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					Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight  More than a single bit of annecdotal evidence?  Yes.  Fortunately (or unfortunately), there's plenty more . | 
	
 Wouldn't it have been better for them to simply announce the engagement, with the pregnancy as just a side thing? I think trying to shed more light on the family is unnecessary.
I don't question the 17-year-old daughter. She sounds like a regular kid who got caught doing something she shouldn't have (although I'm sure it doesn't help that her parents never bothered to explain anything about birth control). I do have to wonder why Palin thought it was OK to go back to work three days after giving birth to a special needs baby. But according to the Mudflats blog, she and hubby just farm the kids out to be raised by other people. Whatev.
Keep in mind, people -- this woman wants schools to NOT teach sex ed, and to teach creationist theory. SCARY!!! 
But most of all, I think she is just a distraction!