Posted on 11/19/2010 4:07:33 PM PST by kristinn
The million-dollar question among Dancing with the Stars fans these days? How did Bristol Palin make it into the season 11 finals?
"She deserves it," DWTS executive producer Conrad Green tells PEOPLE. "And a significant portion of our viewing audience believes that, too."
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Speculation has arisen about whether members of the Tea Party, many of whom strongly support Bristol's mom Sarah Palin, are involved in an organized effort to promote Bristol.
On one conservative Web site, Freerepublic.com, some of the site's 300,000 registered users have recently used discussion threads to encourage votes for Bristol. One asked users to "make liberal heads explode and vote for Bristol" on Nov. 8 to advance her to the semi-finals.
But Jim Robinson, who founded the site, says there is no larger plan at work. "An organized conspiracy? I sincerely doubt that," he told PEOPLE. "The Tea Party's not that organized!"
And Green agrees that there's no stuffing of the virtual ballot-box, saying that the entire process – text votes, call-in votes and email votes – "is all overseen by the Broadcast Standards team, independent of us and the network to make sure that everything is absolutely done scrupulously."
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I loved what a caller to Rush said this week about how she was voting.....she was voting for REDISTRIBUTION of INCOME....to Bristol.....!!!! Take that LIBERALS!!! I never watched the show until THIS season...and did because of Palin...and yes, I vote my 5 votes most weeks! YES, you get 5 votes!
But as long as they spell your name right, Jim, congrats!
LOL, Willow Palin is being excoriated by the media for saying the same thing to a Sarah hater. Of course, the media doesn't mind using Sarah's daughters to trash Sarah, undermine her credibility, and damage her political future.
Woo-hoo!!
“An organized conspiracy? I sincerely doubt that,” he told PEOPLE. “The Tea Party’s not that organized!”
Some bigger picture commentary on that.
Any one who has been to a few Tea Party events and has watched the Tea Party movement knows how true that is, what an accurate summary it is. And yet, Leftists continually make out THE Tea Party to be this monolithic, top down, vast right wing conspiracy of an organization, and it just proves how little they understand what is going on. What it does reveal is how they think organizations have to work, how their own organizations work.
A couple of years ago Mel B and Maks should have won but didn’t. DWTS results are not always fair.
“The Tea Party’s not that organized!”
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That’s the truth. The first and only Tea Party event we attended was the one we went to this year and we knew nothing. It was awkward, to say the least, but we were happy to go and hold up our signs. We are mad about what’s happening to this country. We do what we can but we are not “organized”. LOL
I don't even watch the show, mush less call in votes.
Dr, who would have thought your little thread would be at the center of a national conspiracy!
How many usually post there?
About 10 regulars? And 5 snivelers a night who pop in to say how stupid we all are for watching this stupid show, lol!
Soooooo funny!
All of our votes are valid.
We vote by the rules.
:)
Well, Jim makes me go weak at the knees.
Jem, just don’t swoon!!!
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LOL. *That’s* funny. LOL
(((HUGS)))
Woo-Hoo! Grate!
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It was my thread actually, PEOPLE Mag reporter joined FR and FReepmailed me for the interview for which I declined.
Google “make liberal heads explode”, what was quoted in the article, and see what pops up first.
LOL. Jem... you’re cracking me up.
Oh wow! New computer from your son!!!
(((Irish Eyes))) How wonderful!!!
I am thrilled for you!
Woo-Hoo! Be sure to ping LostInBayport to Monday’s thread!!
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Obviously a plot by Jennifer Grey to eliminate her real competition.
Excellent!
Good job turning her down.
Thanks, they called JimRob for the first interview and he told her to join FR and FReepmail me because he wasn’t following DWTS . My weekly threads went viral, sorta, and was even posted on the HuffPo.
That was from Week 2 - The Quick Step.
I don't have a TV, so I've been following this season on line. All the episodes are here.
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