Palin's Unplanned Pregnancy
This gives credence to the old wives tale. "In every rumor there is a grain of truth." Someone was circulating the lie that Sarah Palin's four month old "Downs Syndrome" child, was actually that of her fifteen year old daughter and not her own. As it turns out, she does have a pregnant daughter. Just not the one they're claiming on the Internet. Only it's her seventeen year old Bristol, and everybody in Wasilla, Alaska already knew. Does this damage or enhance her credibility? I think this only makes her someone who even relates more to the average American family. If everyone or their family members that was in this same boat voted for Sarah Palin. The Republican ticket would win hands down. I suppose this qualifies as Governor Palin's unplanned pregnancy.
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Palin's daughter pregnant
From Our Press Services
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant.
It was also revealed Monday that an attorney had been hired to represent Palin in a state ethics probe and that her husband, Todd, had been arrested for drunken driving two decades ago.
The revelations threatened to steal any remaining thunder from Day One of the Republican National Convention, which already was overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav -- and brought unwanted attention to the 44-year-old governor, a self-described "hockey mom" with little experience on the national stage.
McCain aides said the announcement about the pregnancy of Palin's daughter, Bristol, was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's own youngest son, born in April, was actually the daughter's
The pregnancy statement, attributed to Sarah and Todd Palin and released by the campaign, said that Bristol Palin would keep her baby and marry the child's father, identified only as a young man named Levi.
The campaign said it was not disclosing the father's full name or age or how he and Bristol knew each other, citing privacy. The New York Daily News reported that the father was Bristol Palin's boyfriend, Levi Johnston, 18, of Wasilla.
The baby is due in late December.
"Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents," Sarah and Todd Palin said in their brief statement.
Palin had told McCain's team about the pregnancy and her husband's old DUI during discussions about her background, aides said. McCain aides said they warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense.
Palin was in Minnesota preparing for her Wednesday night nomination acceptance speech when the campaign released the pregnancy statement; her family was home in Alaska.
"Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family," the parents said.
Sarah Palin's fifth child, a son named Trig, was born in April with Down syndrome. Internet bloggers have been suggesting that the child was actually born to Bristol Palin but that Sarah Palin claimed to be the mother. Various Web sites posted photographs of Sarah Palin in the months leading up to her son's birth, and debated whether her physique might have been too trim for her point in the pregnancy.
As for the Alaska probe, a Republican-dominated legislative committee is investigating whether Palin dismissed Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan after he refused to fire a state trooper who had divorced Palin's sister.
Alaska Atty. Gen. Talis Colberg hired Thomas V. Van Flein more than two weeks ago to represent Palin and members of her staff, according to Van Flein. He has represented the Palin family in the past as a private attorney, according to a McCain aide.
Van Flein said he couldn't confirm representing the family because of attorney-client privilege.
"Did I know the Palins before the state hired me? Yes," he said.
"The governor of every state gets legal counsel, and this attorney is part of a weeks-old effort to provide this governor defense in a series of outlandish, politically motivated charges," said senior McCain adviser Tucker Eskew. "It is a matter of her job and is not recent, and it is not related to her selection on the McCain-Palin ticket."
McCain campaign officials first confirmed to the Christian Broadcasting Network on Monday that Todd Palin had pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated in 1986.
Religious Reaction
Prominent religious conservatives, many of whom have been lukewarm toward John McCain's candidacy, predicted that the pregnancy announcement would not diminish conservative Christian enthusiasm for the vice presidential hopeful, a staunch abortion opponent. In fact, there was talk that it might help.
"Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect," said Focus on the Family founder James Dobson. "Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord."
Unfortunately, there's more. Girlfriend's been living on the "wild side" for a minute:
Check out those longnecks:
http://flickr.com/photos/30128128@N04/
http://www.mediatakeout.com/2008/26330-explosive_pics_vp_candidate_palins_daughter_is_wilder_than_britney__pics_of_her_and_her_girls_getting_drunk_and_kissing_each_other.html
As for the potential husband, he describes himself as a "f-----g redneck."
http://gawker.com/5044198/field-guide-levi-johnston
Bristol Palin represents far too many out of control teenagers. Her biggest problem has to do with picking her friends.
Make sure you say Bristol's pregnancy. They act like Sarah is the guilty party.
What do they want to happen? Is Sarah Palen supposed to step down?
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