Bristol Palin, 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential nominee Governor Sarah Palin will make her out-of-wedlock pregnancy official by marrying her "baby daddy." A self proclaimed "f--kin' redneck," 18-year-old Levi Jonhnston and his fiance are now the poster couple for shotgun weddings.
Democractic Presidential nominee Barack Obama won't be taking advantage of this situation saying "I think people's families are off-limits, and people's children are especially off-limits. But is Bristol's indiscretions really off-limits? Doesn't her situation speak to the larger issue of teenage pregnancy in this country? Family Values? Education? Would she be marrying Levi Johnston, her "baby daddy" if her mother was not McCain's running mate?
The Obama camp may have decided not to press these issues but that doesn't stop the rest of the world from exercising our freedom of speech. It'll be interesting in the coming days to see how this story develops in the media. My guess is that it will not be off limits in the Obama camp for long and certainly not in the media.
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