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Bristol Palin Loses a Dance Competition

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Posted on Nov 24, 2010
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Forgive us this unabashed descent into mass culture, but our long national nightmare is over. Bristol Palin, despite some critics’ allegations of tea party favoritism, did not win on “Dancing With the Stars.” That honor (if it is one) goes to “Dirty Dancing” star Jennifer Grey, because nobody puts Baby in a corner.

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As anticipated when her name was first announced as a contestant, Palin not only drove up ratings for the already unbelievably popular show, she also brought a whole new level of scrutiny and Internet-driven weirdness to this season’s proceedings. When the clearly accomplished and high-scoring Brandy got the boot last week instead of the slower-footed and less-polished Palin, many viewers and, more important, bloggers, lifted their heads from their tweets and texts to howl in fury. One man shot his TV set and more than a few others called for, if not a Supreme Court-settled, chad-challenging recount, then an overhaul of the system that seemed to give the supporters of Palin mere the power to control the fate of Palin fille.

Whether or not fans of the former vice-presidential candidate saw “Dancing With the Stars” as a straw poll, we’ll never know, though in other Palin-related reality TV news, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” saw a 40% viewership drop for its second episode. Make of this what you will.

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By mack894, November 27, 2010 at 2:21 am Link to this comment

The whole thing was contrived and phony. The girl was used for a
ratings drive, exploited for her following.  They would not allow her
to win, of course.  Crippled their servers to ensure votes whose totals
are never revealed anyway for some reason.

You would think people would tire of being duped and manipulated.

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By berniem, November 26, 2010 at 8:31 pm Link to this comment

Don’t cry Bristol, there’s always “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune” or it’s equivalent on “Jeopardy”!

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By kerryrose, November 25, 2010 at 10:45 am Link to this comment

I’ve never heard of such a bad mouthed, bad attitude before, ‘a middle finger to the haters.’

And yet, like Palin, she is not held accountable, it is not spoken of in the press, entertainment press or otherwise.  Palin bad mouths ‘lame stream media’ but the media created and promotes her, and never holds her accountable for her actions.

People talk about ‘how hard the media has been on Palin, etc.’  I don’t see it at all.  They give her all the attention that she craves, and report on every Twitter she makes.  In fact, if the media had been doing it’s job instead of engaging in a parasitical relationship with Palin, motivated by greed / ratings, she would be long gone.

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By mark, November 25, 2010 at 5:35 am Link to this comment
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If Bristoal Palin is of no talent, then why they won?
It’s no business with others to judge her that way.

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By mark, November 25, 2010 at 5:33 am Link to this comment
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Bristol Palin is of no talent, others said. How come it
happened? For me, their just judgemental. Let others
exceed what they can and do your own business to.

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By democratz.org, November 25, 2010 at 12:47 am Link to this comment

Looks like Jennifer Gray did the Bristol Stomp.

http://www.democratz.org

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By PatrickHenry, November 24, 2010 at 8:26 pm Link to this comment

She offers abstinience in a slutty sort of way.

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By ArtieTexas, November 24, 2010 at 6:59 pm Link to this comment
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Every time a Palin loses, an agenl gets his wings.

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By purplewolf, November 24, 2010 at 3:12 pm Link to this comment

Yes, she lost and thank goodness as her comment she said if she had won was to flip off all of the “haters”(her and her mothers term)and others who wanted the most qualified dancer to win over a mediocre performance that she offered up.

And her blasting of a 14 y.o.on Facebook along with her sister Willow shows that she is following in her mothers footsteps in personality.

As for the voting being rigged in her favor, that may be the truth.My aunt tried to phone in her choice on Monday night,and she got a recording claiming that she had used up her 5 votes already and she had not even voted and no one else lives in the house to use her phone line to vote on, so that proves that votes were hacked from other people. AT&T needs to look into this as their system has been compromised.

As to Mama Grizzly Bears show,I watched both episodes to boycott their sponsors and it seems that just like the Duggars, this family is on a continuous vacation. Nice if you can afford it, but most people have real jobs and families and houses to take care of and laundry and cleaning etc…not fun all the time.

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By Bronwen Rowlands, November 24, 2010 at 9:21 am Link to this comment
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Now, see, this is what Chris Hedges is talkin’ about.

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By Gilbert of Woodhaven, New York, November 24, 2010 at 9:02 am Link to this comment
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Bristol could dance. No question about it, but not
good.

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By SarcastiCanuck, November 24, 2010 at 8:43 am Link to this comment
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Bristol lost,oh my god,pass the Prozac and scotch.Damn you Truthdig,you’ve ruined my day.So,whats happening on Jersey Shore?

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By reynolds, November 24, 2010 at 1:57 am Link to this comment

“Forgive us this unabashed descent into mass
culture…”

no

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