Later, Sarah -- Much Later

I hate to admit that I can't watch something. My ego likes to think that I can view all TV, no matter how pea-brained, strange, cliched, etc. I draw the line at porn and gratitous violence. That's it.

Supposedly.

I couldn't watch "Sarah Palin's Alaska" (TLC), whose first season ends this week. I tried. Politics wasn't the issue. There's something about Ms. Palin that makes my skin crawl. I felt it the first time I saw her on the news during the 2008 Presidential race.

Bristol, by contrast, has some inexplicable charm and authenticity that kept her on "Dancing With The Stars" this past season.  Still, every time the camera grabbed a quick shot of Mama Sarah, applauding her girl, I recoiiled.

Betcha she'll be back for a second season on TLC. As the woman herself says, don't retreat. Just reload.