For the Palins: It's all in the family

I'll HAVE TO give Sarah Palin some credit: if there's a dollar to be made by her or her daughter Bristol, they'll find a way to come up with it. As a teen ambassador for an anti-teen pregnancy foundation in 2009, Bristol, now 20, was paid $262,000 by the Candies Foundation, a division of the Candies clothing company. However, the foundation reportedly only spent $35,000 on actual pregnancy prevention programs. Bristol, a single mother herself, defended the pay , telling the Associated Press: "I don't think anyone realizes how difficult it really is until you actually have a screaming baby in your arms and you're up all night." Hey, Bristol, those of us with kids, know. For heaven's sake,we know!.

Bristol Palin the successor to Sarah?

GOOD GRIEF! Bristol Palin is talking about a run for public office. Do we sense a political dynasty in the near future? If there is a Palin I (Mom Sarah), wouldn't it only be natural to have a Palin II? That's Bush Math, and it worked for the family both times with Bush III - Jeb, of course - in the wings. Bristol may wait until her mother is crowned Queen Sarah in 2012 before she officially steps up to the plate. It does seem that she is only teasing us now during the Hot Stove League of politics. Somebody has to lend a hand to the family while Mom prepares for her Fox News appearances in which she regularly slams President Obama on Egypt, which she also sees from her front porch.

For the time being, Bristol is an enthusiastic supporter of Sarah as a presidential candidate, telling E! News:

"I think she would be a wonderful president, and I still think that she should run. She's just so common sense conservative, just , 'Here's what we've gotta do and this is how we're gonna do it.' and she brings a whole 'nother aspect to politics because she's a mom, because she runs a household, and I just think she's really smart."

Not to mention her superior way of wrestling grizzlies.