17 YR old daughter of VP canditate is pregnant!
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will keep the baby and marry the father, a senior aide to Sen. John McCain confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
Bristol Palin, second from right, holds infant brother Trig at Friday's announcement of their mother's candidacy.
Republican presidential candidate McCain was aware of Bristol Palin's pregnancy before he chose her mother for his running mate, the aide said.
"Senator McCain knew this and felt in no way did it disqualify her from being vice president," said the aide. "Families have difficulties sometimes, and lucky for her she has a supportive family."
The 17-year-old, a senior in high school, is about five months along, in her second trimester, according to the aide.
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Re: 17 YR old daughter of VP canditate is pregnant!
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Originally Posted by braveman
11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.
For anyone that didn't catch that -- the Founding Fathers had no Pledge of Allegiance. A pledge like that to an inanimate object (the flag) would likely have violated their most deeply-held philosophical principles.
(a) The Pledge of Allegiance wasn't written until 1892. (116 years after the founding of the country).
(b) The phrase "Under God" wasn't in it originally, being added in 1954. (178 years after founding of the country).
Lots of us consider the evolution of the Pledge of Allegiance to be a key example in how far the USA has strayed from its original Constitutional principles by the Founding Fathers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_allegiance
Re: 17 YR old daughter of VP canditate is pregnant!
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Originally Posted by scroller
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Originally Posted by braveman
11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.
For anyone that didn't catch that -- the Founding Fathers had no Pledge of Allegiance. A pledge like that to an inanimate object (the flag) would likely have violated their most deeply-held philosophical principles.
(a) The Pledge of Allegiance wasn't written until 1892. (116 years after the founding of the country).
(b) The phrase "Under God" wasn't in it originally, being added in 1954. (178 years after founding of the country).
Lots of us consider the evolution of the Pledge of Allegiance to be a key example in how far the USA has strayed from its original Constitutional principles by the Founding Fathers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_allegiance
SIDEBAR- During WW1 schools usually saluted the flag every morning as the military at the time did on bases, the pledge was not popular as it is in its current form.