George.....what I am saying is the producers of the show knew that by her participation that there would some sort of a political referendum coming out of it in the voting....no matter how informal and possibly unintended. Her family needs to explain that to her so she understands the criticism.....and why she is in such an uncomfortable spot.
dear DAve :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: again you need to find something constructive to do w. your time coach a team at the Y be a Big Brother something..go out in the world the real world and see what its really like........ and if you find or hear of a way you can make any teenage girl understand mean comments directed at her you let me know..... I have 3 teenage grandaughters and as strong as they are (they are related to me joco and corey) they still get upset to bad comments directed at them its only natural
You guys don't understand what I am saying here. I'm not condoning the "mean" comments I am just acknowledging the inevitability of their existence given the circumstances. Look.....the girl is not being judged on her dancing ability.
Dave, We have this perception problem with which you are plagued. All of these dog and poney shows that allow public voting are popularity contests at best. You chose to popint out one simply because you can point a finger at the GOP, far fetched as that may be. Let it go Dave... let it go.
Tom, The finger pointing at the political nature of this thing as I stated is not something I have personally conjured up...I didn't choose it.......it is something I have seen covered extensively on GMA this week. In any event......it is silly......done with that. The correlation I made to Rick Scott and his superficially winning the gov's race in Fla......that could potentially be more serious. We'll see.
I've kept out of this thread but just thought I'd make an observation. For years I've been seeing ******** awards for political leaning other than actual merit. I've seen Al Gore get an Academy Award for a movie on global warming ********. There's plenty more with the absolute capper the bogus Nobel Peace prize given to a clown that has done nothing to promote peace anywhere BO. I don't recall the questioning of any of those phoney accolades being any where near this brouhaha involving Palin's daughter. After living now under an administration that was installed not because it deserved to be but was voted in anyway, I refuse to give even two turds about this matter.
http://theclicker.todayshow.com/_news/2010/11/19/5494638-dancings-voting-system-could-soon-see-changes If you can't win playing by the rules.....
I have to finish this with one statement..... As off beat as it is I do think think the Bristol voting in the DWTS contest is somewhat similar to a crook like Rick Scott winning the Governor's race in Florida. Just blind voting based on a burning passion that says be damned with all other qualifications.
Just what was Palin's qualifications as a "star?" The show invited her to take advantage of the following her mother has. She was put on the show to boost their ratings. So now that all these "fans" are voting for her, the folks at DWTS are somehow concerned? How hypocritical is that?
Gipper....I made that point earlier and couldn't win friends with that one either. As Sid says......it's hopeless!! :wink:
I don't consider votes for her a "political referendum. I take if more as an approval of her and her family. As usual with the left, it's always political.
You still don't get it, do you?...just about all of the attacks on her are personal attacks and family attacks.
And which aspiring presidential candidate has not been subject to intense public scrutiny and sniping by his/her political enemies? And she helps to create that atmosphere because she flies around the country attacking all of them in her spare time.
Excuse me Dave...I gotta throw the Bullsh#t flag again. Aside from a few catty remarks about Michelle, which I'm sure you'll hold high as a standard of Republican viciousness, nobody criticising Democrats has come close to matching the personal vicious family attacks on Sarah Palin and her family.