‘Dancing With The Stars’: Palin Stayin’ Alive?!

If there were anything fair about the voting on Dancing With The Stars (DWTS), Bristol Palin would have been the first “star” eliminated from the competition.  Yet, despite routinely receiving the lowest scores from the judges, viewers have now voted her into the semi-finals.

Why?

Well it has finally dawned on TV critics that Tea Party nutjobs – who think Bristol’s Mama Grizzly, Sarah Palin, is the female reincarnation of George Washington – might have something to do with it.  Duhhh!

In fact, here’s how I predicted Britol’s stayin’-alive run from day one:

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.

(Bristol Palin strutting her stuff…, The iPINIONS Journal, September 21, 2010)

So here we are – with the same people who made her mother a political sensation now turning Bristol into a dancing sensation.  Never mind that Bristol is even more of a laughingstock on the dance floor than her mother is in the political arena.

But just as Sarah will not be able to ride this tidal wave of mediocrity (or temporary insanity) in America into the White House, Bristol will not be able to ride it to victory on DWTS. 

More to the point, I am convinced that the producers have a fool-proof way of ensuring that a no-talent teletubby like Bristol does not triumph over truly talented and appealing stars like Brandy and Jennifer Grey. They are sensible enough, after all, to appreciate that a Bristol victory would turn their show into a political joke.

This is why I’m picking Jennifer to win.  Mind you, I think Brandy is a better dancer.  Unfortunately, her partner, Maksim, is turning off tens of thousands of voters every week with his bitching about, and bickering with, the judges.  Hell, he’s acting like more of a diva than any of the female stars.

Stay tuned….

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