The Truth About the Bristol Palin Flap

I'm really sick and tired of smug feminists declaring how they just knew Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston wouldn't get married and that it was those mean ol' Republicans using Bristol as a campaign tactic that forced the issue in the first place.

Um, let's go for a reality check.

The reason anyone knew that Bristol Palin was pregnant in the first place was because leftwingers went nuts trying to find dirt on Sarah Palin. The best they could come up with was the luny theory that Bristol was actually the mother of Palin's (then) five-month-old son. Foolishly, the Palins thought that if they admitted Bristol was currently pregnant, the idiotic rumors regarding Trig would go away. Now, whether that was the smartest strategy is debatable, but let's not kid ourselves about why Bristol Palin's pregnancy was a big deal.