you knew everything that children do! If you don’t know everything that your children do and you don’t control their every move, you have no right to throw stones or critisize Gov. Palin. It is not her fault that her daughter is pregnant and this should not be held against her.

The real story.
Palin wants Alaska to secede from the United States and become a sovereign nation, as a member of the Alaska Independence Party.
Video about how Alaska has oil reserves bigger than all of the Middle East, NOT in ANWR but right there in Prudhoe Bay. Still want her in charge of the US so she can help Alaska secede and make sure none of that oil belongs to us?
Lastly, Great photo: share it again in case you missed it. She’s such a class act, such a lady. Don’t like her viewpoints?
We’re not a free country anymore. We’re being sold to the oil industry. Again.

Oh my gosh! This is crazy! We have a 17 year old who was taught abstinence in the home — and now she has an out-of wedlock baby. And McCain had an affair with a younger, richer woman who he married — and she now wants to be our First Lady? Puh-leeze.
Family Values are defined by the Obama’s marriage, their enduring love for eachother and their hard wrok (and their ONE family home) — and by Joe Biden’s daily commute to tuck his sons in at night. Famiyl values are in the democratic corner this time. No amount of pretending will change what everyone can plainly see. The straight-talk express expressly points to the Bidens and Obamas as the families with values.

RealDemocrat–
So you won’t vote for Obama because some of his supporters–not his campaign members–are ‘attacking’ Bristol Palin? Makes sense, after all those supporters will be appointing Supreme Court Justices and setting U.S. policies…

How refreshing-a real person running for VP. Having chilren and grandchildren of my own I know justwhere she is. Jeramiah 29:11 I know the plans I have for you,says the Lord.

Let’s keep the Palin teen in our prayers and not condemn her just because right-wing conservatives like Rush Limbaugh condemn others who have been in this predicament. I truly believe that if the devil works hard enough at being the devil, he’ll get just what he deserves.

My only problem with the ultra conservative views on things is that, the world is not pleasantville. Everything isn’t ultra perfect and americans have family values. Some people are not so rigide in their views of values because Lord knows no one can live up to such standards. Young people are having sex and getting pregnant. Some choose to give birth, some choose not to, and this is nothing new. My grandmother and great-grandmother have told me stories of girls getting pregnant in their day and coming up with all sorts of ways to abort babies in their day. Some of the women died, so this is nothing new and back then just about everyone was ultra conservative. There have been gay people every since the world has been, so why try to make such a big deal out of it. Either you are or you’re not so just leave it alone. Stop telling everyone what their values should be and condeming them because they don’t fit into some bubble they evangelicals say is right. Only God is perfect and only he or she can judge us as unfit or not. No man born on this earth is God and No evangelical has been hand picked by God to dictate to us. God is for all who seek him and he knows we are not perfect.

Seriously. It is so incredibly easy to judge other people. Childrem make mistakes. It’s part of life. You can be the best parents in the world for your children, yet they will still undoubtedly make poor choices without giving any forethought to the possible consequences. Did your parents know everything that you were doing, every waking moment hour when you were 17? What about this boyfriend? No one has mentioned him. He very well could have been a smooth talker, irristable kind of guy with narcisstistic behavior (to a 17 yr girl anyway)and who’s to say that she didn’t “already try” to convince him of her mother’s values/position. Young girls face a cruel world now days and with her parents being as active in their careers- all the more reason why this 17 yr old was needing the love and affection she didn’t receive at home. I aaplaud the Palin family was stepping up to the plate and being there for their daughter, not to mention supporting her decision to marry this young man.Times have changed, however 30 years ago it wasn’t out of the ordinary for people to marry this young. Again, I commend the father for sticking around to help this young girl and raise this child. He could have easily went on with his life, go on to college get married and have the ideal life and leave this girl in the dust.
I would know because I “am” that 17 yr old single parent who’s boyfriend’s parents forbid us to marry stating it wouldn’t work and that we were too young. My daughter’s fahter’s parents actually tried to buy my parents out-stating that I should have put my daughter up for adoption and they would in fact PAY for all the medical expenses. Thankfully, God gave me enough brains and I raised this child successfully with limited help from her father.
Kudos to Levi!
Parents do not always know what’s best for their children. It is often the CHILDREN that essentially teach their parents the hard lessons in life.
Kudos to the Palin family for supporting and loving their daughter unconditionally!

Very good MARIA 3:55:15….You heard your candidate. He said to lay off the kid!

Why doesn’t the Palin family use the term ‘father’?

Hey carly in NJ,
Just a question,
Is there anything that would convince you to vote otherwise?

Democrats shouldn’t loose this opportunity.
The Republicans are running so fast to the Left, like Lemmings to he sea, on this issue that you might be able to get them to start waving CONDOMS!!!

This is not about the 17 year old child who is now pregnant, this is about the 46 years old absentee mother who does not take care of her own family. Rather than persuing this crazy power hungry race, she should care for her own family…

Nice try Irma, but you twist his words.
He told the press to ‘lay off’.
No candidate better presume to tell me what I, as a citizen, may or may not discuss about any candidate, let alone those for the highest office. And I will determine what is relevent and what is not!
Posted by: irma | Sep 1, 2008 4:17:42 PM
Very good MARIA 3:55:15….You heard your candidate. He said to lay off the kid!

Well, that was the risk taken with the “unknown”. It is now getting known… From using the Alaskan government to revenge her sister’s divorce, from links to corrupt-indicted Senator Steven’s 527 PAC and now the abandonment of her own family issues to persue her political ambitions… No wonder the major Alaskan papers have already questioned her fitness for VP…

Palin cannot say “Family First”. She is a neglectful mother.
She cannot say “Abstinence” because those words rang hypocritically untrue to the most important persons in her life – her children.
What kind of mother is Palin? One, obviously, who put her children last.
Once you have four or more children, if you want to be a good mother, you run out of time for career and other activities. All your time has to be devoted to your children. Otherwise, some of those children are going to be neglected.
So this is what happened with her children. Sad.
For conservatives who talk about Family Values, Palins actions must appall them.

oeps cincyr,
Sorry, my mistake.
Besides all the personal issues this lady has
We are not used to look so much into the personal life of our officials).
I just don’t see her as a president of any country (not even mine and that is a sometimes a big joke as well :-).
It really surprised me that so many people are cheering for her. I understand they did for Hillary but Sarah looks so much like a cartoon…
It looks like tey are making a big joke out of this election

Congrats in Buffalo–are you serious? You can’t possibly think teenagers, who put little thought into anything, should become parents. How will they support the child–on the minimum wage jobs they are qualified for? How will they provide the emotional support a child needs when they are still developing emotionally, themselves? Waiting until you’re able to take care of yourself and a child before having one is logical. Your ideas are nonsense.

So much hate and derision from the left and the Liberals. I understand most of them are operatives of Hussien Obama, posting here on a holiday. While the Chief denies any involvement, he will leave it to his hirelings.
Get this straight, Palin is here to stay and its Palin all the way.
McCain/Palin 08
Obama Who?

Despite Mr. Dobson’s (from Focus on the Family) public prayers, the DNC had no storm during Mr. Obama’s speach. Now the Republican convention is getting a few storms of their own: Hurricane Gustav, pregnancy of Bristol Palin and the “Troopergate”… I guess the only good thing for them was the excuse for Bush and Cheney not to show up in the RNC convention tonight… GOD works thru mysterious ways… But, this far, the Republicans are with Satan.

Well at least the Vice Presidential residence is the Naval Observatory and not the White House. Maybe most won’t notice the new RV pad being poured so the young couple can have a place of their own.
Just so it doesn’t distract Palin in her transition from administering a government awash in billions of oil taxes and with little infrastructure upon which to spend it, what with most cities and villages rarely having roads out 5 miles [I think Juneau's furthest went for 20 when I lived up there].
And what of a governor who chooses to slaughter magnificent animals [esp. bear and elk]. Does anyone believe she needs the meat and hides to sustain her family?
Not to mention her abuse of power in using her office to get her sister’s ex, a state patrolman, fired.
And poor Ketchikan [one of Alaska's largest cities]. She had joined them in their quest for a bridge over to their airport [expensive because it had to be tall enough to clear the cruise ships] to gain their support for the governorship. Now she abandons them. A VERY citical flip-flop to that district.
This is the mother[?] who would be President?
Tell White House staff not to be too fast in packing away all the hoe-down supplies and fiddles.

Reasonable people who read this sick stuff are NOT impressed. It just underscores how totally twisted many Obama Supporters are and that means we will work harder and donate MORE money to elect McCain/Palin. We need to save our great democracy!!!
McCain/Palin08

Number 1-To give life is a Gift,if not we would not be reading or commenting on all of the wrong issue’s.This is about our country and the mess that our children and their children etc.will have to deal with.I don’t care if you are a dem.,independant,or a rep.we are in this together.We don’t have to believe in the same things,but we do need to get along as best as we can.We only have ONE LIFE,and we all will be held accountable for the way we live it.Number 2-Watch what we say!I’m living proof what goes around,does come back around.Number 3-LIVE and LET LIVE!!!Thank You for your time.PEACE

to carly in NJ,
I don’t believe you.
DO you really see Palin as president??
Seriously?
Really ??
Are you sure ?
Really ?
( me I am more than an independent, I can not even vote but are you sure ???)
I don’t understand that,
then you can just taken anyone from the street and put him or her in the white house

“Don’t push your abstinence only agenda that stops kids in school from getting the facts and sex and birth control.”
Now don’t start – I meant to say “facts ABOUT sex”..

I would hate to be a Republican right now – having no viable chance at the White House. It actually seems cruel to pick on Palin considering that the Democrats have always been the favorites to win in November simply due to Bush. Might as well let them spin it out, and not until November crush their hopes of success. As if Palin could really make things worse for their campaign.

I think the Obama camp have reason to worry about McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin, she is electrifying the base and she is getting a lot of attention from the media, whether its good or bad she is getting attention, and McCain just might win this election.

It is hard to believe the car/gun logic is still used. Guns are made to kill, automatic weapons are made ONLY to kill people – quickly. It is thus no surprise when they work. Likewise, alcohol is made to dull the senses, which makes it not surprising that cars combined with alcohol kill the most people. If people using the car/gun metaphor are voting for McCain/Palin, it should make you think twice.

calguy55== lincoln was right but im sure if he had known how education could turn into liberal socialist reeducation instead of a totalview education im sure he would have qualified his statement–nice try. liberals have made a concerted effort to push thier agenda from school age to public broadcasting to the ivy league. want proof if you want to work in hollywood you have to show your liberal stripes. more proof the media is so lopsided to the left that a dying industry— radio has been revitalized. rush limbaugh 400 million dollar contract is proof undeniable proof of this. howw much does katie couric make? mcchange real change not more of the same.how about the genuis idea of using corn to make feul now look what the intelligencia of the libs has produced 30% increase in food and the poor all around the world starving while the liberal is watching his carbon footprint and he feels so good about it. but the problem my dear liberals you have been used by your intelligent leaders and the lobbyists for big corn. not to mention the waste of water in water stressed areas. wakeup you are a pawn

Just shows that Sarah faces all the same hills and mountains Dems do with their kids. Kudos to Sarah for standing with her daughter and giving her the love and support she needs. And kudos to her daughter for exercising her choice to have her baby, and to her parents for not thinking that she is being punished with a baby and forcing her to make another choice. Great human story – one that all Americans should understand!

Brendan M:
We will just have to disagree on this issue, I remember the circumstances very well because I considered Rumsfeld a total disaster as Secretary of Defense.
When McCain criticized Rumsfeld and also called for his resignation, he was attacked. McCain stood up to Rumsfeld and George W. Bush.
At the time, I was very happy to see SOMEONE stand up to Rumsfeld. and McCain did so!!
When McCain becomes POTUS, I am sure he will consider appointing Collin Powell as Secretary of Defense. Powell is another patriot who stood up to George W. Bush.
Women Defending Democracy
Country Over Party
McCain/Palin08

“I don’t understand that,
then you can just taken anyone from the street and put him or her in the white house”
Have you ever seen the movie “Dave” with Kevin Kline? Check it out.

Ok for all those who keep talking about the sex education. Take a look around at all the unwed girls in this country. You can talk sex education until you are blue in the face and there will always be an unwed teenager, get over it already.
For those who are saying Palin is a bad mother and she should not be working because she has 5 children, let me tell you a little story. My grandmother had 11 children and worked everyday until she turned 76. Oh, she had to quit then because the place she worked went out of business, or she would still be working today. So get over it. One more thing, My aunts and uncles turned out just fine.

OK, now it is time to set things straight. Those who are critical of Senator McCain and Gov Palin fail to see the obvious. Both are running their campaign based on accomplishments, not promises and “Change because of Change.” Sr. Obama is a caring individual, but has accomplished NOTHING. He hasn’t lead anything. A trip overseas does not make one an expert on Foreign policy. His remarks at how efficient China’s infrastructure should scare every American to death. How can you be pro American and turn a blind eye to China’s lack of environmental concern, child labor and poor living conditions for it’s people? And wasn’t it President Kennedy who said “Ask not what this country can do for you, ask what you can do for this country?” Something Sr. Kennedy seams to have forgotten. And if you have issues with the way this government is running the war in Iraq, why would you want it to run everything else especially health care?

And, if Gov. Palin is pregnant, so what? Why does she allow a rumor/scandal like this to be released to the media when she can tell the truth, even before she gets into the White House? Is this practice lying? I would not vote Republican even if I was a member of the Republican Party with goofy stuff like this going on – pretty embarassing!

People are being themselves, and logic, to try to defend this choice! The bedrock of the Republican philosophy has been abstinence! Once again, the Democrats are right… it is not the best sex education. A condom, readily avoided all this. This selection is a slap in the face of every man and woman who has worked hard and seen opportunity given to someone much less capable. If you can’t be honest with us people, please, be honest with yourselves.

Sarah Palin seems to be out of touch with her children. She may be too busy to be a true parent. Perhaps she should not run for Vice President, she has two other daughters that could end up in the same situation if they are neglected for the presidency.

To cisc,
I do take interest in the wellbeing of your country but you might call it self-interest.
We live on the same earth, the same air etc.
Bush is not really liked by anyone outside the US as well. He has almost no political leverage any more . Mc Cain is portrayed and experienced as a war maker already now. Threatening Russia with the Georgia incident. This should have been handled differently. China is the same..
They are emerging world powers and risk to become bigger over the next 10 years. It is not that he is not right on the issues, that can be discussed but a good friendship and good alliances will be crucial over the next years to handle the fundamental threat for us all.
He does not show many skills of diplomacy. He would put America back into isolation. We are all western partners but you will need our enthusiasm to go along with some difficult problems that face our safety.
Obama has shown that people outside America like him a lot and he is seen as a wise leader, independent and opposed to Bush. It seems you do not like that when I see the reactions but I don’t understand why.
You have to make as a nation some decisions that impact life, some made by the heart some by the brain.
It does not really matter if Sarah’s daughter is pregnant or not. I might be good to learn some lessons from that and try to limit unwanted pregnancies in the future. They happen everywhere but good sexual education and stressing the use of condoms might help.
I do find you handle a double standard on guns, war and abortion. It seems hypocrite but I understand. I smoke and will defend my addiction to others against my own better judgment.
About Sarah,
I must ask again, look in your hart or brain or soul and you don’t have to answer me.
Can you see her as the president??
I can name several republicans and Democrats that I find are more qualified. I am sure that If you ask her the question if she would be a good president, she would hesitate.
You can welcome her but can you take this ticket seriously?
I hope Obama wins, he will bring the nations together as he has already proven to do with France and Germany. His charisma will make the US more popular in the Middle East and take away the hate that is now facing the US. It will give you more support in these countries so that they can handle the fundamentalism on their turf.
Sure that your nr 1 enemy hopes MC wins

The right wing forced McCain to pick an ultra conservative so he folds and does it. They will be controlling his decisions and presidency on all issues including supreme justices. Real leadership McCain, sounds like a puppet. Also you have no right to be critical of Democrats who comment on Palin pregnant daughter. All you guys are so pious and all you do is claim how immoral we are for teaching birth control. Right wing evangelical teenagers are doing the same thing most older teens do except they are being taught abstinence so they have no education and hence have a higher chance of getting into a Bristol situation. Their heads are in the sand. Don’t criticize us because we have common sense and are smart.

Sarah Palin is the best things since sliced bread! McCain and Palin are going to win this election. Stop the witch hunt!