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Palin says her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant
Mudville Gazette — ... be every bit the non-story that it absolutely isn't right now. (Or will be tomorrow - during a break in the wall-to-wall hurricane coverage.) FWIW - odd that with all the effort put forth by "liberal bloggers" to prove Bristol Palin was pregnant months ago they missed the fact that she is now. I suppose it's true, as a wise man once said, that "to see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." And Barack Obama: "This issue is off limits". "And so I would strongly urge people to ...

Obama Hits Back On Pregnancy Rumors
TPM Election Central — Obama smacks back at the anonymous McCain aide's suggestion of ties between Obama and the rumors that Trig Palin is actually the son of Sarah Palin's daughter: Asked about the insinuation from the McCain campaign that the liberal bloggers trafficking in rumors about Palin write for websites that mention Obama, the senator said, "I'm offended by that." The Democratic presidential nominee said, "There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us."... "Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever ...

Obama: "I'm Offended" By McCain Camp's Insinuation About Pregnancy Rumors
TPM Election Central — Obama smacks back at the anonymous McCain aide's suggestion of ties between Obama and the rumors that Trig Palin is actually the son of Sarah Palin's daughter: Asked about the insinuation from the McCain campaign that the liberal bloggers trafficking in rumors about Palin write for websites that mention Obama, the senator said, "I'm offended by that." The Democratic presidential nominee said, "There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us."... "Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever ...

Not perfect, just human
Daimnation! — ... I suspect that's what many easily-caricatured "Christian right" voters are thinking as well. Meanwhile, Barack Obama - himself the son of a teenaged mother - says Bristol and her pregnancy should remain "off-limits." ...

Off Limits Means Off Limits
Balloon Juice — ... I completely agree with Obama that families should be off limits, and I have been more than a little dismayed by what I called the panty sniffing that occurred over the week-end. I see no difference between what happened this week-end with Palin, culminating with the ...

One Thing About Palin-- Unlike McCain-- At Least She's Consistent When It Comes To Choice
DownWithTyranny! — ... now and will, of course, have the baby. If that's her choice, I certainly respect it. I wonder, though, if Bristol hadn't just had abstinence-only education if she might not have had to go through all the anguish she must be going through now. And that's the last I'll have to say about that; basically, I agree with Barack Obama when it comes to this kind of thing: "Let me be a clear as possible: I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people's families are off limits, and people's children are especially off limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no ...

So much for abstinence-only sex education
HorsesAss.Org — ... the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain. So… um… yeah, I suppose 4-month-old Trig couldn’t be Bristol’s baby, if she was one month pregnant at the time he was born.  That is, assuming Bristol really is five months pregnant, as the Palins now claim. For his part, Barack Obama thinks that bloggers like me should lay off of Bristol Palin: “Let me be a clear as possible: ...

Misogyny Watch: Liberal Bloggers Sink to New Low, Reveal Sarah Palin's Teen-Age Daughter is Pregnant
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... the dangers working mothers present to civilization. ArcXIX and his many sexist followers can't fathom why in the patriarchy the Governor would wait until she was seven months pregnant before informing political enemy perverts like him about her pregnancy. And we used to accuse right-wingers of representing The Dark Side. Palin rebuts rumors, says daughter pregnant Obama to Media, Politicos on Palin Pregnancy Story: ‘Back Off!’ Palin's Teen ...

Beldar’s Thoughts on the Palin Family
Patterico's Pontifications — ... of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support. 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. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.” Senator Obama promptly said that the children of politicians are off-limits and noted that his mother was 18 when he was born. I’m impressed by both these statements. ...

Sex ed and the single Alaskan
Joanne Jacobs — ... . She opposes “explicit” sex education in schools. Whatever that means. Barack Obama had the right take on this: The candidates’ kids should be off limits . He also noted that his mother was 18 when he was born. It was six months after the wedding, I think. Read Ed Morrissey’s story, ...