washingtonmonthly.com - 9/1/2008
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IT'S ABOUT CHOICE.... Adding a coda to some speculation about Sarah Palin's family life, this seems to be getting a fair amount of attention today. The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on...
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Choices, choices
The Reaction —
... other important thing: In defending Bristol Palin, the McCain campaign made special mention of the fact that she “made the decision on her own to keep the baby.” That is a bone tossed to members of the rabid religious right, who might otherwise froth at the lips over this teenage pregnancy (as they might be justified in going apoplectic over McCain’s multiple marital infidelities). However, it highlights another issue, too, which Steve Benen mentioned this morning: [I]f McCain has his way in office, the choice ...
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Comments from Left Field —
... I’d also like to point to Steve Benen’s answer to the right’s talking point that Bristol Palin “made the decision on her own to keep the baby.” ...
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