"The question is very simple why didn’t she know his family were white trash before getting pregnant by him, don’t you get to know the family before you get that involved in a relationship?"

Since when are love struck kids known for their clear headed reasoning?! 17 year olds are not renowned for their judgement, especially when it comes to people of the opposite sex… There is no reason whatever to hold this girl to any higher standard of intelligence or intuition than the average teenager; and, by those standards, she has done nothing very outrageous. 

"it’s about Sarah preaching one thing to millions and her own daughter ending up pregnant at the same time Sarah is preaching abstinence."

Again, children are not mere extensions of a parent. A parent can do their best to frame the child’s ideas and beliefs, but the child makes his or her own choices. You can no more hold Sarah Palin responsible for Bristol’s pregnancy (or hold her to be a hypocrite because her daughter behaved in a manner that she, the mother, disapproved of) than you could hold any parent responsible for the actions of his or her child. For this reason, it is the person, not his or her parent, that is tried when a crime is committed; it is the person, not his or her parent, that is lauded when a great work or discovery is made; it is, in short, the person, not the parent, who is held accountable for his or her own life. The same goes for Sarah Palin, no matter how much you like or dislike her. Her children’s choices are not her own, nor should she be judged for or by them.

We know all about not keeping campaign promises!   Obama promised to put away partisanship and seek political consensus.  Since he has been in office he has been highly partisan pursuing a far left agenda.  

All parents would like to believe their hormonal teenagers would practice "abstinence" so that they don’t get themselves in a situation like many young people find themselves in.   Palin call still preach "abstinence" if that is what she believes is the right path.   However, her daughter, Bristol, obviously doesn’t hold those same beliefs.   She is her own person with her own beliefs separate from her mother and father’s beliefs.   

I do like Sarah Palin.   If I feel she is wrong on an issue, I’ll be the first to admit it.  

caj p, you are awestruck with Michelle and Barack Obama.   You shed your natural skin everytime someone says a disparaging remark about them.    They can do no wrong in your eyes.   I understand.   I get it that but you are way off base with this teenager’s pregnancy and her choice to walk away from Levi.     This has absolutely nothing to do with Sarah Palin.   Bristol is exercising her power to think for herself.