How many of us have staged a photo for its silly effect? I once staged a photo with my girlfriend on Halloween. I was dressed up as Count Dracula with false fangs and had my girlfriend, dressed as Snow White, lend me her neck for a bite (with ketchup for the fake blood) as my friend took the photos. The photos were so real! They were hilarious! My friends who saw them thought they were wild! Did those photos prove that I was a vampire? What if I had Internet access at that time? You bet I would have put them on the Internet! Should my parent's home been visited with pitchforks and torches if I had published my Halloween photos on the Internet?
Even if these photos are of Bristol gone wild, I am sure Sarah Palin has dealt with her daughter's indiscretions with strength and sensitivity. This is her daughter who she loves very much. It is a family matter and Sarah will find out if they are fake photos or something to work out.
With a pregnancy, Bristol will need to find maturity and responsibility in her youth. So will her young husband to be. The days of youthful drinking parties, if they ever happened, will be replaced with the matters of growing up.