GRANDMA SARAH….The latest from the campaign trail:
The 17-year-old daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, is five months pregnant, Senator McCain’s campaign advisers announced today.
The daughter, Bristol, plans to marry the father, the campaign said.
In a statement, Mrs. Palin said: “Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows that she has our unconditional love and support.”
….The campaign intends to cast this as the kind of situation that ordinary American families face.
Best wishes to Bristol. I hope, however, that the McCain campaign won’t actually cast this as anything, and I also hope the national media manages to restrain itself covering this story. Sure, it’s news, but report it and then let it go.
