Bristol Palin’s PR Firm
It seems that Sarah Palin is not the only one in her family with new business ventures. While Palin negotiated a contract with national rag Fox News, Bristol, Palin’s eldest daughter and mother of her grandchild, was busy starting a PR firm. In documents filed in September, Bristol signed as the organizer of an LLC called “BSMP” (which likely stands for Bristol Sheeran Marie Palin). The company is listed as a lobbying and PR firm. What in the world could this be for? Here are some possibilities.
1. Bristol obviously needs some way to make money; one way she’s gained income is by exploiting her child. Just this week she (and baby) was on the cover (with her mom) of In Touch, a tabloid magazine. She’s also a representative for the Candie’s foundation, an abstinence-promoting organization. Having a single entity may make it easier for her to manage her finances.
2. This could very easily be a money laundering front. It should be obvious to everyone that Bristol, the high school dropout and teenage mother, has no training, experience, or background in public relations. That means it is very unlikely that her business will attract any paying clients. Her mother, on the other hand, has the ability and organization to raise a lot of political contributions. Putting that money directly into a personal account is, of course, illegal. But hiring your daughter’s PR firm for campaign related business could be an ideal way to funnel money from the campaign or PAC directly into family bank accounts.
3. It could also be a fancy of an inexperienced, yet highly recognizable, teenager. If the likes of talentless Lindsay Lohan can start a fashion line, then why can’t Bristol start her own PR firm? As sleazy as PR can seem at times, it’s a popular career path, at least based on the number of students I’ve had who express an interest in that focus of a journalism major. It’s unlikely that Palin will say no to her daughter, and because it’s cheap and easy to set up an LLC, why shouldn’t Bristol do it? Here in Wisconsin, I think it just means one extra tax form.
Whatever the reason, it’s pretty comical. And if money starts moving from mother’s PAC to daughter’s LLC, I seriously hope the government is watching. IRS, FEC, anyone else… keep your eyes trained on these two; I think they may be up to no good.
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