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Did McCain know before his offer that Palin's daughter was pregnant?

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McCain's top policy adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, was asked today if the McCain campaign knew about Bristol Palin's pregnancy before Sarah Palin was offered the Veep slot, and he offered the following non-answer:

Asked if the campaign knew about the pregnancy at the time of Palin's selection, Holtz-Eakin said, "As I said, what I think we ought to do is recognize that the governor was completely vetted by the campaign. Senator McCain has complete confidence in her as a running mate and as a future vice president of the United States, and the particulars of the family life of the Palins is really something that's best left to them."

The issue, again, isn't Bristol or her pregnancy. It's what the McCain team knew about this woman before agreeing, for its own political purposes, to put her within reach of controlling the most powerful military in human history.

Did Palin herself know that her daughter was pregnant?

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  1. I'm pretty sure they did and even if they didn't so what? isn't it a family issue ?


  2. he knew and he picked her to use her and her daughter for the evangelical votes. The pregnancy shows that they are pro-life and John McCain is using this to "stir the pot!"

  3. yes.  and yes.

  4. I...don't see why it matters at all if they knew or not.

  5. He says yes but they've done such a poor job of vetting...I doubt it.  At this point, he can't say otherwise without looking like a FOOL.

    McCain only met Palin ONCE before picking her.

  6. He new they are screwed , talk about hypocrites

  7. who cares?

    it's the gop hypocrisy that matters, not her poor daughter.

  8. yes, he knew. He didn't see why this would matter to the election.

  9. The report is 'Yes' it was discussed.

    Her daughter is pregnant, not the freakin anti-Christ.

    Oh! Sorry. Sensitive issue since Obama may BE the anti-Christ.

  10. I don't know.  He has to be very careful with a loaded question like that.  If he says he knew, then he's exposed as an endorser of teen pregnancy.  If he says he didn't know, then it means that he didn't do his homework.  It could have really gone either way.  I'm sure McCain's people asked her if there were any skeletons in the closet that would harm the campaign.  She either didn't consider it to be an issue, she lied, or McCain thought he could live with it.  Although I suppose he might have forgotten that point, I've noticed that his memory seems to go in and out on him.

  11. Yes, and yes. He knew according to senior campaign officials.

  12. His advisor said he did, but I don't believe so.

  13. He says he did, but I don't believe it.  She knew and should have known better than to put Bristol through this.

    here's the daddy:

    http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/20...

    I dare all you people who are trying to shush this not to look at this link.

  14. Not unless his buddy Joe whispered it in his ear

  15. no, he found out friday night after he had already made the announcement

  16. As far as I know, McCain knew!!!  That's how out of touch with reality McCain is....how could he morally pick her while knowing this would be such a controversy???  Doesn't sound like smart decision making to me!!!!

  17. Are you voting for Bristol. Or Obama's daughters. Because this is what the media has sunk down too.

  18. That is the main thing I wonder in this whole affair.  

  19. Yes, McCain didn't care.  All he cared about is that he had to name someone out of the norm, because he thought it would make any real difference in our minds, as to who to vote for come November 4, 2008.  

    Obama Rocks.

  20. Yep he knew. So?

  21. Can you Imagine if this was Obama's Daughter? The right wingers would be passing  a major COW.

  22. They all knew about it. They went public with it to dispell the rumour that Sarah's own baby was her daughters.

    god, now I'm starting to sound like a soap opera gossip! see what you libs. have done. lol

  23. Probably.

    It just makes Palin look more like a real person in direct contrast to all the Ivory tower, elitist, democrat, hypocrites.

  24. Why is her daughters misadventures more relevant to her presidential abilities than the abuse of the power of her office to get her ex-brother-in-law fired. Which is still being investigated, and oddly enough the results of that investigation are expected a few days before the election. Or the fact that she dosent even know what a VP does.

  25. Did you bother to look any of this upon the very internet that you ask your referencable question? There are actually websites and search engines where you can get this information without trying to rile a bunch of people up.  

  26. yep.


  27. I;m so happy that dems. finally talking about issues that matters to Americans! Now thats what we call change

  28. YES. MOVE ALONG. Nothing to see here.
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