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Palin's daughter, 17, is pregnant ; Republicans close ranks around family as rumors swirl
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The Boston Globe
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September 2, 2008
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CAMPAIGN 2008 / THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
ST. PAUL - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin
revealed yesterday that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five
months pregnant - a disclosure made by John McCain's campaign in an
effort to stop what it called "out of control" Internet rumors that
Palin's youngest child actually was conceived by her daughter and
that the Alaska governor faked her pregnancy to cover that up.
Republicans quickly closed ranks around the Palin family,
praising the teenager, Bristol Palin, for deciding to have the child
and marry the father. At the same time, the revelation focused
attention on the GOP's call, in the party platform adopted
yesterday, for ...