More signs that we all died and entered a Philip K. Dick novel about 30 years ago:
Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will be among the cast of 16 celebrities in this season's "Dancing with the Stars" reality television show, the network behind the program said on Monday.
DeLay, a Republican who earned the nickname "The Hammer" for keeping lawmakers in line, served as House Majority Leader from 2003 to 2005.
He is not the first former politician cast in the show, as TV personality and former mayor of Cincinnati Jerry Springer appeared on a past season of "Dancing."
This is, needless to say, the wrong sort of Hammer Time.
Bonus Question: What surreality show will Newt Gingrich end up on?
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Rich|8.17.09 @ 3:42PM|#
Could it be ... "Big Brother"?
|8.17.09 @ 3:43PM|#
I blame the 1936 Olympics.
Fist of Etiquette|8.17.09 @ 4:01PM|#
If our Lord isn't testing us, how would you account for the proliferation, these days, of these dancing reality shows, with their gospel of easy sexuality and relaxed morality?
Charles Oliver|8.17.09 @ 4:04PM|#
Hasn't James Trafficant just been released from prison? What a wasted opportunity for a dance off.
|8.17.09 @ 4:27PM|#
Hammer, don't hurt them.
What's next John Ashcroft on American Idol?
|8.17.09 @ 4:39PM|#
Who cares? Does anyone with more than half a brain actually watch reality show dreck?
|8.17.09 @ 4:54PM|#
What Forbes said. Other than The Ultimate Fighter, of course. Kimbo Slice is on the next one!
|8.17.09 @ 5:01PM|#
Who cares? Does anyone with more than half a brain actually watch reality show dreck?
I'm kind of hoping it's all part of a conspiracy.
chris r|8.17.09 @ 5:48PM|#
Are you sure they don't have dancing with the stars confused with the special Olympics?
Ronk|8.17.09 @ 5:51PM|#
Politics aside, this is a pretty bizarre story. I mean that in a good way.
I don't care for Delays politics but I really look forward to seeing him in the show.
My opinion of him went up a notch.
|8.17.09 @ 8:59PM|#
I'd prefer to see Newt Gingrich starring in the White House in actual reality. I know I'm the only person willing to say that in public (even if after drinking a high-quality Manhattan)
JB|8.17.09 @ 9:12PM|#
Gawd. Newt has a few brain cells. Tom Delay has none. He is a complete and total hypocrite. Why not just come out of the closet as a communist homosexual who likes to dance to Madonna?
What a loser. Delay gets a whiff of power and immediately starts acting like a corrupt, big-spending Democrat. Hello retard, if we want those we vote for Democrats!
|8.17.09 @ 9:22PM|#
This just in: people of many different temperaments and backgrounds like to dance.
Do they also like to be on TV?
Story at 11...
|8.17.09 @ 9:27PM|#
Celebrity MMA would be good. I'd pay to see Rosie O'Donnel vs Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
mdeals|8.17.09 @ 11:53PM|#
I'm totally surprised to hear this news. he is entering in dancing show.. oh man you can dance..
|8.18.09 @ 12:06AM|#
Are we sure this isn't a plot for the next original production feature flick from SyFy channel ?
MTV should bring back celebrity death match...reality TV worth watching
gmatts|8.18.09 @ 2:41AM|#
Imagine if, as part of his preparation for the show, DeLay decides to use the Internet to research the cha-cha? Now that would just be outrageous.
|8.18.09 @ 9:35AM|#
In what sense is Delay a "star?"
|8.18.09 @ 10:25AM|#
Newt could be on The Newlywed Game - several times, in fact.
Kevin