Accusations are flying this morning that conservatives have found a way to cheat the Dancing With the Stars voting system in order to keep Bristol Palin on the show. (You only have to click over to our coverage of last night's results show to see just how worked up commenters are about the alleged rigging.)
Now, I'll be the first to point out that there seems to be some sort of Operation Shady Business with respect to last night's voting (more on that later), but what I'm not buying about the situation is that the Tea Party is behind it: What is there to possibly gain from having the daughter of a Tea Party hero win some crappy reality show?
(Now, before DWTS fans call for my head on a stick, I'd just like to say that while I think the show is sub-par, I do not think people who watch the show are sub-par. I'm simply reacting to the fact that whenever I've watched the competition, I've wanted to spoon my eyes out from sheer boredom; I'm not making any judgements beyond that. Oh, but I should also reveal that I actually do like Bristol Palin. Moving along ...)
As far as voting fraud is concerned, there seems to be hard evidence on conservative sites that Bristol supporters found a way to trick the system and cast an infinite number of e-mail votes for their woman. They then encouraged fellow conservatives to do the same with rallying words such as this:
The only thing this demonstrates to me is that Tea Partiers have a little too much time on their hands, are more tech-savy than I, and have questionable taste in TV. But as far as demonstrating the "power of the Tea Party"? I think the mid-term elections were a little more successful in said demonstration than whether or not Bristol stays on the show.
People, can we please stop confusing politics with mindless entertainment, especially when the Palins are concerned? Frankly, it's ruining the whole TV viewing experience.
What do you make of the Bristol Palin/Tea Party conspiracy theories?
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It shows people have no life. I read one person spent 3 hours sending in 200 emails using that trick. ABC needs to fix their voting process where the judges votes have more weight then the viewers.
I highly doubt that the tea party which is concern with politics are at home watching a reality show and scheaming about how to screw it up.
I think the people coming up with the conspiracy theories are the ones with too much time on their hands...and maybe too few brain cells
I also saw some comments from people encouraging others to vote for Bristol even if they don't watch the show...using the email trick. Now if she wins, we know why. Eh, my last season watching anyway.
People need to get a life!!! Good GRIEF!!! Walk a mile in Bristol's shoes and THEN pass judgement!!! Or walk a mile in Jennifer's pain and then say whether or not you can dance like she does. If you don't like the results and you didn't vote yourself, then you don't have a right to complain! This is AMERICA. We have the PRIVILEGE and RIGHT to vote in our politics and the producers of DWTS are eating up all this free publicity! Why do you think they asked Bristol to be on in the first place? Think about it! And honestly, people. If Chelsea Clinton or one of the Obama girls was in a voting contest and people accused their party of cheating, how would you react??? Be honest now! And go get upset about something REALLY important! Not some silly (but sometimes fun) dance show! Sheez!!!
Rita---What do you call the one RUINING it now??? I have a name for him, but because I am a lady, I will refrain from using it here. Some of you, including the writer of this article, need some brain cells. So you think all the Tea Party has on it's agenda is to keep Bristol Palin dancing by cheating? How stupid can you be??????