Will Palin Power triumph? (Meeeeooow!)

The Washington Post's Post Partisan ^ | November 23, 2010 | Edward Schumacher-Matos

[2ndDivisionVet]

Will America come to its senses? The nation's future is at stake, and yet the country insists on voting for Palin. Not Sarah. Bristol. In "Dancing With the Stars." But if the voting of these past several months is any indication of Palin Power, Sarah is a shoo-in for whatever she is running for, too.

You can turn your nose up at TV spectacle, but I love dance. Okay, I'm Latin, but surely the ability to get a groove on reflects the state of a nation at least as much as nuclear deterrent policy. So for me it has been disillusioning to see how week after week Bristol Palin has defied the votes of the judges (read: Washington policy wonks) to be passed on to the next round by the voting public.

By Monday night, Bristol was in the finals, which will finish Tuesday. The two other contestants are a charismatic young black man (sound familiar?) named Kyle Massey and Jennifer Grey, star of the 1987 classic film, "Dirty Dancing." (How can you not get goosebumps watching Gray and Patrick Swayze bump and grind to Time of My Life? The climax is her daredevil jump and lift by him before her awe-struck parents. American grit and true family values. See what I mean about dancing?)

Anyway, young Palin's mother has been in the studio audience for her daughter, too. Let's not be catty about the free publicity of being on a show that may have the largest viewership of anything on television this week. The Palins have their own sense of family values.

The bigger problem for me is this: Bristol can't dance.

No, that's not journalistically fair....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is there anything worse than a "metrosexual" with a hyphenated last name?

[darkangel82]

The ghey just drips off this guy.

[al baby]

Yes If he it said Hi Neighbor

[dirtboy]

Okay, I'm Latin, but surely the ability to get a groove on reflects the state of a nation at least as much as nuclear deterrent policy...The bigger problem for me is this: Bristol can't dance.

My wife is Latina, with more groove in her pinky than this twerp, and she thinks Bristol is doing just fine, and has made by far the most progress throughtout the competition.

[SkyDancer]

"The bigger problem for me is this: Bristol can't dance. "

And the bigger problem for me is this: Obama can't lead. There, we're even.

[kbennkc]

"Not since Judy Garland....."

[2ndDivisionVet]

Nah, where do you get that? [snort!]

[cowboyway]

And the bigger problem for me is this: Obama can't lead. There, we're even.

Not really......

[Mr. Mojo]

The bigger problem for me is this: Bristol can't dance.

lol...this "guy" has far bigger problems than an inability to judge talent.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

(First thing I noticed too!)

And, yes, there is something worse; when that hyphenated metrosexual gets catty and shows his (rainbow) painted claws.

Meeeeeee-effin-oowwwwww

[avacado]

Anyway, young Palin's mother has been in the studio audience for her daughter, too. Let's not be catty about the free publicity of being on a show that may have the largest viewership of anything on television this week. The Palins have their own sense of family values.

Good grief! A young lady gets to have the time of her life and her mother is in the audience to watch and now somehow this is a crime? People who write such stuff make themselves look like idiots. And if Sarah was out giving a speech they'd say what a bad mother Sarah is to not even attend one of the biggest nights of her daughter's life.

[SkyDancer]

Ok, then how’s this?: Bristol Palin is not an experienced dancer but has the chance to win the trophy. Obama does not have the experience to be president and will not win another term.

[Gator113]

I’m thinking that this guy is a gerbil rancher and likes to be alone with rubber chickens.

[RummyChick]

Bristol does not have the Charisma of Kyle or the dance moves of Jennifer.

Bristol has come a long way since the beginning of this show.

But she does not deserve to win.

Part of the problem is her partner. He should have never used Cell Block Tango for the free style.

People can’t help but think of Catherine Zeta Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCZEmfnE-M

I can’t dance but I can do better than this..look at her moves at 2:18 for the chair dance...she is heavy in her legs...she can’t bring the energy or crispness needed for that dance. She is stiff. Lumbering around is a good description.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWGbhULB3M

I predicted a backlash if she got in the finals..but lookout if she wins.

I can’t stand Whiny about to have a nervous breakdown every week Jennifer but she dances better than Bristol.

[Huskrrrr]

“The bigger problem for me is this: Bristol can’t dance.”

A bigger problem for me is....Ed, you can’t write.

[onyx]

This maroon and the other rabid Leftists have lost touch with reality.

It’s DWTS! LOL.

[backwoods-engineer]

Gaydar has locked and is ranging, sir. Permission to fire?

[UCANSEE2]

Is there anything worse than a "metrosexual" with a hyphenated last name?

Our current President?

[UCANSEE2]

And if Sarah was out giving a speech they'd say what a bad mother Sarah is to not even attend one of the biggest nights of her daughter's life.

If it was Obama's daughter, both he and Michelle would give half hour speeches during the show.