Another Made-for-TV Teen Mom Moment From Bristol Palin
Here we have a prime example of entertainment education, in which important messages about a real-life social issue are embedded in a television program that's slightly more subtle than an after-school special. Starring Bristol Palin!Here we have a prime example of entertainment education, in which important messages about a real-life social issue are embedded in a television program that’s slightly more subtle than an after-school special. Starring Bristol Palin! Sarah Palin’s oldest junior miss takes a crack at acting in this clip from “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” airing next Monday on ABC Family. –KA
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As if schlocky TV and American politics weren't harrowingly similar enough already, this week brings the word that onetime tea party Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell of Delaware got the invite to join the prancing cohort of celebs on the next "Dancing With the Stars."
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.
And then the next thing you know, another Palin pops out of the woodwork. This time, it's 16-year-old Willow Palin's turn to frolic in her own notoriety, but hers is not a shining moment to make her mama grizzly proud -- or at least let's hope not.
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