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Manhattan Diary by Cahir O'Doherty

Bristol Palin proves abstinence doesn't pay?

Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2011 at 10:08 AM

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The Palin family seem to have a gift for turning lemons into lemonade - or more precisely, into cold hard cash.

Yesterday we learned that Bristol Palin, Sarah's single mom daughter, made an absolute fortune representing the Candie Foundation - a group that promotes sexual abstinence to teenagers.

Palin's 2009 tax return from the group were reported on by several media organizations - and now we know the going rate for an abstinence promoter these days: $262,000.

That's enough to make other teens consider following her do what I do, not what I say trajectory.

Palin is no longer in a relationship with her child's father, Levi Johnston.

Palin's work for the Candie Foundation included giving speeches and appearing on television shows and in advertisements to raise awareness about the potential perils of teenage pregnancy.

"If I can prevent even one girl from getting pregnant, I will feel a sense of accomplishment,"she told the press.

But then there's the contradictory message of how much she made lamenting her own decisions. It's the mixed message that has critics chattering.

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LENAHAN | Apr 17, 2011, 08:30 AM EDT

LOL.

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JimMcGarity | Apr 10, 2011, 11:34 PM EDT

Cheeper then my tax dollars paying for abortions. Note my money

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hancock | Apr 10, 2011, 08:30 PM EDT

Irish Central hasn't, All Palin all the time.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 09, 2011, 08:15 PM EDT

Even the Teahadists have given up on the Palins

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maloney | Apr 08, 2011, 07:07 PM EDT

What's even worse is that Bristol can kick Cahir's arse.

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FastEddy | Apr 08, 2011, 11:51 AM EDT

"Anything worth doing is worth doing for money ..." - William Gates (aka Alfred E. Newman) = and I still find it as quite amusing that you are being paid to do hatchet jobs on relatively unknown characters associated with the outspoken on the right. Jealous?

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hancock | Apr 07, 2011, 10:51 PM EDT

All Palin {BRISTOL THIS TIME} all the time.

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Chicago1 | Apr 07, 2011, 10:28 PM EDT

I went to the foundations website. "We know that Ms. Palin's work has had a positive effect on teens. In a recent independent national survey of 1,000 teens that compared a Bristol Palin PSA with those of nother national teen pregnancy organization that use non-famous teens, more than twice as many teens (57% vs. 27%) said Bristol's PSA "got my attention", three times as many (41% vs. 11%) said it was "powerful", and more than twice as many (38% vs. 16%) said it was "memorable"

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hancock | Apr 07, 2011, 08:33 PM EDT

Are you kidding me?

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Laura Wilson | Apr 07, 2011, 08:11 PM EDT

Now lets see if this candie foundation will pay to have her tubes tied, MY bet is she has another child out of wedlock, couldnt we have put the money to better use like BIRTHCONTROLL Implants to as many they can for the buck$$$$>???? ( keep your legs closed) try that one.

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cillowen | Apr 07, 2011, 08:08 PM EDT

another money making machine out of aL-ASK-A.

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seanomelbourne | Apr 07, 2011, 06:36 PM EDT

the candie foundation gave $262,000 to a single teenage mother to instruct others "not as I do but as I say"and according to there financial statement they(candie) spent in one year $35,000 on there charity. Is this organisation just a right wing front for something else?.

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jamieLM | Apr 07, 2011, 06:34 PM EDT

Why are you so interested in what Bristol Palin does or doesn't do? She was an unwed teenager that didn't have an abortion and is raising her child and is not on the U.S. welfare rolls. You need to devote a column about her activities on a website for Irish and Americans with Irish ancestry because...????

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wjb1tex | Apr 07, 2011, 05:14 PM EDT

So what? Is it taxpayer money ? Michelle Obama made hundreds of thousands working for a hospital that doubled her salary when Obama got elected to the Senate. Chelsea Clinton went right from college to one of those evil hedge funds making 150 K a year. Better than her classmates I'll bet. But, as I said, who cares ? Not taxpayer money. We might better be looking at all those people working for congress people and the administration who are paid with taxpayer money. And, that includes all parties and all administrations.

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feeneycj | Apr 07, 2011, 04:19 PM EDT

Cahir, slow day at the presses? Bristol is a good dancer too, better than you.

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