Bristol Palin’s “Dancing With The Stars” Routine Drives Man To Shoot TV

Call it justifiable homicide of the electronic kind!

Like most Americans with 20/20 vision and any sense of rhythm, Steven Cowan has been perplexed by Bristol Palin’s curious ability to keep advancing in TV’s Dancing With The Stars competition.

(Republican Conspiracy *Cough* Republican Conspiracy….)

Driven over the edge by Palin’s latest head-scratching routine, prosecutors in rural Wisconsin say Cowan blasted his TV with a shotgun, sparking an all-night standoff with a SWAT team.

A Dane County Sheriff’s detective says Cowan, a resident of Vermont, Wisconsin, feel is Palin was not a good dancer and is only on the show because of her famous mother. According to court documents, the 67-year-old became enraged while watching Palin dance on Monday evening, went to his bedroom, returned to the living room with a shotgun and blasted the TV. He then pointed the gun at his wife, who managed to escape and call police. Swat officers surrounded the house and by Tuesday morning had managed to talk Cowan out.

Cowan — who suffers from bipolar disorder — has been charged second-degree reckless endangerment, a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and $25,000 in fines.

It’s unclear whether or not Cowan was medicated at the time of the incident.