There is an overpowering element of hypocrisy in the whole affair. The Christian right seeks to impose fundamentalist precepts on the entire American population—by banning abortion, contraception, sex education, the teaching of evolution, stem cell research, etc. Yet they blithely defend Governor Palin on the grounds that Bristol’s pregnancy (as well as Todd Palin’s drunk-driving charge and similar incidents) are proof that the Palins are just regular folks. As McCain speechwriter Mark Salter declared, “These things happen. This has probably happened to millions of American families.” Think Progress: Maddow on Palin: ‘It is becoming less likely by the hour that she will be McCain’s nominee. AntiWar: PALIN: ‘PRAY THAT’ OUR LEADERS ARE SENDING OUR TROOPS TO IRAQ ‘ON A TASK FROM GOD’ (Video): It hasn’t been easy to find anything about Sarah Palin’s positions on foreign policy issues, but this clip from a speech to her church gives a clue: “Pray for our military. He [Palin's son] is going to be deployed in September to Iraq – pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right for this country – that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God, that’s what he have to make sure we are praying for, that there is a plan and that it is God’s plan.” (about 6 min into the clip) JTA: Palin meets with AIPAC leaders: McCain campaign spokesman Michael Goldfarb said Palin spoke about “the relationship between Israel and American national security, and the threats to Israel from Iran and others.” “She was extremely well received,” Goldfarb said, noting that Palin was interrupted by applause twice. AIPAC also praised the meeting. ” We had a good, productive discussion on the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and we were pleased that Gov. Palin expressed her deep, personal and lifelong commitment to the safety and well-being of Israel,” the group's spokesman, Josh Block, said in a statement. “She expressed her support for the special friendship between the two democracies and said she would work to expand and deepen the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Israel.” Going to Iraq for God (killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people), working for Israel (the parasitic statelet that is bleeding the American taxpayers dry), or even the fact that the Zionist lobby has the power to vet the US VP/Presidential candidates, all of this is not the reason for the "crisis". It should have been. -No, the reason for this crisis, and by now it really HAS become one (albeit a small one), is the fact that Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant without being married! Good Heavens! We could not have expected any better from the moronic mainstream media, of course, but what about the public? -The American public has by and large become irrelevant. Will this dismal situation last forever? -Our worst fears may come to pass. Existentialist Cowboy: How McCain's Palin Pick Makes 'Age' Issue Number One. AlterNet: 8 More Shocking Revelations About Sarah Palin.