Well this is the most entertaining news of the day. I can’t write it any better, so I’ll just defer to the New York Times‘ story:
ST. PAUL – Republicans cut short the first day of their national convention Monday, issuing an appeal for help for victims of Hurricane Gustav at the end of a day that opened with the surprise news that their vice presidential candidate’s unmarried teenage daughter is pregnant.
(And CNN has Anderson Cooper in New Orleans. Classic.)
Their daughter Bristol, five-months preggers, is going to marry the guy, who is her high-school beau Levi. Sarah Palin and her husband are “proud of her decision and even prouder to become grandparents” according to VOA News. OK, it’s good that the child Bristol is getting the support that she needs, but the irresponsibility is staggering. Does a 17-year-old need to have a baby? Seriously? Wow. Does a 17-year-old need a husband? Wowzers. Lovely irony.
Mr. Obama said the pregnancy “has no relevance to Governor Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president.” He added that, “my mother had me when she was 18. How a family deals with issues and teen-age children — that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics.”
“So,” he added, “I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories.”
OK, but the irony… OK.
Speaking of storms: Hanna is now a hurricane and will probably be heading right toward us, while tropical storm Ike is storming across the Atlantic and will probably be here by the weekend.
Yes, this is much more interesting than the RNC, but Palin’s seventeen-year-old daughter’s pregnancy is already sounding its own thunder. Well, at least these storms brought some good news for the Republicans: George Bush had to cancel his appearance.
