No, YOU are exactly wrong. You didn't read what I was writing, I was discussing this from a marketing point of view and that putting Palin on there was a MARKETING mistake. NBC is going to have their ratings crash after this round because if Palin wins, the Libs will leave (and most of that audience is young people) if she gets bounced, the Tea Party will be upset and leave. What I was stating that putting her on the show was a NO WIN marketing idea for NBC (not Palin) ... no way should "entertainment" things be tied to politics ... every time you do it you lose half your audience (re Dixie Chicks ... remember them?). There are thousands of people to pick for such a part ... you said it yourself, people would watch because of the ratings. Shows you put as much into your thinking as NBC does into their marketing. Lean Forward ...
And as for Bristol, she needs to grow up and get her life under MATURE control .. re Facebook. If she doesn't then the women in the audience (who think Sarah should be home minding her children anyway) will have doubts. If she can't "lead and direct" her children ... how can she run a country. I'm a PALIN FAN ... would vote for her immediately, but she'd better start paying attention to the side shows that are going to give the libs all the ammo they need to take her out.
I was responding to your specific comment that “it’s about dancing not personalities.” That is the point with which I disagree. While you make some valid points, the specific comment you made that the show is about “dancing and not personalities” is simply not accurate in my humble opinion...the show is precisely about dancing AND personalities. How else did Emmit Smith win when there were clearly better dancers? For every liberal who stops watching DWTS (being the poor looser cry babies they are), there will be two of “us” who will start watching. At worst, DWTS ratings will remain the same, but could even increase...but that’s just my opinion.