GOP VP pick's daughter pregnant at 17.
 

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/...ter/index.html

Personally, I don't give a hoot about such things, and I don't think it effects her ability to be Veep, etc, etc. But, you know what? Other people do....:shifty:

Yeah that was my bad, sorry. :rotfl:

Oh, one thing I do want to say about this story....this idea that McCain knew before he picked her, etc etc, .....I don't buy it for a second. Not a frikkin second.

I was about to start a thread on unusual first names but this beat me to it.
Who calls their daughter Bristol and why?Has the mother ever been to the historic city?Perhaps she was enchanted with the west county accent and the cider,or was it the suspension bridge that she really liked?Perhaps the child was conceived there.
Will the baby be called Avonmouth or Portishead or Filton?I particularly like Lulsgate Bottom.
Bristol is sometimes used in the UK instead of the word breast,perhaps she should have called her daughter jugs or rack,that may have had a better ring to it if that was her intention!!
I believe that somebody in New Zealand wanted to call their twins Benson and Hedges(a tobacco company) but it was disallowed!

I think her oldest is called Treat

Anyone who names a kid Treat doesn't posess the desired judgment for the job of Vice President. :lol:

Family matter. Leave it at that. Clintons said hands off on Chelsa. Bush said hands off on his two girls. Same applies here...unless you are running a campaign and it is far game:roll: . I would have to say Obama did take the high road and said leave it alone. Families need to be left along. I agree 100% with Obama. I give him credit here. You never know, one day he might be in the same boat.

John McCain didn't believe Chelsea was off-limits. :nope:

I think that is a good rule.

As long as the family member is not actively campaigning, they should be "off limits"

Conversely, once they start campaigning, they loose this exemption.

Perhaps they made it the John McCain rule from that. Can you cite were John McCain did something by using Chelsea? I was not aware John thought Chelsea was fair game.

Good point but it goes hand in hand. If you put yourself in the spotlight, you also put yourself under the microscope.

Back in the 90s..McCainns "famous" joke.

"Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly?
Because her father is Janet Reno."

I didn't see this one coming (only UnderseaLcpl did ;)). And I agree with Obama completely--this shouldn't matter and leave the kid alone. She certainly has enough to deal with. But...

This is gonna hurt Palin. Now she'll be viewed as the mom who put her political career ahead of her daughter and that's probably why her daughter "strayed in the 1st place." Whether or not it's true. I hear ultra-conservatives moaning all over America right now, even though she's keeping the baby.

None-the-less: I still want to hear what she has to say in the coming weeks. It'll be interesting. :hmm:

ESIT:
I agree. In fact, I wonder if Palin knew? It's not impossible to hide a pregancy at 5 months... Regardless--I wish the very best for the daughter. She's definitely got a rough road ahead...

I wonder too. Would you put your daughter in the spotlight if you knew what was coming to her? Gotta wonder. :hmm:

Hows this for a quote?

Thrilled, they are. Down syndrome babies and pregnant high school teenagers. Makes these folks just as happy as pie. :damn:

You know, I just hadn't considered that the party to use this development politically would be the Repubs.