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Mama Spears Complains Palin 'Celebrated' for Preggo Teen

Her daughter, on other hand, was 'crucified'

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(Newser) – Lynne Spears has gone on the offensive, telling Newsweek that a "hypocritical" press and public "crucified" her family when Jamie Lynn got pregnant at 16, but "celebrated" Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin for her daughter Bristol's teen pregnancy. "It's a totally different reaction."

"It's as if [Sarah Palin] became celebrated. I mean, the mother, Palin, was celebrated for this. Every woman in the world has applauded her strength and her convictions and poor little old Jamie Lynn—you saw how she was crucified. Everybody did, firsthand. ... I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation."

Bristol Palin, right, pregnant daughter of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is seen with her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Bristol Palin, right, pregnant daughter of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is seen with her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.   (AP Photo)
Jamie Lynn Spears is shown on the cover of OK! with her daughter Maddie Briann. Spears and fiancé Casey Aldridge welcomed Maddie at a hospital in McComb, Miss., June 19.
Jamie Lynn Spears is shown on the cover of OK! with her daughter Maddie Briann. Spears and fiancé Casey Aldridge welcomed Maddie at a hospital in McComb, Miss., June 19.   (AP Photo)
In this image released by NBC, Lynne Spears, mother of singer Britney Spears and actress Jamie Lynne Spears, is shown on the set of NBC's
In this image released by NBC, Lynne Spears, mother of singer Britney Spears and actress Jamie Lynne Spears, is shown on the set of NBC's "Today," program, Sept. 17, 2008, in New York.   (AP Photo)
Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Media, Pa., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.
Republican vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at a rally in Media, Pa., Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pregnant teen Bristol Palin, right, daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is seen with her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Pregnant teen Bristol Palin, right, daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is seen with her boyfriend Levi Johnston at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn.   (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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When you're a celebrity, you have to choose the lesser of two evils. So [Jamie Lynn] decided to do the OK! Magazine...give some pictures, and it really did ease off the paparazzi. It has lightened up her load a lot...
- Lynne Spears

I think our generation is having babies so old...I don't think people are looking at it that way. I think your 20s is a good time to have babies. Jamie Lynn has done beautifully with what she's done. - Lynne Spears

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