Bristol Palin Strutting Her Stuff on “Dancing With The Stars”…?

I am sure I was among millions who tuned in to last night’s season premier of Dancing With The Stars only to see how Sarah Palin’s daughter, Bristol, would reconcile her traditional family values with the sexual exhibition required of all dancers.   Never mind that it smacked of hypocrisy for her to even sign up for this show, where, let’s face it, just looking sexy is half the challenge. After all, nobody vented more moral indignation over her baby daddy, Levi Johnson, posing for Playgirl than Miss Bristol.

Anyway, it did not take long before I sensed a collective gasp, or guffaw. Because when Bristol descended the staircase during the introduction of all dancers she was dressed like she was headed to a meeting of the daughters of the American Revolution instead of getting ready to shake her booty.

Thankfully, it was just a gimmick to mock her mother’s political persona. For the first thing she did when she actually hit the floor was to strip off her outer garment to reveal a more suitable outfit.

It’s just too bad that her Susan-Boyle body did not do the outfit justice.  (76-year-old Florence Henderson looked more sexy and in better shape for Christ sake!) Even worse, all of the shimmying of her assets seemed more the motion of gravity than the projection of sex appeal.  At least when Kate Gosslin displayed similar Frankenstein-like moves during last season’s contest her semi-fit body made watching her a little more palatable.

So Bristol did not make a very good impression.  And, with all due respect to the other so-called stars (like The Situation whose famed six pack is looking more like wheat dough these days), I can’t see too many people tuning in to future episodes to see any of them.

But Sarah Palin has demonstrated during this year’s Republican Primaries that she has even more ditto heads at her beck and call than Rush Limbaugh.  So I have no doubt that their politically motivated voting will keep Bristol going for a very long time.  Not to mention that the producers of this show are acutely aware of the ratings boon anything Palin guarantees these days.

But I’m betting on Jennifer Grey of Dirty Dancing fame to emulate semi-pro dancers – like Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger and Olympic Figure Skater Kristi Yamaguichi – by winning it all.

As for who should be the first to be eliminated; unfortunately, The Situation’s performance was no match for his cocky attitude. Or as one of the judges said, rather homoerotically, he performed like a big gun with no ammunition.  And I don’t think having an extra week to practice like all of the other dancers would have made a lick of difference. Therefore, he should go.