CNN

Who cares teen pregnaancy is normal this is not the 50's.

You people are sick and need your head examined. I can't believe there are 451 posts on this leave the girl alone. Just because there is an article doesn't mean you have to add your "stupid 2 cents".

The conservatives keep harping the fact that this dumb palin has raised 4 kids. It is easy to give birth to 4 kids, the world population is 6 billion. All u need to do is have sex. It is tough to raise kids who will make responsible decisions and who are can make this world a better place for everybody. Bristol is a teenager and teens make mistakes and , the fault lies with her stupid mother who could'nt raise /teach her kids properly inspite of having access to enormous clout and wealth.
GOP thinks she is their FUTURE leader. hahahaha
I would rather give my vote to parents who raise kids like Chelsea or the Obamas. If u dont know how to raise your own kids, how will u know how to take care of our country.

This is why "Abstinence Only" programs and teachings should not be encouraged. It's better to arm our children with knowledge to protect themselves. I hope that the family makes it through the many obstacles ahead of them, and that other families can use this story to educate their children on how to protect themselves, in realistic ways, rather than "just don't do it."

What is wrong with you judgemental people?? I hope your children never make mistakes! For that matter, I hope you can keep believing that you've never made a mistake as a parent either. That would be one big ugly bubble bursting!

I wish Bristol, Tripp and Levi Johnston all the best and hope that the press does not continue to intrude on their lives. While I never would have voted (or vote in the future) for Sarah Palin for VP or President she and her husband get an A+ in my book for being fully supportive of their daughter and future son in law.

My wife and I are pro-choice, however, if any of our 4 daughters had an unplanned pregnancy we would have backed any decision they made. Preferably that would have meant having and keeping the child. Pro-choice does not mean by default pro-abortion.

I have been reading these comments and I can't understand why Sarah Palin is still in the news, she seems to be a very self serving person.

I feel sorry for her daughter as she seems to have been thrown into a situation not of her choosing. She is being used for her mother's political ambitions.

I realize that this is none of my business as it's you in the States who will have to deal with this women, but, I hope you can see through her shallowness and self serving phyilosophy .

Happy New Year America.

Sounds a good gig to me, Bristol. You get pregnant and drop out of school, the taxpayers pick up the tab.

Stop re-gurgitating – this idiot gossip priviledges! So what – teens have babies all the time. It was SP who let her values, and morals down, so what. McCain picked her as a gimmick and she is no more than a complete side show. Keep the Headlines CNN about SP. She will not be POTUS. Period. With that 'golly gee awe shucks' persona and all this self promoting crap – she can’t stay out of the limelight and you guys keep it going for her! Please Stop it already. Ya Betcha!

Children are a gift from God. for all those conservative evangelicals who would rather promote sex outside marrige by saying that at least she did not abort, please look at your hearts....God says fornication is wrong period,. SO speak the truth and stop sugar coating a behavior that the bible condemns.

Ed January 3rd, 2009 10:48 am ET

My sister had a baby out of wedlock. Sad that there is no room for us in the Democratic pary.
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Ed, get a grip, man! It is NOT the teen pregnancy that people are protesting! It is Sarah Palins holier-than-thou religious hypocracy! Anyone is welcome into the Democratic Party! But we truly abhor those who come in wanting to legislate their morality when they are NOT practicing what the Preach. That old republican standard.... one thing for us and quite another for everyone else.

Funny, in their God comdemns children out of wedlock... unless it is their Teen, then it is A BLESSing.... come on Repubs... get over it!

You lost... we don't care or want your fanatical religious belief systems! You are the ones so quick to cast the first stones, because of course... you are SAVED... the rest of us need your guidance to live our lives..... Hypocrits indeed! Spare me from the Religious Right and their sanctimonius holier than thou religious nonsense! My soul is NOT lost, thank you very much! I suggest you check yours in the mirror!

This family is nothing more than a political joke, Palin only says what she thinks we all want to here, Please go away.

Republicans and their supporters keep saying Obama is the Messiah. Since they claim to know God better than democrats, maybe they know something we don't. He's a great man, but Messiah? I don't think so!

What's amazing to me is that an insignificant story about two young
insignificant teenagers can garner over four hundred posts while stories about much more important issues get a handful at best.

The prognosis for a teen mother and her child is far worse than for a mother in her 20s or 30s. A child of a teenage mother has an increased likelihood of suffering from abuse, medical problems, juvenile delinquency, poverty, drug addiction, and so forth. From a public policy point of view, teenage pregnancy should not be encouraged. Many of the posters here seem to think this is a wonderful and blessed thing. Obviously, with wealthy and famous parents, this particular child will probably do well, and I am happy about that fact. But to encourage this behavior and to say it is fantastic is simply ridiculous.

every person has different life, story. This teen pregnancy situation is private, should not be judged, criticized. Teens need help, support. For some people is hard to give out child, or have abortion, for others it is easy. Each of us thinks differently, what is important is to tolerate and respect the other person needs, views, feelings.

To Guess:

What the hell are you talking about? I have a mother, father, sisters and brothers who all fall in age categories from 30 to 82, I would be the last person to bash anyone's age. Life is beautiful at every age. I am astounded by your out of this world comments.

You, like Mike, Syracuse NY, need to go back to your planet, and learn more about this great country and its people, before you go on another tangent of ignorance and simpleton-osity. With all your getting; please get some understanding. Really.

Are they that ignorant not use birth control? PWT is not only in rural life in the lower 48...Palin and her family are Saturday night Live bait for years to come.

CNN, PLEASE THIS KIND OF NEWS SHOULD BE IN THE TABLOID. UNLESS YOU ARE BECOMING A TABLOID THEN CONTINUE IT. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!!

IN INDIA ONE MP HAS 15 CHILDREN &HIS WIFE GIVE BIRTH TO THEM SINCE SHE WAS 21.THIS IS NORMAL TO HEAR FOR PEOPLE IN INDIA

God has a divine way of taking the messes and mistakes we make in our lives, and turning them into miracles and master-pieces if we give Him a chance. Behind every dark cloud there is a silver lining. We are all broken vessels in someway or another, but He is the master of healing and mending that or those of us who have been broken!!!!!!! And, He forgives us our sins/faults/mistakes, when we ask Him to. Yes....even YOURS my friend!!! Keep hoping, keep believing that the Best is yet to come! Love ya!

Makes you wonder out of whose and what kind of womb these people came from. And they think they are good intelligent people who have never done anything wrong. And I repeat you hateful vengeful people are poor excuses for humans. Stop the hate. Stop being judgemental. It is sickening and disgusting. what have the Palins done to any of you????????

I think is interesting, if not somewhat humourous, when someone proclaims others to be "ignorant and hateful" in one sentence, and then goes on to call people "idiots" in the next. It seems a little hateful to me to be called an idiot. Whether you have a point or not, Kitty, is totally discredited when you contradict even your own attitude towards others.

It seems to me that Bristol going on the record about how teenage pregnancy is not a good alternative is, in some surreptitious way, painting Sarah as a domineering, and god fearing mother.

Hey,black America! At least they know who the father is!!

God is a God of second chances!

"A spokesperson for the Alaska governor told CNN Johnston is currently working to earn his GED while Palin is set to begin her final high school semester."

Sounds right along track with the whole Palin running. What a marvelous future they have ahead of them.. with such a great role model as a mother to help her through the whole ordeal.

Wow... You think?

I don't wish this situation on anyone (especially being a young mother myself 16 years ago). However, her circumstances are MUCH better than most in her situation, so I won't lose any sleep wondering how they're going to make ends meet and who's going to look after little Tripp.

I hope teenagers recognize this as what could happen to them (probably under worse circumstances) and abstain from or practice safe sex!!!

God Bless them both!

Teens getting pregnant from unprotected sex is not as deadly as contacting aids and parents need to teach children the facts. Bristol is lucky she didn't contact aids.

For all you people that have not seen the movie, "FIREPROOF", take time out and watch it if your marrige is in trouble and you want somehow to save it. I will admit it is not the best acting that I have ever seen in a movie, but it has got one of the best messages I have ever witnessed. When it comes out on DVD rent, borrow or buy it! It will be worth it if you will really listen to the message.

God has a divine way of taking the messes and mistakes we make in our lives, and turning them into miracles and master-pieces if we give Him a chance. Behind every dark cloud there is a silver lining. We are all broken vessels in someway or another, but He is the master of healing and mending that or those of us who have been broken!!!!!!! And, He forgives us our sins/faults/mistakes, when we ask Him to. Yes....even YOURS my friend!!! Keep hoping, keep believing that the Best is yet to come! Love ya!

so if the republicans can be attacked, comments are left open until the cows come. if the ever so innocent dems are attacked it's, "protect our babies". really, cnn? all you liberals are showing your true colors and should be ashamed of yourselves. your Messiah did say "change".

Levi Loves Me,
by Bristol

Levi loves me, this I know
he got drunk and told me so.
Uncle Trig will have a chum.
Tripp will have some nasty fun.
Yes, Levi loves me! Yes, Levi loves me!
Yes, Levi loves me! Rick Davis tells me so.

Levi loves me, that's a fact.
His ma sells hillbilly smack.
Mom's the guv and you can trust her,
when she cans the cop that bust her.
Yes, Levi loves me! Yes, Levi loves me!
Yes, Levi loves me! Rick Davis tells me so.

Levi loves me, there's no doubt.
He's no rube high school drop-out.
He'll go far- you'll all see.
He will earn his GED.
Yes, Levi loves me! Yes, Levi loves me!
Yes, Levi loves me! Rick Davis tells me so.

Levi loves me, vows we've made.
He will learn the lectric trade.
Sky's the limit! Watch him go!
He'll team up with Plumber Joe.
Yes, Levi loves me! Yes, Levi loves me!
Yes, Levi loves me! Rick Davis tells me so.

palin u should have thought or given some education to ur daughter even in underdevelpoed countries teenage births have reduced

Dear Jesus,

Please save us from your followers.

So that means she thinks birth control is ideal!

Duh! Gee, do ya think?? LOL

Lord help us we have to hear about Palin and her family for next 4 years , who cares its over. There is more worthy news that warrants publishing then this , how many young women have been or are in the same situation , hope things work out for her but the media needs to move on cover more pressing news..........................

jnrj08 January 3rd, 2009 11:12 am ET
THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE BABY, OR EVEN THE TEENAGE MOTHER...Whether or not Palin was a decent mother is totally irrelevant. It's her hypocrisy and ignorance that continue to make her news
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jnrj08-well said. Brilliant.

Yes, they can make it if they will work at it! Marriage takes work and that is what is wrong with America marriages today. People don't want to work at them. If one or the other screws up, then that's it. No forgiveness any more. I got married at 17, 38 years ago, and it has been work, but I have the greatest husband that God gave to me but it has not been perfect in ourselves, but with God, all things are possible and we are still together. People that leave God out of their lives will eventually fail. Christans are not perfect but they are forgiven!!!

JOURNLISM DIED IN 2008. THIS IS CNN'S THIRD STORY ABOUT THE BRISTOL GIRL, ALL THEY DO IS REWORD THE TITLE. BUT A STORY ABOUT OBAMA IS CLOSED AFTER 50 COMMENTS. LEVI WILL BE MAKING ABOUY $70,000.00 ON THE SLOPES. HOW MUCH TO MOST OF YOU CLOWNS MAKE?

CNN A BUNCH OF SCUMBAGS.

Sarah Palin says "Levi and Bristol are working their butts off." Whatever could that mean?????

Wasn't Barry "the chosen one "born out of wedlock?

But "gush, gush" he uh, uh, uh speaks so well from a teleprompter and uh, uh, he speaks to me............

So basically Obamabots, Barry's Mom does the deed and out comes Barry with no ring, but he, she and that crew are not trash, no, no, they are "disadvantaged" and from "humble beginnings".

If this was one of Obambi's daughters he would have aborted the "mistake", his OWN words.

First of All: Congradulations to the new parents. They like many other young couples are making a go of it the best they can. As well. Congradulations to Governor Palin and her husband on becoming new grandparents.
Secondly: Why is such negative, vile, crap being thrown at this family?
What EVER did they do to you people who have nothing but rotten things to say?

There are almost always 400 comments on stories about Palin and yet most of you say "you don't care, you don't want to hear, it's not news.
The only way the stories will stop about this sad family is if the comments stop!

Sarah will spin this to her benefit...Oh well.

Note to all those who might have an unwanted pregnancy, 2 words: good condoms, OR the pill.

Question, did Levi & Bristol want a child now, or did they just forgot to put on a condom?(OR the pill),

Why those goofy names? Trig, Trip,etc??

For ALL the people who say they don't want to hear anymore about Sarah Palin; there sure are a lot of posts to this article and I imagine a lot more people who have read it!! AND SO MUCH HATRED!! WOW! It really frightens me.....................

CNN, dont you have imp issues to discuss, some teen got pregnant and had a baby, thats imp? gaza is big pain in the a$$ of Israel and when they are trying to get rid of those terrorists, all these muslims in the world are protesting and supporting terrorists, and muslims in UK are showing shoes to Gordon Brown, somebody shows throws at Bush in our own country, you guys are discussing abt palins and their babies. shame on you guys.

"A spokesperson for the Alaska governor told CNN Johnston is currently working to earn his GED while Palin is set to begin her final high school semester."

They don't , mention whether it's Sarah or Bristol about to finsih her last semester of high school...

Randy,
What, like Obama's dog selection?

CNN, maybe you should give up Sarah Palin for your New Year's Resolution.

"Why are we even talking about this? We should be worried about Obama, the shadiest person ever to be elected as president."

Riiigggghhhhttttt. Does the name Richard M. Nixon mean anything to you? Or George "Restoring Honor and Integrity" W. Bush for that matter?

Oh wait, "shady," as in dark. Ha, Ha. Did you get that from the latest RNC Chairman campaign email? Or did you pilfer it from Limbaugh, Hannity, Savage or Coulter?

So clever, those wacky Republicans!

Two high school kids got together and a baby was the result. Happens millions of times a year in America and around the world.

The difference is that the mother - yes, Sarah Palin - was the mouthpiece of a hateful attack against Obama's values, and was also instrumental in Alaska's non-policy against teenage pregnancy, including reducing funding for clinics and education. That's why this is news and that's why it's an amazing case of just desserts.

Isn't it interesting that most of the people posting here in defense of or sympathetic to the Pailins are expressing themselves with extreme and visible religious one-liners and verbage? It's clear that Pailin et. alt. are strongly supported by the lesser educated among us, which is very telling of the polarization that exists in our country.

To all you people invoking "The Lord" and "Jesus" and offering a "prayer" to support your ideological positions: please leave your spiritual needs and weaknesses OUT of our political system because we are NOT a Christian nation, we are a secular society and most educated people don't care for the kind of banal mix of religion and ideology that a lesser-than-average education reveals in many of you.

To all others here: You can see why Pailin was logically kept out of office: Her constituents are these zealots and airheads who use religion as a surrogate for critical thinking. Luckily we survived this round. Let's hope that increased education will neutralize the increased religiosity that we have seen surge in our country, putting us on-par with Iran as a society of religious fanaticism.

First of who cares that she have a baby, she is not the first teenager to have a baby and she will not be the last one to have a baby so people get over it this family have had their 5 minutes of fame so it let is GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Like mother like daughter

Kitty,

You are an idiot. And yes, we are frightened of that nut job Palin. Go back to your redneck church and listen to some more BS.

Who cares about this story? I hate the fact that the media has blown this story to be much bigger then necessary and thought it important enough to list it on the first page. And pick a normal name for your kid, don't go down the path that your parents did

Janet in Ohio wrote: "Why do we expect teens to stay away from street drugs? We expect them to say no to drugs, don't we? But they just can't say no to sex? Excuse me for expecting my kids to behave like Christians and not like gerbils."

Kids don't say no to drugs. They try drugs. They get them from their parents' medicine cabinets and they buy them from their friends in school. Kids don't say no to sex. They are eager to imitate their older friends.

Studies I have read about say that girls who sign a vow of chastity are more likely to treat their boyfriends to alternative forms of sexual pleasure than are girls who don't sign a pledge. Girls who sign a vow of chastity are just as likely to get pregnant as those who don't sign.

Our children do not behave like gerbils, but they do behave like humans. The human race, for reasons only God understands, needs more sex and has more sex than all other animal species.

Give this "story" a rest already!

The Palins have dealt with this as well as anyone could! Congratulations on a healthy baby.........Maybe some people on here will eventually be mentally healthy enough to understand how to move on as graciously as the Palin Family! Having sex at a young age isn't the best idea........being a cr**p like some of you isn't a good idea at any age!!!

Bristol,

I hope you redeem your family. Be a good mother to your son! Get the Power of the Praying Parent.

who cares

@Kitty.. The thought that Obama might screw up does not scare me as much as the idea that this country would elect Sarah Palin to any position of authority. She is, in my opinion, the female eqivilent of Adolph Hitler or Louis XVI.....don't agree with me or live the life I choose for you?,,,OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, Kitty – as a Republican I AM very frightened of Gov. Palin! How you can embrace this woman's philosophy of governing is beyond me. A life-long Repub who voted Democratic for the FIRST time two months ago...and GLAD I DID! Obama won't fail us...we will fail ourselves if we don't pull together and stop the hate.

Just look what "Abstinence Only" education will getcha. You betcha!

Mary, Sylvia – Very good comments. We must not forget a few other words that I'm sure holds true in Palins case. "You reap what you sow". I'm not saying this to be mean spirited. I just hope Palin has learned a lesson from all of this. God works in mysterious ways.

my what perfect people their are in america i guess all of you never had an unplanned pregnancy from your daughter, but i guess when all of you were in your teens you never had sex do not attack this young girl just because of your dislike for her mother , you are nothing but a bunch of hatefull cowards, i wish this young woman well and all women who are in this position

Pointng Fingers!!! January 2nd, 2009 9:41 pm ET
To-Mike, Syracuse NY January 2nd, 2009 7:22 pm ET
Plz advise what does Jessie Jackson,PE Obama his Dad, Mom and aunt have do with Palin and her Family You and Joel are IDIOTS!!!

It's really pretty easy if you try to pay attention. Joel was commenting on how trashy Palin's family was, and I merely was pointing out that your favorite liberal icons, Jesse Jackson, and Messiah Obama have at least the same degree of trashiness in their own families. Yet you liberals seem to have no problem with that. But then again when you look up the definition of 'liberal' online there's a hot link that takes you to the 'hypocrasy' entry. By the way, calling someone an idiot seems to be the liberal fallback when you can't make a cogent point based on facts. You must have been a wiz in the debating society.

Troy C, Just 30 years ago, or less, your name was considered "goofy". surely you can come up with a better comment than that.

To al the Palin haters and those who thought she would be a danger to the country if V.P., are you so pleased with the "experts" who brought us the financial mess and bailout? Palin would be far more successful in getting this country on the right track. She has proven herself as governor which is far more than Obama did as a senator (in hiding) for a couple of years. Ho-hum, the only "change" we will get is just more of the same Socialism or a step beyond to Marxism.

I fully expect CNN not to post this, again.

Our new President,, who on election night spoke so movingly about the country coming together, for all Americans to put their diffences aside. The remaks listed,, show that the very people who beleive in this message, are not willing to follow the message.

Let's knock the crude comments and start taking the higher road for the sake of our country...

JEN "Palin brought her family to campaign events, but so did Obama."

You are right but you are wrong. Obama's children were at the convention in August (before school started) and on the trail a few times. Michelle and the kids spent most of the fall in Chicago, in school.

Palin's children were trotted out repeatedly, and flown all over creation to be with her, thus NOT in school all fall. That was commented on frequently here. Think about how many times you actually saw Obama's girls at an event, and compare that to the 90% of events where Trig was hauled around and Piper was holding him (rarely Dad, by the way.) Children have no place at the multiple daily speeches, particularly when the parent is calling the competitor names and inciting fear and anger in the crowd toward him.

The anger toward the Palins is directed at Sarah because she preaches one thing and lives a totally different one. Republicans seem to be blinded by her legs and her winking pageant looks, but Democrats are not evil–we just could not fathom another liar in Washington after Bush.

Sarah continues to leverage her daughter for political gain. Fortunately, this woman will never get another sniff of the White House. The Republicans will lose another decade if they can't find another candidate.

@ Mary and some of you others...

Keep your religious views to yourself.

enough about Palin and family...who cares...

I'm puting my Granddaughter on "ebay" for $400K any takers. Stop it this is madness. SP needs to stop self promoting herself and keep her fingers off the speed dial of the "gotcha media outlets" and run AK business! The national scene has had enough of this bimbo! period.

I am so glad to hear a teen, un-wed mother say that this is not ideal. So many un-wed teen mothers in the limelight are shown with broad smiles as they hold their little ones in their arms for the press. That isn't what it really is like. Maybe if these teens were to talk about the real-every-day-life they are going through, other teens wouldn't see teen pregnancy and motherhood as such a glamourous thing!

These are good kids.You cant pick who your parents are.

Valerie (commentor to this story): You refer to Bristol as "the poor girl" when she is anything but poor. Give me a break. She's got the support of her family and a well-off family at that. Don't ever think Bristol's circumstances can be compared to the "poor girls" who do become unwed teenage mothers.

Stop re-gurgitating – this idiot gossip priviledges! So what – teens have babies all the time. It was SP who let her values, and morals down, so what. McCain picked her as a gimmick and she is no more than a complete side show. Keep the Headlines CNN about SP. She will not be POTUS. Period. With that 'golly gee awe shucks' persona and all this self promoting crap – she can’t stay out of the limelight and you guys keep it going for her! Please Stop it already. Ya Betcha!

Please Cnn This is not news these are kids. I donot want want my grand daughter to think that it is glamous to get pregnant and have a baby at 15 or 16. Young people are watching.

who cares about this family, when is CNN going to discuss. Why Caroline Kennedy should be a senator with absolutely no experience in voting or doing anything but running on the coat tails of her daddy's name for all these years. Why isn't the national media going to her Neighbors and friends and asking the tough questions. I guess different standards for Republicans and Democrats

Yeah, Tripp is a "gift from god" and the $300K is a "gift from the MSM" – who we still hate. Now let's get the double-wide trailer and some meth-cooking equipment. Then let's start a church to get fellow hillbillies to support us by telling them that we speak directly to Jesus. Then we can get into Alaskan politics and steal some money from the state treasury. Who needs a high school edumication? Ye-hah!

She's a loser and hypocrite just like her mommy!

This probably won't be posted:

My Dad used to have a saying - you play with the bull and you get the horns in the a$$.

But the important thing is the baby and Mom are healthy. The Palin's look like a great family to grow up in too.

Just as two faced as her mother. Republican family values are alive and well!

Governor Sarah Palin speaks out in defense of the high school dropout who impregnated her unmarried teenage daughter. Yup Yup, You Betcha!

I wish her the best too, but honestly, were this Obama's daughter, we'd never hear the end of it from Fox and Rush. There'd be no honeymoon period from the media; no "isn't she a lovely and strong young woman." It would be all about the young black man who got her pregnant.
I also find it telling that suddenly Sarah Palin is concerned about these children getting their high school "degrees" so they can get good jobs. Only in Alaska can a "good job" come with only a high school diploma. And I read that the reason they aren't married yet is that Levi has no health insurance, so they are on the dole of the State of Alaska, who will pay the expenses on Sarah's plan. Nice.
But God is smiling on them...once he got over his "despair" over their premarital sex. Heaven help the Palin babies.

Some are being mean by calling this newborn child names.

But let's just call a spade a spade. or if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck then it may well be a duck.

Unwed Teenagers pregnant before age 18 = Sin
Sexual relationships before marriage = Sin

Funny, when Brittney Spear's teenage sister got pregnant and there were no pics of her and her future husband hugging booze or her future husband on myspace a f**king redneck. However, she was considered a sinner and her parents bad according to the religious right.

I think what people are upset about is the double standard. Palin is trying to stay in the media. Did anyone notice the family started to get left at home near the end of the campaign?

THIS IS TO ADDRESS KITTY'S COMMENT. HOW CAN YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT OBAMA IS GOING TO FAIL WHEN HE HAS BEEN LEFT WITH ONE HECK OF OF MESS BY THE ENTIRE BUSH ADMINISTRATION (ECONOMICS, THE WARS, THE INJUSTICES AND OUR IMAGE TO THE REST OF THE WORLD). DO YOU REALL;Y BELIEVE THAT A "SARAH PALIN" IS THE ANSWER TO THESE MANY, MANY PROBLEMS. HOW STUPID CAN ANYONE GET!

I cannot believe this. CNN you are deliberately looking for hate against Palin. This was closed for comment and you reopened it.

And to repeat all you people who continue to trash others need to look in the mirror. What makes you so perfect that you have the right to judge anyone. If you really believe in God you would know that he is the only one who will judge anyone. That in itself shows how very stupid some of you are and in what you say. You are poor imitations of human beings and if you enjoy what you are saying – that is scary for the human race.

"Isn’t it just like God to turn those circumstances into such an amazing, joyful blessing when you ask Him to help you through?" she said in the statement.

Sounds like the Palin 2012 campaign has just issued its opening statement.

Can someone please tell the Governor of Alaska that her 15 minutes are up & that she doesn't need to keep trotting her kids out to advance her political career? We saw that act at the RNC and the sequel is no better.

PS – Bristol, Palin & Tripp–best of luck. Sorry you have to be caught in the middle of all this.

Interesting how it is ok for Palin to be condescending and dismissive of others, but when rational humans examine her worthless life, then its not ok.

DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU.

She made her bed... now lie in it. (Just dont lie in it like her loose dropout daughter... you may get prego)

Congrats on a healthy baby and good luck on dealing with all of the issues they will face raising him. The health and well being of the child is the most important issue.

Palin's statement about the kids status regarding school is the same old twisting of the facts. If you do not stay in school until you graduate, you are considered a dropout. Glad to hear they're working on the GED's but they both have still dropped out of school officially. Now in the greater scheme of things, who cares?

Kitty, what 'freightens' the crap out of us idiots is that people like yourself will call us 'ignorant and hateful', and not even realize the hypocrisy in your comments.
To make it very clear for you, calling us 'idiots' and saying 'GET OVER IT!!"? Hateful.
'Freightens'? Ignorant.
The fact that you are hoping Obama messes up big time? Treasonous.
'Guess who will knock him down in 2012..Gov. Palin!'- Delusional.
I'm so sorry for your anger and hate. And for us idiots, there's nothing to get over.
We won. The majority finally agrees with us. We had to GET OVER IT for the past two elections. Your turn, you hateful ignoramus.

This kid didnt just get a slice of pie,he hit the lotto.Just think if he wrote a book.

kim January 3rd, 2009 1:23 am ET

Wow looks like all the nasty little athiest rats from kos has moved over to cnn, you peole have got to be the most ignorant, rude disgusting people I have ever encountered on a blog, with comments like leave God out of it and don't blame God, who do you think makes the ultimate decisions here, the sin of her havinf pre-marital sex holds the same weight of your hatred toward your fellow human beings this is why this country is in the mess that it is in, just remember the next time something bad happens to your mother, father, child, sister or brother don't ask why, just look in the mirror and the answer will be staring back at you, karma is a funny thing, when you have such hatred in your hearts for other peole it all falls back on you and those that you love, so don't ask why, you have put so much nasty out into the universe it will come right back to you and yours.

see now this is part of the problem kim.. you first go and defend God, claiming this is all his plan, he is the ultimate decision maker.. and then you go and make the comment about karma being the reason someone is sick.. so, does God control karma.. or do you just not make sense..lol

Stop your whining about the kids,heck, if it happened in Alabama we could be talking about a brother and sister here.

Randolph of January 2, 9:51: I concur completely with all your sentiments. A good deal more valuable than all the histrionics and fingerpointing by either side here.

Teen unwed pregnancy not ideal?...more like unaccepatble and inmoral!! Especially coming from her after her hypocrtical and ignorant mother who is always preaching morality and American values. Could this be any more insulting to the American public? The other grandmother is a drug user and dealer. I'm sick of these lowlife hillbillies!!! Just white trash. They should go back to Alaska and go cook some moose stew and never be heard from again. I'm quite surprised that Bristol did not name the son METHew or Crystal if it had been a girl.

Oh those baby-wanting teenagers will never listen to the "not ideal" part. They'll just romanticize having babies because look how much attention Bristol Palin keeps getting!!! This kind of story does nothing to prevent teen pregnancy, which costs our society a lot, prevents us from living in structured families like the religious right condone, causes child abuse and adds people to the welfare roles!

People seek love when its missing. At the Pallin household, the priorities are obviously "ambition first, family second". Too bad for them, but thank God they are not acting out their drama in Washington for the next 4 years. Good riddance.

People are praising her daughter as this was a good thing.She is not even 18 and she's already had her first child. this is what's wrong with todays youth. I think society is partially to blame for this b/c the overwelming acceptance of teen pregnancy. I think if more parents would police their children instead of being so supportive of such inappropriate behavoir then maybe this wouldnt be as big of a problem as it currently is now

i hope that these kids get a real education so that one day they can accomplish what sarah palin has.

Why does CNN have this still open for comments? And you didn't post the one I made yesterday. Trying to increase your ratings. Their are very stupid and ignorant comments made on both sides here-some of the Palin supporters live in the dark about her and some others report hateful comments that shouldn't. But a good deal of these comments are obviously made up by people who must be very bored and unhappy in their lives.

"Some of the comments on this subject are shocking. I hope America is not getting to the point that hatred prevails over the birth of a child. Whatever your moral values may be leave this new family alone — give them a chance. We are not here to pre-judge others that will be left to our Savior. "

I couldn't agree more. It's shocking when a couple decides to have or adopt a child and entire groups of people go on the attack, isn't it? All those gay couples who simply want to marry and raise their children in peace without others judging them echo your sentiments.

Great. Jeezuz did it. Just stay off welfare...

I am a Christian women and a Christian mother what happen to Palin daughter can happen to any family regardless of one effort to raise a perfect child. What I am not happy is Palin’s deliberated calculation using it for her own political ride in the future. Truly she is an ambitious Mom who can use any thing and every thing for her own advantage. I guess this will include her husband who is the driving force in the shadow.
I want Palin to ask herself “Is she really a real mom for her children as God want her to be, as a mom is she available for her kids when ever they needed her or is she after her interest?” I am learning this days people can use Christian believe to their advantage in the name of religion. I hope us, so called Christians we are not causing people to drift away from Christ because of seeing us who called our selves His followers. My heart cries when I think of this and you know what I mean exactly.

the utter hypocrisy this family shows. Ah, cut funds to women who don't have such a "supportive" family, Governor, but as long as you have money, screw everyone else. So much for Christian charity.

irresponsible children who have a baby out of wedlock even though her mother believes, preaches, governs abstinence only, now this girl can get married but a gay or lesbian couple who have been together for 50 years cannot.. just more hypocrisy from the right. it may not be ideal, but it is just another crack in the "holier than thou self righteous right"

and yeah, so they are human, and all humans sin and make mistakes.. so then stop using your religion to discriminate against your own countrymen.

constitutional equality for all... or else your just a bunch of hypocrites

Mary, Mary, Mary... While the prayer was sweet and not altogether unnecessary, I think you're over-reacting a bit to the posts here. What people write here shouldn't be taken literally. I don't think anybody here hates anyone in the Palin family, and nobody is condemning an innocent newborn or the baby's child-mother. What you're seeing here is lingering resentment toward Sarah Palin and her divisive campaigning in the last election. Surely, you must realize that everywhere Palin went, she judged people's attitudes and behaviors while proclaiming herself to be a God-fearing Christian. We had a close call in the last election, because there is no tellling what would have happened to this country if someone like Sarah Palin had become president. The only reason that her daughter and baby are in the news is because they happen to embody the blatant hypocrisy of Palin's stated policies and beliefs. It's not often that we see such a clear example of such a dangerous political creature. Fortunately, the pretty face didn't fool most of the people last November 4th.

It is time to talk about real issues, and forget this family and their problems.

God bless the new baby boy and the Palin family for living what they preach. Sad but true – the pro-abortion liberals would have respected Bristol Palin more if she had murdered the fetus. Liberals are so intolerant. The Palins believe in God and the sanctity of human life. GET OVER YOURSELVES.

getting married because you were a 17 year old child who got pregnant because your family and religion dont believe in birth control.

... now that is protecting the sanctity of marriage, just not from children.

the hypocrisy abounds......

Proof that abstinence education is the best way to go !

Is this really news? Thousands of teenagers are having babies and they are not getting to praise of national news. The news media make it seem as thou if you are of a high profile family and they support you, then it is okay to have children at a young age.

This story is not news worth.

I am a Christian women and a Christian mother what happen to Palin daughter can happen to any family regardless of one effort to raise a perfect child. What I am not happy is Palin’s deliberated calculation using it for her own political ride in the future. Truly she is an ambitious Mom who can use any thing and every thing for her own advantage. I guess this will include her husband who is the driving force in the shadow.
I want Palin to ask herself " Is she really a real mom for her children as God want her to be , as a mom is she available for her kid when they need her or is she after her interest " I am learning this days people can use Christian believe to their advantage in the name of religion. I hope us so called Christians we care not causing people to drift away from Christ because of us who called our selves His follower. My heart cries when I think of this and you know what I mean exactly

Dear Lord Jesus – PLEASE HELP THESE PEOPLE FULL OF HATE – FOR THIS WORLD IS CORRUPT ENOUGH!! PLEASE GIVE US A WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT EACH OTHER IN THE EYE AND NOT POKE IT OUT.

PLEASE GIVE US A WORLD WHERE A NEIGHBOR CAN HELP EACH OTHER AND NOT STAB EACH OTHER.

THE KINDNESS IN THE WORLD GETS WASHED OUT WITH ALL THIS HATE!!!!

LORD JESUS HELP US ALL..........

My message to all who made mean comments, Let he, who is without
sin, cast the first stone.
They are not the first to make a mistake, and they won't be the last.

My prayer will be they have a happy 50 yrs together.

SPP, Needmore, PA

Two words Alaska hillbillies

I did the same thing. I got married at 17 while I was still in High School and my husband too. We in fact walked down to get our diplomas together as Mr. & Mrs.. That was in 1979 and now we have 3 grown daughters and are still married. It will be 30 years this month!! It can be done. I know it's rare these days but yes, it can be done. We were determined, knew that most importantly, God had to be in the equation, and we worked on a lot of issues over the years, but we always made it work out. So, I hope that these two kids can do it too. If they love God & one another, they can.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE BABY, OR EVEN THE TEENAGE MOTHER.

This is about Sarah Palin and her self-righteousness, sanctimonious, strident and shrill attitude toward anybody who doesn't live and believe exactly as she does. That's why she would have been a dangerous vice president. A pretty face with a heart of acid and a brain of cement who took on the role of attack dog in the recent campaign like she was born to it. What angers me whenever i think about this person is how much she polarized the country with her incessant lying and McCarthyesque tactics. Whether or not Palin was a decent mother is totally irrelevant. It's her hypocrisy and ignorance that continue to make her news.

Even if they all came from the same political consultant, Bristol's comments have been more truthful than Sarah's.

This is old news please report on something the America people want to here, so I guess we will be hearing on and when Palin shoots a moose.

Jules at 10:05 pm:

You are soooooooo right!

Why aren't they married. This nonsense of getting married next summer. Spare me as close as the Palins' are with the church can't get get a preacher in the living room and resolve this rationally. Perhaps Levi isn't as excited as they proclaim. They have had plenty of time to get married and haven't. What's up with that? I am sure there are plenty of shotguns in that house.

Some of the comments on this subject are shocking. I hope America is not getting to the point that hatred prevails over the birth of a child. Whatever your moral values may be leave this new family alone - give them a chance. We are not here to pre-judge others that will be left to our Savior. If Americans really want to unite and make our country continue to achieve its true greatness, these kinds of remarks and comments by some should be withheld. Remember, what goes around comes around.

The entire family is irrelevant at this point. I don't understand why CNN keeps shoving this information in our faces and paints it as news. It's gossip.

Why is the media still continues to cover SARAH PALIN? I am tired of hearing of her. If the media run a poll of "WHO WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT THE PALINS", the majority of America will probably say "NO MORE". There are millions of teenage girls that get pregnant every year since the beginning of time. Bristol is lucky and thankful to have support from her boyfriend and family. I guess that the media does not want the American people to forget Sarah Palin in order to expand her dwindling popularity and political career.

You Palin haters get used to reading about her and get over yourselves!!!! You are ignorant and hateful – I pray the Lord forgives you!!!

Obama will screw up "big time" and guess who will knock him down in 2012??? That is right – Gov. Palin!!!! This is what freightens the crap out of you idiots – GET OVER IT!!!

Sara Palin-the gift that keeps on giving!!!

January 3, 2009
Bristol Palin goes on the record: Teen pregnancy 'not ideal'
Posted: 10:10 AM ET........CNN PLZ .......STOP The Madness!!!
Same Article January 2, 2009 with 354 hits plz close

Congratulations to the Palin family and God bless them all. For the democrats that are still campaigning on here at the expense of the Palins, please put a cork in it! It would be much easier and politically safer for the Palins to downplay these events. As a person who married young and had the "unexpected" gift of a child right away, it was an event that has brought only positive changes in my life. My wonderful grandchildren are living proof that life works in mysterious ways.

Oh great – now the foxhole religion begins and it is all about "god and Him"!

Wake up – it is all about two horny teenagers who opted to have sex with no protection so spare us the religious hypocrisy and glamorization of teen sex gone wrong!

What a bunch of horse hockey – she is simply one more statistic exemplifying the lack of proper sex education in the public school systems. It is pretty obvious their parents have failed them both with that task.

Do either of them even know what a condom is?
Did anyone bother to teach either of them in how to put one on or is that against some moral value held higher than the fact that 2-kids are going to f**k?

Now here are two more children lefty behind – hopefully they will do a better job than their parents have done and will not make it three!

Jules–How does anything about Caroline Kennedy "prove" that Ms. Mooseburger is not an idiot? You make no more sense than she did. As I have said all along, I "pray" (not really an atheist option!) that Palin stays in the news and is the "face" of the GOP for many years. She is a liberal Democrat's dream!!!

I really can't belive you reopened this article and it isn't even political news.

You do love to fan (no pun intended) the flames, don't you CNN?

I guess she didn't take the "abstinence pledge."

Oh, "Proud American", nice remark about the "bastard baby". I think its likely that your birth was the result of bestiality.

Well of course! Teens are not ready to be parents, their brains are not finished growing, etc.!

I hope that her pregnancy is not so celebrated by the media that it begins a wave of pregnancies among teens. IT IS NOT OKAY TO GET PREGNANT WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR TEENS. There IS a way to prevent it ..........its called BIRTH CONTROL!

Guess Bristol & Levi "tripped" up....

Sarah, God had nothing to do with your daughter's situation she and her Beau were the only participants. There is no shame nor reason to apologize just don't continue to use the same ole whollier than thou rhetoric just to get elected while acting just like the rest of us. If I hear one more Republican use family values while starting wars, having sex in bathrooms, chasing Congressional pages, maintaining hot and cold running hookers, I'm going to puke!!! Nobody truly cares what either party does after hours as long as America's not the ones they are doing it to!!! If any politician cannot constrain themselves for the 2, 4 or 6 year terms of office then they need to choose another occupation because maintaining discipline of thrir personal behavior in public pales to maintaining behavior with out nation!!!

My sister had a baby out of wedlock. Sad that there is no room for us in the Democratic pary.

THESE are the people who preach ABSTENANCE .. They will cram it down your throat! Hey where IS THE HUSBAND??? Levi's Mom will go to jail for the drugs if LEVI doesnt show up to marry this girl ..

CNN puts these Palin stories out here to get their post counts up and then selectively controls the percentage of hateful liberal remarks compared to those supporting the Palins. I have posted under several aliases, from several IP addresses, both pro and anti Palin remarks. The anti-Palin remarks made it three times more than the supportive remarks.
The hatred from the Left has devolved to blogg sites that target and make fun of Palin's son who has Downs Syndrom. CNN encourages this hatred. I no longer let the dial even land on CNN anymore on my TV.

Can 1 of you haters say you have never done any wrong? i didn`t think so.

I am amazed at the number of people who say they do not care about the Palins. I think they doth protest too much. Why are they reading "this trash" let alone taking the time to post an opinion?

I guess my pleading with you CNN to stop reporting on this family has fallen on death ears. Please stop and report on our troops.

This is one statistic america cant lie about. She got knocked up and they were trying to hide it at first.

Im a Southern CA Republican disgusted with people using God for all their mistakes. Seems to me if God was blessing your decisions He'd have blessed U with abstinence wisdom. After hearing 3 weeks of non-sense fro Sara, I voted for Obama. I have been a Republican my whole life (49 years old) but now I'm voting for the right person to be our leader. I had to think about Sara being our leader if something happened to McCain. Sara do U have time to read any of this? No. U R too busy consumedwuth yourself. Which explains why you really don't have a particular paper U read and say instead that U read all of them. I doubt U even know the names of any newspapers outside of Alaska. Hiding behind Alaska and telling us your state isn't a foreign country doesn't answer the question on which paper U read. Don't reply "all of them" when asked what U read. Because U would have to be a super mom...taking care and raising all those kids, working, maintaining a household, and reminding Bristol about abstinence. There are only 24 hours in a day and your lifestyle is NOT possible. U R fake and I wouldn't want U as my leader if something happened to McCain. U make me think less of alaskans. If I were in your shoes I never would have brought my family out from the beginning had I known my daughter was pregnant. Just goes to show u really don't know how the media works outside your cucoon state. Bristol, I'm sorry your mom didn't give U more of her time. Why didn't God help U with decisions Sara?No more questions...she's not reading any of this anyways.

Wow looks like all the nasty little athiest rats from kos has moved over to cnn, you peole have got to be the most ignorant, rude disgusting people I have ever encountered on a blog, with comments like leave God out of it and don't blame God, who do you think makes the ultimate decisions here, the sin of her havinf pre-marital sex holds the same weight of your hatred toward your fellow human beings this is why this country is in the mess that it is in, just remember the next time something bad happens to your mother, father, child, sister or brother don't ask why, just look in the mirror and the answer will be staring back at you, karma is a funny thing, when you have such hatred in your hearts for other peole it all falls back on you and those that you love, so don't ask why, you have put so much nasty out into the universe it will come right back to you and yours.

Thank you, Jim. I absolutely agree with you: 'I DON"T CARE what this pitiful woman has to say or thinks! STOP talking, writing, covering, whatever the PALINS!' Sarah Palin is a miserable mother, and her daughter has no morals or values. Pease throw all of them into a history trash basket where they belong.

The Palins are trash, this story is trash ... The American people have taken the trash out ... The Palins are no longer relevant, STOP covering those 'people'.

Oreilly crucifies Lynn Spears for her being pregnant, but its okay if its Palins kid? What a hypocrite. Guess that is why his rating keep going down and down.

Well, she likes her pregnancies like she likes her VP candidates – not ideal.

Ok that one was a reach, but at least I didn't do the retarded son joke.

Thats a give from Jesus. Enjoy!

It is time we all moved on from the Palin family. Old news.

Why is this news?!?!?!?!?!

Because Sarah Palin wears her religion on her sleeve and rams it down everybody's throat, that's why it's news!!!

If this were one of Obama's daughters????..........................

Leave these kids alone! So they have had a baby out of wedlock; so they are teenagers. It happens. Alot. I'm glad they have support.

I do hope, though, that this prompts Governor Palin to look at pregnancy prevention for teenagers that includes contraception. Of course abstinence would be better. But are efforts to achieve that ever realistic? Premature pregnancy happens to very good people.

SO WHAT?

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEESSS?

Are we sure Carville didn't write this, because it's just as irrelevant and inane.

I feel really sorry for the new baby.

If he inherited his paternal grandmother's addictive personality.

If he inherited his maternal grandmother's limited number of brain cells.

Poor, child will not be able to lose even ONE brain cell due to drugs or alcohol use later in life.

God bless, Tripp, the true innocent in this soap opera with his drama queen grandmother who is already pimping his picture.

The moral of this story is: "Do what I say, not what I do".

Wow, I truly cannot believe all the rude, inconsiderate comments posted here. I used to consider myself a liberal Democrat, since 1976, but that changed with this past election and all the BS I heard from Obama supporters. Keep it up and you will really prove me right. You are not open-minded and accepting. You have no love of country because you have no love for people. You can't or you would not say things like you are saying here. Sarah Palin never professed to be perfect or god-like. You said it. She simply said she believes and tries to follow those beliefs. I hate to burst your buble but humans make mistakes. Whether you are religious or not, Sarah Palin is a good person. So is her daughter. And Sarah Palin certainly isn't as dumb as most of you believe. Caroline Kennedy has proven that to be true. Kennedy has all the wealth and priviledge and education a person could ever want and she can't make a coherent sentence without having the teleprompter in front of her. That's what is really sad. Oh, you say she has written books on constitutional law. Anyone could do that with the right help. That's what she did. Neopotism is alive and well in the Democratic party, along with the hate that is boiling in so many of you.

Good god what a boor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The apples doesn't fall far from the tree. Bristol is so proud to be
spreading her legs while her boyfriend's "American mom" is busy
doping the neighborhood and of course her own "American apple
buy mom" applauds it all. True Republicans expressing their
"family values." I'm so choked up I think I'm gonna puke.

Mike Syracuse N.Y.: You nailed it!!

Sarah Palin the right wing hypocrite that wont go away. This is the most narcissitic woman I have ever seen. Alot of bloggers were bashing on this site for bringing up Bristol and her unwed mama status. How we should give the new couple and privacy !

How can we when her mama shamefully pimps her daughter out to PEOPLE MAGAZINE a magazine read by millions and now this tripe on the GOVERNORS website. Isnt the govenors site supposed to be about governing Alaska. I wanted to puke when I read this tripe. Gifts from God , not ideal
I see mother like daughter, how about they shut up and take care of her kids , this baby was just born for heavens sake. shouldnt Bristol be changing diapers, feeding the baby and then sleeping like most new mothers? NOooooooo she seems to have time to talk on websites.
PS MAMA PALIN was knocked up too when she got married for a moral family they sure believe in sex BEFORE marriage

There is so much hypocrisy covering Bristol and her teen pregnancy. American values had nothing to do with keeping the child, the child should be loved no matter what, it happened (should not have) but the baby was and is still being used for political gain. If it was any other politician, they would have been asked to leave the race but not Palin (wink, wink). All other teen pregnancies that were covered on TV the teen mothers was slammed hard and religious groups condemned them as an out cased. So stop using this child as a step to further a political career because as I see it Gov. Palins career in politics is over. She made a fool of herself; even my five year old granddaughter knows that Africa is continent and not a country.

The sad thing is that this girl's childhood ended at age 17 partly because her monther did not want to teach her about birth control. Good luck Bristol.

Why are we still talking about the Palins? I was hoping their 15 minutes would be over by now.

It's interesting that Sarah Palin, the mother of the teenage daughter who just gavve birth, is like, "oh god has granted a wonderful miracle, i'm so proud of my daughter!" Whereas the birth-giving teenager is the one facing facts by saying, " I made a mistake, i should have been responsible, and although I love my new kid, we need to work to prevent teenage pregnancy because it isn't good.

I don't like to talk about this situation because it is not funny. We have kids, sisters, and brothers. This situation can happen to any of ours relatives, so I can just say to both parents to make sure that the new baby would have a normal and good life.
However, I would ask Governor Palin to stop promoting this matter. It looks like she is trying to make it as a good example for our kids. As a parent myself, I would be sick in death if such situation happened to any of my kids. Of course, I would accept it, but I would not promote it at work or any where.

empty heads,
Obama's 57-state quote was just a simple slip of the tongue like many of McCain's misstatements like "I'm a proud conservative liberal Republican". It certainly wasn't as bad as not knowing that "know-nothing" is not spelled "no-nothing".

Liberals need to stop being so afraid of Sarah Palin!!!!! But you all know, don't you, that she WILL be back and that is the reason you can't let it go!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least she and her family have morals and have stood up to them, and not let people such as you (who has no business even being concerned with a private family matter) spoil their happiness over a beautiful precious new baby.

R from PA = I think it's safe to say your parents should have used the pill or some form of protection. Wow you left me speechless.

It's funny, it's always God this, God that. God didn't 'turn these circumstances into an amazing event' ignorance did. It's all water under the bridge now, but maybe a little sex ed would have had a different outcome if it's not 'ideal'.

Pam @ 9:22 PM EST.

You are praying for the Palins and saying Obama could not fill George Bush's shoes. LOL...I am crying tears howling.

Pam, are you referring to the shoes that got tossed at his big stupid head. Not one but two shoes. He was too stupid to duck the second shoe the guy was taking off his foot.

Pam 9-11 happened on Bush's watch while he freaked listening to MY PET GOAT. Katrina happened on Bush's watch similar to Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

If Obama fills those shoes the country, or what is left after Bush and his croonies, will be demolished.

Pam, been taking Rush Limbaugh's VIAGRA?

Lets end this news cycle. Sarah Palin will never be considered as a credible Rebuplican candidate because of her home issues and because she is stupid about world affairs. We in the country dismiss her, and have no interest in her or her family. Just stop covering her. We just don't care or need it.

I cannot believe how many ignorant people are on this blog. This poor girl made a mistake that is going to effect her entire life and the fact that she is holding her head high, making the mature decisions that she is making regarding the life of her son is not something that should be ridiculed. While having a child while in high school is not smart, accidents happen. And how can you condemn this one family, when there are tens of thousands of teenagers younger that her having babies? At least the whole family and the father are involved and helping support her and Tripp when there are a lot of other families that do not and that contributes to America's ignorance, not it's greatness. Good luck to the Palin family and you are in my prayers.

First apology to Simmy...I got the wrong person...my comment is to the IGNORANT Frank Fatcherman.

To-Mike, Syracuse NY January 2nd, 2009 7:22 pm ET
Plz advise what does Jessie Jackson,PE Obama his Dad, Mom and aunt have do with Palin and her Family You and Joel are IDIOTS!!!

TRAILER TRASH AT IT'S BEST!

"So Simmy...this old age thing...are you telling us that we should kill people over a certain age. How obsurd can you be? If we do this I hope you are in that age group, then we will have one less stupid, ignorant person on the earth.

You fool.

I wonder if Sarah Palin will still continue teachings her other two daughters that ABSTINENCE is the best form of birth control.

I really hope not, they deserve a better chance at life!

Get a life people. There are a lot more things to get your panties in a wad over. Anyone paying attention to the finances, Iraq, Iran, .... Anyone notice that there is actual issues out there. Stop watching the Late Night Show for your news. Actually do research before you comment on anything in your life. That way – you actually sound smart.

Will you dysfunctional people just go away....PLEASE! Does not matter what spin you are putting on this...it is not working....tell your Mom that please!

Who cares about this bunch? The sooner they all go away, the better.

To all of you God fearing "true Americans" complaining about the "evil liberals".....Well, well, now it's your turn to eat crow and it seems you don't like the taste. Get used to it! You've earned every bite. You and your Messiahs Rush and Hannity have been spouting your holier than thou crap for too long, and frankly, the rest of the nation is sick of it, them, and you.

I don't mean this in a hateful way, but I wonder if chastity vows were taken before this problem arose.

I believe the Election is over Why does the media focus on Palin all the time ,, lets move on ,,, Thank you

WHO CARES! These kids are not special, they are experiencing what thousand of other kids live through each year. If not for her mother's notoriety, no one would notice or care.
Sarah Palin is soon to be OLD NEWS. Then this story can go away like is should.

glad the baby is fine and is loved by his parents – however – bristol and levi do not need to go back to school – they will make tons of money from baby pics, etc. – grandma will see to it – you betcha – and you guys will buy the magazines – i do not feel sorry for them in any way – but do feel sorry for the "poor" with babies who will truly have to hard because their mother is not the repub. star

Okay, some of you people act like Bristol Palin is the first teen to ever get pregnant. GET OVER IT!! Atleast she and the baby's father are trying to give this kid some sort of normal life. What's done is done. No sense beating her up for it now , because it will not change anything. One thing is for sure, she will be more careful next time.

Why is this NEWS. If it was a male Governor with a teen daughter – it would make the news for what – ten seconds if at all. I think Sarah was a GREAT choice.

Why did Bristol and Levi not get married before Tripp was born? Where does the paternal grandmother fit in all of this? Tell Sarah to get back under the porch and stop barking. We have had enough of her.

Enough...
I don't care about this issue, it happens every day, why is it news?? MAKE IT GO AWAY. Bristol, take your baby go into privacy. Good luck and God speed. And take birth control from now on, you self-centered moron. Babies don't happen by accident. I've had 2.

Many teenagers make the same mistake Bristol did. Christians and non-Christians. It is not my job to judge. I am not a Sarah Palin fan or supporter, but I am glad she kept the baby. Although, I would not put any stock in that relationship with that young man. Rich or poor, it will not be easy!
I hope she is as close to God as she professes to be. She will definitely need HIM!

Why are we paying attention about these two people who have everything ahead of them when there are people starving and eating other people on the streets??? Think about that for a while.

if she was any other unwed teenager she would be browbeaten to get rid of the kid through abortion or adoption. I guess only celbs can have children without the stigma.

Hypocrit! Plain and simple. It is obvious the abstinence message in Palin's household was not effective. Then again, Sarah Palin became pregnant before she married. The apples don't fall too far from the tree.

Big Congratulations to the new parents......and the new grandparents. All of the folks leaving these awful comments must have never had the joy of adding a new baby to a family. Democrat or Republican – you should be able to appreciate God's special gift. I think that Sarah Palin and her family have handled this entire event with strength, dignity, and poise.

Sandy at 8:48 (and others):

You are spewing quite the double standard there. Palin brought her family to campaign events yes, but so did Obama. So do most candidates with young families. I'm not a Palin fan, but I am so SICK of hearing about how awful she is for doing the same things her male counterparts do. It's sad that women are also spreading this talk.

The Man who will turn out to be one of the best Presidents ever was born 46 years ago to an 18 year old girl from Kansas. Ideal? Perhaps not but it all depends on what you make of it.

Leave the Palins alone when it comes to their family. I can't stand her politics but family is more important than politics just ask Mary Matlin and James Carville or Arnold and Maria.

Dude come on. Bristol and Levi mad a mistake and Sarah has never said that she supported the pregnancy, just the decision not to abort the baby. Do you know the statistcs of teen pregnancies in america and yet I bet none of you would talk as badly about the parents of those children or the kids themselves. Bristol and Levi made a mistake, true, but they took on the responsibility of raising this child and it should be something done privately.

No thank you Moderator. I want to talk about something else.

Re: "Bennet to replace Salazar"

To Rick Sutter: Do not EVER include me in your "we" and "us." You're a little bitter now. But by 2010, you'll be a Democrat, telling your former Republican bloggers: "Do not EVER....." Peace In.

Who cares about this shouldn't we be paying attention to more important issues like creating an age cap for all citizens in order to control overcrowding and keep old person care costs down?

Palins, welcome to the real world instead of that myopic world the right would have you believe.

Kind of an awaking isn't it?

The earlier comment I made concerning the Gov. children was uncalled for and I'm sorry. Children should never be attacked by adults. Bristol I wish nothing but the very best for you and your child and may God shine and bless both of you.

This is just kind of sad to me...first of all, for those on this board who use this opportunity to take a swipe at President Elect Obama and his family, astonishes me. How, how pre tell, did the Obama family get connect to a story about Bristol Palin?

Also it is unfortunate that this situation happens to young people every day. The problem is that if it were not for Sen McCain's pick of Gov Palin for his vp, this would not be news. But this is an upside down world we live in where couples no longer promote marriage, and have babies out of wedlock all the time. Then get a windfall of cash from the highest bidding publication such as People. Then, because she is the Governor's dependent, the taxpayer will support this child...kind of like those vacays they took.

If instead of focusing on those types of individuals, why not give the money to those of us out there really trying. What's next. Will Tripp be on of the worlds Most Influential Babies? That we are publicizing this is truly amazing. Gov Palin...that unelitist person that she is, evokes nothing that I as a woman, wife, and mother, and guess what? A Christian too! She does not know what the rest of the world looks like outside of her own race and community, so she certainly is not worthy of being our leader. She couldn't walk me to the playground.

I've been in the same basic situation as Bristol, and I would love to tell her congratulations, for the baby and the engagement. It is hard, but not impossible, to raise a child at that age. Also, you can get a decent education, if you want that, and raise a child and not have to live off of your parents. I'm will have earned my Bachelors in Special Education by the Fall of 2009. My husband will be a CPA by the Summer of 2010. It is possible, it just might take a little longer than most people would say it should. You just have to commit yourself. Don't let crazy people make you feel horrible for the decisions you made. You have much support, even from people you don't know.

I am personally offended by many of the comments from this string. If you think you are better than someone, or that they are less than worthy of your "Christian love," because they did something you don't agree with, then you should be ashamed. My faith in God has gotten me through more than most can handle, and I'm not that old. Sarah Palin is not a hypocrite. If anything, she is practicing what she preaches. She says she is a Christian, and part of being a Christian is loving your children, no matter what. You cannot make her responsible for the decision of her daughter anymore than you can take responsibility for the careless actions of your own 17 year old. I think that what she is doing makes her even more respectable in my book.
Also, if you think that teen pregnancy, and the teen keeping the baby, is so rare and only happens to "the worst of us," you need to at least open your eyes from your high horse. It happens all the time to the people you would least expect it from.

I think that this is relevant as long as Caroline Kennedy is in the news and the Senate.

Caroline Kennedy makes that Palin's look like geniuses!!!!!!!

Nice to see all thse comapssionate, tollerant, critical thnking, loving liberals chime in tonight. Way to show your true colors you all.

God Bless America and the Palin's, may the drug dealing Grandma and the Idiot grandma continue to be a positive influence on bastard baby, trip or trap twig fig? Whatever, If palin really loved this country she would have herself and children fixed. We have seen enough.

Bristol good luck, but your mom is a nut case – I hope u can get far, far, far away from her....! Sarah's deceptions are growing!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28424559/

READ THIS for yourself. Then you see the hypocrisy of this whole family.

$180k for a 5 week stint for clothes for mommy, then this. These people are shameless. Out to suck you all dry of every cent they can get from you people that think they are news.

You Children are some sick puppies, way sicker than the Palin family and I have no interest in the Palins.

Take a look at yourselves.

R from PA You do some math.Sarah was a Governor and a mayor before she was tapped for VP which means she was campaigning for YEARS!
Go shoot a bear.Maybe you'll find Sarah out there being a grandmother as well!

Butch Dillon, if that isn't a hillbilly name I don't know what is.

Bristol Palin's boyfriend's name is Levi. Jeff Foxworthy said that you might be a redneck if "you're named after a pair of jeans." I think Jeff was trying to tell us something.

Don't run for office like your mother did.Maybe if she paid more attention to you sooner you wouldn't have had to go through this and remember how difficult it is.Pay as much attention to your own children as you can.Maybe you can learn from your mother's mistakes to give them a better start at the begining of their adult lives

STAY HOME SARAH.YOUR OWN FAMILY NEEDS YOU A HECK OF A LOT MORE THAN WE DO!

Bob, Guess and Jill thanks for being human. Makes you wonder out of whose and what kind of womb these people came from. And they think they are good intelligent people who have never done anything wrong.

Again all you that keep defending this little girl. THE WOMAN IS GETTING $300,000 for PICTURES! DID YOU GET $300,000 for your baby pictures?

THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH THIS, THE INFAMOUS MOTHER GETS HER DAUGHTER PAID FOR PICTURES. THAT IS THE WRONG IN ALL OF THIS.

What kind of a human isn't happy for the birth of a healthy baby boy?
What was the other option?There was not any other option!!!!!

To Jen a few of comments sown: Did you seek medical attention for your head injury?

To all you people who are saying Sarah Palin should have been staying at home instead of worring about her political career, need to learn some simple math. It takes 9 months to have a baby, and Sarah wasnt tapped for the VP job until 5 months ago. If you are saying she couldnt be Governer and raise her family at the same time ( which she probably has more leway than most other jobs ) then I think most women would take offense to that.
For all we know the could have been using protection pill/condom, but they are not 100% Sometimes "S" just happens. But kudos to them for doing the responsible thing and having the baby, and not the cowardly thing and getting rid of it.

I have nothing against the baby only the unwed parents. If these were Hispanic or black teenagers, I wonder how forgiving the religious right would feel? Double standards.

God bless you Bristol and your son,while I'm an Obama supporter I wish you the best.I only wish down the line in life you will not feel that you lost so much of your youth doing what most teenage girls do hanging out with their girlfriends ,experiencing life where there will be mistakes but if there are mistakes you will learn from them.Education is very important and if you can continue to persue this and make the right decisions in your young life and I'm not saying to you that Tripp was a mistake because as his precious life go on and you will love him more and more as each day go on as he get older god forbid if he would ever think that he was a mistake.Your life has changed forever now and being a mother you will soon learn.I certainly wish you the best and all those who criticize this young woman take a look at her circumstance and remember this could have been or even might be your young sister or daughter so just how would feel when people call them trailer trash,or white trash?When Sarah had an interview in her home it certainly didn't appear that they lived like trailer trash.As a black woman one could say that there are young black/white girls having babies as early as sixteen years old and have dropped out of school but it doesn't mean that they are trailer trash or beneath us so give this girl a break .If you never had heard of Sarah Palin Bristol will just be another statistic of young unwed mothers and she would not be subject to all these mean and cruel comments.God bless you Bristol

In my humble opinion the lowest form of humanity is listed above in the names of the posters to this comment. (with a few exceptions)

Where does all this hate come from, are your lives that sad?

I God was so involved in this whole process does one imply that God also endorsed premarital sex between teenagers? The Palins always follow God's will.

How fantastic that the baby is doing well. But really, who cares about whatever slithered out from between her legs? It's as though we might actually care what slithered IN between her legs. Can we please drop these hillbillies from the news-du-jour?

drbenk ,7:48pm - Some doctors put a lot of pressure on you and make you feel like you are somehow neglecting your child if you don't have every possible test done - especially if you have really good insurance.
Also, some parents have the test done because they want to be sort of prepared for whatever may happen, especially if Mom is older.

Hope that answers your question - or were you just being snotty?

Please, this won't be that hard for these two at all. 300K for pics? Born into a privileged family as it is? My -. True, there's a LOT more to raising a baby than financial issues, but when you have the money, it sure doesn't hurt.

So, so, so tired of hearing about Palin and her family. She's old news, so why does the media keep on printing stories about her. Could it be because Governor Palin will do anything to keep her name and face before the american public. If she was a good mother, she would not have drug her children along to every rally; she would have left them at home in the care of their grandparents so they could keep attending school and go about their lives in a normal way. Palin tried desperately to use her children including her special needs child. A good mother doesn't use her children, she does what's best for them.

And the gene pool just keeps getting shallower!

Y'all are pitiful...leave this family alone. Everyone who is picking and putting this family down is no more ignorant that what you claim the Palins are. So I gues that makes all of you white trash....

Yes I do like Sarah Palin, but that doesn't matter. Everyone has so much hatred for this woman, give it a rest. She or her daughter have done nothing to you, you poor, pitiful, pathetic people.

No matter how well you raise your children they will make their own decisions, and her daughter did that. At least she didn't abort the baby, because she got knocked up.

Come on people, it's one thing to criticize Sarah. But give her kid a break, will you? I don't have any sympathy for the recklessness that got Bristol and Levi into the situation that they're in. But their lives are probably tough enough without people beating them over the head with this.

Can anyone tell this woman that she keeps making the same mistakes? How can you put your own children in spotlight? Now media will keep eye on her kids ( yes, they are dropouts, Sarah)...what if Bristol will get pregnant again? How about, like you told to People magazine, the high school degree? ( by the way, there is no such thing as HS degree). Birth control pills? Abortion? Staying dropout?
But whatever happens, please, Sarah, leave God alone!!!

I am so proud of all Sarah Palin's family, especially, what Bristol Palin didn't choose abortion, but gave birth adorable son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston from God's gift. May God bless all your family and
the baby abunduntly.

you know life is about choices. they chose to have sex and that has produced a child so now they have to raise this child. It makes me sad when i read all these entries that have all this hate in them. The way you judge others is the way that God is going to judge you. So I hope that before you think everybody is stupid maybe you should take a look at yourself since you are mr. or mrs. perfect. Trust me you will not gain anything by making someone else down. If this is how people feel about each other America is in big trouble. you cant expect to have prosperity and peace if you are so full of hate

When did Sarah Palin ever attest to being perfect? I think she is a mother who owned up to her daughter's(and her own) mistakes and is dealing with it in the best way she knows how. Thousands of teenagers deal with pregnancy in the U.S. every year - Republicans, Democrats, Christians, non-Christians, etc. Nobody is exempt. And sure, we all hope our children will be abstinent - that is the best way not to get pregnant. But kids are kids and they will do what they want no matter how you raise them. Just because Bristol got pregnant does not make her a bad person, nor does it make her parents bad parents. If you claim either of these things, then shame on you. And I hope you never have to deal with a teenage pregnancy in your families. Nobody wins.

Most teen couples do not get $300,000 for their baby's pictures.
Most tenn couples live in poverty, and the baby suffers with two
immature people, hardly adults, and the relationships usually
break up. Wise up, these are privilege teens, not the USUAL
idiots................................... Use birth control for Christ sakes.

Louis Aguilar – a waist of space??? It is a waste of space and so is your comment. All you people who think you are so great with your venomous comments about others are a waste of a human being. No wonder this country is such a mess.

Anything to keep Palin relevant...She will not be health minister on teenage pregnancy....

Come on...get a grip America.

This crap happens every day in America's "poorer" neighborhoods (teenagers having babies and dropping out of school – to work on a GED...we still call them HS dropouts where I live. What we have here is a story about (underage) sex, drugs and a whole lot of bad decision making – on everyone's part (maybe even ours for keeping this story alive).

I feel bad for the young lady and young man...they are screwed – literally. I feel even worse for him because his mom is also now in jail for drugs, so he will have a dark cloud over his head for life.

Despite what any of us think about Sarah Palin, she will probably write books, make a lot of money, and keep doing what she's doing, while her daughter will also turn out OK because America will make her mom rich. However, money may alter her image a bit, politically.

In conclusion, I think that America has too many other serious issues to worry about other than Palin's and Johnson's form Alaska. Is this a new e-reality show?

Ron

Funny, we are hearing from Palin and Bristol, but what of daddy Levi? Where is his voice?

Rob you are such a low a life. Obama has nothing to do with Bristol Palin and her newborn. Why are you bring him into this. If his girls have a hundred babies it will not be on any one but his girls just as this is on Bristol Palin. I nor you have to get up at night or walk across the floor with this baby or give it a bottle. If you don't have any children I hope you never have any.

Libs, you have the Presidency and Congress. Why the continued need to demonstrate to all your shear hatred of anyone who does not believe the same as you do? Are you afraid it won't last?

To answer the question: We're still reading about these Palin people for the same reasons America tuned into the Beverly Hillbillies, Hee Haw and The Dukes of Hazzard on television.

She made the wrong choice...the choice her mother doesn't want anyone women to have.

I would encourage news outlets to verify that this birth actually took place in accordance with the family's report, as there are significant questions that have been raised about Sarah Palin's veracity. It was predicted months ago that there would be reports of a baby in late December, without any independent verification. In fact that is exactly what has happened.

Leaders Lead! It's rather plain to see that Sarah Palin is not a leader. She failed in her own family. If she spent more time teaching her children, this would not have happened. Stop watching Russia Sarah and start watching your family before the next daughter is pregnant and not married.

Reply To ROB.........FYI, the OBAMA girls are being raised by two INTELLIGENT parents who will GUIDE them through EDUCATIONAL opportunities and teach them respect for themselves and others.

Children learn by example..........enough said.

The same liberal no-nothings that uh, uh, uh voted for Obama and LOVE "you know" Princess Caroline because uh, uh, she is a Kennedy, according to the exit polls HAD NO CLUE who the Speaker of the house is or who sat in a church for twenty years while his uh, uh pastor spoke hatefully and your calling the Palin's dumb hillbillies?

Joe Biden said J O B S was a three letter word and LIED about being under enemy fire and going to a diner all the time that has been closed for twenty years and he got the President wrong in 1929 and the FACT that the wrong President went on TV that uh, uh, uh hadn't been invented yet, but again, Palin is dumb?

Ask Obambi how many states there are, 57 or 58, right Barry, must have missed those stories while the lovefest went on, but Palin drops her G's when she talks and she can ACTUALLY see Russia from her house and she is dumb.

Is having the baby a "mistake" as Obama put it before, maybe Obambi would have chased it around the operating room to kill it (see Born alive infant protection act that Obama was AGAINST, geniuses).

The Palin's are FAR from perfect, but do some looking into your Clinton's (pick a sin) and the Kennedy's (murder, alcoholism, bootlegging, cheating at "hahvard", rape, running over cops while on Ambien, more rape, lobotomy's).

I wish the Palin's luck in the future, they are far from perfect and certainly neither are any of you, and I hope the media leaves them alone and sticks to real issues.

You Betcha.

You know, it's just plum sad. Sara Palin, and the likes of her, are ruining the morals of mankind, in the name of religion. Many of us left "mainstream" religion in the 60's to better focus our attention on a higher being and still the likes of Bush/Palin and Karl Rove are reminding us again why we did. Hmmm........

why is this news? can we please stop hearing about these crazy people?

I DON"T CARE what this pitiful woman has to say or thinks!!!! STOP talking, writing, covering, whatever the PALINS!!!!!!

just hopeful that people that spew hate like Palin choose not to voice them to the media going from this day forward

that is my wish this Christmas

My suggestion to Sarah Palin... and her followers:

Let this woman stay at home and RAISE her children.... she has made a pretty good mess of it so far. Her double standards are just plain hypocritical!

Nice spin attempt Gov.. Are you seriously planning a National Political Career? Forget about it! We are all still laughing at your previous attempt. There are many things you could do for this country, if your state plans to stay in the United States, that would help our economy and overall well being. But, your tiara is blinding you a bit there, Joe Princess.

I'm just wondering why we are still talking about this people. This is a waist of time. Sarah Palin clearly not a very bright woman. She needs to go away and take care of her kids so that things like this don't happen. I've had the pleasure of visiting Alaska and believe me, it's a waist of space. I'm still amazed at the horrible mistakes that were made in this election.

Wondering why the happy couple STILL hasn't married? Try this on for size: As an unmarried dependent, Bristol was still eligible for coverage – including pregnancy and childbirth – under Sarah Palin's medical insurance.

If she had married while pregnant, she could not have been reimbursed for expenses related to the pregnancy, even if Levi had medical insurance. That would have been considered a pre-existing condition, so it would have been excluded from coverage.

So, for the oh-so-pious Palin family, apparently financial thrift trumps their touted traditional family morals. (Heck, I don't fault them for doing the financially sound thing, but they seem to have no qualms about doing so while telling the rest of the world how devoutly religious they are. Hypocrisy, thy name is Palin.)

IGNORANCE IS, APPARENTLY, BRISTOL

When I read these horrible posts, I seriously worry about this country. I never knew that such horrible, mean, disgusting human beings lived in this country. I thought we were better than that. And do you people honestly think you are funny? How long does it take y'all to come up with these so called "clever" remarks?
I am not crazy about Palin as a politician, but geez! Leave the baby alone! What has he done wrong?

any else remember the opening scenes of Idiocracy?

Like mother like daughter it runs in the family, Maybe a little less politicing and more mothering would have prevented this child before marriage? Why the delay on mariage till next summer, not sure? a little late for that I would say. Palins please disappear.

Enough already with the Palins... .they represent the lowest level of what it is to be Citizens of this Nation. I, for one, am sick to death of hearing about the Palin Saga... and what a wonderful Christian Mother she is..... barf..... sorry, I've just spit up in the mouth.

I hope the Bristol will grow into a young woman who can think for herself... and raise her daughter with more care than that of her mother.

It is all about choices and consequences of those choices. Bristol and Levi had a choice to prevent the pregnancy. Although Tripp is probably a precious baby, they are responsible for his future.

TERRY: Wise observations, my dear...

No one should have the power to legislate female reproductive rights. That is up to the individual and God.... not human beings who believe they have all the answers... that is PLAYING God.

Who has the power of life and death... is it wo/man or Creator? I sincerely believe that it is God's power to create souls... we human beings can only create a body for that SOUL to inhabit.

Bristol has not begun to know how difficult it will be to rear a child so very young. No matter how much help she has, it is her responsibility. It is a mistake to get married so young. I cannot believe that these parents are encouaraging them to get married. It will only compound the issue in most cases. I know first hand how scary and alone she feels. The best thing for both parents is to continue their education no matter how difficlut it is. No one sholud want to rear a child in this world without education. Levi needs to go back to school and get in a good college or university. Birstol sholud be preparing to go to college as well. Prayer will bring her through this, yet you must have the training and resources to give the child what he needs. It will not be easy. I am praying for this family.

My goodness, some of you people are so filled with hate its really unbelievable. The election is over...so why the continued venom? Trailer Park Trash, Hillbillies? Really? Is it only the sons and daughters of people who live in trailers and the rural mountain regions of our nation who experience teenage pregnancy? Wow, that's a revelation.

And why the ridicule of the child's name? Might not be what I would choose, but I've certainly heard more strange choices than Tripp....seems like some of the oddest names come from the hollywood elite liberals, but then they are considered creative and charming names.

If this country is so ready for change and to be united by a forward thinking new president, then why are so many of his supporters using these forums to be so very hateful?

So far Mr. Obama is proving to be a good choice, I had hoped for better from the people who say they believe in him.

Again Sarah Palin makes a stupid remark. Apparently, she doesn't know anyting about education. First, anytime a person drops out of school and enrolls into a GED Program, it is considered being a "Dropout". Therefore, if the young is working toward his GED, then by dang, he is a dropout. Since, her daughter didn't finish school and using an alternative method to secure a diploma, she too is a drop out.
Please someone educate Sarah Palin; God knows she needs it. There are so many young people who are working there butts off due to the issues of being a parent at at young age. BTW, is her daughter living at home? So she isn't having it too hard. Did she give the clothes back?

OK, now the baby is here, can we forget this family and all their ghetto drama and move on?

No good mother would put her daughter through what Bristol went through. A good mother would make certain that dtr knew about birth control and arrange for her to get it if she needed it. The fact that neither parent has a high school diploma and the father is only planning to get a GED does not bode well for the future of this child.
If you can't afford kids, you should not have them. They will be depending on the Palin family for finances for a long time.

When, oh when is this family going to be on Jerry Springer, and that includes Grandma Oxycontin?! Please someone call me when that episode will air.

WHO CARES?? That this is news that makes it onto the PoliTicker is shocking.

SP obviously put her political ambition before the welfare of her family. True, teen pregnancy is an unfortunate situation that could occur to anyone. However, Palin should have put her daughter's privacy ahead of her aspirations for national elected office!

Rob....can you make a cogent point instead of calling people names?

Good heavens, her grammar is just as poor as that of her mother. Like mother like daughter it seems.

I wish Bristol and her boyfriend nothing but the best with the new precious life that they have created. Even though they are young they can still both be good parents if they choose to. Stuff happens. No child asks to be born, but a child can be the blessing of a lifetime!

Wow, it's amazing how the all inclusive liberals are bashing a teenager who had a baby. What wonderful tolerance!

Sarah Palin catoonish. GOP fractured.
Baby healthy.

Mr.t January 2nd, 2009 5:41 pm ET
Liberal fun in 3. 2. 1… go
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Conservative fun is teaching your children that you would need gloves to touch President Elect Obama.

3.2.1....go teach the Republican agenda hate Mr. T! It's about 'Country First' after all.

Thank goodness that Bristol and Levi understand that teen age pregnancy is not the best thing to happen to young people and sex education should be taught to prevent this from happening. There are too many young people who do not have family support and are not able or ready to take care of a child when they are still childen themselves, a very real cause of child abuse.

I'm still wondering why Sarah Palin had amniocentesis during her own preganancy, which is done to determine prenatal disorders, and then went forward having a Down Syndrome baby? Why have the amniocentesis in the first place if you're going to have whatever "God" chose for you to have? Why can't Sarah admit that her daughter and Levi have both dropped out of high school? Whether they eventually get their GEDs or not, they have dropped out of high school. Oh, perhaps they can see their high school from their home....I get it.

if mccain was president and sara was the V.P how many more teenagers would become pregnant?

Bristol is a trooper and I have genuine sympathy for her and the other girls. It can't be easy having a "cocky wacko" for a mother.

I wish Sarah would smarten up, but I don't know if it's even possible. She seems so utterly deluded about herself, her family, her religion, her "real American" bs.....

If you can not put your house in order, how do we expect you to put the white house in order and 300million follow your example?

Folks, the election is over. Get on your with your lives. From the number of comments that you make, it seems that most of you need more substance in your life. Why don't you try taking care of your own families and perhaps getting a job. If you spent as much time at your job, you may perhaps make enough money to effectively support your candidate of choice in the next election. Check back in three four years from now.

Let's face reality shall we? If this "was" one of the Obama's daughters that were the same age as Bristol and in the same situation the righteous right would NOT be saying what they are saying now about Bristol and they would NOT be supportive. In fact they would be cruel, negative and so judgmental their heads would spin off. That would include the "holier than thou" Sarah Palin and she would have been leading the pack spewing forth their conservative, religious and judgmental views. The hypocracy truly amazes me.

I wonder what she means by "prevent". After all, they seem to be opposed to sex education.... I guess try even harder at abstience or pray a little more that you don't get pregnant????

I a glad that God turned "those circumstances" by which she means politicaly damaging prgnancy into a "blessing". But isnt having a baby a blessing... saying God turned a bad circumstance (pregnancy) into a blessing now is kind of weird isnt it?

lets see,

Palin kid is high school drop out and Pregnant out of wedlock.
Obama is bedding low taking a hotel room as a president so that kids can go to school.......

America has choosen and chose wisely..........

Congratulation to my America your America!

TyWebb - you are a sick individual who needs to go back to your porn sites where a loser like you belongs

Terry - Wow. Preach much? Why do we expect teens to stay away from street drugs? We expect them to say no to drugs, don't we? But they just can't say no to sex? Excuse me for expecting my kids to behave like Christians and not like gerbils.

They will get married this summer, and have a vicious divorce 10 years, and 3 more kids later.

Gotta love shot gun marriages.

and Rob,

Why keep comparing everything with Obama?

I got an idea, let those who have never sined throw the first stone!!! Ya!! Oh wait... Did someone alreay say that?

So much for abstainance only programs that the GOP adheres to.

What's this I keep hearing about Liberals being tolerant? I must have heard that from the same person who said Obama was going to pull our troops out of Iraq.

The hypocrisy of the left knows no limits.

It must be nice to be so perfect. Maybe Sarah Palin should have turned down the nomination,maybe not. I'm sick and tired of hearing the woman and her family bashed at every opportunity. It must be nice to be perfect. When the Palins admit this wasn't ideal, they're wrong for that, if they hid the preganancy that would have been wrong too. It seems to me that everyone wants to take the family down at every chance. Maybe they would stay out of the media if the media would stop calling. Oh, but wait, the headlines are what's important. Things have been slow while the President-Elect vacationed at his $9M estate in Hawaii. Can't imagine the repsonse if the Palins or McCains had done the same. Who paid the rent anyway?

Thank God sarah will be paling around with them up there in Alaska!

Who are we to judge and put these kids in the spotlight? Haven't you ever done something that has a consequence? Leave them alone! Everyone stop acting like just because mom ran for VP we have the right to make a family hang out their laundry, so to speak. Maybe we all need to look a little more at our own and leave others to theirs... You kids can do this, others have though it was easier for everyone else because they werent dealing with being in a goldfish bowl. Always remember why you liked each other in the beginning and talk things out. Lean on and believe in your family. Your families will be the ones there when you need help. Where will everyone else be when the next news story breaks? I'de bet not helping to pay the bills or waking for a 3am feeding so you can get up to finish school. Good luck and best wishes.

Don't you worry Bristol and levi, your mother sarah Palin will be palling around with you!

it is hard to raise a kid

probably more difficult with a mom that doesn't know when to stop

she was so quick with the hateful comments including the terrorist one

wow what an end of the year for her family with drugs, teenage pregnancy

she might pick the log out of her own eye first next time before looking to the splinter in someone else's

I wonder what comments Sara Palin would have made had the
Obama daughter had been pregnant instead of her daughter?????
you know the guy that hang around with terrorist????? horrible, just
downright horrible............

Wait... abstinence only doesn't work??? No way!

Life lessons from the Palins. Thank you so much, they are so profound.

One would think no other family has been through the same thing. Well, maybe only millions.

This doesn't change my negative opinion of Sarah Palin one bit. Is that what is intended by the article?

Oh, yeah, that is "so like God." (no doubt spoken with a giggle and a wink.)

So-called Christians treat Him as this rigid tyrant when it comes to things like gay marriage, but when it suits their purposes, the whole thing is flipped off as a clever character-building experience administered by a spiritual Santa Claus.

You don't realize it yet, but you have wrecked your life and selfishly started baby Tripp's off to a rough start. What happened to adoption?

No s.h.i t...

I'm the product of a teen pregnancy. Not ideal, though my parents cared for me and did their best raising me. My mother and father heard similar slander and criticisms when raising me. They didn't give up, in fact it made them more determined.

I'm college educated, graduated with high honors, and have been blessed to have a successful career and a loving family. All and all, didn't turn out too bad considering that I had teen parents. Yes, not ideal, though cut the two some slack. They can and will be great parents should they decide they want to be.

Wish you all the best as parents raising Tripp.

This "liberal commie" (as my boss so affectionately refers to me) wishes nothing but the best for Bristol Palin and her son.

Yes, praying by the door is a good form of BC. Best of luck to the entire family.

Rob why do you want harm to the Obama girls? Why do you throw them in any way? What Plin's daughter. Palin madee her daughter public and it is not fair of you to compare 2 little girls who are not members of Palins family at all. You are a spiteful person.

Once again we see the "open minded" and "tolerant" liberal mindset rear its ugly head!!

Sick of hearing about Palin and her family? Let CNN know, don't whine on a blog site. Look for more Palin stories as CNN and the rest of the democrats lackeys try to sabotage her re-election for governor that's coming up.

For someone who is such a joke and not a threat. You libs sure like trashing her.

Google what Bill O'Reilly said about Jamie Spears when the news came out the she was pregnant. LMAO!

What do YOU think of a hockey mom who uses her daughter and grandson for political gain?

Typical redneck fodder for the tabloids. All the Jeasus freaks out there have one thing in common, they all are nosy busybodies who cannot survive unless they are chewing on some else' s misfortunes and trying to force their self rightousness down everyones throat.

Start practicing what you preach you bunch of losers!

have you noticed the venom from the left when it is a conservative but let this happen to a liberal and it's all perfectly fine – just look at hollywood, how many of their babies are from married couples – how about less than half!!!

the $300,000 from people magazine for pictures of the baby should help smooth out the " rough road ahead". don't get me wrong, i don't wish them a hard time, but their future life will not come close to dropping to the level of most girls who give birth while in high school. my problem with the palin's is they are from a group who believe nancy reagan had the last word on the subject: "just say no". not a very charitable, or problem solving, view.

At this point? Really? Palin is probably the dimmest and non-important politician in the United States. What does CNN do? Make sure to post constant updates on her daughter's baby. Truly sad. Find some actual news or at the very least find something stupid and entertaining.

The proof will be in the pudding if they sell the baby's pictures to People or some other magazine.

I guess being able to sell the baby pictures to People for $300,000 is a nice start in life for a teenage unmarried couple with no high school diplomas.

“Teenagers need to prevent pregnancy to begin with"
Do you know how to do that Bristol!?!?...There are several ways... Obviously you either didn't know that, thanks to your religion, or you wanted a baby...

@ Joel, Why does the MSM give press to Jesse Jackson? Jesse Jackson, supposedly a man of God, has a child by a woman who isn't his wife, and liberals don't bat an eye. A teen girl makes a mistake and she's 'white trash'. I guess that makes Jackson black trash doesn't it? A relative sold meth? How about Obama's cocaine and marijuana use? How about the aunt who was deported, and is now somewhere in hidding? You don't think the Prez elect doesn't know where she is? Why isn't she gone? And considering trashy families, Obama's father had 8 children with 4 different women, and abandoned the first 3. When he went to HI and met and married Obama's mother, he left behind a pregnant wife. There are questions as to whether he was divorced from his fisrt wife when he married Obama's mother. Gee, wouldn't that make Obama a bastard? It seems he was born 6 months after the marriage too. Talk about train wrecks.

Wasn't there a study several years ago that found the brain activity of teenagers is the same as someone who is mentally ill?

As the mother of one, I can tell you it's true in my experience.

Dan, TX January 2nd, 2009 5:27 pm ET
Congratulations on a healthy boy. As a person who voted for Obama I don't understand people who criticize Palin or her daughter. This situation happens to many, many people. Bristol Palin and her newborn never hurt anyone and they certainly don't deserve criticism.
You are SOOOO right I Agree .........YEA BUT ......NO MORE articles re this FAMILY PLZ!!!!!

Didn't have enough money for condoms?

The sin was the premarital sex–not the baby!!!

"Idiot lib kooks" venom-filled hate-speech? Well, gosh, Rob, you're pretty good at that yourself.

Sarah Palin doesn't want you to judge her and her family's actions, she's here to judge you. You shouldn't have premarital sex and you shouldn't drop out of high school, shame on you if you do. But when a member of her family does the same it's a blessing and don't your forget it.

Family values does pay off. $300,000 for baby pictures.

I personally have no problem with pregnant teenagers whose families have the financial resources to support them. Some people find it fulfilling to breed, be it early, often, by mistake, or intentionally, and as long as they aren't lining up for government aid there's nothing wrong with it. Democrats are more than happy to throw our tax dollars at pregnant kids from poor families and illegal aliens, but will turn a well to do teenage girl's unplanned pregnancy into a national scandal.

This family fits right in with the Lohan's. Next thing you know we will see them on their own reality show. My god.

With judgment like what we've seen so far, the Palin clan is in for a lot of opportunities for more blessings.

Jeesh. Can these hicks actually be taken seriously by anyone?

Bristol`s pregnancy probably was`nt " ideal ", but at the time she and Levi was having unprotected, underage sex, ..... I wonder if while she and Levi were having sex which resulted in the birth of baby Trigg, if she also thought that, that pregnancy was, or was`nt " ideal ".....
I guess after their third child, they will settle down and finally get married , and have an " ideal ", family.
Family Values, Sarah Palin style ......

Wow! You haters are unbelievable. I'm thinking most of you don't have kids or you would understand that you have very little control over their actions and hormones once things kick in. I taught high school for over thirty years and saw my share of teenage mothers. To castigate them and call them vile names serves no purpose. I wonder how many of you dished on Katie (the Catholic) Holmes when she was knocked up. Oh, you didn't- that's right she was 27 and still didn't know how to use birth control. I guess her parents must be real losers and hypocrites too.

Yes, teen pregnancy is "not ideal"... in the same way that electing an uneducated hillbilly as vice president to an aged, completed out-of-touch three time cancer survivor would have been "not ideal."

Thankfully for all us those atheist liberals in big cities (ie, not real America) secret prayed to God for a decisive Obama victory.

But isn’t it just like God to turn those circumstances into such an amazing, joyful blessing when you ask Him to help you through?

Isn't it neat how anyone can take anything and say that God did it!

I don't f–king care. None of us do.

I wish Bristol and Levi the best of luck because it can't be easy to get their own adult lives on track and to also provide for a child.

But Sarah Palin needs to shut-up.

Look at those "small-town," "real America," "Wasilla main street" values in action:
Dad's a high school drop out.
Mom's an unwed teen.
Paternal grandmother is up on drug-trafficking charges.
Maternal grandmother serially neglects own special needs infant.

It sure doesn't add up to a vision of personal responsibility.

To many, the greatest gifts are those which you didn't expect to get! It is so sad to say this, Birth control is not to be left to teenagers, it does not work, never has and never will. Mothers MUST protect their daughters as best that they can because men have never protected women from this, from the beginning of time and history shows that they never will. Totally unfair, Yes. Totally the truth Yes. Mothers protect your own as best you can because nobody else is goin too.

Birth control is not 100% effective; there are plenty of "Pill babies" out there. Teen pregnancy doesn't have to be an end-of-the-world tragedy. Best wishes to Bristol, Levi, and Tripp. They're going to be just fine.

Can we please stop reporting on the Palins? We don't care. The election is over and I understand that ratings have dropped off after the election, but please come on. No one cares about the Palins but the media. You guys won't stop until she is elected. Geesh!

Rob, the issue is one of hypocrisy. For many Republicans, Bristol's pre-marital activity was forgivable, her pregnancy was a "blessing," and her new family is "glorious." Had it been Obama's daughter they would have reacted with certain disgust, with talk of "baby mamas," corrupted teenagers, welfare mothers and other stereotypes.

I can't believe the viciousness of people sometimes. This girl was forced into the media spotlight by an ambitious mother, and doesn't deserve all of the criticism. These things happen, even in the best of families. I know, it happened to my sister, and the result was the most beautiful, brightest, and kindest child one could ever hope for. I love her as if she were my own.

People who cast stones, are often the ones who later have to eat their words. I witnessed it when my sister was pregnant.

Leave the poor girl alone, and let her live her life the way she wants to.Things will work out for her in the end. Yes, maybe he's working towards a GED, and she's about to finish high school, but I know plenty of college graduates sitting on their butts doing nothing with their lives. Maybe she'll be happy simply being a mother, something which is lost in today's society, and sorely needed once again.

Blessings to this new family.

Bristol Palin: "Ma, me and Levi's gonna get hitched just as soon as he gets his 'de-ploma'...ain't that right, Levi?"

Levi Johnston (Spits Tobacco): "Yup"

Bristol Palin: "We're gonna have us a shotgun wedding for sure and you can help us plan it, Ma....ain't that right, Levi?"

Levi Johnston (Spits again): "Yup"

Bristol Palin (Nods at suckling baby): And lil Tripp here is gonna be our "wing bearer"...it'll be the talk of the whole town of Wasilla!"

Sarah Palin: "You betcha!"

So a pregnancy can be "a gift from God" and "not ideal" at the same time...

Enough with them, good grief, it's 2009 and they lost!

Maybe Bristol Should have asked GOD to close her legs before she started wearing Levi's. And I don't mean the jeans.

How can anyone feel to sorry for them? They are getting 300k for pics of the baby. Feel sorry for them now? High school dropouts that get knocked up and have a infamous mother nets them big cash. Ain't that American as apple pie?

The teenage pregnancy of Bristol Palin is not representative of the normative American teenage pregnancy... this child is born into wealth and privilege which will greatly mitigate the hardships more commonly experienced by the average teenage parent

Please get a grip on life and let these poor souls alone. It is bad enough the media is so trashy it self that it amazes me to see how they try to trash some poor young couple. What is it CNN that you continue to do this? Are you threatened by them. Are they that important that you have to continue to crucify them? Can't you get off your fat lazy rearends and get some real news. You are digging the bottom so you must be scared you woll go under. Already people are getting away from watching your channel.

Too bad her mother didn't spend some time checking into whether her 17-year-old daughter was dating a foul-mouthed bully. You betcha!

Teens get pregnant every day. This is not news. I am happy the baby is healthy and wish them well. What I care about is Sarah Palin's hyprocrisy. Why was this posted on the Government website? What happened to "This is not a state issue and we will not be commenting." All of a sudden it's ok to use the site for personal matters?

Track, Trigg, Tripp.....I wonder if the next Palin offspring will be named Trailer after the old homestead?

What is a matter with all you critics. You would criticize Bristol Palin no matter what she did. I would like to peer into your lives to see how perfect you all are. Congradulations to Bristol and her fiancee and the entire Palin family. It's nice to know that she wasn't punished with a pregancy as Mr. Obama referenced during the campaign. She showed a lot of courage having her baby knowing all the negative publicity it was going to bring on her and her family. The attacks on this young woman are not really directed at her anyway but on her mother's spiritual and polictical persuasion.

Congrats on a healthy baby.

Best thing for Levi and Bristol is to take Tripp, leave Alaska and start their own lives. Hopefully they have learned from their parents mistakes.

Shame on Sarah and Todd for putting them in the spotlight. It was tough enough for Bristol to deal with the pregnancy with the local spotlight. Poor kids were thrust into world-wide media.

Please stop printing stories about underage mothers having children out of wedlock for Christsake! I am so sick of this storey, this person, and the nonsense. Who gives a crap if Bristols pregnancy was not ideal. Who cares if she had a kid, who cares it the teenager is getting married. Stop printing this un-newsworthy crap. CNN should be better than that!

This is a tough one. On the one hand, it's just too easy to jump on the bandwagon and point out the enormous hypocrisy in the disconnet between the Bristol pregnancy and Palins ridiculous fundamentalist birth control philosphy. On the other, kudos for at least attempting to speak out against it, however faintly and all too late.

Please note, all you disingenuous right wing crap slinging hate mongers out there whining for folks to "leave them alone" that the family continues to put themselves and this subject in the spotlight.

Well,well,well. she doesn't think the pregnancy was ideal. What do you expect when you have unprotected sex. Oh that's right her mother doesn't believe in sex education either. Please enough with the people. Momma stupid, daughter stupid. who cares. I hope I don't have to hear or see this family again. Oh and they sold their souls for 300,000.00 for pictures of this child to people magazine. sarah is a piece of work. she talks a good game but just like the rest of the repubs, she is all about the money.

Can Plain plz stop pimping her children just to stay in the news ... I know she is doing so to remain viable/popular to attain the Republican nomination in 2012 .. but plz lady find other means of doing so ...

All you're proving is what a disgraceful mother you are ...

Clearly God was looking down on the Palin family to make sure everything was taken care of....how lovely. Wait, isn't pre-marital sex a sin in the bible? Wait, now I am confused...oh yeah, bible-thumpers only talk about how religious and God-abiding they are when it serves them...sorry...I forgot.

Not newsworthy. I dont care about her rugrat or her or SP or the Todd. I just dont. Im glad she lost in the election. I agree with TroyC...whats up with those stupid names. Im mean Trig? Bristol? Tripp? thats as bad a those retarded celebs and their stupid as hell names. What ever happened to normal names.

During the campaign the Palins proclaimed that casual teen pregnancies were the greatest thing since sliced cheese. Which is it?

God Bless the family and child. The circumstances are not ideal, but it seems that everyone involved is pulling together to make things work. It is consistent with the professed beliefs of the family that sin happens and God forgives those who take responsibility.

With that, what's with all the blogging twits throwing stones ? Sarah Palin represents an alternative to the Nanny State. Personal responsibility, forthrightness, and adherence to moral standards, that are aspirational. We all fall short, but at least there are standards. By the way, at that age in a cold Alaskan night, I, too might have exercised less than perfect judgement.

My New Year's Resolution, effective with this, is to leave the blogging to those who obviously have nothing better to do. God will forgive Pailin and Johnstone, but is less likely to forgive those who squandered the gift of life sitting in their mother's basement taking cheap annonomous shots at those in this world who are trying to do make the world better.

Looks like Bristol is going to make a great mom.

Good or her!

Yes, Bristol, teens need to "prevent pregnancy."

it is up to your parents to have told you how to do this. Your parents know how hard it is for a teen couple to not get physically involved where it might create a pregnancy.

But your parents didn't tell you all of the truths about this subject. They didn't tell you about birth control other than abstinance (did they tell you about that?), they didn't tell you what you won't be doing the next five or ten years that you thought you would do (maybe college, travel, continuing to grow toward adulthood), they didn't tell you what it will cost financially to raise just one child...

I could go on and on......but I hope you will be honest with your son about HIS responsibilities in not getting a girl pregnant at a young age.

First bright thing to be said by anyone in that family.

Oh, really!!!...."teenage pregnancy ain't ideal, after all, huh!!!"...so when did u figure that out, Bristol?...

Kina.

Best wishes to you and your baby, Bristol. Yes circumstances were not ideal... including your mom's decision to run for VP, thus throwing your condition into the national spotlight. Family should have come first, not political aspirations. Oh well, life lessons learned...

The babies, Tripp and Trapp.. or was it Trigg? Interesting names...

It is indeed not ideal to grow up in a family of trailer trash, only to have your mother go public with her 6th-grade view of the world, and all the while proudly dragging your family's dysfunction into full view. The mother, as an American, had every right to do so; and I as an American have the full right to laugh at the comedy and commment on the pitiful neo-tards who mindlessly want to follow her as the rightwing's Messiah to the GOP. It quite amusing to see citizens of the most powerful, technologically advanced country in the world STRIVE to be nothing more than 3rd-world bumkins.

I wish Bristol, Levi, and baby Tripp luck as they embark down this rocky road of parenthood. Parenting is hard enough when one has the maturity and financial means to handle the hurdles you face taking care of a baby. However, teenagers should not get married solely because they produced a child together. This will only compound the problem.

What a train wreck these people are.

I wish Sarah would not make her chldren are part of her politics. As a mother, I am disappointed and worry about the added stress on Bristol and the baby. Levi has a difficult path, too, because all eyes will be on the couple's relationship.

Sure, a teen speaking out about an unwanted pregnancy can be a good thing, but I wish Bristol ddn't have to occupy the potlight at all.

Sarah — stop explouting your children! Ihave never seen a mother carry a baby face out like you paraded Trig around the stage or carry hm up and down stairs in your high heels when your husband went empty handed. All for a photo opp — enough!

I wish Sarah would not make her chldren are part of her politics. As a mother, I am disappointed and worry about the added stress on Bristol and the baby. Levi has a difficult path, too, because all eyes will be on the couple's relationship.

Sure, a teen speaking out about an unwanted pregnancy can be a good thing, but I wish Bristol ddn't have to occupy the potlight at all.

Sarah - stop explouting your children! Ihave never seen a mother carry a baby face out like you paraded Trig around the stage or carry hm up and down stairs in your high heels when your husband went empty handed. All for a photo opp - enough!

@Rob, 5:42 pm:

"Let the idiot lib kooks begin their venom-filled hate-speech.

Just remember freaks, we will be able to act the same way when one of the Obama kids gets knocked up (before their dad convinces them to end the 'mistake' as it were)."

Yes, Rob, thanks for lecturing all the "idiot lib kooks" on "venom-filled hate-speech." You're setting a shining example by attacking an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old who didn't ask to be in the spotlight.

Slander much?

HEY ROB, you show that you have pediphile thoughts,when you can use OBAMAS daughters and the words knocked up in the same sentence. Your a sick low life piece of S.H.I.T.

To Troy C. You think those names are goofy? How about some of those African American names. Those mothers are on some good drugs.

Leave it up to Sarah Palin to thank God for her teenage daughter getting knocked up. Despite the fact that the good citizens of Alaska had to pay the corrupt Governor for staying in her own home she still couldn't keep her own daughter from tom-catting around Wasilla and getting knocked up.

She can see Russia from her house but doesn't even know what her own trashy daughter is doing. If these kids are getting married then exactly what are they waiting for?

"The vast majority of us would agree that modern women should limit the number of pregnancies to a number lower than 15 – maybe 3 or fewer."

Geez, tell that to my parents, LOL!! My mom had me when she was 42 and she had my Lil bro when she was 44 or so. And look at what the lord gave us!!! That's Conservatism straight up...you think you know about Conservatism, show me...

What if I told you during my sister's last birth, the doctor who delieverd my moms' daughters for so many, many years, asked my mom if she can have my sister(last one). And get this...he was willing to give my mom a million bucks because the doc was sterile and the wife couldn't get pregnant and they wanted a girl. If my mom wouldv'e said yes, I would have 6 sisters instead of 7...and not only that, she didn't took the money! LOL!! Big mistake right there, LOL!! Who cares about Conservatism and "values" and so forth, LOL!!

And by the way, my mom actually has the local newspaper for the last delivery. Is actually a little column. It says something like,"Mom gave birth to 7th straight girl." The doctor was the same doctor who delievered the rest of my sister's to my mom for the last 25+ years...

But still, she didn't took the money! LOL!!

It's going to be all okay because.......Christians aren't perfect......just FORGIVEN.

(Give me a break.)

Glad the baby is healthy.

This is proof that the teaching of abstinence is NOT working. It's 2009, lets protect our children. Teaching abstinence is making our kids ignorant.

I guess the father should have kept his Johnston in his Levis.

How's that abstinence-only sex education program working Governor Palin?

How can his name be Johnson? Did Bristol and Levi get married when I wasn't looking? Shouldn't his name still be Palin until they are married?

Congrats re New Born .....Now can you Guys PLZ give everyone a break ......Palin sit your fake A_s down -Wonder -Y- Senator McCain is not in the News Everyday .....Sarah the campaign is over go look out your window @ Russia

A few generations ago this was not uncommon. ( they would have been married though) I think the problem is that we are trying to keep kids kids for too long. 18 is just a number. I know 14 year olds who are mentaly capable to have a child, and 28 year olds who are not. Many view teen sex/pregnancy as a bad thing, but if we said a 16 year old was an adult then no one would think twice about it.

On a lighter note, good luck to the young couple on their future and hopefully the baby is healthy and happy.

And libs, if you cant say anything nice dont say anything at all.

Why are we even talking about this? We should be worried about Obama, the shadiest person ever to be elected as president.

In this war of words if Levi had just engaged in oral diplomacy or even a rear guard action all of this misery could have been averted.

Rob, Comb your mullet, get back in your pickup, crack open a PBR and go home for a babymama-beating session. Don't forget to pop your kids one (if they are even yours). Does it make you feel better to denigrate (I know that's a big word) a successful and worthy individual like Obama instead of admitting that you are a worthless, most likely unemployed, undereducated trailer dweller? Makes you feel like a big man, doesn't it, Jethro?

What happened to the supposed wedding of these two uneducated hillbilly teens? Wasn't that the spin that was put on it while Sarah was running for VP? That this was a blessing and they were going to get married (never mind that 90% of teen parent couples never stay together). I could care less whether they got married, but they lied through the entire ordeal and should be ashamed of themselves for trying to make an unwanted teen pregnancy appear acceptable in any society.

I'm sick of the entire affair and wish the trigs, trips, traks, would all just go away.

Why is it always about Palin and Bristol who cares i want to see the baby pictures I bet the baby father is not going to marry her.

God did not turn this event into a joyful blessing. It was already a joyful blessing to begin with. It's only fundamentalist Christianity that turns this into an event to be faced with "fear and dispair." Thank goodness she at least had the fortitude to get past that.

S Callahan> Yeah, I think it is only you. The two were supposedly in a committed relationship. Signing a piece of paper doesn't really make a difference. Also? Sex is not a "sin". What's it like to feel guilty all the time?

Can we please stop hearing stories about this woman and her brood?

Mark my words-she will be expecting AGAIN in September. This is a family of pure trash. Many of you ask why we post such negative things about Palin and her family. Well, she deserves EVERY bit of it. She (under the guidance and leadership of McCain) deliberately stirred up angry ignorant mobs to hurt Obama knowing full well he has children too and they risk putting their young lives in danger. Well, Ms. Palin as one blogger said earlier, WE will judge YOU in 2012 AGAIN and this time will be even worse. As for Bristol and her baby's daddy. They will be just fine. A cushioned job (that is until they kick Palin out) financial security and contacts ALL just for getting knocked up, doing drugs and race baiting. It's a shame many other teenage parents will be struggling with the realities of life. What a family...

If she was a democrat you'd people would be so supportive and offering her government hand outs.

Seems God is in the loop with them constantly, same as with Bush.
If I'd have flexible enough personalization options for CNN news front page, I'd switch off all news about Palin.
All the best to baby though, he may grow up a good person, especially when a girl with PhD will take higher place on our TV screens than a girl – 'model' or a girl – sport commentator.

I found out I was pregnant before I started my senior year in high school. I did what I thought was right, kept my child and got married. During that time, I managed to get my GED and also graduate college. Granted, it did take me longer.

I did this while working full time. My husband (now my ex) and I worked different shifts so someone was always with the baby.

We paid our bills (never got a penny of government money) and succeeded. But the marriage did end eventually end. Today our son is a well adjusted college student. His siblings are as well.
His father and I are still friends, we were just two stupid kids who thought "why listen to our parents..."

It was hard, but it was so worth it. Good Luck Palin family, it can be done.

Just a thought: Maybe conservatives should get "abstinence only" to work in their own families before they try forcing it on our nation.

I felt badly for Bristol being shoved into the limelight like that. PE Obama said at the time that it was a family matter however I question Gov. Palin's judgement then and now. Bristol and Levi are 2 young people who have a hard road ahead. Their privacy should be respected.

When will they just stop making statements and go away? It's time, they are no longer in the public eye and no one wants to hear from them.

I think Bristol's statement is a bit more honest than her mothers statements have been, she seems to understand the gravity and implications of her choices. Her mom just wants to grab the spotlight some more and views her daughter and grandson as the means to do just that.

The proof will be in the pudding, if they sell the baby's pictures to People or some other magazine.

Bristol... you have just won the Understatement-of-the-Year Award.

There is so much slander and prejudice from the left who are supposed to be inclusive. Caroline Kennedy isnt qualifed and neither is the senator of 142 days who is now our president.

It really is sickening to read the hateful posts here. Truly, people, you got your ObaMessiah into office. He is going to take care of you now so you can pause and Let Your Hatred Go.

Totally Jerry Springer....

What's wrong with this picture?

Mom and dad both haven't finished high school. Mom and dad apparently didn't use birth control. Mom and dad are unwed parents. Dad's mom is apparently awaiting trial on drug charges. If Bristol wasn't the daughter of Alaska's governor, she would be set up for about as bleak of a future as one could imagine. The baby would probably suffer even more.

What kind of parent is Sarah Palin? Her daughter was totally unprepared for having a baby. This situation points out how hollow it is to tell people to just be abstinent.

What this points out is how parents need to talk with their children about sex and birth control. Schools need to teach human sexuality. And birth control needs to be easy for young people to get.

Birth control and informed responsibility are crucial to the well being of our children. Teach abstinence all you want, but allow children access to birth control if they won't be abstinent.

You people who continue to trash others need to look in the mirror. What makes you so perfect that you have the right to judge anyone. If you really believe in God you would know that he is the only one who will judge anyone. That in itself shows how very stupid some of you are and in what you say. You are poor imitations of human beings and if you enjoy what you are saying – that is scary for the human race.

Females during their teen years are in their prime for having babies, The older the women the more chances for birth defects and illness. I wish them the best and hope they have 12 kids before she is 35. I say this because most educated intelligent couples are choosing to have no children . Somebody has to reproduce and they are good physical specimens.

Good luck to them. I hope they make it. They could have killed the baby, but didn't. That shows character in both them, and their families. May God bless all of you.

these are some dumb people. you know how it went down that night?
(try to make this pg as best as i can)

"I want you so bad Levi."
"Me too Bristol. So bad that im gonna not use a condom and excrete myself inside of you, and expect nothing of it."

Yeah good idea.

I wish her family well.

On the other hand, her family and her future husband's family are not definitely a roll model for Americans, especially for REPUBLICANS because they are supposed to have a high moral standards. Teen pregnancy and drugs are supposedly "liberals" problems.

You betcha, another chance for Sarah to catch a little media, action ,problem is she can't tell good media from bad media coverage.

Tripp, I say breast feed for as long as you can bud! It all comes to an end once you leave home!

So, the big wedding must be off.....
I knew they would never marry. It was all a ruse so Palin wouldn't look bad for the consertatives.
Bunch of hypocrits!!!

Do as I say Not as I do.! Bristol has followed in her mother's footsteps. Sarah was pregnant when she eloped with her highschool sweetheart.

bristol, for girls your age, there is a fool proof birth control method that is not invasive. it is a st. joseph asprin held between the knees.

Have these kids been married yet? Has the baby been born out of wedlock?

Give me a break!

Sarah and Bristol continue to seek God despite of the criticism and negativity from so many. I did not vote for you and Mcain, but I do wish God's blessings upon the both of you and your families. Keep your head up! Bristol, keep your head up and know that God will see you through this. Much Love...........From a Soldier at Fort Bragg, NC

Airborne!

Its called Birth Control and or condom but she wouldn't know about that cause her Mama believe in Abstinence as part of the preaching of the Republican religious right. My Bad, the above only applies to other people except the Moose lady and her educated family.

Elvera, obviously you care about the Palins because you read the stories and spend time making childish, foolish posts/comments...

Rob: "Let the idiot lib kooks begin their venom-filled hate-speech.
Just remember freaks, we will be able to act the same way when one of the Obama kids gets knocked up (before their dad convinces them to end the 'mistake' as it were)."

Let's see: "Idiots" " Kooks" "Freaks"
Who's the one spewing venom filled hate speech?
Wanna bet it will never happen to the Obama kids? Much as it sticks in your craw, those are 2 very smart, involved parents raising 2 very smart young women.

Wasn't the spin that Bristol and Levi were going to get married right away – back during the campaign. Apparently that statement was an untrue statement – and necessary only during the campaign in order to mollify the McCain/Palin far right religious base (such as it was).

Elvera, obviously you care about the Palins because you read the stories and spend time makine childish posts...

No the circumstance was not ideal but it is refreshing to see these two take RESPONSIBILITY for their actions and do right by their child. It should be noted that Bristol does not seem interested in using this child as an excuse to live off welfare and food stamps for the rest of her life like so many unwed teen mothers.

Comments by Joel Palmer show who the real white trash is. Childbirth is a wonderful thing...and the baby is a gift. God Bless Mother and Father.

Remember what Tina said: "Marriage is a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers."

The evangelicals are something else; certainly not normal rational beings. Now, isn't that just like God – He saved our Nation by sending the Great Pretender back to Alaska and far, far away from the rest of us.

This is so funny...Bristol welcome to the real world.... it may not be right but you are not the first teen to have a baby.....

You and the Palin family are to funny, thinking this has never happen to anyone but you.

Make sure you teach your child to protect himself during sex.......

I think it was nice of Bristol to admit that it was not a good idea to have a child out of wedlock. Her family supports her and that is great. All children are sent from God and none are bastards. I may be sick of SP, but I am also a mother, who happens to be a Democrat. Let's learn to hate the sin, but love the sinner. God is a lover of ALL..

Palin and Family please go away ........No mo Palin you are in the news everyday.... Senator McCain was Running for Prez and I do not hear news regarding him every day...... May God Bless you and your family now sit down shut up– GOV in Alaska that is what the people expect of you....U BETCHA!!!

Levi is more of a "Man" than a lot of the teenage and young adult fathers in this country working a job finishing his education, training for a good job that cannot be out sourced, and being a father to his son. My son is a single father and he is lucky he has his parents to help him out until he can support his son and himself. Grandparents are raising more and more of their grandkids due to mothers who are single moms and drug addicts due to the liberal agenda of do what you want too not what you have too attitude.

Love the comment from Rob. If his face looked dirty, he would wash the mirror.

Abstinance!!!

Didn't your family values repuglican mother teach you?

And what family values does your boyfriend have?

Is his mom out of jail or out on bail for selling drugs yet?

I heard people magazine is offering her 300k for the kids picture. If this is true its a shame.

(Rob) Brainless bigot, you do better if you concern yourself with your household. If you followed the Palin's tack record the apple didn't fall far from the tree. Like mother like daughter. I'm sure before 2012 she will be working on her second child since America embraced that type of behavior.

The lunatic left hates Palin worse than the rabid right hates Bill Clinton. The right never did attack Chelsea though, they knew their were limits of decency unlike the liberal left.

Divorced in 3...2...1

Hey Rob– How many kids do YOU have? Are you over 18? Married?
graduate from high school? Just checkin', I want to see the facts of someone callin' me an idiot and a freak. By the way I can answer yes to all of the above.

Rob – what are you talking about?

I am one of the feared "liberals"... and I wish Bristol, Levi, and their new son much health and happiness in their lives.

Uh Rob, first and foremost the Obama girls have parental involvement, parents who care and are bringing them up to expect more from life than being a teenage parent. Get a clue.

It has nothing to do with being liberal or republican. Praise them – think they are cute what ever but I don't want to hear one condemnation from them on unwed mothers, teenage fathers from one not one right winger ever again. It is OK – Look the Palins did it and all they have to do is admit it. Tell all your children it is ok just admit it. The Obama children have not done it yet so get your slimey fingers off them. And a word of advice, Palin if you had been any kind of mother, if you had bothered to stay home just once in awhile with your kids – you might have a daughter married before she got pregnant. I feel so sorry for your children. What is wrong with you? Why did you have all those kids and never take care of them? You know I am right – You have never been involved in their life because yours is too important. You are greedy and stupid.

"They are certainly not high school dropouts."

Quote from the ticker about Palin's People interview.

Levi....YES, he IS!

Bristol....We shall see.

Idiot.

Let me get this straight, her new Mother-in-law and Grandmother to the child is a drug dealer, and they name the kid "Tripp"?
Seriously, can we get the child out of there and send this whitetrash family back to th etrailer park?

for the baby pics, what's so bad?-that's a heck of a wedding present.. You can thank your mom for that.

God Bless Bristol, Levi, and Tripp. You all are so lucky! Congratulations Govenor Palin!!! Stick it to all the left wing heartless Men and Woman in this country

Bristol, Rep, Dem, it's just politics, you are on to a new life and the good people of both parties wish you well.

Venom filled? More like fact filled? You are the ones that want to shove your so called morality down everyone's throat until the tides turn then you want to justify the immoral acts. It is plain hypocrisy. I can really care less that she got pregnant out of wedlock. That is for her, her family and God to deal with the same as when a lib does it. Only thing is, we know life is not a bed of roses, you all on the other hand will demonize anyone and everyone for doing it but then turn around and glorify it when it happens to you. Just stop the hypocrisy. If Obama's kids get knocked up, so be it, although I think you even mentioning the thought is immoral in itself, we are not going to demonize them because who are we to judge. We just think its funny that it's happening to one of your own and how you all try and make it seem that it's "God's will", but when it happens to libs its "sinning". Grow up and look in the mirror.

Good luck to Levi and Bristol as they begin this amazing adventure called Parenthood!

As for Grandma, I certainly hope this experience will open her heart and help her have tolerance for those who make different choices and live different lifestyles than she does.

Me? I learned a good lesson from all of this: God does work in mysterious ways.

The msg here is: Rt Wing Evangelicals, your kids are out back tapping it just to make you miserable. Cause thats how they roll.

You know you haters are a bunch of looser's. Like she is the only young girl that has had a baby. Atleast she has a family that supports her. There are many young girls that have had kids and their parent's dont want anything to do with their child. You haters have nothing better to do than dirt people. Your a bunch of loosing jerks. Get a --ing life.

who the f cares....i'm soooo sick of palin crap....she's just another bible-thumping teenager that was forced by her parents to 'OBSTAIN' when her mom couldn't even obstain from her father's work partner....the whole thing is a joke...there is NOTHING miraculous about this...just animal nature taking its course....and now another child to mess up in this already messed up world.

i'm sorry, but naming a child trip is seriously opening the door for him to trip drugs.

After all this Sarah Palin needs to keep her mouth shut about other people's kids. Don't try to tell us how to raise ours when yours has turned out so badly. What is the world was she thinking when she insists on abstinence for everyone else's daughters and then her daughter flaunts her prenancy in everyones faces. I am appalled that the Republican Party can have anything further to do with her. I just wish we could wipe her from our records.

You betcha, mr. t.

Can we please have a break about Palin, she should be new's history!

Well how hard can it be with wealthy parents to support you? Haha – try living like the rest of America without insurance and a decent job. Neither of them need a high school degree since they won't really have to work and their mother will get them a high paid job doing nothing – Alaska tax payers will pay for them to live the high life.

Maybe the Palins could do some public interest spots, telling teens to use condoms. – snark – there you go, mr. t, you betcha.

Wow now the Idiot is blaming God? Sarah Palin should do the country and the rest of the world a favor and stay home and keep Bristol, Tristol, zistol Listerin and flip legs closed. Good Lord

Here's a wager:

Levi Johnston won't marry Bristol Palin in 2009 (or any other time).

$1000

any takers?

Funny, we're hearing from Palin and Bristol, but what of daddy Levi? Where is his voice?

Levi is in an apprenticeship electrician program while working on the North Slope – and working to get his GED or correspondence style high school completion. Okay then, would someone explain to me how he is working on the North Slope in this apprentice position when the rules clearly state that to do that, an applicant must have a high school diploma or a completed GED? And can someone explain why he is there so quickly when there is a long waiting list of qualified people who wish to get into that program?

Hello Bristol! Yes darling, sexually active teens need to be on birth control...pills and condoms together. I am sure Sarah Palin suggested abstinence-right? That would be her statement in my view. Too bad. Sarah Palin should have been on birth control herself since abortion was not an option about her Down Syndrome child. It seems harsh but in time of population explosion and dwindling resources, people need to make sense and not populate like rabbits. It is insensitive, ignorant and irresponsible. Limit: one kid, maximum two and none is OK as well. I think we should lock up these fertility MD's and hide the keys.

When is the half-wit going to STFU about her kids!

She posted the episode on the Governor's Website???

Does this sanctimonious poor excuse of wasted DNA ever miss a chance to get her name in the headlines, EVEN at the expense of her own daughter and grandchild??

I thought the use of Trig as a stage prop was dispicable, but now it just seems to be a trend. Humilate, maniuplate and selfishly exploit your children, but it is fine as long as her filthy face is still in the media.

The Alaskan CPS needs to launch an investigation into child abuse by this bitter b!&$h!

Both do not even have a high school education...Tough road ahead. Especially since Sarah Palin accepted to run for vp and make this pregnancy known to everyone..I am not sure a good mother would have done that.

Yes, Governor, that is SO like god.

Liberals and Conservatives should agree that the prevention of unwanted pregnancies is the best solution to the abortion debate. Young Miss Palin should have been on birth control, though I doubt she had the nerve to bring up that topic to her parents.

Let us speculate that a healthy woman can deliver 15 healthy kids into the world during her lifetime. The vast majority of us would agree that modern women should limit the number of pregnancies to a number lower than 15 – maybe 3 or fewer. To do this, one of the two partners must practice birth control. Signing kids up to a vow of chastity is idiotic, to put it politely. It accomplishes nothing except making it more difficult for the sexually active child to obtain birth control and counseling. Girls who have sworn a vow of chastity are more likely to engage in alternate forms of sexual contact than girls who don't, but they are no less likely to get pregnant. Let us not look down on these teenaged girls. They are being hounded for sex on a regular basis by our teenaged sons, whose parents have done a poor job of raising them.

It is appropriate for a women to consider how many successful pregnancies they want in a lifetime. Many American women get pregnant when they don't want to. It seems reasonable for me that a woman who wants two children should have a variety of options for having only two.

I am sick and tired of Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, and all of them. Sarah Palin is one of the worst mothers and one of the dirtiest and stupidest politicians. Give us a break with all of them. Who cares what they do and what they say? They are worthless. What reputation Sarah Palin is talking about? Pease throw all of them into a history trash basket where they belong.

In all seriousness, congrats and Godspeed to Bristol on the birth of her second child. I wonder if Sarah will raise this one as her own also.

I'm sorry to say this guys but you sure are lucky none of you do business with us and the politicians(some). We will do you more bogus than our Government...

First, I am so sick of hearing about the Palins. WHO CARES!!!!!!!!!!!!
And second, why isn't their a photo of the baby anywhere? I find that quite unusual as do others. It brings up the old rumors-and Tripp and Trigg sure sound like brothers.

Good luck to this brave young woman and her new family.

Wow that was so profound.

$300,000 for pictures of Trapper or Tripper or whatever will but a very nice trailer, maybe even some left over for an out building for the meth lab.

Isn't funny that before this happens, people like Sarah Palin will say that God will punish you for sex before marriage, but when it actually happens to them, suddenly it's a "gift" from God that's precious?

I'm happy for them that they can embrace this new life, but the venom the religious right spout has caused much misery in lives of pregnant teenagers.

Too bad mom opposes sex education. Didn't Palin get knocked up young too? I love it when people use Bronze Age thinking to guide their choices. What idiots – and to think Republicans wanted this female Dan Quayle and her hillbilly family to be in the White House. I say that Bristol's boyfriend dumps her within 6 months now that the pressure of Palin's White House bid is off and he doesn't have to worry about the spotlight ever again.

Maybe it's me, but you can not justify the sin...sin is sin....
intimate relations are meant in partnership, and through the laws that we are to honor (marriage). I don't cast the stone, but in my view it is wrong to try to justify doing something wrong. Admit it, repent and move on.

As for the child...your glorification of teenage pregnancy has open the door for many a family disputes. Bristol, you now know it is difficult to parent...your advantage is you have a mother with vast resources at her disposal for your baby but for the poor teen there is nothing there...but struggle and hardship.

Republican-bashing in 3... 2... 1...

The Palin family just keeps on coming up with those goofy names....Trig, Trak,Tripp. That explains it, maybe they really are from the planet Tron.

It gets really cold up there,and it takes alot to stay warm,lets not be so hard on the kids.They havent done much the rest of America hasnt, but Is it me or does this Johnson kid look like a smacked repubilcan?

"Isn’t it just like God to give these conservative cretins an unwanted teen pregnancy to get them to stop being such un-Christian hate-mongers?"

Let the idiot lib kooks begin their venom-filled hate-speech.

Just remember freaks, we will be able to act the same way when one of the Obama kids gets knocked up (before their dad convinces them to end the 'mistake' as it were).

If Gov Palin is serious about protecting her daughter's reputation, stopping the daily news coverage on the unwed mother may be a start. No one in their right mind thinks teenagers should be responsible for a new life, and no amount of Republican spin will make it acceptable. These two should be hanging their heads in shame, instead of acting like a parade should be thrown in their honor for having a baby at the dumbest point in their lives. Bristol's right, she is lucky to have supportive parents, especially a mom that controls purse strings for the state. I am sure mom has already found a way to add little Tripp to her per diem expense report. Good Luck Alaska!!

Why should it matter who has babies or at what age...in a country
like the U.S. that has the lowest morals in the world, anything should
be acceptable. Of course, let's pretend we have "family" values first.
We are, after all, Americans.

Liberal fun in 3. 2. 1... go

"Isn’t it just like God to turn those circumstances into such an amazing, joyful blessing when you ask Him to help you through?" You're kidding, right?

Excuse me while I supress my gag reflex. The Palins sould have taught BC instead of some fundamentalist based "praying" nonsense in the first place and that would have saved them all the problems that have developed....

Even though I'm glad that McCain/Palin is going to the White House, I still pray that God will her daughter's new born and family.

Well if this response to the "media elite" is any indication of the speed at which the average Palin processes truth and reality, it's a good thing too also that we didn't pick that VP candidate who pals around with "coffee" (read: O-X-Y-C-O-N-T-I-N) dealers and doesn't have the same morals to see their own hypocrisy in relation to the rest of fake America.

What a bunch of hillbillies!

WOW....what a spin! Nice try!

Good for them. I just hope it will influence others to abstain until their finances and relationships are more solid. The Palins will be able to help with the child, but, some others are less fortunate.

While I am very glad that God turned her circumstances into an amazing, joyful blessing when asked, Ms. Palin needs to understand that God doesn't always turn those same circumstances into amazing joyful events for everyone who experiences them. Even when asked. I am a devout Christian and I ask God daily for help and guidance. But I also have learned to take responsibility for my own actions and try very hard not to blame God or anyone else when things don't turn out the way I would have them. By the same token, I must take the personal responsibility of turning bad circumstances into good outcomes - with or without God's help. Let's put it this way: What would some people do when God doesn't answer with a good outcome? Should society turn their backs to them and leave them with no choice?

The Palins and the jOhnstons are white trash; why the media continues to give ink and space to meth dealers, high school dropouts with bastard children and the ir weir extended families is beyond me.

Like watch a train wreck in slo-mo

"Isn’t it just like God to turn those circumstances into such an amazing, joyful blessing when you ask Him to help you through?" she said in the statement.

No. That's what family is for. FAMILY is ultimately what can turn the worst situations into something managable, or even joyous.

Leave them alone. They can make it if they work hard.
Republicans can close their Big M because if she was Obama's daughter! LOL, "he doesn't have our values, he sees America differently, he is not one of us, he has no moral, he can't raise family..." But now that the ball is in their camp, they can't talk about family values. Now, they are talking about" family members are off limits...."And they were happy to introduce the boy and the girl to every american, pay for their trips, room and board... Hypocrisy!

go away Palin family.

So, getting knocked up in high school is not ideal. Is that why you named your little mistake, "Tripp?" Thank god these idiots aren't anywhere near Washington. And by the time 2012 rolls around Grand-mommy dearest, you know the one who got the boyfriend's mom arrested on the Limbaugh-approved oxycontin charges, will look so much like Skeletor that the Republican's who were going to vote for her because she's "hot" are going to have to look elsewhere. God bless this shallow country.

I love the courage of this young woman.
God bless you. If we forget for a moment who her mom is,the you can't help but love her.

A day, just one day without a Sarah Plain pathetic attempt to stay in the headlines.

Really? Teen pregnancies not ideal? Who would have thunk it. Please stop reporting on these people. My eight-year old could have told the world that teen pregancies are not ideal.

Who...cares!!! Why are they still talking to the media?? Why are they still around?? If it's not ideal, is O.K, is not like they are the only ones...

My parents always said that my sister's and I were accidents, not ideal and that's worse!! Who...cares!!!! She's lucky to be in her situation...

But was Levi ideal during the act?

Congratulations on a healthy boy. As a person who voted for Obama I don't understand people who criticize Palin or her daughter. This situation happens to many, many people. Bristol Palin and her newborn never hurt anyone and they certainly don't deserve criticism.

God Bless you. Hope you have a wonderful life Bristol, Levi and Tripp.

Any pregnancy that goes full term and has healthy baby at the end is a good one. I wish her all the best

Continue to put it in God's hand and he will see it through, he is here and he is a blessing and who knows what his purpose will be in the futre. Young people need to understand that making grown up decisions sometimes end in having grown up responsibilities.