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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Marina Hyde

There are no boos in Sarah Palin's world

Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas perform on Dancing with the Stars.
Bristol Palin and Mark Ballas perform on Dancing with the Stars. Photograph: Adam Larkey/AP

Finally, there is troubling news from the set of America's Dancing With the Stars, where Sarah Palin's shy and retiring daughter Bristol is one of the contestants.

Mommie dearest was in the studio to watch Bristol take on the quickstep this week, but just prior to her beginning a supportive interview, a wave of booing swept through the audience. "Why is there booing?" wondered show host Brooke Burke. "There's booing in the ballroom . . . I don't know why."

I've got an inkling meself, Brooke – but it's encouraging to find people have since suggested the boos were for something else entirely.

Still, Sarah does have a preternatural gift for calling black as white. Lost in Showbiz read her enchanting book Going Rogue last weekend, and while it's hard to pick a favourite passage, special mention must be made of the bit where she explains that the New Deal caused the Great Depression. Based on this model of thinking, there's every reason to believe the boos were correlated, not causal, and we must wish Bristol all the best as she continues to embody the lives of ordinary Americans through the medium of lucrative primetime dance.

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