November 22, 2010
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Bristol Palin
I feel so sorry for Bristol Palin. She is the daughter of Sarah Palin. She is also on the show Dancing with the Stars.
She is doing pretty well on Dancing with the Stars and is getting a great deal of the popular vote. This has cause some liberals to go nuts. She is being bashed like crazy and people accuse her of cheating. They say it is unfair she is winning. It is a popularity contest and she is beating out people that are pretty well known.
She is also receiving death threats now. Here is the link: Link
The poor girl got pregnant and made national news when her mom became a vice-presidential candidate. She made a mistake and she became a punchline nationally. So she went on a show and she is being nice and friendly and the left is going nuts.
Do you think it is unfair if Bristol wins Dancing with the Stars?
Comments (112)
*Shrug* I don’t waste my time with dumb reality shows. Bristol made a mistake, sure, but she’s one of many teens throughout this country that has.
Not one ounce of me gives a shit. How does this show still exist?
There have been far more famous people than her on the show…I don’t understand how anyone could see her as having an advantage. Although I don’t feel bad for her at all. She seems to have a sweet, cushy, comfortable life. This is just a stupid show. That she chose to be on.
It’s a popularity contest. If she wins, it’s because the people have voted for her. I can’t really see how it’s unfair.
I don’t care and I don’t feel sorry for poor little famous girl.
She’s a terrible dancer. People with far more talent have gone home. Perhaps that’s why some people are disappointed that she’s still on the show.
@respawn87 - I definitely agree. If the people vote for her, it’s not cheating.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’d rather dance my ass off than freeze it off in Alaska.
for reals.
Yes, but only because she’s not a good dancer.
That family annoys the fuck out of me.
I don’t feel bad for her. She has no talent so it makes zero sense why she’s still there. She also tries to blow her ‘single mom’ thing out of proportion. Yes, it must be REAL hard to be a single mom when you have so much support & financial stability thanks to mama grizzly & DWTS.
I’ll shoot my tv if she wins.
Yeah it would be unfair.
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I think it’s stupid that people waste death threats on DWTS contestants when the TSA is out there just begging to be public enemy #1.
I don’t watch the show, but if she’s good then I don’t think it’s unfair she win.
How did she even get on DWTS in the first place? What has she done that’s made her famous?
Uhhh, my bad. Those death threats were supposed to go to her mom…
@aLi__cat - same
who cares? really?
People care way too much about celebrities. Who the fuck cares why she got famous or what she’s doing on the show. It’s her life. Get off the couch and worry about your own life and people you actually know. If you enjoy the show, great. Watch it. But shooting your TV or sending death threats is only going to lead to you ending in a mental hospital or jail – as you probably should be.
She sucks ! I cant believe Brandy is out =/
No.
i don’t see how it could be “unfair” if she wins because people are voting for her like everyone else does.
no. it’s probably all bs anyway and i doubt the judging is fair. who cares? now let’s talk about justin bieber sweeping the AMA. really? now there’s a joke.
How would it be unfair? She’s a better dancer!
Well, not really, but, that’s ok.
Excuse me. The complaints that I have seen about her “winning” hasn’t been political but social. I haven’t seen any “progressives” but rather people who like the show and are mistaken in their thinking that this is a talent show rather than a popularity show.
I’m afraid that you are guilty of baiting and making a non-political social issue into an emotional political issue.
@saintvi - Right on!! I mean seriously, who cares about DWTS… TSA on the other hand. I’m not looking forward to the full body scan, but it’s better than the invasive physical search. <,<
Yes. She should’ve went home a long time ago.
I don’t follow the show or Bristol Palin, but I did hear that Liberals were voting for her too, so that she can continue to embarrass herself and family week after week.
It’s a TV show where the audience votes the winner. It’s a popularity contest. And that’s why the left is so unhinged over this. They can’t stand the fact that a whole lot of people actually like someone with the last name of Palin.
I don’t watch the show, but my mom does. From what I’ve seen, she’s not that good, and way better dancers have been sent home. That’s why people are upset, and I understand that. The show is judged like a popularity contest, instead of a talent one. So…people get mad. It would suck if she won when there were way better dancers.
So she won a reality show. Okay. =/
Audrina and brandy were so much better than her. Bristol is not bad… but I never would’ve thought she would be in the finals. I dunno, I really do not care. I do know if bristol wins, alot of ppl wont be watching again. Ppl wanna see the best dancer win.
Honestly, after seeing her dancing, the show is far more entertaining with her on it. sure, there were other dancers that were better but didn’t get enough votes to stay on. If I were a fan of the show, I’d much rather watch her bad dancing than dancing that was just mediocre or marginally good.
It’s voting. it’s fair.
From what I’ve heard (and understand that the majority of my friends are right-wingers) is that she’s a horrible dancer. They’re sure it’s simply her popularity (from the news, not her dancing talent) thats keeping her on the show.
I feel bad for her too. I cannot stand Sarah Palin
I don’t dance and I don’t sing (well). Consequently I don’t watch DWTS or American Idol.
I’m sure she’s doing fine.
PALIN 2012!!!! (Now that’s how you piss the Libs off)
The Democrats steal most elections, might as well let Bristol steal Dancing with the Stars, right?
If people vote for her, then she wins. But the show is called dancing with the “STARS,” so how is she a star? Being the daughter of a politician doesn’t make you a star.
I wish she would shut up about abstinence, practice what you preach, bitch.
It’s a big IQ test, if you really worry about this story. You failed you big losers
Bristol Palin has become a metaphor for common people. And we all know how liberals hate common people.
@WhenHateIsTheOnlyOption - She is! Only one kid too late.
@saintvi - agreed
I don’t watch it.
It never got my interest.
Personally, I like her. She’s been turned into a punchline, had her personal life exposed before the world and made to feel as if she were harming her mother’s campaign because she made the same mistake thousands of other teen girls make every day…and yet, she faces the world with grace and a smile.
Her dancing is no worse than a lot of others I’ve seen on the show (on the rare occasions when I watch it) and she takes the criticism well. I find that I like her more now than I used to. Admittedly, I never actually disliked her. She’s growing up and into a seemingly pretty nice young lady.
If only she could just scrape Levi off for good…
I just really don’t understand why people are still talking about her at all. I guess I feel bad that no one really knows her and are judging her but that’s what happens when your mother is a vice presidential candidate….2 years ago?
Only because she doesn’t even compare as a dancer to many of the other contestants.
The only reason she’s winning is because morons are voting for her just because they like her or her nutjob mother, as opposed to voting for her based on her dancing skills. Simple. And it’s also very typical of the right to vote for people based on stupid, irrelevant reasons.
Uh yes, it would be unfair. First off, she was not better than Brandy. Did you see everyone’s face when she beat out Brandy? Everyone was appalled and then remembered to clap. Honestly though it’s whatever that she made it to the finals. But if she does win than people clearly don’t know what good dancing is. Kyle and Jennifer are much better.
Idc that she got pregnant and blah blah blah. The fact is that she isn’t as talented than many of the people that she has “beaten” on the show, and the show is supposed to be about talent. Even The Situation was better than her.
Maybe I wouldn’t be so angry if I wasn’t a dancer myself. But I vote by talent, and though I can see that she has gotten better, she should have been gone a long time ago.
Of course, I’m not about to send death threats to her. But I am convinced that if she wins that the apocalypse is coming.
@Unstoppable_Inner_Strength - Agreed. Basically the Tea Partiers and all of Sarah Palins crazy followers have nothing better to do but vote for her. Apparently talent means nothing in a dance competition.
It’s called Dancing with the STARS for a reason. Everyone who goes on that show is a well known celebrity of some sort. You can’t complain that it’s a popularity contest when everyone on the show is “popular”. Besides, part of those kinds of shows (I.E. dancing with the stars, america’s got talent, american idol.) is all based around who the audience likes more. Thats just how it is. Also i think those liberals who are making a big deal out of it just have their panties in a knot over their failed elected president. So they have decided to take it out on every conservative they can see in the “limelight”
People need to get over it. It’s a freaking television show and we have a guy who shoots his t.v. and now people are giving her death threats? Wow. These people obviously need lives.
The show, and who stays in it, is based on votes. That’s half the fun of it. If you don’t like that aspect, don’t watch the show. If she gets the votes, she stays. That’s just how it goes. If it should be based on how well they dance, then no one should be voting and the judges should have all the say. If it should be “fair”, then, again, it needs to be just up to the judges. Duh. Stupid.
(No offense to the author) Ok, Who really cares? It’s a TV show. Ugh!
the left doesn’t like her? I don’t know why, she seems nice enough. She’s a pretty lousy dancer, to be honest, but unlike the other contestants she has never been an entertainer so she probably had the least experience. If she wins, so be it. I dont know why anyone cares.
She’s so cute!
Ha! Who is this “left” of which you speak? It sound like some boogie monster some like to blame things on when things don’t go the way they like. Generalizations… Oversimplifications… Overly broad labels… These things are often useful in concealing the truth, but seldom useful in revealing it.
She looks cute. She looks young. I have heard she is an adequate dancer – but not proficient. Sad that she must be caught up in the futility of modern political speech.
But truthfully, do you think she would even be on the show if she were nor related to a media figure?
I think not.
no? obviously she won because people voted for her. those types of shows are centered around popularity, it has nothing to do with ability.
I haven’t watched a bit of it but I think its sad what gets Americans upset.If t was something worth getting upset about fine….but Dancing With The Stars,give me a break! It’s embarrassing for me as an American!
If you enjoy the music and the “dancing”, the lights and the almost there costumes…watch the show. If not, don’t. All shows like this are popularity contests in one way or another. My next meal does not depend on whether she wins or not and I doubt her’s does either. Personally I am with about half your other comments…I really don’t care, I don’t watch the show anyway.
Listen, you cannot be an abstinence-only candidate when your daughter is knocked up. Your daughter WILL become a national punchline. She’s only famous because her mom is a stupid hick who drove John McCain’s campaign into the ground. She also the only famous one in the family because she got knocked up. How about we idolize smart people instead of dumbasses.
Yes, especially if she’s not better than the comp. From all indications, that seems to be the case. However, death threats over this is nuts. Some people need to get lives. Leave her alone.
That’s f-ed up. However, the only reason people were laughing at the situation with her getting pregnant was that her mother was testifying to the effectiveness of abstinance-only education and was against teaching about safe sexual practices. As a result, her daughter was misinformed and got pregnant. Props to her for keeping her baby, but, seriously, unprotected sex = baby. Fail.
I think Bristol Palin is sweet and kind, just from what i’ve seen of her on tv. Even if she’s not the best dancer, she’s shown that she can learn quickly. She’s never been a dancer, unlike Jennifer Grey, who was on “Dirty Dancing” (i mean, hello? she’s had a dance class or two in her time). I think she’s cool, regardless of who her mom is and if she wins, I’d be happy for her. I think America sees her determination and perseverance, which is why she’s the favorite.
Personally I think it is sad that the Left stooped so low as to go after a candidate’s kid. There has always been a sort of unspoken rule that you leave politicians’ kids out of the mudslinging.
It’s all a big publicity stuntfor the palin family. mommy is there every show and there is always one thing or another that Bridtol is whining about whether it’s that she wants to go home to alaska or its I want to go home to my son. She clearly hasn’t wanted to be there and yet the tea partiers make soo many calls at the same time that it jams the circuits so no one can calll to vote for someone olse. We all saw the reaction from the judges a few episodes ago when th judges were estremely surprised when bristol was saved. Then again last week She beat out people that had way better scores than she did. It sadly has turned political. On tonights show the announcer even said if you can’t get through because of busy circuits, keep trying and stay in the line and it will clear up. Why would they have busy circuits? In past seasons, this has not been an issue. It’s not a popularity contest, it’s a dancing contest and I have to say that the regular viewers don’t have the same professional prowess or dancing skills to kifhr s vp,[ryoyopm ;olr yjod/ zimyo; yjru fp. zo yjoml yjr frvodopm djpi;f nr ;rgy om yjr jsmfd pg yjr kifhrd/ Dlsyomh eoyj yjr dystd idrd s 50-50 vote to determine who will leave the show. If DWTS had this, Bristol would have been gone a long time ago.
@curiousdwk - Yeah plus, she dances like shit, that’s the main thing. My kids watch that crap, and she just sucks so what’s politics got to do with the price of tea in teabagger land?
@firetyger - The woman has given birth, she is no kid. And she has put herself on national television, good grief, she opened herself to critique.
@kwiks - she sucks. But I’m not “going nuts” about it.
You’re weird, (I mean the blogger here). You must be a real political fanatic to blame liberals for this!
If you are a boob-obsessed Xangaceleb who tricked women into shedding their bras for fake ‘breast cancer awareness’ campaign, is it unfair if your daughter wins a beauty contest? Of course not. At least Sarah Palin did something for her country, what have you done to yours?
Its not unair if she is really good and deserves to win.
Who ever put this up you must have a lot of time on your hands why don’t you try volunteering and maybe helping people less fortunate in your community ,Who gives a damn about Crystal Palin when children are dying from simple diseases that cost pennys to cure ,this is one more distraction total BS don’t you have something better to do with your time Vlounteer , help others !
I don’t know if “feeling sorry for her” is the way I would describe it. She’s a kid (emphasis on kid) in the spotlight who is trying to do some good things.
I’m embarassed to be American when Americans do stupid things like threaten those whose lifestyles and choices are different than their own. I’m also outraged and hope they get the criminals who are threatening her..
@Donkey_Guy_10 - that’s why it’s called dancing with the “stars!” You have to be a “star” to be in it. and Bristol is – not just for being the daughter of sarah palin, but also for speaking as an ‘ambassador” for the Candie’s Group, a foundation established to help educate reduce teen pregnancy. She’s obviously sticking her neck our to criticism and aparently death threats. But i would say that she ius a “star” on her own merits.
Yes the poor thing, actively pursuing fame and attention and receiving it in spades. I feel so awful for her.
Bristol is much like her Mom. Bristol doesn’t respond to the horrible attacks on their level. Sarah has said that when you’re on the world’s stage that comes with it. The motives of the liberals are being projected for all to see because of the attitude Bristol is maintaining. Go Bristol
She seems like an alright person. I would not judge her. People should not judge a person by things their parents did. Charles Manson’s son is a wonderful person, nothing like his dad… great post
It was your comment I was referring to when you said her winning the dance contests is making the “liberals go nuts”. People aren’t going nuts because they’re liberal, they’re going nuts because they think this is supposed to be based on talent. And “they” are going nuts whether they’re liberal or conservative.
My poin exactly – this isn’t a political issue thing.
I don’t think she will win. Jennifer Gray is too good. Something would be up if Bristol won.
There are at least two things wrong with this post. The first is to suggest “The Left” is behind this, as though an entire ideological group has organized and is hell-bent on getting some next-to-nobody kicked off a meaningless reality show. I’m pretty sure “The Left” has better things to do (just like the vast majority of “The Right” is probably engaged in things other than trying to ban Harry Potter from schools).
Second, phrases like “the poor girl got pregnant” are the sort of passive nonsense that keep women from being seen as self-determining adults. It’s a baby, not the measles. She didn’t get it from touching the handrail on the bus. Lots of girls and women get pregnant because of the choices they’ve made and they (being old enough to make those choices) then go on to deal with the consequences. That’s life.
All reality shows that allow audience voting are popularity contests. So it will be as fair if she wins as it will if anyone else does.
Just my opinion. And I’m sitting pretty far left of that political center.
no, I don’t think it is unfair if she wins. It is a popularity contest…..so whoever is the most popular ~ wins! Duh!!
Yes, if she wins. If the outside popular votes cause her to win, she win, and the next moment life goes on.
Can’t say I don’t watch television…it is bad for the brain.
Also. I felt sorry for her for a split second while her mother was running an abstinence-only sex ed platform & dragging her children, knocked-up Bristol included, along for the ride. (After that, she chose to keep putting herself out there as a public figure, opening herself up to further criticism.)
If Mama Palin had told the world that she had (obviously) been mistaken about the efficacy of abstinence-only sex education, she would have looked like a little less of an idiot, and saved her daughter from becoming a national joke. I think that we, as a country, are tired of the bull shit party lines from both sides, and that pols need to be a little more open to admitting their fallibility & willing to acknowledge when they’ve taken a wrong stand & need to change their vote, so to speak.
Pffft. Whatever. I don’t feel sorry for Bristol Palin nor the detractors of how far she’s gone on DWTS. The producers realize anyone they invite on the show has a chance to win and they probably projected the publicity value from any of their contestants being in the lead. Her critics need to just chill. It’s a vote-in show not an election. It’s not the best dancer who’ll win, it’s the most popular one.
@aLi__cat - exactly what I was just thinking.
i hope she wins b/c of all the lulz thet would ensue from butthurt feggits whining abot it
I dont wath this but there are always ppl who tink its unfair because they like someone else better. I do feel sorry for her though.
1 – She is not a celebrity so why is she even on dancing with the stars? What’s her big accomplishment(s)? Having a baby out of wedlock despite her mother’s desperate attempts to promote abstinence-only education?
2 – She is NOT doing well. I don’t know what kind of planet you all are on, but she is TERRIBLE. She is boxy and stiff when dancing and she is dancing slowly and with very poor coordination. Every week I’ve been watching to see if she’s gotten voted off yet because she’s a pathetic excuse for a contestant.
3 – No, it is incorrect to say that LIBERALS are up in arms about it. The only people up in arms about it are the people watching the show knowing how shitty she is, and how Brandy deserved to be on while she does not. She has beat out a lot of people due to popularity, and perhaps her mother’s influence, despite her CLEAR lack of talent. It very ignorant to put a TV show in political terms when the only thing possibly remotely politically related is Sarah having her redneck cohorts vote for her daughter. There’s an astounding number of them.
4 – Death threats are immature but I’m positive they are par for the course of being famous. I don’t condone them but why are we really surprised?
5 – She shouldn’t win because she’s a very poor dancer, she has a clear lack of skill in comparison to the other dancers, and winning would just prove that the entire show is either rigged, a huge popularity contest with no votes banked on dancing talent, or both.
I actually like Bristol for the most part, and I’m not a “liberal,” but it still bothers me that she’s made it this far on the show. I’m a dancer, and I don’t like it when some legitimately good dancers like Brandy get kicked off for someone doing as poorly as Bristol. I know that the show is more about popularity than talent, but past winners of the show have actually been pretty decent in comparison to the other competitors. Bristol may have improved a lot, but she still pales in comparison to some of the others that she’s beaten.
Bristol’s worst mistake wasn’t hers – she got that heffalump for a mother….
It’s not the fact that it’s unfair for her to be winning. Her dancing is horrible and really boggles my mind on how she is staying week after week. But then again, it’s all the people who vote who do it for the popularity contest rather than the actual talent. Which kinda signifies how electoral voting goes as well. It’s not who can actually be able to fix the United States, but rather someone who “they can have a beer with.”
Yes, since she is not as good as half of the people on that show. Not for any other reason though. I don’t like Sarah Palin or anything and don’t have any personal problems with Bristol, but I just firmly don’t believe Bristol should still be on the show.
When you put yourself in the public eye you had better be prepared for scrutiny.I hardly feel sorry for the girl. She can’t help who her mother is (shallow, ignorant, incompetent). Girls get pregnant every day, girls that have none of the advantages that she does. Quite honestly I was shocked she made it to the finals. In spite of everything I still think that DWTS is a DANCE competion; of course people vote too, which makes it more interesting. I understand people’s frustrations, but really, shooting your television and/or offering death threats is a bit much…..we are in real trouble if this is any indication of our culture.
I think it’s sad that so many people give a shit about Dancing With the Stars. At least Americans are worried about the important things.
@curiousdwk - Yup.
I think those with the ‘secret liberal agenda’ have better things to worry about.
this is actually a pretty dumb post
It’s a dancing show, she can’t really dance. And she’s not a star! She’s just on the show because of her mother’s name, not for anything that she has done in her life.
Having watched the show I would definitely be disappointed if she won. Not because of who she is (that’s a different comment) but because she’s not as good. Simple as that.
I don’t really give a flying fuck if she wins or loses, she’s still just a dumb teen who had a kid and no one would care if she wasn’t Sarah Palin’s daughter.
well what the fuck, if she has skill, she’ll go far on that show. i personally feel bad for her being the daughter of sarah palin, because that just makes her look bad. I don’t know how she is because i don’t watch the show or sarah palin’s show (dear god why?) but yeah… everything is based on people you know.
so yeah, i guess it’s fair that she’s being judged because of who her mom is. I mean, that’s what we do to all celebrities. if she’s gonna be in the public eye, she gets the same treatment as the rest of them.so, meh. the fact that she’s a person makes me feel bad for her, but the fact that she’s practically famous means i could care less. and the fact that celebrities are people too? let’s not go there, please.
I don’t care and I don’t see why the “left” cares. It’s just a lame show.
Why do we have to be lectured though by people that can’t even do it right themselves? Put someone in that high profile position that hasn’t done it that is a lot more credible. Sure we all make mistakes but that doesn’t mean you then make them the spokesman for your toipc. They are in like this role model position of sorts and they just hop on facebook and start swearing at people and calling them fags? I just get this creepy feeling every time I see or hear about them. About the show: The show knew this could happen and it’s part of their format. Vote who you like, they win. That’s it. If she wins fine. The show loves it because it generates a lot of buzz and attention. This is def. a win for them.
i don’t think very many “liberals” even WATCH this show. i sure as hell don’t know any who do. i think that i read an article that said its fanbase is conservatives in a HUGE majority. that said, i’ve seen snippets of her dancing on other shows that were covering DWTS, and she was awful, but i haven’t seen the show itself so idk. i have heard she gets consistently low scores from the judges, so that’s probably why some people are mad she’s still on there.
How is it cheating? That’s the part I’m STILL stuck on. It’s a VOTING SHOW.
@ItsWhatEyeKnow - Yes! I know that’s why I’m disappointed.
I think it would be unfair, because its pretty obvious she’s cheating… she is a very horrible dancer.
@nyfemme - Sorry… I still think sweet Bristol only qualifies as a star’s relative at this point. While I don’t particularly think she deserves any criticism for making the best of her situation – an admirable thing to do – objectively – it does not make her a great dancer nor a star. Still – potential is there. Let’s see where she goes, huh?
@aLi__cat - thank you. I was wondering the same thing.
Ugh I can’t stand her or her useless…idiotic family! That being said, no one deserves death threats or anything of that nature. The world is full of psychos!
@Donkey_Guy_10 - you know what they say when a talking Donkey is the one making sense
Piffle. Bill Clinton played sax on Arsenio and people went ape. let Michelle Obama go on SNL and the karmic balance will be restored.
I don’t watch the show any more, but why everyone picking on her? When they had that really old comedian lady on there, she was terrible and she hung in there for a long time only because she was funny not because she danced so well. Who cares??
I would have been mad if she won because she’s nowhere near as good a dancer as the others, and didn’t improve all that much as far as I could tell. she had no charisma, her dancing was okay, and her expressions were either a terrified-looking fake smile or a vacant “serious” face when she was trying to be sexy. understandably, it’s gotta be scary as fuck dancing in front of millions of people, but the others were much better than she was, as far as performance and technique.
I think it’s unfair people are threatening her life over a damned tv show.