Bristol Palin, 17, VP candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter, is pregnant

As it is, many of you offered better evidence that Sarah Palin was indeed pregnant, that she was just stubborn and wanted to give birth with her own obstetrician, and that her daughter probably wasn’t pregnant all. I went away believing it was all a trumped-up story that was too sensational to be true. It seems to have been based on some evidence, though - Bristol Palin, 17, is five months pregnant. Presidential candidate John McCain is said to have been aware of this fact when he picked Palin for his running mate:

Bristol, the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is five-months pregnant, Palin said in a statement on Monday.

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us,” the Palin’s said in a statement to Reuters.

“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. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support,” the Palins said.

The Palins asked the news media to respect the young couple’s privacy.

“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, respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates,” the statement concluded.

[From US Weekly]

Maybe Bristol Palin really was pregnant in those pictures that were floating around, as she happened to get pregnant right before her mother gave birth. That kind of explains how the conspiracy theories got cooked up, and it also shows that there’s no way that Sarah Palin faked a pregnancy and claimed her grandson as her own child. I wonder how the Republicans are going to spin this one. They’ll probably use it to show that Palin has her family trials like everyone else, which would be a decent way to handle it.

Sarah Palin is anti-abortion and is a non-denominational Christian. She is the mother to five children which range in age from four months to 19. She’s about to get a grandchild and a son-in-law in short order.

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