PALIN'S 17 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT

SARAH PALIN:

"We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us," reads the statement from Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband Todd.

"Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned," they continued, referring to their 17-year-old daughter. "As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support."

The Palins said that "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media, respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates."

• SHE'S NOT THE FIRST TEEN GIRL TO GET PREGNANT.
• SHE WON'T BE THE LAST.
  
• AND YES: SHE AND THE FATHER OF THE CHILD ARE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
• AND YES: MCCAIN KNEW.

THIS MEANS, GOD-WILLING, TRIG WILL BE AN UNCLE IN A FEW MONTHS!

• KEY GRAF:

  "Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned," they continued, referring to their 17-year-old daughter. "As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support."

• OF COURSE, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF OBAMA'S DAUGHTERS SHE'D HAVE AN ABORTION; AFTER ALL, OBAMA SAID HE WOULDN'T WANT HER PUNISHED WITH A BABY". VIDEO:
  
  
  
  
  NOTE: OBAMA'S LATE MOTHER, STANLEY ANN DUNHAM OBAMA SOETORO, WAS ONLY 18 WHEN BARRY WAS BORN.
  
  

• SO.... THE NEXT VEEP WILL BE A GRANDMA - AT 44! GREAT.

• PALIN'S SON TRIG, AND HER TEEN DAUGHTER'S PREGNANCY PROVE SHE WALKS THE WALK.

• AND IT SHOULD BE A LESSON TO DAUGHTERS EVERYWHERE.

I HOPE AND PRAY THAT SARAH AND TODD PALIN HAVE A GREAT GRANDKID!

MORE HERE AT STACLU - INCLUDING AN EXCERPT FROM DUN SURBER.

*******UPDATE: Dobson weighs in - and he speaks for many MANY on the religious right:

In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing.

We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the way.

That is what the Palins are doing, and they should be commended once again for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.

Nuff said.