More Bristol Madness

I'm beginning to think that if Bristol Palin ends up winning Dancing With the Stars the left will completely meltdown:

A Los Angeles studio was evacuated Friday evening after a threatening letter containing white powder was received at the Dancing With the Stars production office.

"Measures were taken to secure the area and ensure the safety of personnel," says a rep for CBS, whose studios are used to film the show. "Ultimately we were advised by the [Los Angeles Fire Department] that the substance was determined to be talcum powder."

The FBI declined to comment on Internet reports the letter may have been addressed to Dancing contestant Bristol Palin, whose ascent to the finals despite poor scores has generated controversy.

I haven't watched the show, but based on some clips I've seen some of those dancers could probably use some talcum powder.

Just the other day a Wisconsin man shot his TV after Palin beat out another contestant to make it into the finals. This could be a real economic boom (pardon the pun) for America's TV retailers if she wins the whole thing.

And some show "insiders" are also in a state of meltdown:

“This will be a disaster for the show if Bristol wins,” one TV insider tells me. “Any creditability the show had will be over. It will go from being a dancing competition to a popularity competition where whoever has the most rabid fan base will always win no matter how little talent they have.”

And while it’s true Bristol’s dancing has dramatically improved since the season began, no one with working eyes would put her in the same league as the other remaining stars, Jennifer Grey and Kyle Massey.

“Another problem the producers foresee is that after Bristol wins no one in Hollywood will ever want to be on the show again,” a well-placed ABC source tells me. “Why would a real star want to compete and lose against someone like [former U.S. Senate candidate] Christine O’Donnell or Levi Johnston. It’s humiliating. The producers know they are in big trouble for sure.”

This show has never been a dancing competition - not as long as you allow viewers to vote. At that point it becomes a popularity contest because the scores meted out by judges are not the only factor in the final decision. And since there are a number of conservative sites actively pushing votes for Bristol, the system the producers created are giving them the results they may not like but they are the results they designed by giving viewers the vote.

What I can't help but wonder is if they'll be some sort of shenanigans going on behind the scenes to ensure that Bristol doesn't win? My guess is that conspiracy theorists will have a field day regardless of the outcome.