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In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret
Time ^ | September 1, 2008 | Nathan Thornburgh

Posted on 09/01/2008 12:18:09 PM PDT by aposiopetic

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It was, more or less, an open secret. And everyone was saying the same thing: the governor's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the father is her boyfriend, and it's really nobody's business beyond that.

I happen to agree.

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(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: palin; palinattacks; palinfamily; wasilla
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To: Tennessee Nana
The REAL Christians in these threads are walking in forgiveness and compassion...

and are happy that Bristol did not abort the CHILD...

The rest are have a feeding frenzy...

Dobson on Bristol Palin's Pregnancy

September 01, 2008 1:52 PM

Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family issued the following statement:

"In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing. We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the way. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should be commended once again for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.

"Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect. Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord. I've been the beneficiary of that forgiveness and restoration in my own life countless times, as I'm sure the Palins have.

"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans."

 ABC News

61 posted on 09/01/2008 12:59:11 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (DNC chair Fowler laughs at hurricane hitting New Orleans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrBus8ORR78)
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To: aposiopetic

This article is fair.

And, I suspect, the ultimate position that will taken by the majority on each side.


62 posted on 09/01/2008 12:59:50 PM PDT by Soul Seeker
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To: aposiopetic

They keep articles like this coming up they might just turn the tide on their declining circulation.


63 posted on 09/01/2008 1:00:02 PM PDT by diverteach (http://foolishpleasurestudio.com/eyewool/slap_hillary.html)
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To: blu

How does FReeperdom do a bay shower?


64 posted on 09/01/2008 1:00:11 PM PDT by Peelod
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To: redhead

Thank you. I never liked hot weather much anyway.


65 posted on 09/01/2008 1:01:04 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: onedoug

I don’t know but eloping like Todd and Sarah did has its pluses.


66 posted on 09/01/2008 1:02:37 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: Peelod

We send all the gifts to my kids, who will then deliver them to the hospital, if they choose the hospital in Wasilla again. I hope they do, I have an inside source up there!


67 posted on 09/01/2008 1:03:14 PM PDT by blu (Last one out of Michigan, please turn off the lights.)
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To: puroresu
I just hope boyfriend Levi isn’t a nerd! :-)

Or he's not one who got her pregnant so he could get bragging rights to his friends around town ("I knocked up the guv's daughter"). And I hope she was smart enough not to pick a guy like that, if so the marriage (if there is one) is not likely to last as she grows older and grows up.

68 posted on 09/01/2008 1:03:26 PM PDT by CedarDave (Unlike Obama in the IL & US senate, Sarah Palin could not vote "present" on local council issues)
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To: aposiopetic
I've been creeped out about AK ever since I saw the movie “30 days of night” :)
69 posted on 09/01/2008 1:03:37 PM PDT by webrover
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To: gswilder

I think they are begrudgingly doing so now.


70 posted on 09/01/2008 1:04:46 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: goldfinch

I agree: it is heartening to read. Maybe the townspeople live out their values so well that it makes visitors pause to consider their own.


71 posted on 09/01/2008 1:06:00 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

I suggest that we each send them a wedding present - if a million people each sent $5.00 .....


72 posted on 09/01/2008 1:06:18 PM PDT by reg45
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To: goldfinch

The more I learn, the more appealing the place sounds.


73 posted on 09/01/2008 1:08:01 PM PDT by aposiopetic
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To: aposiopetic

I agree. The Mrs and I did it as it seemed rather Shakespearean.


74 posted on 09/01/2008 1:09:31 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: blu

Let’s get this thing organized!


75 posted on 09/01/2008 1:09:35 PM PDT by Peelod
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To: Tennessee Nana

And this is why I love Tennessee Nana. Hey, I’m in Tennessee, and I’m a Nana... dangit, I guess you got the corner on that name.

I have a new granddaughter too. I’m glad my now (after the conception) daughter in law didn’t decide to give her the death penalty for her and my son’s mistake as well.


76 posted on 09/01/2008 1:11:09 PM PDT by autumnraine
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To: oldbill
But with a Republican, it’s a scandal?

That's because they want to beat Christian conservatives with a hypocrite stick, when something like this happens, because we are vocal in our support traditional families.

Where they make their mistake is thinking that Christians will shun those who don't live up to their standards, and Gov. Palin's family has shown that isn't the case.

77 posted on 09/01/2008 1:14:08 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: loungeSerf
I think a large hunk of the Democratic party has just defected. They were never really part of the Loony Left, but they just hung in there because they identified themselves as lifelong Democrats. When faced with the choice of Hillery or Obama, they chose Hillary because she was the more moderate choice. Lots of Democrats will rally around a “woman's rights” theme, even if they are not overly excited about socialism, the so called “right” to an abortion, or homosexual marriage.

For these people, it's as easy for them to defect to the McCain camp. We saw the same thing happen in the past with the "Regan democrats."

78 posted on 09/01/2008 1:16:16 PM PDT by keats5
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To: Cicero

I was floored coming from Time.


79 posted on 09/01/2008 1:17:06 PM PDT by mimaw
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To: Sparky1776
Oh please...I hope you don’t think he really means it do you? Just look at what he did with Jack Ryan, his ex, and their son.

I think this situation scares the p*ss out of him. What plays to the voters in Chicago and Illinois doesn't apply at the national level, and Obama is really out of his depth because while he needs to win the support of middle America, he is not of middle America. He had no choice, zero, but to issue a statement like this.
80 posted on 09/01/2008 1:17:09 PM PDT by tanknetter
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