Photo essay: The Palins at the Mall of America

Bristol Palin, with parents Sarah and Todd, visited the Mall of America Wednesday for a family book-signing. Award-winning photographer Kathy Easthagen was there to capture these scenes.

Bristol Palin, with parents Sarah and Todd, visited the Mall of America Wednesday for a family book-signing. Award-winning photographer Kathy Easthagen was there to capture these scenes.
John McCain landed at the MSP airport around noon. There to greet him, according to USA Today: Under-age GOP celebrity Bristol Palin and her fiance, Levi Johnston.
CNN captured the photo op:
The announcement that Bristol Palin, the unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Plain, is pregnant, injects a welcome dose of reality into the so-far unreal discussion of Republican “family values” in the 2008 presidential campaign.
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