I have nothing against Bristol Palin and I don’t really care about this “Dancing with the stars” program. It’s all fluff and a way to entertain the masses. But this “controversy” about how Bristol stayed so long in the competition despite being, according the “those” who know, a mediocre dancer illustrates how we as a society have our priorities mixed up. Instead of having the “best” rise to the top, we promote those who, for what ever reason, are lackluster.
Jason Gershman, a mathematician from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., who studied some of the telephone voting patterns, said he believed Bristol Palin's support was largely political, given that it appeared she got more votes during the weeks that Sarah was in the studio audience. He said he sensed a backlash brewing against Palin by fans who thought the best dancer should win, and they coalesced around Grey, who kept winning perfect scores from the judges despite fighting through injury.
"If her name was Bristol Smith or Bristol Jones, she would not be on the show or she would not have gotten this far," he said. "She went from being a bad dancer to a mediocre dancer. But she was not the best dancer." Reported by David Bauder,
The Associated Press, found on www.troyrecord.com, 11/24/2010
This Bristol Palin thing is an illustration of how we, as a society, raise stupidity and mediocrity up to levels not justified and don’t bother with things that really deserve our attention like science and people that excel in science, just to name one area. Why is it that piss poor athletes like some football and baseball players who are not that good to begin with command such huge salaries while educators who are trying to raise the terrible educational level of our young people don’t get wages that they deserve? Our priories are out of whack.
We have a very smart man currently in the White House but he is constantly slammed by Bristol’s mother who is a few, no many, cards short of a full deck and she is adored by millions. Why is that?