Paralyzed Dog Needs Home; Bristol Palin Advances on "Dancing With the Stars," Stirring Controversy Over Partisanship; Willow Palin Makes Anti-Gay Remarks on Facebook
PHILLIPS: All right. Let's head "Cross Country." First to Mishawaka, Indiana. That's where a 6-year-old Grace Zerbel bagged her first deer on the first day of hunting season. She learned the tricks of her trade from her father.</s>GRACE ZERBEL, DEER HUNTER: Daddy took me turkey hunting and he got a turkey but he called it mine, but this is in really mine because I shot it. He shot the turkey. I shot the deer.</s>PHILLIPS: Oh my. Grace says that she spotted the 160-pound deer twice before her dad steadied the gun while she pulled the trigger. In Laguna Beach, California, lesson in what not to do when arrested on suspicion of DUI. Check out the dash cam video. Actually shows an officer asking a driver to step out of this car. Oops. The man mistakenly put the car in reverse, slammed into the arresting officer's car. Yes, it just keeps getting worse. And the man put it in drive. Crashed into the pole. He's been charged with driving under the influence. Naples, Florida. This special dog needs a special home. RuRu the Dachshund is paralyzed from the waist down after another dog accidently stepped on him as they played. RuRu's family placed him in a no-kill shelter that specialized in disabled animals. Now all he needs is a loving family to claim him. Did you see "Dancing With the Stars" last night? You and 19 million of your best friends did. And how about that audience gasp at the end?</s>ANNOUNCER: I can now reveal that the couple with the lowest combined total of judges scores and viewer votes is -- Brandy and Max.</s>PHILLIPS: Bye-bye, Brandy. Bristol lives to dance another day. And you heard the crowd's reaction, so tell me. How is it that Alaska's most famous daughter is still dancing even though the judges aren't exactly gushing over her? There's talk that a liberal number of TV- watching Tea Partiers might have something to do with it. We're talking about it with Carol Costello this morning. So, Carol, really? Is "Dancing With the Stars" like the new Tea Party town hall?</s>CAROL COSTELLO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It's a vast right-wing conspiracy, right?</s>COSTELLO: You know, if Bristol --</s>PHILLIPS: Infiltrated everything.</s>COSTELLO: I know. Exactly. If Bristol Palin's presence on "Dancing With the Stars," though, proves anything, it does prove how partisan we've become as a nation, right? I'm sure you heard this. Some believe the only reason Bristol Palin remains on the show is because of the Tea Party Republican conspiracy. There are conservative Twitter campaigns for Bristol Palin, and websites like Conservatives for Palin urging people to vote for Bristol. On the site today, if you go there, it says "liberal heads are exploding all over the place because Bristol Palin advanced." But here's what Bristol Palin and her partner told us.</s>MARK BALLAS, BRISTOL PALIN'S DANCE PARTNER: I've had loads of people come up to me, especially out here in LA, and be like, "You know what? I'm 100 percent Democrat, but I vote for you guys every week because I have a normal life. I have a normal family. I come home to my normal TV set, tune in, and I think to myself, 'If I was on that show, that's exactly how I would be.' And I enjoy watching the journey and it's inspiring."</s>BRISTOL PALIN, CONTESTANT, "DANCING WITH THE STARS": I work my butt of here. I come in every day. I rehearse every day. I'm totally out of my element here, and I think I deserve to be here. And when people say that, "Oh, it's just because of the Tea Party," I always think of -- think of all the people out there that hate my mom. Why don't we talk about that? Why don't that be another topic of conversation? It can work both ways, me being Sarah Palin's daughter. They can either hate me or they can love me. And I'm just thankful that we're still in this competition, and I really don't care who's voting for us, but thank you for voting for us.</s>COSTELLO: That's what I would say if I was a contestant on the show. But just to show you how politics kind of invaded every part of our television viewing enjoyment, in a new study by Experian Simmons, a media research company, it came up with a list of shows Republicans supposedly like and those Democrats supposedly like. And I'll name a few. Republicans watch, you guessed it, Kyra, "Dancing With the Stars." "Modern Family," "Big Bang Theory." Democrats, apparently, watch shows about damaged characters like "Mad Men," "30 Rock," and "Dexter." All shows with much lower ratings. Republicans, it seems, are more devoted to their favorites and watch in greater numbers. This supposed partisan divide in TV viewing habits has, of course, erupted over the Bristol Palin controversy, if you want to call it that.</s>PHILLIPS: Well, I guess I'm nonpartisan, because I love "Modern Family," and I love "30 Rock," so, there you have it.</s>COSTELLO: Exactly.</s>PHILLIPS: Let me ask you a story about Willow Palin, Sarah Palin's teen daughter. TMZ, apparently, got some screen shots off of Facebook that shows Willow using some -- unfortunately, some gay slurs to slam some Facebookers that she felt were trashing her family. Now, you'd think Mom would put the kibosh on this Facebooking immediately.</s>COSTELLO: Well, this is all over the internet. We have to keep in mind that Willow Palin is 16 years old, and sometimes teenagers say things without thinking. So, in fairness, keep in mind, she is a teenager. But, apparently, some kid on his Facebook page was maligning Sarah Palin's new reality show. And Willow replied on the boy's wall, supposedly she said, "Ha ha, you're so gay. I have no idea who you are, but what I've seen pictures of, you're disgusting. My sister had a kid and she's still hot." And then, she used a worse slur, she used the f-word in relation to gay people.</s>PHILLIPS: Oh my.</s>COSTELLO: And perhaps she should not have -- there's no question, no one should ever use that term. But again, she's 16 years old. And it's, of course, on every liberal blog you go to is this terrible thing about Willow Palin and will Sarah Palin come out and say, "Oh, my gosh, my daughter was wrong and she should apologize." I guess the world has to hold its breath and we'll all wait.</s>PHILLIPS: I tell you what. If I said things like that when I was 16, I wouldn't be leaving the house for a very long time, Carol. I don't know about you.</s>COSTELLO: You'd have your mouth washed out with soap.</s>PHILLIPS: Oh, yes, I would. That happened plenty of times. Mom needs to talk to that girl. Carol, thanks.</s>COSTELLO: Sure.</s>PHILLIPS: Britain's crazy in love royal couple. An engagement sealed with a diamonds and sapphire. Prince William and Kate Middleton talk love, marriage, and the legacy of Mom. The newly-engaged pair in their own words.