Sarah Palin has her own reality show…the Jersey Shore now has competition for the most asinine thing on television. But the question on everyone’s mind is: Is this a ploy by Sarah Palin to get into everyone’s minds when the election in 2012 rolls around? Well since Bristol Palin is still on Dancing with the Stars I am going to have to say yes. This is a concrete pseudo-event because of the fact that there was no need for Sarah Palin to star in her own reality show with her family no one was really clamoring for it and that is evident by the fact that she is being shown on TLC. Sarah Palin has been on the campaign trail since the Republican popularity started waning in the election of 2008. I also feel that this is a pseudo-event because Sarah Palin is not doing anything noteworthy politically during the show, so far we get to watch a 9-year old fishing next to a real live grizzly bear (which I am not sure if it is worse than Steve Irwin, his children, and the Crocodiles), Sarah and “The First Dude” go rock climbing, and the family complaining about a journalist moving in next door…riveting political news. I found nothing about this show that would require CNN to report it other than the fact that Sarah Palin is in it, much the same way Bristol Palin’s dancing somehow became news worthy. This is what reality TV has become a launching point for a political figure toward their next campaign. I can’t wait until we see Mitt Romney or Secretary of State Clinton join the Jersey Shore crew down in South Beach and if Sarah’s show boosts her popularity that idea may be less ridiculous than it sounds.
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I feel that Sarah Palin doing this reality show is just a publicity stunt. She is trying to stay relevant in the public eye so that we won't erase her from memory exactly for a future election. I also feel that this isn't her first time pulling something like this in this attempt. I believe she used he own daughter for the same thing with her appearance on commercials about teen pregnancy, and also her appearance on "dancing with the stars". This may turn out have a boomerang effect and Palin could lose supporters this way as these attempts to stay in the public eye look desperate and that she will stoop to anything.
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