Bristol Palin

So .... when did unwed teenage pregnancy become acceptable?

Remember when it used to be an embarrassment?

And, to quote a paragraph from today's St. Pete Times:  This cannot be a welcome change of subject for the former Republican vice presidential nominee.  She has been on a political roll -- raising money, making some prescient picks in the Republican primaries.  She has a hot "Mama Grizzlies" video out, in which she touts a new wave of conservative women, rising up to protest ... the bad thing.  Palin is really, really vague about exactly what the threat is. (The closest she gets is "the fundamental transformation of America.") But there's really no need to be specific because, as she says in the video, "Moms kinda just know when something's wrong."

The Bristol-Levi debacle, which might be a minor sideshow for another politician, looms larger for a Mama Grizzly. Inquiring minds might want to know why she didn't sniff trouble, rise up on her hind legs and eviscerate that hockey-playing thug the first time he followed her daughter through the kitchen door.

Since Sarah Palin's own fame seems grounded on little but a look and an attitude, you can't blame the kids for thinking the same kind of thing would work for them.