I couldn't care less if Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter is pregnant - that doesn't tell me if Ms. Palin is qualified for the job or not. Leave the family out of the race!

I don't necessarily think that getting married at 17 is the wisest choice she could make. I wonder how much of a choice she was actually given?

sarah palin wierds me out, i don't know why.

Ok, so Bristol has a baby, so did Brenda and she was 12!!!

sex, lies and scandal..gotta love it

R.I.P don

I thought Amy Winehouse already had brain damage.

I completely agree Mayeb!

Obama said. "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 relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential performance as a vice president."

i agree families should be off limits, but this will never happen especially with all this juicy gossip with the teenage pregnancy and under aged drinking, the media is going to run with it, as are celebrities rags look at diddy, obama can certainly use this to his advantage being the good guy to win more votes, every other commercial break brings up the fact that the vp daughter pregnant at 17 and unwed

Whatever. If Biden's daughter was pregnant and 17, you KNOW McCain and his people would jump on that. Obama is taking the high road.

i agree jenna 100%

Obama said it best, this really has nothing to do with her potential performance as a VP and it really shouldnt matter. What matters to me at least is what she believes in politically and whether her beliefs align with mine or not (which they dont but whatever )

i hope ALL dems will take the high road on this one.

Glad to see that those abstinence only programs paying off. The fact that Palin supports abstinence-only programs in schools, and her 17 year old is knocked up makes her daughter's pregnancy relevant.

I seriously don't know what McCain was thinking with this one. He should have just stood up to all those damn evangelicals and nominated Lieberman like he wanted to. Heaven forbid the political middle of this country gets some representation in an election.

Kudos to Obama for taking the high road!!! (that's why I love that man!!)

I agree with Jenna - if the shoe were on the other foot would they be so quick to ignore it. We all know the answer.

Personally I can't wait to see what comes of Troopergate. I wonder why they picked someone with so many issues -- just to solidify the base and to get the woman vote. (??) Weren't there some other - better woman candidates?

I couldn't care less if Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant. Life happens. And believe it or not, a 17 y.o. can ever decide on her own to keep the baby. My sister did, and nobody held a gun to her head.

Between Madonna's Hitler montage, strategically placed "rumors" that Palin faked her pregnancy, and equally as strategically placed insinuations that Obama is a Muslim extremest, I feel manipulated by both sides. And it's not a good feeling.

The only thing I can thinks of is all the scandal keeps then in the headlines (finally).

* Sarah Palin confirmed her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is five months pregnant and marrying the father of her child. — CitizenSugar ***
*** So? What's the big? Has there NEVER been the child of a politician to screw up? Now, if the story of her having the baby and Palin claiming it was hers was true, that would be a different story, but it isn't. A 17 year old got pregnant! OMG! Is it ideal? No (ALA Jamie Lynn) but can it work? Absolutely. It's not a reason to ridicule someone. From what I've been reading, this girl has had many many issues through the years.

* David Duchovny's sex addiction is rumored be about porn and not an extramarital affair. His wife, Tea Leoni, has canceled her appearance at the Toronto Film Festival.
***I still think it's a publicity stunt, but now my conviction on that is faltering a bit. If it was publicity, why would she cancel her trip?

* A man has been arrested in London after attempting to sell intimate photographs of Prince William and Kate Middleton from a camera he says he found but is believed to have been stolen.
***And I care because?

* James Gandolfini married Deborah Lin on Saturday at Central Union Church in Honolulu.
***Cool, I love him. I miss my Soprano's.

* Don LaFontaine, the main voiceover man in Hollywood, died yesterday in Cedars-Sinai hospital following complications from a collapsed lung.
***Awww, sad. No more "In a world..."

* Amy Winehouse might suffer from brain damage after having two major drug overdoses in the past year. She is also facing legal action after canceling her appearance at a French music festival two hours before she was scheduled to perform.
**I'm shocked! I always though Amy was the picture of health!

I was thinking the same thing dreamsugar. But would a candidate really forgo political credibility and good judgment for headlines? I am so confused by all of this. Experience and qualification was something McCain actually had going for him ... then he goes and picks a ridiculously unqualified, inexperienced VP. It's so strange...

I don;t recall democrat starting the Palin fake pregnancy issue?? That's baseless. As for Modanna's Hitler Montage -- wow -- I didn't know she was running for office - is she on the ticker? What's her stance on the economy?

Learn something new everyday

ah america.a vice president that supports guns, is anti-abortion, god fearing, believes in no sex before marriage and creationist rather than evolutionist. there is one lady with some nutty views. and now her unmarried 17year old daughter is knocked up lol!!!!!you know what i dont believe in god, didnt have sex till 21 and believe in evolution and certainly wouldnt have a baby before marriage. oh and nobody should have a gun. random ramble but seems her beliefs are a little off and not done her daughter much good.

Lol Tia - Yes, let's not forget about Brenda!

I think it just goes to irony - Ironic that she has those views but apparently has never shared them with her children.

But I'm more concerned about this Troopergate thing and her relationship with BIG OIL. It brings up issues about how exactly she's using the power of her office and ethics and what not. Honestly -- it sounds like the some old political crap to me. I think more will come out in the days to come -- man it's an exciting time to be alive.

LOL -- whose Brenda??

Thanks Mom, I'm glad the entire world now knows that I'm pregnant at 17 - aaaaagh! Poor kid.

Brenda had a baby LOL..its from a Tupac song

Maybe McCain should have considered family BEFORE!!!! Back in the 90's McCain had to subsequently apologized to President Clinton, for a joke that the Washington Post said the joke "was too vicious to print." McCain made the joke, “Why is Chelsey Clinton so ugly, because her father is Janet Reno”. So, anyone talking about taking the high road...should hope that your candidate took that road before, but I guess NOT!!!!!

Moisville:
LOL -- exactly what I was thinking. I just hope this doesn't put too much stress on her during her pregnancy.

Marni:
LOL -- oh -- now I remember -- man that was a long time a go.

I think it's depressing that the 'obvious' solution is for this 17 year old child to marry the first dude who got into her pants just because he knocked her up.
12 years ago I was 17. And I was a child. I shudder to imagine who I'd have wanted to marry back then.

I do agree with you, jkat. It was made very clear that he wanted Lieberman and that 'the party' vetoed that idea quickly. The things I LIKE about McCain are the things that he's been sacrificing to appease his party and that makes me sad. The McCain I would vote for would have chosen the VP he wanted.

But why does she have to marry -- and since she's marrying the young man it makes the issue ok???

It's like -- "She pregnant" (OMG!!!!) -- "But wait she marrying the father" (oh thank goodness - your virtue is saved) -- (???)

Marriage is no joke and shouldn't be enter into lightly. The two people invloved really need the maturity of an adult to handle it. And even then there are no guarantees.

The baby is here fine - but don't compound the situation with another HUGE step. That could just lead to divorce and isn't that one of their big "NO, NO's" too??

This sounds like a shotgun wedding to me.

Judging from the father's MySpace page, he's not mature enough to get married.

And I agree with that last post of yours completely, dreamsugar.

I know. It's sad McCain isn't being true to himself. I would have been much more inclined to vote for McCain circa 2000 than I am now ... especially after his disastrous VP choice.

To me I feel that this will not effect the elections. Sarah is a human like every teenager on this planet that got pregnant. She is not a smart one like all pregnant teenagers, but I feel this should not be a big deal in regards to the elections. As the old saying goes stuff happens. This is just like when Jamie Spears got pregnant. People fussed, judged and hollered over a teenage star getting pregnant.Eventually we all moved on with her pregnancy, so now after everyone has fussed over Sarah lets move on. I realize there is a difference between a political figure's daughter and Jamie Spears, but still Sarah is a human being just like Jamie. Plus she is a normal teenage girl like Jamie that gave into some dudes plea: If you love me you would do it.

It's funny -- out of all the Republicans -- McCain has always been my fav!!! (Since 2000)

I don't recognize this McCain. It's like he'd rather be President by any means neccessary (because it's his last chance) -- I was sure he was going to pick Romney -- that ticket would have wrapped it up (I think).

But this lady has sooo many issues -- and issue that don't jive with what's she done or her beliefs. And nothing about that make her a Maverick.

Palin is everything I'm afraid of. And her running the country scares me.

chippyshero2066:
I agree - I'm more concerned about this woman's views and Troopergate. If nothing comes of Troopergate then I can assume she's honest like they say (maybe).

But I'm still voting against them/her because she doesn't share my views and when 3 seats to the supreme court are at stake -- we don't need her in office - even with McCain on the top of the ticket.

You know, my sister got pregnant at 17 and ended up marrying the father of her baby. They are still together 27 years later and have two lovely children.

Let's not jump in to judge these two teenagers who are trying to navigate through one of the toughest moments in their young lives. And who knows if they were "forced" into it or not? In my sister's case, she and her husband thought it was the right thing to do, maybe these two kids do, too. I have seen many people who were seemingly "too immature" to handle something jump up to the plate and mature very quickly when situations warranted it. I really am hoping that happens here!

I just feel so bad that they are being chewed up and spit out by every media outlet in the country.

It's only another proof to me how this abstinence-only policy is nonsense. People have sex married or not. Stop with this naive point of view, face reality and deal with it

Me too dreamsugar. From what it seems Palin seems okay. As for this Troopgate issue that one is a we shall see. The last thing we need again is another political figure with a serious scandal in the closet like what Cheney has with his Haliburton scandal.

I'm sorry but that Sarah Palin is a joke.

WTF is Amy Winehouse going through?????

how is Sarah Palin a joke? cuz she has a pregnant daughter?

i'm confused. i thought that there was a conspiracy theory that her youngest son is actually her grandson; her daughter's child when she was 16. So, now her other daughter is pregnant at a young age too?? That's really messed up.

No just cause everytime I see her, I want to laugh.

Like Obama's ears and McCain's short arms make want to laugh.