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Did Sarah Palin Get Booed On Dancing With The Stars? Update: ABC Says No

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Well, that was odd. During tonight’s episode of Dancing with the Stars, Sarah Palin made a surprise appearance as “special guest commentator” and supporter of her daughter, Bristol. Sitting with her second youngest, Piper, Palin cheerfully explained how much she was enjoying seeing the competition. However, it seems that some in the audience may not have been enjoying seeing her as a loud series of boos accompanied her appearance.

The boos actually came right before she appeared on camera, presumably while she was taking her place. Jennifer Grey and her partner Derek Hough were discussing their dance as the boos began from the other side of the hall. The contestants looked around anxiously, clearly worried that the vocal displeasure was being made in their direction. It was hushed, however, right before the cameras switched and we saw the former governor. Still though, the audience members behind Palin looked slightly uncomfortable.

The booing may have been for Grey’s scores, we can’t tell. If it was for Palin, we’ve gotta say, come on, folks. Can’t we all just get along and enjoy some dancing? And some stars?

UPDATE: Scott Collins at the LA Times reports that ABC has claimed that the booing was not directed at Palin:

But ABC says the booing wasn’t directed at Palin. Instead, the crowd was upset that Jennifer Grey, the former “Dirty Dancing” star who performed immediately prior to Bristol Palin, got only a trio of 8s from the judges even though the routine she did with partner Mark Ballas was a clear audience favorite.(They might have spared themselves the trouble, as Grey emerged with the evening’s top score anyway.)

“They were just expressing their feelings about a really, really good dance,” a network spokeswoman said. “It’s not at all unusual.”

(via Gawker)

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  • http://www.squidoo.com/lauriebethsgrotto Laurie Beth

    “Jennifer Beals and her partner Derek Hough”

    That was a joke, right?

  • Newsjunky

    Hahaha! That was awesome. Gee, Sarah… how does it feel to be out of the small, comfy confines of Fox News and out in the real world where most people think you’re an idiot?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    I don’t watch this show. Where is it produced? L.A.? Boo Palin in L.A. no way? Way.

    Only worst place for Palin, S.F.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    Newsjunky said:
    Hahaha! That was awesome. Gee, Sarah… how does it feel to be out of the small, comfy confines of Fox News and out in the real world where most people think you’re an idiot?

    Likely the same way Obama feels when he’s out on any road trip these days.

  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    Newsjunky said:
    Hahaha! That was awesome. Gee, Sarah… how does it feel to be out of the small, comfy confines of Fox News and out in the real world where most people think you’re an idiot?

    Unlike Obama, who has the luxury of having a hand picked audience whenever he goes out and about.

  • playswithknives

    It’s a school night. Why does she have her kid on the road with her?

  • DonnaK

    I was watching the show, and the booing was for Sarah Palin. It happened right before the camera came back on the host sitting with Palin. All you heard was loud booing, then a picture of Palin pops up!! Evidently, they are giving Bristol scores to keep up ratings, the girl is stiff as a board, and only says about 4 words. Even Florence Henderson who is 76 is looser than Brisket!! There is nothing these hillbillies won’t do for publicity!!

  • Fox News: We proudly pander to Teabaggers

    I sure as hell would have booed her if I had been there.

  • right-is-wrong

    VRWC Destruction Machine said:
    Unlike Obama, who has the luxury of having a hand picked audience whenever he goes out and about.

    Only he does not have you sign a pledge to enter like out last illustrious leader.

    And I guess those hand pickers better do a better job.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Andy-Lamb/1085325013 Andy Lamb

    VRWC Destruction Machine said:
    Unlike Obama, who has the luxury of having a hand picked audience whenever he goes out and about.

    Doesn’t matter – even his hand picked crowds think he’s a douche bag these days.

  • philipjames

    One of the wonderful things that we Conservatives and Sarah Palin supporters indulge in is enjoying how the liberals contort and twist even the most innocent events around Sarah Palin and her family. It provides us with endless enjoyment and hilarity.
    First, the booing was for Jennifer Grey and partner’s marks. Apparently a lot of people thought they should have been higher.
    Second, I would like to remind everyone that the reason the show had such huge viewership last week and was the big winner in the new season ratings is simply because all the conservatives out there who would not normally watch this show are watching and voting only because of Bristol. If you want proof, then we can all take a look at the viewership numbers the week after Bristol is knocked off… I bet you they will drop by at least 1/3… in other words, they will tank.
    So, for the sake of the show, we need one of those vast right wing conspiracies that the liberals like to talk about .

  • Sunnyr

    More proof that LA is made up of classless, rude, ignorant Commie nutballs.

  • right-is-wrong

    philipjames said:
    and Sarah Palin supporters

    Sorry
    No reason to read any further.

  • DonnaK

    phillipjames–I had a friend in the audience that knew what happened, and the booing was for Sarah Palin. Let all conservatives drop out of voting, and DWTS would still do great, other people on the show have a bigger following than Palin!!

  • Rogue-Comic

    philipjames said:
    One of the wonderful things that we Conservatives and Sarah Palin supporters indulge in is enjoying how the liberals contort and twist even the most innocent events around Sarah Palin and her family.

    I’m NOT a Sarah Palin supporter, BUT I do NOT enjoy “how the liberals contort and twist even the most innocent events around Sarah Palin and her family.” Its down right creepy to a Manson-Tate like level in nature.

  • libra blue

    I am not a Palin fan, but come on the audience of DWTS are not exactly members of MENSA.

  • right-is-wrong

    Rogue-Comic said:
    I’m NOT a Sarah Palin supporter, BUT

    mm hmm

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    “Mommy I want to be on TV like you and Bristol!”

    “Ok Piper, come sit next to me on Dancing With The Stars and I’ll whore you out like the rest of my children.”

  • Rogue-Comic

    right-is-wrong said:
    mm hmm

    It is unwise to separate your politics from your ethics. See Presidents Clinton and Bush’s work in Haiti for a great example of this notion.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peggy-Keller/1436370143 Peggy Keller

    Sorry, Sarah fans, a 24 on the second week of DWTS is a very good score. If you want to really research what an avg score is, go check out Wikipedia, they have every score ever recorded. There is a solid 5 seconds from the time the scores are posted and the boos come in, and if you ever watch the show, if they were booing the scores they would have booed that first 8, then the second 8 and the last. They would have also booed the 24 as soon as it posted, while they may not be “mensa”, they know the show and they know that Jennifer Grey just took a solid first place for the second week in a row. They booed when Tom sat down next to her with a mic.
    Also, Sarah’s look says it all. She was shellshocked by the booing. This is not the first time she has been booed in a public venue that was not filled with “her” people.
    This is what happens when you get out of the Fox news bubble.

  • right-is-wrong

    Rogue-Comic said:
    It is unwise to separate your politics from your ethics. See Presidents Clinton and Bush’s work in Haiti for a great example of this notion.

    yes
    Bush followed Clinton to Haiti and wiped his hand on Clinton after shaking hands with those lowly Haitians.

  • Rogue-Comic

    right-is-wrong said:
    yes
    Bush followed Clinton to Haiti and wiped his hand on Clinton after shaking hands with those lowly Haitians.

    You should also separate “video bytes” from actual good bi-partisan work being done by our international statesmen to strengthen humanity across the globe.

    Come on, man. Don’t tell us all about the bad Bush II and Palin do. Tell us about the good Obama is doing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peggy-Keller/1436370143 Peggy Keller

    Rogue-Comic said:
    Come on, man. Don’t tell us all about the bad Bush II and Palin do. Tell us about the good Obama is doing.

    My college age daughter can now stay on our insurance until she graduates, for one. My disabled son will not be kicked off our insurance because of an illness he was born with. When my husband was laid off, three times in 2008 we were able to survive because of unemployment. He was hired again because of tax breaks. My son’s special school aide was going to be laid off because of budget cuts, but money released to the states kept her on.
    Although, I can’t say that any of those were actual bipartisan since most Republicans were against them.

  • Rogue-Comic

    Peggy Keller said:
    My college age daughter can now stay on our insurance until she graduates, for one. My disabled son will not be kicked off our insurance because of an illness he was born with. When my husband was laid off, three times in 2008 we were able to survive because of unemployment. He was hired again because of tax breaks. My son’s special school aide was going to be laid off because of budget cuts, but money released to the states kept her on.
    Although, I can’t say that any of those were actual bipartisan since most Republicans were against them.

    Well, good for you Peggy: for the good fortune happening to your family, and, secondly, for posting the most relevant post in Mediaite history. Best of luck to you.

  • zumpano

    libra blue said:
    I am not a Palin fan, but come on the audience of DWTS are not exactly members of MENSA.

    No, they’re HER BASE.

    LOL THIS THREAD

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

    “THEY MUST BE IN LA”\\SO PREDICTABLE

    AHAHAHAHAHA A

    MEDIATE COMMENTORS ARE HILARIOUS

    HOW DID BRISKET DO

    HOW DID BRISKET DO

  • philipjames

    My uncle knows the producer and what really happened was that for a brief moment a picture of Michelle Obama’s butt flashed up on the studio monitors and some of the men in the audience started going…
    “bootie, bootie” and everyone mistook it for booing.
    It was just some guys expressing their appreciation of Michelle’s extra ginormous bootie.

    And by the way, don’t get cocky re the viewership numbers Donnak, this show will tank without the conservative viewership. The only person people are really interested in besides Bristol is Jennifer. Since Jennifer appears to have a lock on winning, if Bristol goes, who is left that anyone really cares about?

    If we had access to the voting numbers, it would be obvious to everyone that what I am saying is absolutely true.

    Otherwise, how to explain the huge increase in viewership since last year? Everyone is tuning in to watch The Situation???

  • the real john t

    philipjames said:
    My uncle knows the producer and what really happened was that for a brief moment a picture of Michelle Obama’s butt flashed up on the studio monitors and some of the men in the audience started going…
    “bootie, bootie” and everyone mistook it for booing.
    It was just some guys expressing their appreciation of Michelle’s extra ginormous bootie.

    Why do you insist on lying? The show will tank without Bristol? I think they’ve gotten along fine the last couple of years without her.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Laura-OBrian/1801440002 Laura O’Brian

    I’m surprised why no one threw any rotten eggs at her.

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    philipjames said:
    Second, I would like to remind everyone that the reason the show had such huge viewership last week and was the big winner in the new season ratings is simply because all the conservatives out there who would not normally watch this show are watching and voting only because of Bristol.

    Haha…so nice of you to admit that even a teaturd’s entertainment viewing is warped by their circle jerk ideology.

    You truly are the Tealiban.

  • bigbrainbrad

    who cares? is it really that shocking that Palin would get booed in LA.

  • sarainitaly

    From watching the clip it seems the were boo’ing something besides the scores, and one would think it was Sarah Palin. However, once they introduce her, everyone claps, and I didn’t hear any boo’s…. one would think if they boo’ed her entrance, they would boo when she was introduced?

    And if they did boo, how tacky. Can she just be a mom supporting her daughter? They don’t boo any of the other family members in the audience, do they?

    Talk about warped jerks….

  • TfT

    Mediaite hates Sarah Palin, clearly. “May have” “May not have”, but that doesn’t stop mediaite from headlining a non-story.

    Mediaite is becoming gossip-cop; how sad.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Lars-Svensen/100001028197161 Lars Svensen

    More loose fantasy from fatuous lamestream media. Nobody booed Princess Sarah Palin, who looked slim, stylish, and seductive in black leather as her beautiful, talented daughter Bristol delighted audience & judges with fabulous dance routine.

  • sarainitaly

    Willie Geist just said he” reviewed the tapes”, and she wasn’t boo’ed. ABC also denies it, and said it was about the scores.

    Hysterical really, but so predictable, that the Liberal media is gleefully reporting that she was boo’ed. And that the Palin derangement syndrome is so widespread, that is seems believable.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Emerson-Powell/546564845 David Emerson Powell

    It’s a dance show, they’ve had political people from all sides of the aisles and all kinds of other people too, both dancing and in the audience, I haven’t recalled booing for anyone before except the judges when an audience favorite gets a tough review. Dance is something that goes beyond this other stuff, and there should be a certain atmosphere there.

    The people calling the Palins “hillbillies” are nice. Must be good to feel you are better than people going through life. Show me the things you’ve done. When you were governor, when someone paid you hundreds of thousands to buy a speech. When someone paid money for a book you wrote of their own free will. Some find it fun to hate other people, it makes one feel good without actually doing anything to prove it.

    Plus, people calling the kids “Whores” man you must live some fun lives.

    It’s a dance show, if you don’t like it don’t watch. If you can’t maintain a bit of class yourself, and want to boo, get a life, suck it up and learn to deal. No one else ever got booed on the show except the judges and it says more about the people booing than those getting booed.

  • Dave Richards

    You just gotta love these liberals. They got nothing so they take after the children and continue to make dispariging remarks about Palin. They are so afraid of the elections they have lost all touch with reality.

    Sick, disgusting people.

  • The Real Royal King

    Newsjunky said:
    Hahaha! That was awesome. Gee, Sarah… how does it feel to be out of the small, comfy confines of Fox News and out in the real world where most people think you’re an idiot?

    Poor Drop Out Governor. She may not have gotten booed, but Ms. Gray and her own darling Brisket upstaged her something awful. I suppose even in America poor parenting and idiocy only get you so far. Must be tough to plan on capitalizing on your daughter’s moment of fame and see it all go so terribly wrong.

    Speaking of poor parenting, what was Cessna doing next to the Drop Out Governor watching this trash. Through the campaign, we were told that the children were having a once in a lifetime opportunity to see America. But, she’s still not in school regularly. What’s the deal? No trunancy laws in Alaska?

  • The Real Royal King

    sarainitaly said:
    Can she just be a mom supporting her daughter?

    No, that simply isn’t possible with the Drop Out Governor. Her daughter has a moment of fame, and all the Drop Out Governor can do is to try to figure out how she can personally benefit from it. Great mother.

  • The Real Royal King

    sarainitaly said:
    Willie Geist just said he” reviewed the tapes”, and she wasn’t boo’ed. ABC also denies it, and said it was about the scores. Hysterical really, but so predictable, that the Liberal media is gleefully reporting that she was boo’ed. And that the Palin derangement syndrome is so widespread, that is seems believable.

    I suppose you might have a point, which would shock everyone on the Mediaite staff and all the other posters, “but-for” the fact that the Drop Out Governor’s favorabilities are tanking at such a stunning rate these days. What you see is not PDS, but DOGCLAW (Drop Out Governor Clawing to Stay Relevant. I’m afraid you ended up giving us nothing.

  • The Real Royal King

    Dave Richards said:
    You just gotta love these liberals. They got nothing so they take after the children and continue to make dispariging remarks about Palin. They are so afraid of the elections they have lost all touch with reality. Sick, disgusting people.

    No. People don’t take after the Paleone children. Brisket and her tawdry life were tossed into our living rooms until she started hurling herself in them. Absolutely, fair game now. Cessna is still being tossed into our living rooms by the Drop Out Governor. Your complaint is with the Drop Out Governor and her exploitation, her abuse of her children, not with people who comment upon her terrible parenting.

  • Penguin60

    See above, the royal queen just can’t help himself to make fun of a kid’s name. Such class from the ultimate compassionate lib. Man, you can smell the stench all the way from Texass. Do what you have to to sleep at night.

  • Jackie_Treehorn

    And this right here is why this country is going down the shitter. Like I said great experiment…lets burn this motherfucker down.

  • The Real Royal King

    Penguin60 said:
    See above, the royal queen just can’t help himself to make fun of a kid’s name. Such class from the ultimate compassionate lib. Man, you can smell the stench all the way from Texass. Do what you have to to sleep at night.

    Hey, that’s the Drop Out Governor’s fault for giving her children stupid names. What’s wrong with giving them saints’ names like Christians have been doing for a couple of thousand years? Why isn’t Christianity good enough for the Drop Out Governor?

  • The Real Royal King

    By the way, Drop Out Governor, enough with the leather. It’s getting predictable, and it doesn’t really suit you very well.

  • Dave Richards

    The Real Royal King said:
    No. People don’t take after the Paleone children. Brisket and her tawdry life were tossed into our living rooms until she started hurling herself in them. Absolutely, fair game now. Cessna is still being tossed into our living rooms by the Drop Out Governor. Your complaint is with the Drop Out Governor and her exploitation, her abuse of her children, not with people who comment upon her terrible parenting.

    What can I say? You’re a fool and an idiot..

  • VRWC Destruction Machine

    right-is-wrong said:
    mm hmm

    Are you singing the chorus of the re-educated children’s song “Barack Hussein Obama…mmm, mmm, mmm….”?

  • Danny Isbell

    Of course she wasn’t being booed. That was aimed at the scores for Jennifer Grey. It would be silly to assume otherwise.

  • right-is-wrong

    TfT said:
    Mediaite hates Sarah Palin, clearly. “May have” “May not have”, but that doesn’t stop mediaite from headlining a non-story.

    Mediaite is becoming gossip-cop; how sad.

    TfT Hates Mediaite and comes back

    EVERY

    SINGLE

    DAY

    to remind us.

  • Pablo

    The Real Royal King said:
    Hey, that’s the Drop Out Governor’s fault for giving her children stupid names.

    Bitch shouldn’t have been wearing that skirt. She had it coming.

    You really are a vile human being, Kook.

  • http://mediaite.com Steve Krakauer

    I don’t see how it could possibly be her getting booed. If it was, why didn’t the crowd boo when she was introduced a few seconds later? I think it was the scores, or something else.

  • Penguin60

    The Real Royal King said:
    Hey, that’s the Drop Out Governor’s fault for giving her children stupid names. What’s wrong with giving them saints’ names like Christians have been doing for a couple of thousand years? Why isn’t Christianity good enough for the Drop Out Governor?

    That’s it that’s your excuse for making fun of a kid’s name? Not that you had any credibility before but your flaming libtard message will always be tainted by now being a scumbag old man that makes fun of children, hope you’re proud. You and that bfd jerkoff can hold hands on the clockwise swirl down the porcelin throne….enjoy the ride.

  • kenneth kushmider

    I agree, J. Greys scores should have been higher and if Palin truly had enemies in the crowd, we would have heard from them while she was on camera.

  • RazorsEdge

    DonnaK said:
    phillipjames–I had a friend in the audience that knew what happened, and the booing was for Sarah Palin. Let all conservatives drop out of voting, and DWTS would still do great, other people on the show have a bigger following than Palin!!

    May appear DonnaK’s audience “friend” might not have been telling DonnaK the truth. Perhaps wishful thinking got the better of said friend. But seemed to setup DonnaK to post an inaccurate comment.

  • tiredofbs

    The booing may have been for Grey’s scores, we can’t tell. If it was for Palin, we’ve gotta say, come on, folks. Can’t we all just get along and enjoy some dancing? And some stars?

    ———
    Looking at the comments here, dispels any hint that there are Liberals
    with any sense of decency dignity or honor left in America.
    You are all low life pigs. Period.
    The booing was OBVIOUSLY toward Greys low scoring,
    we all know this you know this,but your depraved disgusting out of control hateful
    hearts,filled w/pure evil took a sweet moment & turned it to your usual sewer soul spouting
    Congratulations, if at all possible u have reached a new low.

  • patriciak

    I’ve watched DWTS every year since it started. I have never seen the audience wait until all 3 judges have given their scores, and then wait for a while and then simultaneously Boo. Did Sarah Palin just happen to come on when the group booing started. And why didn’t we hear any boos after each judge gave his/her score, like all shows in the past. Did the audience just hold their boos until after all 3 judges gave their scores, then pause a while, and then let out a big Boo. Watch the show again. And, yes, phillipjames, I’m sure the number of viewers and votes are up, with all the extra conservatives tuning in. This is too bad because that means they are only watching because the daughter of a conservative governor is there. And, worse yet, that they are voting for her just because she is the daughter of a conservative governor.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Ar/100000903987836 Chris Ar

    I’ve watched this clip 5 times and it’s pretty clear they are booing the judges. Only Palin haters seem to not get this.

  • solidunit

    Did you guys watch the same clip I did? Why wasn’t she booed when she was introduced by Tom Bergeron?

  • Sheryn

    My Aunt was in the audience–the booing was for Sarah Palin. The day was awfully hot–and Sarah wore her leather outfit. (At least she didn’t wear fur and boots!) Sarah could have declined to be interviewed and let the attention be centered on Bristol, but that is not what a media whore does. There was so much focus on Mark meeting Sarah in Alaska; big deal–he could have met her a few days later when she was in the audience. There was extra security demanded by Sarah–no tomatoes or eggs could be brought in. We saw Sarah try to make the show all about Sarah and a political statement. Saw Piper Cub with her short short dress and her uncrossed legs showing her crotch; we saw Piper Cub yawning at the other dancers’ performances with her mouth wide open and uncovered–and it was like looking at the Wasilla hillbillies who have no class. It wasn’t clear why Piper Cub was there and not in school, but apparently she is being used as a human shield to protect her mom and to hold Trig so mom can use her cell phone non-stop–but we also know that Piper Cub has already failed one grade of school and should be in school in Alaska rather than on the Sarah Palin Show. The booing is said to have worked exactly the opposite as intended though. Bristol got higher scores than deserved because the judges were embarrassed by the booing and also Bristol got the sympathy vote from the audience because her mother tried to compete with her. ABC just doesn’t want to come out and address the booing of Sarah.

  • Penguin60

    Ah, the PDS holds no bounds. Get a life.

  • patriciak

    Chris, The clip is clear that there were cheers, not boos, when each judge was giving the score. Solidunit, the audience was hushed (or mikes were turned off) when Bergeron introduced her.

  • solidunit

    patriciak said:
    Chris, The clip is clear that there were cheers, not boos, when each judge was giving the score. Solidunit, the audience was hushed (or mikes were turned off) when Bergeron introduced her.

    Where did the cheers come from then? Oh right, ABC has some pre-recorded cheers already prepared in case Sarah Palin gets booed. Jeeeeez

  • RTB

    Its in Hollywood, meaning a town of far left, classless, notw, unempathetic, indecent, uncivilized, predictable, bellyachings, rude, obnoxious twits…not surprising at all by the response…if Palin was so hated why wasn’t Bristol sent home in week 1?…in front of her kids, it was a classless response..
    Typical Hollywood, it’s a television show not a political forum . …go Bristol

  • writer

    By the way, Drop Out Governor, enough with the leather. It’s getting predictable, and it doesn’t really suit you very well.

    Oh, man. A fashion critique coming from this guy.

    ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEg_qLi0vaU&feature=youtube_gdata

  • RTB

    Lol at her wardrobe bashers on this thread
    I thought she looked hot as always. ..

  • Patrick Henry

    Penguin60 said:
    Man, you can smell the stench all the way from Texass.

    Hey, Penguin, don’t dis Texas. Unlike Robert, most of us are patriotic Americans.

  • Nachi

    Sarah and Bristol. The Murcuhn dream-come-true. There IS a god!!

  • sarainitaly

    “The boos actually came right before she appeared on camera, presumably while she was taking her place.”

    Nope, I am watching the show and Sarah and Piper were seated in the front row for the whole show.

    So, it had nothing to do with her – and as Steve and I both pointed out, there were no boo’s when she was introduced.

    Just more insane PDS.

  • http://libertyinprogressnow.wordpress.com/ ProgLib

    Who really cares? She’s a pathetic moron and there is much better material to attack her on. This is irrelevant.

    I’m more astonished with her obsession of using her daughter’s existence on a reality show to take a share of the spotlight, especially with that ridiculous segment where Bristol introduced her dance partner to Palin, as if he’s her boyfriend, or something. They actually went all the way to Alaska, wasting precious time to practice dancing, just to meet her mom. Please.

    Anybody with a single working brain cell knows that whole thing was put together because Sarah asked for it and wanted to take a portion of the air time. She’s an attention whore, just like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. Once these kind of people see that they’re not in the spotlight, they have to do or say something to get right back into it.

  • Sheryn

    After everyone re-watching the entire voting, interview of Grey and her dancing partner, and then seeing Tom sit in the row beside Sarah Palin with all the cameras focussed on them–it doesn’t take much gray matter to determine that the audience was booing the Diva Palin. 63% of the viewers (see poll) decided the boos were for Palin. ABC and 16% of her loyal fans decided they were booing at the judges. Sarah is always saying we should believe mainstreet America so the majority wins. Sarah Palin also has the reputation of being a barracuda and knifing anyone who crosses her in the back when they aren’t looking. Ask David Letterman or Levi–she calls her attorney in Anchorage on a daily basis. Ratings of this show on the first episode were 18% of what the opening episode was last season with Kate Gosselin. Looks like Bristol is not a big favorite–so Sarah Palin came in to try to get more fans watching. She achieved the goal of getting undeserved higher scores for Bristol. The judges obviously had been told that Bristol was to get kid glove treatment if Mama Grizzly showed up. Sarah was promised unlimited coverage for the evening if she was in the audience, and she was willing to forego her $100,000 speaking fee. Apparently Margaret Cho, the Situation, Michael Bolton and David Hasselhoff did not have The Barracuda negotiating their scores from the judges. Bristol Palin does not have to practice as much as the other contestants; and does not have to dance as well as the other contestants. All she has to do is show up and shake her hips–and Mama Grizzly and Bristol will call all the tabloids and give daily reports to them and Facebook about how great the Palins are. It’s all about the ratings–and screw all the rest of the contestants. The message ABC is giving is that they will say or do anything to keep the Mama Grizzly and her Dancing Bear happy–even apologize and try to convince the public that their eyes and ears are not correct.

  • Sheryn

    error: 18% BELOW what

  • http://none pyrope

    Did Sarah Palin Get Booed On Dancing With The Stars? Update: ABC Says No

    Who gives a crap what ABC says. What does Ms. Palin say?

  • Yoda002

    I guess you get booed when you don’t have your own hand picked crowd there. I think I remember Cheney getting booed at Yankee stadium and Fox had to later dub that part out of their rebroadcasting of the game.

  • patriciak

    So NY Times reports that Bergeron says: “They were booing the judges – and he’s positive about that because ‘Sarah Palin told me before the show she was booing them, too’.” Wow, that sure makes it official. Anyway, I’m glad we got to see a tape of Sarah again last night so we could hear what now may be in my top ten favorite things to come out of her mouth. When asked something about how she felt watching her daughter dance, she said, “The mom is nervewracking.” My 10 year old daughter asked what that meant; I only could say, “I have no idea. That’s Sarah Palin talking.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hal-Halop/1342477082 Hal Halop

    Without beautiful Jennifer Gray, Bristol had a a chance.
    Maybe not win.but had a chance.
    Good luck all!

  • Penguin60

    Patrick Henry said:
    Hey, Penguin, don’t dis Texas. Unlike Robert, most of us are patriotic Americans.

    Sorry Patrick. It was meant for the royal queen.

  • BERDOO

    Same old trashwood talking out of the side of there rubber necks and the plastic ladys that are as screwed up as the city it’self, you are all so scared of Sarah Palin because she is 100% real and you will all have to get more plastic and make up to keep with the times, Trashwood will be changing very soon and millions are wanting it to happen as soon as possible, haha, we can’t wait. DOWN WITH THE SAME OLD SAME TRASH.

  • timcajun

    Sarah, Don’t leave the house unless it is to play with the baggers or Fox and Fiends! You betcha! wink wink!

  • http://www.examiner.com/sports-in-wichita-falls/james-robinson MoistTrout

    So what if the boos were for her? A politician booed in a setting that isn’t a hand picked crowd, no matter what side of things they are on. Yeah, that never happens.

  • http://www.examiner.com/sports-in-wichita-falls/james-robinson MoistTrout

    Big_F-ing_Deal said:
    “Mommy I want to be on TV like you and Daddy!” “Ok Chelsea, come sit next to me on the campaign trail and I’ll whore you out like an intern.”

    Amazing how just a word or two difference can be just as hateful, but I bet you don’t like it nearly as much.

  • david r

    Steve Krakauer said:
    I don’t see how it could possibly be her getting booed. If it was, why didn’t the crowd boo when she was introduced a few seconds later? I think it was the scores, or something else.

    Could not agree more. Seems much more likely that the people driven to attend DWTS would be WASPish, Oprah-loving types, and that Palin would be a hit with that crowd. I like Palin, but kind of like Dolly Parton. If Dolly ran for President, I’d wonder what the hell does she think she’s doing. Palin has the same effect on me. I hope she takes the money and runs. After all, we’ve just endured 8 yrs of an incompetent Republican President, followed by an equally incompetent Democrat. We deserve better. If this were a ballgame, the bullpen would be busy.

  • grumpops

    Newsjunky said:
    Hahaha! That was awesome. Gee, Sarah… how does it feel to be out of the small, comfy confines of Fox News and out in the real world where most people think you’re an idiot?

    Hey Newsjunkie…how does it feel to just plain BE an idiot?
    The boos started when the first 8 came out…and continued louder as each successive 8 was shown.
    Bergeron didn’t walk over to Palin until AFTER the scores were already out and the boos were already going strong.

    If you watched the show, you’d know that.
    If you get all your news from The Soup or Media Matters, it’s not hard to understand how you could easily be thinking what you think..because they think for you..you just puke back what they tell you.

  • eingriff

    I though the boos were moos and the audience thought Grey was a poor cow.

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