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Here’s the video of Levi Johnston, the kid who impregnated Sarah Palin’s daughter at age 17 out of wedlock, being greeted by John McCain in Minneapolis.

Remember - it is the MCCAIN CAMPAIGN which is making Levi Johnston, a teenager, and Bristol Palin, a PREGNANT teenager, props in their convention.  It will be Sarah Palin who parades them in front of TV cameras tonight.  It is Sarah Palin who poses with her infant on the cover of tabloids.  

Just imagine what would occur if Barack Obama had done this.  Byron York has.

Perhaps I’m focusing on an irrelevant issue, but the presence, or non-presence, of Johnston on the stage tonight strikes me as important. It’s one thing for delegates to be understanding and compassionate about the fix these two teenagers have gotten themselves into. It’s another to actually celebrate it. And, given what we’ve learned in the last few days, if Johnston is up on stage with his girlfriend and the Palin family, and Republicans are wildly cheering, it will certainly look like they are celebrating this situation.

I don’t usually engage in these scenarios, but I’ll do it here. If the Obamas had a 17 year-old daughter who was unmarried and pregnant by a tough-talking black kid, my guess is if that they all appeared onstage at a Democratic convention and the delegates were cheering wildly, a number of conservatives might be discussing the issue of dysfunctional black families.

Discussion of the issue of dysfunctional black families?  Please.  The Republican Party would verge on KKK outrage.

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