I agree with everything your wrote. The herd mentality is a game killer as far as excitement goes. If these people don't vote out Xmas than do they really deserve all star status? It's the smart move for the majority of the house. Plus, she volunteered to go up! Duh, All Star? LMAO!
Nic A only won AFP because everybody felt sorry for her, and it seemed David was pretty smart last year because he seemed to figure everyone out. Neither of these players deserved a shot this season. Nic was an emotional mess who had positively no awareness of what was going on around her. I laughed when I read later that she tried to claim her game play against Jaysar was just that, game play, and she thought that it would save her. She really didn't mean it to talk bad about them and was just doing it to save herself. Sure.
And David, he absolutely does not deserve to be here. I've never played the game and I think I could have done better. I hope they don't keep him around.