What was Bristol Palin, like 16 when she got pregnant out of wedlock? I guess the abstinence-only education she got from the McShrubya sex-ed (or was she home-schooled?) didn’t quite sink in. Said Bristol:

Mama don’t preach, I don’t understand sexuality
Mama don’t preach, just learned abstinence-only
But I made up my mind, I’m keeping my baby, oh
I’m gonna keep my baby, mmm..

The reactionaries’ reaction is of course predictable:

A senior McCain campaign official said the McCain camp was appalled that these rumors had not only been spread around the blogs, but also were the subject of heightened interest from mainstream news media.

“The despicable rumors that have been spread by liberal blogs, some even with Barack Obama’s name in them, is a real anchor around the Democratic ticket, pulling them down in the mud in a way that certainly juxtaposes themselves against their ‘campaign of change,’” a senior aide said.

Sheesh! We’ve had to listen to years of wrong-wing hate-talk jocks slinging their filth about Chelsea Clinton, and even Amy Carter before her. Palin’s pregnant teen seems rather topical given how the Repugs have foisted 5 years of this failed policy upon our nations’ teens:

Sexual Behaviors—Six evaluations measured short-term changes in sexual behavior.

• Three of six programs had no impact on sexual behavior (California, Maryland, and Missouri).
• Two of six programs reported increases in sexual behavior from pre- to posttest (Florida and Iowa). It was unclear whether the increases were due to youth’s maturation or to a program’s effect, as none of these evaluations included a comparison group.

One of the six programs showed mixed results (Pennsylvania).**