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Dancing Producer Responds to Voting Controversy (Free Republic, Jim Robinson in People Magazine!)
People ^ | Friday, November 19, 2010 | Monica Rizzo and Sandra Sobieraj Westfall

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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(Excerpt) Read more at people.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bristol; bristolpalin; dwts; freerepublic; geraldorivera; jimrobinson; jimthompson; monicarizzo; peoplemagazine; sandrawestfall
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To: Tax-chick

Really who cares? It is the most insipid and banal program on television just short of msnbcbs


41 posted on 11/19/2010 4:29:07 PM PST by DaiHuy (One Big Assed Mistake America)
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To: kristinn; Jim Robinson

This is really, REALLY cool!


42 posted on 11/19/2010 4:29:30 PM PST by ohioWfan (Proud Mom of a Bronze Star winner!)
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To: kristinn

DWTS


43 posted on 11/19/2010 4:30:34 PM PST by FrankR (Don't let the bastards wear you down!)
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To: kristinn

“An organized conspiracy? I sincerely doubt that,” he told PEOPLE.

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Around here, it more like a DISorganized conspiracy.

But no matter. We take our conspiracies very seriesly.


44 posted on 11/19/2010 4:31:04 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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To: kristinn

By the way, “Vote for the worst” is also pushing votes for Bristol. Who is to say they aren’t the real conspiracy?


45 posted on 11/19/2010 4:31:37 PM PST by mnehring
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To: kristinn

Just another vast right wing conspiracy. Ha-ha!


46 posted on 11/19/2010 4:31:51 PM PST by snippy_about_it (Looking for our Sam Adams)
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To: SunkenCiv

ping


47 posted on 11/19/2010 4:32:19 PM PST by ColdOne (Again Who Knew MSNBC has "standards and policies?")
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To: kristinn
Well NUTZ then to all the scolds who said “this doesn't belong on Free Republic” to all the Dancing with the Stars threads.

300,000 users? Is that before or after all the recent zots? ;)

48 posted on 11/19/2010 4:32:32 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: kristinn
Well NUTZ then to all the scolds who said “this doesn't belong on Free Republic” to all the Dancing with the Stars threads.

300,000 users? Is that before or after all the recent zots? ;)

49 posted on 11/19/2010 4:32:32 PM PST by allmendream (Tea Party did not send the GOP to D.C. to negotiate the terms of our surrender to socialism.)
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To: LostInBayport

Me too, it’s a hoot, they are wasting all that energy worrying about something that’s just fun. Let them knock themselves out.


50 posted on 11/19/2010 4:32:41 PM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: kristinn

And hey, we’ll wish for liberal heads to explode for a lot less than this!


51 posted on 11/19/2010 4:33:07 PM PST by bigbob
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To: kristinn
Do none of these whinning idiots remember how upset the viewers were at the results of the very first show? It was so bad that they had to produce a dance-off show between John O'Hurley and Kelly Monaco.

This latest with Bristol is nowhere near that crazy.

52 posted on 11/19/2010 4:33:58 PM PST by CAluvdubya (Palin 2012...YOU BETCHA!.)
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To: combat_boots

lol.


53 posted on 11/19/2010 4:35:33 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: kristinn
pictured above: Jim Robinson and unnamed woman take a break from the Maui sun in a poolside cabana. Pictured on right: Taylor Swift wipes away tears while admitting that her new hit song "Why, Jimmy?" was written about the rejection she received from Jim Robinson.
54 posted on 11/19/2010 4:36:01 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: MsLady; The Raven

LOL. I think she’s right!
I “borrowed” it from The Raven...lol.


55 posted on 11/19/2010 4:36:43 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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To: Jim Robinson

... tomorrow the World!


56 posted on 11/19/2010 4:37:30 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: kristinn

The conspiracy is that Bristol has to compete against experienced dancers like Jennifer Gray and others. Maybe the votes are because Bristol has come so far. We already know Dirty Dancing Star queen of plastic surgery Jennifer can dance. She looks weird. I barely even recognize as the same girl that played Baby in the movie.


57 posted on 11/19/2010 4:38:28 PM PST by mojitojoe (In itÂ’s 1600 years of existence, Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curr)
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To: ColdOne; AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks ColdOne.
Monica Rizzo and Sandra Sobieraj Westfall: The million-dollar question among Dancing with the Stars fans these days? How did Bristol Palin make it into the season 11 finals? ...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!"
Earl Gray said the same thing on another forum.


58 posted on 11/19/2010 4:38:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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To: kristinn

THANK ME!


59 posted on 11/19/2010 4:41:32 PM PST by Clint N. Suhks (YOU BETCHA!)
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To: BenLurkin

I don’t watch it, never have, but I do glance at the videos on You Tube since Bristol is on and I will probably vote next week. I will vote for her because from what I have seen, she has come so far. Jennifer is no better than she was in Dirty Dancing. Now of Bristol really screws up next week, I probably won’t vote at all. But after Jennifer made such an ass of herself when Brandy was voted out, I sure won’t ever give her a vote.


60 posted on 11/19/2010 4:41:58 PM PST by mojitojoe (In itÂ’s 1600 years of existence, Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curr)
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