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Proud to be a 'redneck': The teenager expecting a baby with Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter

by LotusFlower | September 2, 2008 at 01:46 pm

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Well the press in the UK are not going to let the 'Sarah Palin has an unmarried pregnant daughter' story be a 'private matter' and I dare say that the US press will not let this alone either especially when the father of the bay claims he's 'proud to be a redneck' - I've left the expletive he prefaces redneck with out but the UK press don't - on his MySpace page. Never mind redknecks it's red faces all round. The kids of high profile politicians are put in the spotlight by their parents amd it must be hard for them at the best of times. The parents can't really ask for privacy when they themselves parade their offspring as part of the campaign 'gush' - Obama has done the same. Let's hope that the real politics gets back on the agenda of both parties and real soon too.

The teenager expecting a baby with the 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin calls himself 'a f***ing redneck' on his MySpace page.

Levi Johnston, 18, a high-school hockey player, is engaged to Bristol Palin, whose pregnancy was revealed to the Republican party convention just days after her 44-year-old mother was picked as John McCain's running mate.

He is the high-school sweetheart of the Alaska governor's daughter and used his home page to admit having a girlfriend, but said: 'I don't want kids.'

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Emilio Lizardo

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at 14:02 on September 2nd, 2008

White House: Palin daughter pregnancy is 'private' matter
Sep 2 02:29 PM US/Eastern

The White House warned the media on Tuesday not to "exploit" the pregnancy of Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin's teenage daughter Bristol, calling it a "private family matter."

"The president of the United States (George W. Bush) believes that this is a matter that this family has chosen to work through together," and "believes that this is a private family matter," said spokeswoman Dana Perino.

"The family obviously loves their daughter very much, and that this baby, when it is born, will have the full love and support of a very loving family," Perino said one day after word came that Bristol, 17, was five months pregnant and would marry the father.

"Whether or not this is an issue in the campaign is actually more up to the media," she added. "The media is the one that's going to have to decide whether or not this is a story that they want to follow and that they want to exploit."
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master_jim2008

at 14:05 on September 2nd, 2008

ok, I had to change my title from **** to something else, so I suspect you should also

master_jim2008

at 15:47 on September 2nd, 2008

thank you

Amy Judd

at 15:53 on September 2nd, 2008

Thanks for catching that.

World_Groove

at 21:13 on September 2nd, 2008

So I just have to ask.......an open letter to the public per say.

1) Do you all think you have 100% control over what your children do ? (further, do you really really Really think your 17yo isn't having sex ?)

2) Would this situation have made you feel better if she chose to have an abortion ?

Paschen

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at 22:19 on September 2nd, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Milieunet

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at 23:16 on September 2nd, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.

mchawk

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at 01:00 on September 3rd, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.

And the fact that Palin preaches abstinence rather than birth-control...

Oh, the ironies abound!

munty13

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at 08:20 on September 3rd, 2008

LotusFlower, I like this story. It's good stuff.

Maybe they're hoping to ride the back of the popularity of Juno.

Why is it that we expect politicians (and every member of their family) to behave like they are somehow above being human.? Politicians (and their families) are just as stupid as the rest of us.