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Breaking: Palin’s Teenage Daughter Is Pregnant
Firedoglake — Hot off the Reuters wire: The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, ...

Reuters Lets Anonymous McCain Aide Tie Obama To Pregnancy Rumors
TPM Election Central — This paragraph in the Reuters story about Bristol Palin's pregnancy seems pretty close to indefensible: "The despicable rumors that have been spread by liberal blogs, some even with Barack Obama's name in them, is a real anchor around the Democratic ticket, pulling them down in the mud in a way that certainly juxtaposes themselves against their 'campaign of change,'" a senior aide said. Is it really kosher for Reuters to let an anonymous McCain aide get away with tying Obama to the rumors? Doesn't seem all that professional, does it? ...

Re: Re: Palin and Pregnancy
Swampland — After making brief remarks on Hurricane Gustav at a Labor Day event in Monroe, Michigan, Obama was asked about Bristol Palin's pregnancy. "I have said before and I will say it again: I think people's families are off limits and I think people's children are especially off limits," he said. He encouraged reporters chasing the story to "back off." Asked about the unnamed McCain advisor's accusation that the Obama campaign is behind the rumors about Trig Palin, Obama said, "I am offended by that statement. There is no evidence at all that this involves us." He pledged to fire any ...

McCain Should Fire This Aide – Leave the Pregnant Teenager Alone
Angry Bear — I just heard Mary Matalin praise Barack Obama. Shocked? I’m not as Obama is telling the press to leave the Palin family alone with respect to the fact that their 17-year old daughter is pregnant. Some things should not be politicized. Alas - Greg Sargent tells us that Reuters reported this: A senior McCain campaign official said the McCain camp was appalled that these rumors had not only been spread around the blogs, but also were the subject of heightened interest from mainstream news media. "The despicable rumors that have been spread by liberal ...