"...Punished with a baby."

So says Barack Obama in the event of a teen pregnancy with one of his kids.

Commentary that is sure to come to haunt Obama, now that Gov. Palin has come public with Wasilla's [Ak]"open secret" : that 17 year old Bristol Palin, Gov. Palin's daughter, is 5 months pregnant by her boyfriend, Levi. The pair intend to marry and keep the child. Since there would be no hiding the pregnancy shortly, The McCain/Palin team decided to release the news up front:

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.

“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”

The news is expected to be a problem only in the minds of some of the left...

Added:

from Ann Althouse, in the comments:

Josh said...

"I'm still trying to figure this out:

- A Kos diarist floats and then flogs relentlessly an absurd, highly offensive, and absolutely baseless cover-up theory suggesting that Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol is the true mother of Trig. If true, this theory would prove beyond a doubt that ... something.

- Part of said absurd, offensive, baseless cover-up theory involves putting up a picture of a 17-year-old girl, pointing at her waistline and saying (to paraphrase): "No way that tummy is just fat."

- Said absurd, offensive, baseless cover-up theory is presumed by some bloggers and MSM outlets as being serious enough that McCain-Palin is expected to respond to set everyone's collective minds at ease that Palin didn't do something no reasonable person would have suspected her (or anyone else) of doing.

- In order to get in front of a smear so laughably false on its face, McCain-Palin has to announce to everyone the world over that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is in fact pregnant out of wedlock, that it's a dificult time for her and her fiancee, and could you all please leave them the hell alone the way you should have in the first place?

Do I basically have that right?"