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    Palin Says Daughter, 17, Is Pregnant
    By LIZ SIDOTI, AP

    ST. PAUL, Minn. (Sept.1) - John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, said Monday her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant, an announcement stealing even more thunder from McCain and a Republican presidential convention already overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav.

    In a surprising revelation, John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, said Monday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, right, is five months pregnant. McCain's aides said the GOP presidential candidate knew about the pregnancy before he selected Palin.

    Adding to the day's drama, McCain aides said the announcement was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter's.

    The national convention, which a political party counts on to send its candidate surging into the fall campaign, already had been relegated to a distant second to the hurricane on TV, in newspapers and on Internet Web sites.

    Monday's 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 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.

    The disclosure came on the opening day of the Republican National Convention, which has been scaled back because of Hurricane Gustav, and three days after McCain named Palin as his vice presidential running mate. Coming after the randomness of Gustav, the revelation added to the sense of unscriptedness that is hanging over the convention.

    "Life happens," said McCain adviser Steve Schmidt.

    "An American family," added colleague Mark Salter.

    Palin told McCain's team about the pregnancy during lengthy discussions about her background, and the senator knew about it when he made her his surprise pick Friday, aides said. At several points during the discussions, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense and that there was nothing she could do to prepare for it.

    Prominent religious conservatives, many of whom have been lukewarm toward McCain's candidacy, predicted that the 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.

    The convention opened on time, though shortened out of concern that the party did not want to be seen whooping it up in St. Paul while thousands of Americans along the Gulf Coast were being threatened by the hurricane. From the convention podium, GOP officials asked delegates to take out their cell phones and text-message contributions to help in the relief effort.

    McCain's wife, Cindy, and first lady Laura Bush were making their own appeals for relief help in the convention hall later in the day.

    The delegates took up the party platform and other business, but most of the opening-day speeches — all of which had been expected to acclaim McCain and assail Democratic opponent Barack Obama — were scrapped.

    Palin, the first-term Alaska governor, was in Minnesota preparing for her Wednesday night nomination acceptance speech when the campaign issued the statement from her and her husband; 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.

    The campaign said it was not disclosing the father's full name or age or how he and Bristol knew each other, citing privacy.

    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 her mother, the 44-year-old Alaska governor, claimed to be the mother.

    Palin spokesman Bill McAllister emphatically denied those rumors, and McCain adviser Mark Salter said the campaign announced the daughter's pregnancy to rebut them.

    "Senator McCain's view is this is a private family matter. As parents, (the Palins) love their daughter unconditionally and are going to support their daughter," said McCain spokesman Steve Schmidt.

    Reaction from religious conservatives was sympathetic.

    Focus on the Family founder James Dobson issued a statement commending the Palins "for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances." He added: "Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect. 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."

    Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America called the pregnancy private. "It's a matter that should stay in the family and they have to work through it together. My prayers go out to them."

    Added Combs: "We're excited about the governor and think she's going to do well."

    Mathew Staver, dean of Liberty University School of Law, said: "We're all sinners."

    "We all make mistakes. Certainly, the ideal is not to get pregnant out of wedlock. But she made the right decision after her mistake," he said.
    McCain advisers said Palin told them about the pregnancy during lengthy discussions about her background. At several points during the discussions, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense.

    Advisers said Palin's daughter should be afforded privacy like the other candidates' children. Said Schmidt: "If people try to politicize this, the American people will be appalled."

    In Monroe, Mich., Democrat Obama condemned rumors involving the children of candidates and echoed the McCain campaign argument. He said, "I think people's families are off limits, and people's children are especially off limits."
    "Our people were not involved in any way in this, and they will not be," he said. "And if I ever thought that there was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they'd be fired."
    Can this campaign get even more humorous? Man, I don't even have to watch Comedy Central for this shit, they do it to themselves without any help.
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  • #2
    I dont think it is funny. At least the baby wont get killed by the israelian army that your republicans support.

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU"]YouTube - Gaza: The Killing Zone - Israel/Palestine[/ame]

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    • #3
      Originally posted by liutangsanzang View Post
      I dont think it is funny. At least the baby wont get killed by the israelian army that your republicans support.

      YouTube - Gaza: The Killing Zone - Israel/Palestine
      That's true, but what the hell does that have to do with Palin's daughter getting pregnant?!?!?
      "For some reason I'm in a good mood today. I haven't left the house yet, though. "

      "fa hui, you make buddhism sexy." -Zachsan

      "Friends don't let friends do Taekwondo." -Nancy Reagan

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      • #4
        Well u say this political campaign is getting funny, i think we should not forget all the sad things that is connected with it.

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        • #5
          I mean funny as in a rediculous way, not in haha it's hilarious.

          Why do you have to be so narcissistic? Just because there is suffering in the world doesn't mean we should always focus on JUST that! Relax, smile, and breathe a little bit. For me, focusing on the pain of living all the time, usually ends up living me drained emotionally. I need to laugh a lot, and smile. I know in life, shit happens, but doesn't mean I have to let it rule my life.

          Now let's get back on topic Liu, stay focused. So what the **** is up with this campaign?
          "For some reason I'm in a good mood today. I haven't left the house yet, though. "

          "fa hui, you make buddhism sexy." -Zachsan

          "Friends don't let friends do Taekwondo." -Nancy Reagan

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          • #6
            Yet another random tangent by Liu. Lets get this topic back to where it should be. How Palins 17 year old daughter related to PETA and vegetarianism.

            I honestly have no idea what the republicans were thinking. Why in the hell did they go with Palin for VP. At this point its like watching someone beat them self up. Its funny at first., though after a while it just gets sad.
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            • #7
              I'm just wondering what's next for this farce we call a presidential campaign?

              Obama's love child, Joe Biden is gay (although that's usually reserved for republicans), a sex tape for Palin (lol), or...

              Real scientific evidence that John McCain was the first bipedal mammal to walk amongst the dinosaurs!
              "For some reason I'm in a good mood today. I haven't left the house yet, though. "

              "fa hui, you make buddhism sexy." -Zachsan

              "Friends don't let friends do Taekwondo." -Nancy Reagan

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              • #8
                If I were a betting man I'd say either Palin had an affair or Mccain has a medical problem. I mean for craps sake. The woman doesnt even know what the VP does. She is a nobody from alaska and they expect us to think she is capable of leading the free world????? Its almost offensive to have nominated someone so unqualified. Even Bush seems qualified compared to her.
                The essential point in science it not a complicated mathematical formalism or a ritualized experimentation. Rather the heart of science is a kind of shrewd honesty the springs from really wanting to know what the hell is going on!

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                • #9
                  Ironcross, why do u say she should be capable of leading the free world?

                  First what is the free world? The one who put napalm on vietnamese civilians and bombs on afghan civilians and missiles on palestinian children?

                  Second what is this idea of leading?This is supposed to be a multilateral world... The idea that USA should be a leader goes against the idea of most people in the world. It seems quite egocentric to have such a view. I m sure that most citizens from the EU and Russia and South America and Asian countries and African countries would not agree to such a view. There should be no leader of a free world, but an assembly of equals making decisions together. And this idea of free world is a little strange. Does it include the republic of Iran?

                  If the US campaign is about designing who is going to lead the free world, sure many people in the world look bad at USA.

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                  • #10
                    First what is the free world? The one who put napalm on vietnamese civilians and bombs on afghan civilians and missiles on palestinian children?
                    Yep, that's the one!

                    And this idea of free world is a little strange. Does it include the republic of Iran?
                    No.

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                    • #11
                      Oh my god shut up.... I may just stop posting or visiting here in general. Liu you make no freaking sense what so ever... Gah! Cant we just talk about what the topic is about. In this case Sarah Palin as VP pick. Not the foreign policy of the nixon administration or whether or not its moral to eat animals. Sarah Palin...
                      The essential point in science it not a complicated mathematical formalism or a ritualized experimentation. Rather the heart of science is a kind of shrewd honesty the springs from really wanting to know what the hell is going on!

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                      • #12
                        how come if doc is so smart he hasnt given us a medical term for what the **** is wrong with liu or btl or whatever cause they all have the same crazy ****er gene or something

                        there has to be a medical classification for these people or person or whatever

                        peace lolo
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                        • #13
                          I've already made a thread on BL.

                          I have no intention on making one on Liu. He's a nice guy (if he's a guy) who just seems to be a little too focused on certain things.

                          Kind of funny to watch sometimes (especially in this thread...)

                          OH, and Palin was a good choice in the sense that she was a trap for Obama. Really brought out his inexperience, as opposed to hers.. I just love how that fell out.
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                          • #14
                            By the way, she sort of kicked ass last night. I was too drunk to handle a political speech but apparently there were plenty of good one-liners in there.

                            But I think I agree with David Weigel's assessment:
                            I guess this is the GOP coming to its sense on Obama. The idea that the country would reject a charasmatic, history-making fortysomething who makes great speeches wasn't working. So they looked for their own Obama, and they think they've found her, in the crudest sense.

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                            • #15
                              I think Giuliani kicked far more ass. Just love that NY attitude. Really exposed this Obama bullshitter for what he is.
                              Experienced Community organizer. Yeah, let's choose him to run the free world. It will be historic. What could possibly go wrong...

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