Bristol Palin Starts Political Consulting Firm

[happy_liberal]

On Rachel Maddow's show Tuesday night, Maddow dug into some curious paperwork filed in Alaska last September by the 19-year-old Bristol Palin, daughter of Sarah, mother of Tripp. The paperwork established Bristol Palin as the organizer of a new company called BSMP LLC. (BSMP is Palin's initials: Bristol Sharon Marie Palin).

According to the paperwork, the company "intends to provide lobbying, public relations, and political consulting services."

From Maddow's report:

finally got back to us late this evening. He told us in an E-mail, quote, "The code for BSMP, LLC pertains to several areas but includes public relations. Bristol Palin provides public relations services and is currently an ambassador for the Candie`s Foundation.


The Candie`s Foundation is a pro-abstinence organization. Bristol Palin has essentially set herself up to be paid as an incorporated entity as opposed to being paid as an individual and that`s sort of a common choice people make when they have money coming in from various sources like this.

So BSMP, LLC, may just be a pretty smart financial decision by a very astute 19-year-old, or Bristol Palin is about to launch a lobbying and consultancy firm to run her mom`s 2012 presidential campaign. Theoretically possible, but probably not.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/bristol-palins-new-compan_n_411920.html

[dkf]

1. Anyone else reminded of the Grifters?

[niyad]

2. this is a joke, right?? what on earth could that little twit have any expertise on, except underage

sex and unwed motherhood?

[Chulanowa]

27. If she were male, she would be a GOP senator in the making, you realize

By that criteria alone

[FreakinDJ]

3. Didn't Tom Doolittle det into legal trouble doing this with his wife

If I remember correctly Doolittle set his wife up as a political consulting firm and was funneling his campaign money into her business

[LeftyMom]

9. Yes, but a percentage of his campaign donations were going to his wife's firm.

Since Sarah's not running for anything or holding office at the moment, it's not really the same situation.

[happy_liberal]

11. it looks like Sarah is getting ready to run

why else could she possibly be doing this? She is qualified to advise political candidates how exactly? She's what 18, and just got her GED?

[arcadian]

4. I thought Candies were shoes.

[TokenQueer]

14. Shoes... and prostitute clothing for budding tweens.

http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/candies_new/girls/girls716/PRD~585833/Candies+3pc+Gingham+PolkaDot+Halter+Bikini+Set.jsp

[Bluebear]

5. For all your teen sexual tip needs. nt

[DainBramaged]

6. It should be called "People who believe in pre-marital sex"

or PBPMS.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

7. Perfect example of the new economy. Scams, scams and more scams.

It's like getting your own reality show. Only in f**king America would a nineteen
year old twit get a gig as a lobbyist and consultant. I'd be willing to bet by this
time next year she'll be pulling in six figures.

[MercutioATC]

8. LLC money is considered as personal income.

Had she actually incorporated at this stage, I might see the criticism, but forming an LLC is standard practice for anybody starting their own business.

[blogslut]

17. +1

I think people are making too much of an exceedingly common process for the independent contractor.

[ProfessorGAC]

32. What's The Business Objective?

That's the part i think creating the fuss. Exactly what is this business she's incorporating?

A bar band can incorporate as an LLC, but at least then, the business objective is obvious.

I have no particular suspicions about this, other than the fact that it's not clear what the objective is, and how she could possibly have the expertise to be involved in a consulting firm.
GAC

[Stevenmarc]

10. That whole pro-abstinence thingy worked pretty well for Bristol

[alp227]

12. "lobbying, public relations, and political consulting services"

That'll be really interesting coming from the daughter of a failed vice presidential candidate and someone who violated the Republican Rule of Abstinence.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

13. Probably a front for a meth operation.

[Bozita]

15. Some folks were saying she was gonna build an aircraft mfg company in Wasilla to compete with Boeing

It was the minimum wage increase that did it in.

See, if it wasn't for big gubmint making more and more socialist laws, brand new jumbo jets would be flying off the Wasilla assembly lines every 15 minutes.

[xultar]

16. Did she graduate high school?

[gratuitous]

18. Wow! Where do I invest?

Can you imagine the line of folks getting consulting from a 19-year-old single mother high school dropout?

[KittyWampus]

19. this is how Sarah Palin will have money funneled into her own coffers. Simple really

[HipChick]

22. It's a FRONT to absorb the PAC funds..

She can pay herself out the the SarahPAC ..Bristol doesn't have to do a thing, all she has to do is accept the 'fees' for the 'Political Consultations'. And Sarah can 'pay' for 'Political Consultations' out of the PAC ... Sarah's schmucks will keep donating and Sarah can spend all she wants on 'Political consultations' with BSMP LLC, her daughter's company. It's hard for a grifter to leave money on the table..

[struggle4progress]

25. bingo

[tinrobot]

20. Abstinence? Next she'll be claiming a virgin birth.

[Ikonoklast]

21. The money funnel will now go from the supporters, to Sarah, then to Bristol.

Ostensibly for 'political consulting'.

Ha. Ha. Ha.

That must be one big turnip truck.



It will all stay in the family's pockets.

The marks are getting played.

[mindwalker_i]

23. Well, she's good at polling

Maybe she'll work on a pro-boner basis.

[Quantess]

24. Is there any tie to Candie's Shoes?

Probably a silly question, but Candie's does market their shoes to teenage girls and young women.

[Shallah Kali]

28. Yes

http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=288257&ric=ICON.O

Neil Cole serves as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of Official Pillowtex L.L.C., a subsidiary of Iconix Brand Group Inc. Mr. Cole has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Iconix Brand Group Inc. (Formerly, Candie's Inc.) of Badgley Mischka Licensing LLC since February 23, 1993 and serves as its Treasurer. He founded The Candie's Foundation in 2001. From February to April 1992, he served as acting President of Iconix Brand Group Inc. ...



http://www.candiesfoundation.org/default.html

[Quantess]

29. Oh, thanks for that. I guess I won't be buying any of their slutty looking shoes!

[jwirr]

26. Keeping Sarah's contribution money in the family.

[BurtWorm]

30. 'OMG, I would, like, consult you to, like, first get birthed by a future governor of, like, Alaska?'

'LOL!'

[WVRICK13]

31. Just When I Think

it can't get any more strange these things happen. No college degree, no experience and certainly no abstinence background.

[Lucky Luciano]

33. LOL!!!!!!!!

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