“So Bristol might as well make a few bucks off the “crisis” using her “experience” because she now has “good judgment”.”
You have something against making money? She probably needs it to care for the child.
Most people who go on any speaking tours, have their expenses paid for. This could easily constitute "being paid." But aside from that, I always wonder about the conservative bona fides of anyone who seems to think that earning money is evil. Most of us "sell" our knowledge, often based on experience, for money. In fact, it seems to me that just about everyone in a capitalist system does.
I have heard that Rush Limbaugh also gets paid.