Palin sets the record straight on daughter's pregnancy

Sarah Palin Announces Daughter’s Pregnancy.  Good for Sarah Palin for getting this new out.  She should have done this in her acceptance speech so the Kos followers would not have started the vile rumors that were picked up as truth.  We offer our prayers to the Palin family.  Again, ... they chose LIFE. 

What will we call parents like the Palins???   GRANDPARENTS!  Unlike what Barack Obama who said "I don't want my daughters punished with a baby!"  (Video Here)

From Bob McCarty Writes:

After Republican John McCain surprised Americans with the choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, the presumptive vice presidential nominee and her husband Todd surprised the nation this morning with news about their 17-year-old daughter Bristol being five months pregnant.  The statement below appeared on the McCain-Palin web site:

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. 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. As Bristol faces the responsibilities 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.”

According to a Reuters report, the 44-year-old first-term governor of Alaska said she made the announcement in order to squelch rumors by liberal bloggers (a.k.a., Daily Kos) that she had faked her own pregnancy last year to cover up for a first pregnancy of her daughter.  (continue reading at Bob McCarty Writes)

If you have ever had a teenage daughter or son, you know that you can do EVERYTHING right, and they are still going to make mistakes.  Children make bad decisions, even if they have been raised in a loving home, a Christian home.  But parents still love their children, they continue to support those wayward kids.  Like any parent, I'm sure Sarah Palin would have chosen a different path for her daughter.  But, Sarah Palin is not to be faulted for the decisions her daughter made.

Others share their thoughts:

RedState says: Well, that's one way to rebut a rumor.  

We'll see how the media inevitably bashes this young woman for her choice in the coming days, in the wake of covering up the John Edwards love child for 2+ years, and botching the story when it came out as they bent over backwards to avoid criticism. Nah, that wasn't bias.

But it's fitting that in this moment, one of the toughest a young woman can face, Bristol Palin has chosen on her own to take the right path. This baby is not a "punishment,", as Obama so famously said; it is not an object to be destroyed, as Obama argued for in the Illinois State Senate; he or she is a human life, one worthy of receiving the love of a mother and father. And we rejoice in the knowledge that a family will receive this blessing into the world.

Cheat Seeking Missiles:

Once they catch their breath, expect the Leftist meme to turn, unwarrentedly, to “Palin’s forcing Bristol to have the baby when she should get an abortion.” But they haven’t quite gotten to that point yet; here’s where the rumormonger Kos is as of this moment:

Huffington Post:

"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.

Said Schmidt: "Life happens."

Stop the ACLU: McCain knew when he picked her too!

Right Werds, Korrekt Speeck :

The Left is not called looney without ample reason.  Recently leftist bloggers tried to claim that Sarah Palin's recent pregnancy was faked to cover up for her daughter's pregnancy.  That would have meant that the down syndrome baby, Trig, was her daughter's and not Sarah Palin's.  Oh, how the left would have jumped with glee had that been true, just like Democrats were happy when it found out hurricane Gustav was bearing down on the US at the time of the Republican National Convention.  Isn't it disgusting how the left makes political use of disastrous situations?

Wake Up America:

The pathetic lie about Trig was egged on by Andrew Sullivan over at Atlantic.com. (Will not link to the pathetic idiot)

Today I see people calling for a boycott of Sullivan as well as another DailyKos writer offering further debunking of the the original Kos slandered...

Commenter at Wake Up America, Bowlersmom, says: 

I really don't think the left want to go there. They really don't want to awaken the conservatives on this issue. You NEVER attack our children.We all have personal issues to deal with, and that is what this is personal.

American Power Blog:

It's still early, but some initial reaction on the left is cautious. Here's Steve Benen, for example:

Now, there are different schools of thought on this, but I'm very much inclined to think a politician's kids are entirely off-limits for public scrutiny. Bristol Palin's pregnancy has no political relevance whatsoever.

From Audacity of Deception and Hypocrisy:

Palin’s daughter expecting a baby! (Picture of her Engagement Ring)

Politico has more.

From Phyllis Chesler "The Only Independent Feminist Commentary on the Presidential Race"

What I have been hearing from feminists is not what either the liberal-Democratic or conservative-Republican media have so far addressed. I am not at liberty to go into details but here’s the essence of what I have been told:

The Democratic Party leaders, despite their feminist-friendly agenda, did everything they could to destroy Senator Hillary’s candidacy. The fact that she is a standard-bearer for Democratic party values and won eighteen million votes made no difference, not only because she came with “baggage,” but also because she is a woman. This is why the “Hillary-ites” are so enraged and distraught. They have seen such behavior before from progressive-radical men and women who have said all the right feminist things (or promised future feminist activism) but who turned out to be no different than anyone else in terms of misogyny.

On the other hand, Senator John’s choice of a newcomer and an unknown as his Vice-Presidential pick does not suggest that he understands (as Freud once famously asked) what women or what Hillary’s feminist women want. Yes, Governor Sarah seems both charming and attractively “kickass” tough; yes, I am upset by how vicious and sexist the liberal commentators have been about her candidacy–but c’mon: Would Senator John have picked a male candidate with as little experience on the world stage or does he have different and lower standards for women-only?  [snip]

Please note: Unlike Michelle Obama who is, no doubt, every bit as attractive and super-competent both at home and at work, Governor Sarah felt perfectly comfortable in presenting herself as both a wife and mother–and as a hard-working professional. True, she is not running for First Lady but paradoxically, it is the Democrats, not the Republicans, who seem to have A Problem with a strong woman, who balances home and career obligations and who is also a leader.  (Continue reading at the Chesler Chronicles at Pajamas Media)

Comments

[Michael]

Yeah! Pregnancy is always an issue. However, some folks disgrace us all with their uncontrolled reproduction. Sophisticated people such as myself, and my little lady prefer to wait for the "right time".

It's all explained here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1sE1E3z7jU

[www.aroundthewww.com]

Pregnancy sure is always an issue.

[www.aroundthewww.com]

Pregnancy sure is always an issue.

[Michael]

What a load of vulgar, filthy, hypocrites!

How dare these creatures attack a young girl for political benefit. Children are NOT a curse, and whatever Palin's daughter does, did, or chooses to do, it is no one else's business .

[Aurora]

While Katie is right about the fact that this girl's pregnancy is not something to be proud of, I admire the fact that her parents are standing by her and doing what they can for her. She's also to be commended for making the difficult decision to choose life when millions of young girls are opting for the easy way out. We live in a morally decadent society and we can see the casualties all round us.
Obama's comments about the 'punishment' of a baby are absolutely atrocious. What a hater!

[MK]

Unlike what Barack Obama who said "I don't want my daughters punished with a baby!"

Didn't Obama's parents divorce when he was really young, so was he a punishment on his mother.

"If you have ever had a teenage daughter or son, you know that you can do EVERYTHING right, and they are still going to make mistakes."

Don't need teenagers to know that, it's just the way it is, you do the best you can, most times it works out, sometimes it doesn't.

[Chicago Ray]

The worst humanity has to offer reside on that site and in that world. They will all pay for their hatred and it'll be first shot in November when America rejects the Messiah from nowhere.

[Skunkfeathers]

The Daily Kos is being what the Daily Kos has always been, and will always be: a mirror image of the people and the ideology they reprehensibly lie for and on behalf of.

In short, they're lowlife, dishonest pukes.

[TexasFred]

It’s a good thing that the Palin’s are a solid Conservative and Christian family, otherwise we’d be hearing about Bristol Palin having had an abortion.

Several of the most vile Dem/Libber blogs are going absolutely apeshit over Bristol being pregnant, like it’s never happened to anyone one their side of the aisle.

My question for the Libbers is this; are you so upset because she’s pregnant or because she is keeping the baby? I am guessing that keeping a baby like this just goes against the grain for the moonbat baby killers.

My hat is off to Sarah Palin and her family for their decision to keep the child, and to Bristol for her decision to marry the father of the child. I know, 1st hand, what it’s like to have a baby surprise, one of my daughters is 20, her son, my wonderful grandson, is 4. You can do the math.

I don’t approve of this behavior, not in any way, but it happens, and it happens to the best of families. The big difference is this, GOOD families accept it, deal with it and raise a child with all the love in their hearts. That’s what we did, and I am sure that’s what the Palin family is going to do as well.

[Layla]

I chose not to write on this because it is private and her daughter and does not reflect on Palins qualifications to be VP.

But since all are talking - I am will say I am disgusted with WaPo's attack of Palin and her daughter.

Her daughter is having the baby and marrying the father with the support of both families involved. Does that sound like what liberals do?

Liberals would have an abortion and cover it up. PFFFFT! The talking spear heads in D.C. make me sick!

[Debbie]

Katie, the fact that she had pre-marital sex, got pregnant, is not what her mother would have wanted, not what any mother or father would want. But the fact that she chose LIFE rather than an abortion is a good thing.

The fact that Sarah Palin chose to make everything public now instead of trying to hide it is also a good thing.

The fact that the daughter is getting married, providing a mother and father for her baby is also a good thing.

[Susan]

Thanks for the link and great roundup of reactions as well your own thoughts on the subject.

The more the left attacks this girl to try to hurt the mother, the more we willl rally behind her and Obama will suffer because of his supporters idiocy.

[Ortho Stice]

Congratulations Bristol! I'm so proud of you and your decision! You're a role model to millions of young, American women!

Katie, I respectfully disagree. A beautiful, pregnant 17-year-old woman is not a sign of a lack of "basic moral values" in a family, it's a sign of God's grace and the beauty of life that most of us take for granted on a daily basis.

[Katie]

I'm sorry but I don't see this young woman's pregnancy as a good thing. She is 17 years old, and unmarried. That she chose to have the baby is an adult decision. That she chose not to use contraceptives shows a lack of maturity.

If she was MY 17 year old daughter I wouldn't be proud. I would be hiding my head in shame at my failure to teach MY child that you don't have sex until marriage. Sarah and her husband should be ashamed of this. They have failed to teach their child basic moral values.