Running mate's teenage daughter pregnant

Yep... they are consistent Repbulican "conservatives." Hypocrits to the end. The best McCain can say for leaving his first wife while she was recovering from a car accident and dating strippers BEFORE he was a POW, is "I don't know why." Real depth of character there. In Palin's case, no parents at home (too busy doing the oil companies' bidding), kids running amuck, reproductive irresponsibility (having kid after kid late into life until finally one is born messed up), father getting DUI's. Real responsible people there. Real leadership quality. But hey, Pentacostal absolution washes them clean while most Americans are just plain old decent people.

Heard of the pill? The Palin women need to come into the 21st century. Reproductive responsibility? And the dad needs to put down the bottle before he fires up the old truck.

The daughter is pregnant....having her marry at this young age is what I really have to think twice on! Ok , she is pregnant and was having sex and unprotected more then likely. Now you're gonna compound the problem and have her marry at this young age???? Compound the problem why dont we......

Its sad that this young girl is facing adulthood and not picking out the college to attend. Its a real balancing act having all these kids and doing the job she's going for. Im all for equality, I just hate to see kids looking for attention because neither of the parents are watching.

Boy I agree with you..what message is she sending our teens? Just what we need increased teen pregnancies on government support. .If you're running for the 2nd highest job in the country I think you should be held to a higher standard. Would it matter if her son was a drug dealer? Yes! Mothballs McCain..
NRA member? Great just what we need more people carrying more guns....

It seems miss Bristol learned about unmarried conception of a child from her mom. AP reports " She married her high school sweetheart Todd, a North Slope oil field worker, and quickly started a family. She gave birth to their first son Track less than eight months later."

Hmm...Less than 8 would be 7. So she was AT LEAST 2 months pregnant when she got married.

Nice Family Values.

If this were one of Biden's children or even O'Bama's daughter the Republican's would be all over it, condeming everyone concern regardless of the decisions made. Because it is the child of one of the few female candidates they are treating it as a "Private Matter". They need to take off the kid gloves and treat Palin like they would any other candidate with a knocked up child. It seems as though her children are tools she uses to back her agenda yet she isn't there to talk about safe sex and put the girl on the pill to protect her just in case she can't just say No!

These conservatives are the same one's who criticized Lynn Spears when her teenage age daughter became pregnant. She lost her book deal and conservatives were in an uproar about what a bad example Jamie Lynn Spears was setting by being an unmarried teenage parent. Now Palin is called a HERO for being an absent parent.

Lynn Spears is called white trash by the conservatives and Sarah Palin is called a LEADER a HERO. HYPROCRITES

"but it is their CHOICE"
That's what it's all about! CHOICE.
Republicans want less government but they want to tell people how they don't have choices in reproduction.

No. Conservatives believe the choice is in having SEX that could result in a pregnancy. Once that choice is made, you no longer have the choice to end a life.

That hologram hits a mean golf ball. My Dad has played with him on many occasions in Delaware. They belong to the same country club.

Shame on anyone who judges Gov Palin You or I or any Obama child could could have a similar situation .in our family and probably have had. The news casters making such a big thing out of her daughters pregnancy.How many of them were pregnant? What will it do for the Presidency? After all we forgave President Clinton. Its just too silly. Gov Palin is a lovely person. We don t know how to handle decency. JP

Liz . . .did you not see that Trig is Palin's son and that the truth is and Palin said truthfully that her 17 yr old daughter is now 5 months pregnant. There was NO pregnancy cover up or dishonesty just an older woman who had a special needs baby and a young girl who mistakingly got preggers now. . . . the rumor is NOT true. Perhaps you should read a little closer before calling someone dishonest. I don't care who she is politically but she does deserve the respect of people realizing a truth from rumor.

I hope that Bristol is really preparing mentally, emotionally, and anyway physically possible (that goes for money, job, ect) and that her family truly supports her as much as possible.

Also, as a mother of a special needs child myself, if you find appropriate balance and have researched the needs that will have to be met than any career is possible. Each family is different and if there is a strong enough support system and good doctor's to help along the way then we have no right to judge. There life is difficult enough without all of us passing judgment on whether her being a working mom is appropriate. And, really, being VP and a woman is just another working mom, you don't see us passing judgment on the working VP dads.

Liz Aguilera- You sound like a very intelligent person (that is sarcasm, by the way!) I am sincerely glad that you are for Obama/Biden. With voters like you, they are sure to lose! You know absolutely nothing about Sarah Palin or her family. Shame on you and all the far lefties that want to believe garbage. Go McCain-Palin!!!

I have several thoughts about all this. One is I don't have the right to judge anyone. With that said, My concern about Gov. Palin as the choice for V.P. is
. 1)-Very little political experience the federal level. If Mc Cain wins the election and dies in office, I do NOT want someone with 2 years as Gov. of Alaska to run the country. Give her 10 more years and we'll see.
2) As a mother of a child with Down's Syndrome it is my opinion she needs to be available at any time for that child. The obligations of the office will not allow that possibility.
3) Do not run on a morality platform and then have a daughter that should have been better supervised turn up and be 5 months pregnant.
I do not care about the black/white, man/woman issue. I want the Best person for the jobs of president and vice president.

Please take your time to learn how to spell AND fess up to what you may have done in your youth. None of us are perfect. I am not for this pregnancy, however, in this day and age, it's nice to know that Palin has a kinda' normal, everyday family.