Question: Why did Sarah and Todd Palin announce that their teenage daughter was pregnant?
Answer: After Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated by John McCain to be the Republican vice presidential nominee, she and her husband announced that their 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, was 5-months pregnant and planned to marry her the father of her child.
Not long after she joined the GOP ticket, Internet rumors abounded accusing the 44-year-old governor of concocting an elaborate ruse to fool the American public into thinking she was the one who had given birth four months earlier Trig Palin, who had Down's Syndrome. The rumors said that Bristol was the real mother of the child.
Once the Palins made their announcement, the rumors of Sarah's false pregnancy were effectively crushed ... but the unpleasantness didn't end. The same web outlets that had "reported" the original rumors soon began using Bristol's pregnancy to attack Palin's stance on abstinence-only education.
Sarah Palin FAQ Index
Not long after she joined the GOP ticket, Internet rumors abounded accusing the 44-year-old governor of concocting an elaborate ruse to fool the American public into thinking she was the one who had given birth four months earlier Trig Palin, who had Down's Syndrome. The rumors said that Bristol was the real mother of the child.
Once the Palins made their announcement, the rumors of Sarah's false pregnancy were effectively crushed ... but the unpleasantness didn't end. The same web outlets that had "reported" the original rumors soon began using Bristol's pregnancy to attack Palin's stance on abstinence-only education.
Sarah Palin FAQ Index
- Why did Sarah and Todd Palin announce that their teenage daughter was pregnant?
- Was Sarah Palin chosen to be John McCain's running-mate just because she's attractive?
- Will Sarah Palin's family get in the way of her duties as vice-president?
- Did Sarah Palin commit nepotism as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
- Did Sarah Palin propose banning books at the Wasilla Public Library?
- Did Sarah Palin try to have her former brother-in-law fired from his job as an Alaska State Trooper?
- Did Sarah Palin ever support the "Bridge to Nowhere"?
- Will Sarah Palin’s interview with Katie Couric factor into the VP Debate?
- Is Sarah Palin's "folksy" talk all an act?
- Are Todd and Sarah Palin really getting a divorce?
