American Idol: "Don't You Wish You Had A President, Just Like Me?" -- Jerry Politex

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American Idol: Don't You Wish You Had A President, Just Like Me? Jerry Politex

As I watched "American Idol" last night, I thought of George Bush. One after the other, these young people, who couldn't sing to save their souls, proudly told America that they were the next American Idol, only to be given three thumbs down, larded by insults from the judges. One contestant in particular caught my eye: a grossly overweight woman in her mid-twenties: a straw-blond page boy, big, bright red lips, a golden tent of a shirt-smock draped over her nearly 300 pound body, spindly legs encased in back leotards. She breathlessly sang as flat as she spoke, and part of her lyrics were "Don't you wish you had a girlfriend just like me?"

If anything represents the triumph of misplaced American optimism in the face of a negative reality, this was it. Except George Bush's belief that Iraq and his surge toward dictatorship will be his positive legacies. Compared to the grotesque ugliness of George Bush and his plans, the woman on "American Idol" was a beautiful realist. In the essay that follows, Kent Southard explains how both Bush and the deluded singers on "American Idol" got this way.

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[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

1. Delusional MORANS

They're Everywhere!

[mnhtnbb]

2. Had the same thoughts watching AI. That so many people could

be so out of touch with reality helps to explain how, as one Brit tabloid asked after the 2004 election, "How could 55 million people be so stupid?"

The country seems to be loaded with people completely lacking in self-awareness. Bush isn't alone.

[Taverner]

3. AI is basically the Gong Show without the humor

And all the vitriol...

[Blue_Tires]

4. AI is Star Search or the Apollo without the talent

[mnhtnbb]

5. Uh, Jennifer Hudson just won a Golden Globe--two years after her AI appearance.

[Mike Daniels]

6. And Clarkson and Underwood have won acclaim from fellow singers and the industry in general.

The argument that AI only generates talentless hacks has been proven false by no less than these three cases.

[sandnsea]

7. 10,000 people stood in the rain

The same 10,000 people we need to convince to vote, and to vote for Democrats. That's America. Some might want to give that some thought.