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Bristol Palin Transforms Left: They Now Favor Awarding Merit, Oppose Voter Fraud

By John Nolte | November 19, 2010 | 11:44

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By design or accident, it appears as though a 20 year-old single mother is using the power of popular culture to single handedly transform the left by ginning up their rage to a point where they now see the light when it comes to rewarding merit and opposing voter fraud. This quite possibly ranks as the most important political and social triumph of 2010.

I’ve never seen an episode of “Dancing With the Stars,” but the Left’s uproar over Bristol Palin’s win last night has been impossible to miss. Because I’ve never seen the show I can’t comment over the young woman’s dancing skills (though she obviously has some of her mother’s star quality – which counts, right?). Regardless, to read and hear all the left-wing outrage and hand-wringing this morning over the idea of someone advancing in our society based on something other than merit is a landmark moment in our culture. The very same people who want to give every kid a trophy, end score-keeping in sports, and graduate illiterates because self-esteem is more important than being employable, have suddenly discovered the importance of competition — which can only be good for America.

Furthermore, we now have actual bona fide Leftists enraged over the idea of voter fraud and calling for stronger verification measures to ensure one person, one vote – which used to be racist. Yes, this counter-intuitive left-wing thinking might be directed at a reality show, but the road out of the darkside often begins with a single step.

As a side note, I have no idea what the DWTS rules are or how this young woman stacks up in comparison to the others she’s in competition with (you’ll forgive my cynicism when it comes to the veracity of leftist criticism involving anyone named Palin), but this country and our history is littered with individuals with no accomplishments or experience who have still managed to advance to positions of enormous stature and power based only on their personal magnetism and a squad of corrupted cheerleaders determined to drown out any questions regarding the actual qualifications and talent of their favorite.

My understanding is that the worst that could happen on DWTS is that the lovely Jennifer Grey might go home empty-handed and Bristol might win the big prize of a garish disco ball.

Small stakes when compared to, oh I don’t know, the presidency of the United States?

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Double standard

Submitted by DontFeedTheTrolls on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 1:10pm.

Only the left is allowed to cheat or game the system.

Americans keeping their own earnings is a Civil Right! Demand your Civil Rights!
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It's no different

Submitted by Iron Tigers Vet on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 1:13pm.

than the one year on "American Idol" when Chris Doughtery got voted out when he should have won that years show hands down.

You give people the option to vote and that will tell the tale.  Voter "fraud" in this case is hard to do and hard to prove.  Using a phones texting and a pc's IP addy can stop after the max amount keeping the votes real.

Different when a "ballot" comes in out of the blue or electronic screw ups that aren't caught by the voter.

"Apparently, I'm supposed to be more angry about what Mitt Romney does with his money than what Barack Obama does with mine"
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these people are so petty -

Submitted by TruthMonger on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 1:40pm.

these people are so petty - serious journalists find this obsession-worthy with all the other crisis surrounding us right now - what a lost bunch of fools

Congratulations Jimmy Carter!

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I mentioned here the other

Submitted by motherbelt on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 2:33pm.

I mentioned here the other day that Rush was talking about that; he said they were now opposed to affirmative action.

I agree; I think it's hilarious that all of a sudden, the lefties want the winner chosen based solely on ability.

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Hey, they gotta maintain their [double] standards, don't they?

Submitted by needle on Sat, 11/20/2010 - 12:40am.

I think we should curb our enthusiasm here.

"The lefties want the winner chosen based solely on ability." ...Yes, but only when it serves their purposes; otherwise, only PC, affirmative action, and identity politics prevail.

- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.

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How did this become a serious issue?

Submitted by Morganfrost on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 2:41pm.

Does the left really want to have a fight about Bristol Palin on some idiot t.v. show?  And, even if they do want to have such a fight, does that mean that we must oblige them?

Really, even in politics, some things must be beneath one's dignity to fight about.

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Wow - stuffing the ballot box

Submitted by Tom Paine on Fri, 11/19/2010 - 7:23pm.

Wow - stuffing the ballot box in order to elect someone who doesn't possess the basic skills to perform the job.  Don't you just hate when that happens?

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