Musings of a Maniac

The Idol - A Midrange Idol Shocker!

On Idol, saying goodbye can sometimes provide America with the joyous release that often accompanies the dislodgement of an impacted bowel movement.  But last night, the emotional and early demise of some hopefuls left me with a hole in my heart.  Perhaps that had something to do with the fact that I didn't get to watch the show live and it was 12am before I started to Tivo through it.  Better yet, it might have something to do with the fact that I can see this competition is in its final days.  Although 31 million votes were cast and the show continues to dominate the ratings, many regulars from prior seasons say they just can't get into to it anymore.  My junior blogger even said she is getting bored.

Idle hands are the devils workshop and America needs to turn away from the dark side that has infiltrated our hopes and dreams.  The U.S. dollar is at an all-time low, oil has exceeded $100 a barrel and the stock market remains on shaky ground.  But, all we hear from the radical Left and their friends in the media is that we need to renegotiate trade deals in order to protect their friends in organized crime, otherwise referred to as unions.  Better yet, let's raise taxes to astronomical levels and make sure every American has universal access to everything remotely possible including toilet seats, olive oil, condoms and crayola crayons.

After all, don't you realize that close 45 million Americans don't have access to drawing utensils. Also, don't forgot to mandate how we should live and force politically correct values down the throats of our children by means of a morally distorted educational system that has polluted and corrupted young minds with a sex-infused, secular curriculum that fosters readings of hack poetesses like Maya Angelou and discards the classics like Shakespeare and other pillars of Western Civilization. Finally, the U.S. Constitution and those who enacted should be viewed as racist patriarchs who stole America from the Indians.  If that were true, there would be no Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods, let alone ample liquor supplies on the reservations.

Fortunately, the purity of Idol can't be soiled by these harridans of misfortune and gloom, as evidenced by the truly spectacular medley that was performed last night.  The montage of 70's songs showcased some outstanding performances including Outback Idol, Michael Johns, who started off the performance with some strong vocals, despite his Wonderbread-like personality.  Sleeve, Carly, was also great as was Giggles (David A.) and David H.  However, David H. dances way too much every time he gets the chance.  Doesn't he realize that the stage in Hollywood is not a gay strip club where he launched his career?

As for Amanda, she stank once again.  I wonder if she has hit the bottle again after her weak performance the other night.  After all, I'm sure America has already gotten a glimpse of her mug shot on TMZ.com after she was arrested for DUI.  America isn't going to take kindly to that and she better come clean about it.  As everyone knows, America will forgive her for such sins, but only after a confessional.  I'm sure no one can forget how America embraced Mr. Bo Bice after his cocaine possession was exposed.

After the medley, Ryan got to the results and had the back row of the boys stand and it became more than clear that Streak was out, while the Jessica Alba body double was given another chance to annoy us with his putrid vocals, flattened bangs and hysterical crying.  Poor Streak had a good voice and was a single father, but America just didn't dig it.  At least he has some consolation from Simon who merely told him that he was boring, as opposed to Colten last week who was told to find a good job since he would have no singing career.

I have to admit I got a little choked up as Jason Yaeger sang us out.  Perhaps, if he was more flamboyantly light in the loafer via Danny Noreiga, America would have embraced him.  Instead, he got kind words and a hug from Paula who once again seemed drunk last night with her indecipherable babble and spastic hand movements.

After the commercial break, a somber Seacrest appeared on stage and asked the stage hands to dim the lights as the next hopeful reject is revealed.  It was well deserved and no surprise that Trans-America was cast to the wind.  She wore cargo shorts on stage during her performance and on results night wore a black bandanna with peace signs and expected that America would put up with that.  This is American Idol; not some Gloria Hole or the Meow Mix Bar.  She sung us out as well and sucked even worse if that was at all possible.  But it was too much for Giggles who cried hysterically and hugged her.  That was touching, but what was he so sad about?  He whipped all their asses this week and he can find some other hopeful to tutor him on taking on manly traits.  Amanda probably has time on her hands.

After TransAmerica, Seacrest turned to the girls again and called Kady Malloy and Alaina Whitaker to center stage.  I had a bad feeling about it at that point, but still felt robbed when Gappy was chosen over Kady as the next to go.  What an Idol shocker!!  But with all the wealth created in America over the last 30 years as a consequence of the triumphant economic policies of Ronald Reagan, can't her parents afford a dentist?  America hates open spaces, which is why that housing developments were built all over the country. 

Alaina was so devastated by the loss that she turned away from America and said she just couldn't sing.  Ryan gently gave her time to breathe and Paula babbled on, trying to comfort her.  Simon had declared her the dark horse the night before, but said nothing and made another half-moose gesture at Seacrest.  Frankly, I wanted to slap that bitch across the face and tell her to stop acting like a baby.  You come to a competition like this and get a chance to sing before millions and try to cry your way out of it.  America hates a crying game; just ask Hillary whose Presidential campaign has gone up in smoke you wouldn't inhale like her lying, sleazy scumbag, racist, rapist, impeached, disbarred. pardon pimping, furniture stealing loser of a husband.

After that, the waterworks exploded and Danny almost caused a flood worse than Katrina.  It's too bad it was not enough to dislodge some poor people from their ghettos created by the Leftist elites and provide them with a better life at the Houston Coliseum as noted by Barbara Bush. Alaina finally got it together and actually sounded better than the night before.  It's too bad, but that is the way the cookie crumbles.

   The most joyous note for me last night besides the medley was the well deserved disbursement of wig boy.  Week after week, the judges warned him he was inauthentic, but he still persisted with the fake rocker routine.  To add insult to injury, he even wore a wig during his performance.  So much for him and America made the right choice.

That will be the last time we'll have to see his ugly do-rags and bad attitude.  No one appreciates some one so dense that he thinks he can deceive America into believing such an outrageous fraud as his rocker routine.  After Milly Vanilli, America won't be fooled again.  So Robbie Carrico can drag race his way to Vegas and join all the other impersonators.  Old ladies with troll dolls at the slots and all you can eat buffets may be more amenable to his noxious charms than the suave and sophisticated American Idol audience.

Next week, the Top 16 will sing for us and the Top 12 will finally be revealed.  At this point, Giggles is the odds on favorite, but anything can happen in this competition.  Who would have thought that Idol would finally get the rights from the Lennon-McCartney song book?  I guess the gloved pedophile who walks around pre-schools with his nose in his pocket and adorned in sparkles needs the cash now that the Neverland ranch is being foreclosed upon.  Let's hope the Producers don't plan to move Idol Camp to that den of iniquity. 

On the other hand, I can't wait to hear Ruben's new song on March 11 when the Top 12 perform, not to mention another Idol Gives Back Week on April 9th.  But who really cares about Brad Pitt being there?  I found it far more exciting that Carrie Underwood is returning along with Daughtry, not to mention Miley Cyrus and Mimi.  As for Pitt, why doesn't he stick to collecting an entourage of children from foreign countries while his lovely mate sticks her tongue down her brother's throat.  Those two are so overplayed along with all these other Hollywood assholes who pluck babies from the wombs of Third World mothers so that they can prove how wonderfully beneficent they are.  These self-indulgent scum have no place in this competition and I hope that when they are sashaying around Africa buying children like Ferrangamo shoes and gas guzzling limousines that someone sticks them with an infected needle.

Idol, unlike these fools, once again will put money behind its words and help the less unfortunate without the assistance of a morally depraved federal government that has created the conditions in our inner cities so that the Party of the Left can have a permanent constituency of losers that they can ply with food stamps and subsidies along with vacations at the nearest prison.

Until next week,

Maniac - - out

         

 

The Idol - Top 10 Girls Tackle the 70's

As we sat in our living rooms last night watching these young hopefuls reach for the stars, we know William F. Buckley, Jr. was watching down from Heaven and wishing us Godspeed as we enjoyed a competition that runs without interference from the heavy hand of the Nanny State.  It was almost impossible not to feel a sense of loss upon the untimely death of this great man, who through the National Review and other journalistic forums, exposed the dark underbelly of the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of the far radical Left.  It is difficult to digest the magnitude of this loss, but no one captured the spirit of this man better other than Ronald Wilson Reagan, who in a tribute said, "You didn't just part the Red Sea - you rolled it back, dried it up and left exposed for the world to see, the naked desert that is statism."

No one said it better than Mr. Buckley as he skewered the utter nonsense that is the current thinking of contemporary Leftists.  As the Democrat Party continues its campaign of class warfare in the current Presidential campaign, they should pry open their narrow-minded and doctrinaire views about the economy and listen to what Mr. Buckley had to say.  For example, he once noted that "Back in the thirties we were told we must collectivize the nation because the people were so poor. Now we are told we must collectivize the nation because the people are so rich."

Of course, in Tuesday nights' Democrat Party debate, the profound ignorance of the Leftist views were displayed for all who wanted to see it.  Hillary Clinton is a product of a discredited and failed President who raped, got impeached, stole furniture and race-baited.  She presumed that amongst one of the weakest crop of Presidential candidates in American History, she would cruise to victory as her draft dodging, pot smoking, yellow-bellied, adulterous husband did.  However, something got in her way in the form of a shuck 'in jive fancy talking idiot who displayed a total ignorance with respect to economic and foreign affairs.

Every mainstream economist has championed the advantages of free trade, yet Barack Hussein Obama somehow thinks it is necessary to re-negotiate NAFTA, one of the few achievements of the Clinton era.  Free and unbridled trade lowers the cost of consumer goods and puts overpaid union hacks out of work.  I don't think the majority of Americans should have to pay more for consumer goods so that Jimmy Hoffa and his gang can remain in jobs that are not sustainable in a global economy.

Furthermore, it is unacceptable for a Presidential candidate to just renounce Louis Farrakhan's anti-semitic comments in a tepid manner.  Farrakhan has met with foreign terrorists and made racist comments about whites, but Obama has to be pressed by Hillary to reject him.  This raises serious questions as to the substance behind his eloquence as does his refusal to honor his written pledge to publicly finance his Presidential campaign.  Finally, to say the Al Qaeda is stronger in Afghanistan than it has ever been as he did yesterday defies common sense.  Wasn't the Taliban in total control of Afghanistan before 9/11 until George W. Bush dislodged them after Clinton failed to do so?  For someone who has such a problem wearing flag lapel pins or pledging allegiance to the Flag, I think he should think twice about attacking the stupendous job our troops have done in keeping the terrorists at bay.

Like the patriotic men and woman who serve this country, our hopefuls made a spirited effort last night in tackling 70's songs.  The vocals in some cases were outstanding, but the song choices prevented some from reaching the heights we know they can.  The first five performances of the night were all good, but then the Cowardly Lion dressed as Cruella Da Ville appeared on stage and absolutely butchered Kansas' Carry on My Wayward Son.  Poor Amanda Overmyer.  I had great hopes for her, but after last night, she is at serious risk of going home, except that as the night progressed, there were a few others who chose horrible songs and performed as honorably as Bill Clinton did when he shot loads in an interns mouth and ignored a mounting terrorist threat.

It's hard to know where to begin, but the second worst vocal of the night came from Alexandrea Lushington.  She comes on stage wearing cargo shorts looking more and more like Trans-America singing If You Leave Me Know, one of the worst songs ever written.  No one got more giddy than I when Terry Kath of Chicago shot himself in the head back in the 70's.  You would think after that a band named after city where Obama got his start as a street politician who hung out up with radicals who were responsible for blowing up Federal office buildings would be avoided like the plague, but not this he/she hopeful.  The only thing that might save her is that in her video before the performance, she showcased her patriotism by singing the National Anthem at Ground Zero.  I wonder if Luis Farrakhan performed, then Obama might considering pledging allegiance to our flag.

Kady Malloy is one of the more telegenic and personable hopefuls, but her rendition of Magic Man was not good and the judges rightfully panned her performance.  Her operatic skills may be up there, but I'm not sure she is going to make it for another week after two weeks of lackluster performances.  It really is too bad, but I'm not sure if I can say the same for Lizzy Bordon, Asia'H Epperson.  She got to close out the show with All By Myself and absolutely ruined the song.

At the beginning, she was pitchy and all over the place, but towards the end she did kind of bring it home.  But that was not enough and I don't care how sick she was or that she experienced a personal tragedy.  There are no excuses for a weak performance.  America is busy and doesn't need to waste time listening to crap.  I also want to call out Randy for suggesting she performed a Celine Dion song.  As I recall, it was 70's night and America didn't really start getting tortured by the French Canadian Migraine until the 90's.  All By Myself was originally made famous by Eric Carmen and for someone in the music industry, you would think Randy would be more with it.

I really like Alaina Whitaker even though she has a gap between her teeth the size of the Grand Canyon.  Who could not appreciate a girl who arranges her food on a plate so that it doesn't touch and uses a different fork for each item?  But, her performance of Hopelessly Devoted To You wasn't well received by the judges, except that Simon liked certain parts of it other than the fact that Alaina's grandmother seemed to prepare her for the audition.  I didn't love it, but it should be good enough for another week.  But, before she goes any further, she needs to get herself to a dentist or else we'll have to start calling her Snaggle-Tooth II.  As you may recall, Snaggle-Tooth, Elliott Yamin, waited until after the competition to fix his unsightly teeth.

On a more positive note, I was very much impressed with Sunshine's rendition of You're So Vain.  Brooke White took on a Carly Simon classic, played the guitar and impressed America with her understated, yet powerful performance.  It did not qualify as an Idol moment, but it came pretty close.  It made me happy that she dropped out of Beauty School in order to pursue a music career. 

Carly Smithson had a much improved performance this week when she tackled Crazy On You.  At points, her vocals soared even though she displayed her sleeve for America to see.  However, I'm not sure if that was the best song choice for her and found it disturbing that she works in an Irish bar and makes nice clovers in the foam of the beer she serves.  Go back to Dublin if you want to be a bar maid.  At least she keeps her house clean, but didn't her friends in the audience remind you of Halloween night?  Creepy and goth is not going to cut it when compared to Sunshine. 

Ramiele Malubay, did choose the wrong song as the judges noted, but her vocals were still outstanding.  Don't Leave Me This Way is a bit overplayed and has been performed a way too many ghastly weddings as noted by Simon, but what should America expect from a Mail Order Bride whose Polynesian dancing was too hot for words.

Speaking of hot, Katherine the Great had a miraculous comeback this week with her rendition of You're No Good, but I question the song choice.  If you want America to embrace you and sing along, the last thing you want them saying is You're No Good.  I also didn't buy the tomboy routine.  Perhaps if she looked more like Trans-America, we might buy it, but America is smarter and more sophisticated than that.  I suspect that Kristy Lee Cook will make it for another week, but America soon enough will send her off to the glue factor of fallen hopefuls in the same manner that she dispensed with her horse so that she could get to Hollywood.  This girl is obviously schooled in the culture of death since it was so easy for her to sell off a beloved pet.  On Fox, human life is sacred and left-wing feminist baby-killers need not apply, not to mention horse selling fake tomboys.

As for Mini Mouse, she also chose the wrong song, but the baby talk may captivate America. Her rendition of Me and Mr. Jones was good for me and I like her look and voice.  I also thought her acting skills on the commercial far surpassed the anti-American Hollywood Left.  I don't know about you, but I would rather hear Syesha Mercado screaming, "Dwayne, buy me a big beautiful shell," than some wife beating hack like Sean Penn playing himself so well in a litany of second rate films.

How someone like that gets an Academy Award for being an asshole is beyond me?  For Sean, that is hardly acting and if I was Petra Nemacova, I'd be careful hanging out with such a wuss.  She might end up getting caught in a fist tsunami if he looses his temper and might not be lucky enough to escape the second time around.  Penn's father was a communist sympathizer who was rightly blacklisted by Senator McCarthy and he is no better as he champions dictators and tyrants like Hugo Chavez throughout the world while attacking the Fox Network.  Once again, do I need to call David Chapman out of retirement to take care of the Sean problem?  While he is at it, I wish he also might deal with Sarandon, Robbins, Paltrow and assorted fools like Mr. Shake and Bake, Michael J. Fox.

Tonight, four more hopefuls will go and these hopefuls are going to have to up the ante a bit.  However, this year, there does appear to be some strong contenders.  But for the week, Giggles had the best performance and has captured the hearts and minds of America, even after singing music from the likes of John Lennon. 

I am beginning to get know these hopefuls a little better and as you will note, have come up with some preliminary nicknames.  Who could forget some classics like Good & Plenty and No Neck?  But before the season progresses, please leave your comments and feedback as to other alternatives.  Unlike the radical far Left, I am not fixed into some doctrinal mandate set forth by Karl Marx and would be happy to consider better alternatives.

Maniac - - out

 

The Idol - Top 10 Males and the 70's Don't Mix

Last night, this competition showcased interesting tidbits about our hopefuls and provided them a selection of 70's songs for them to choose from.  Randy Jackson went on about how great the music was from that decade of gas lines, Jimmy Carter, and stagflation, but as I recall, this was the time when disco was hot, polyester was in and bell bottoms and platform shoes were the rage.  Randy is slowly becoming superfluous to this competition since his tastes are in serious question, as noted by the dreadful sweater he wore last night, which made him look even grander than he thinks he is.  In that decade when the far radical Left was controlling the agenda, America didn't do well and the performances from last night's show clearly reflected that.

  Let's hope that America does not fall prey once again to the Leftist designs that are currently being sketched by the Democrat Party.  At first, I was certain that the Clinton crime family would return and further damage America's promise.  Who could forget the days when the MSM had blessed them as the second coming of Christ?  Instead, what we got was a two-year Presidency that was cut short when the GOP took control of Congress for the first time in 60 years after America saw what the Democrats had to offer:  highest tax increase in American history, red ink as far as the eye can see and a failed attempt to socialize medicine all at the hands of a woman who wants to claim this provides her with the greatest experience to be President when compared to her opponent Barack Hussein Obama.

  Although Obama is far better than Clinton and I would not expect unexplained suicides, missing billing records, stolen furniture, raped employees and pardon pimping from him, I think it is now time to start focusing in on him like a laser beam.  Hillary's attempts to smear him have failed since she is damaged goods.  I expect that we can do a much better job and the first thing that comes to mind is why he looks so comfortable in the native garb of Somalia, yet he refused to wear a flag label pin that most Senators wear, particularly after 9/11.  This may seem like a small issue, but it does reflect an attitude about America as did his wife's gaffe last week when she suggested she had nothing to be proud about in America for the last 25 years, except for the coronation of her husband.  America will not stand for unpatriotic Elitists who want to destroy the moral fabric of this country and return us to the decline and despair of the Carter era. 

Thus, why the Producers selected the 70's as a theme is beyond me and it surprises me that a competition that celebrates all that is good in this country would want to have these young and naive hopefuls tackle these anti-American odes from the decade of sloth.  David Archuleta, Giggles, was too young to understand the evil that John Lennon represented.  After all, he didn't have the experience of living through the great Richard Nixon's Presidency.  Nixon wanted that scum deported and his song Imagine is a fascist anthem that Hilter probably sings in hell when regaling some of his friends like Stalin, Che, Alger Hiss and Christopher Reeves.  Giggles had no idea that he chosen a song like that and in a sense he made a mockery of Imagine by performing it on a family show like Idol and making it soft and beautiful. 

The hateful words of that song were drowned out by Giggles' masterful rendition and I'm sure Yoko Ono is choking over her vegetarian sushi when she heard it. And if that ugly and greedy tramp thinks that Fox will allow her as a guest judge on this show, she better think twice. If such a travesty were to occur, I am going to start a legal battle to get David Chapman out of prison on work release and that would certainly be an Idol moment.  A show that provides us with talent like Giggles is no place for a woman who enriched herself through capitalist enterprises while claiming to be a representative of the downtrodden.  I also found David's video at 11 years old where he sang for Kelly Clarkson profoundly moving.  Of course, Kelly embraced him since unlike Yoko, she represents all that is good about the music industry.

Another strong performance came from David Hernandez when he tackled Papa Was a Rolling Stone.  He was polished and well received by the judges, but he has no where near the sparkle of Giggles.  Furthermore, he has a seedy past and it has been noted that he performed as a stripper in Phoenix before Idol.  I guess all that practice at gymnastics as a youth paid off for him when he was pursuing his career as a dancer.  America will not like that, but he is certainly safe for another week.

The word nerd, David Cook, also did well with his rendition of All Right Now and I thought Simon unfairly attacked him for showcasing his penchant for crossword puzzles and word games.  He came off as authentic, unlike Robbie Carrico, and had a fairly strong performance.  But then he had to ruin everything by mouthing off to Simon.  How many times do I have to say this?  You'd don't come to a town like Hollywood and speak to Simon Cowell like that.  However, at least he had the good sense to choose the right kind of song and was no where near as disrespectful as Isaac XL.

After last weeks dreadful performance in an orange suit, Chikezie came back this week with a pretty good but by no means stellar performance of I Believe to My Soul.  However, once again, he went after Simon and continued to defend his outrageous outfit from last week.  You could tell that even his own Momma wanted to bitch slap him after that petulant display before America.  Let's hope America clubs him to death like a baby seal, but I'm afraid he'll be around for another week since there were far worse last night.

For example, the fake rocker and drag racer, Robbie Carrico, tackled Hot-Blooded by Foreigner about as well as Hillary Clinton appears to be taking care of the schwarze Kennedy.  Robbie eloquently stated that "I be me" when his authenticity was questioned, but I think he better stick to racing cars.  His vocals were weak and his imitation rocker is exactly that.  This competition is looking for the next pop star, not some former boy band singer who had back door sex with Britney Spears and now he thinks that qualifies him as the next Axl Rose.  Come on now.  His lame attempt is wearing thin and America may not vote him off this week, but he certainly deserves to be. 

However, Danny Noriega had him beat with one of the worst performances of the night.  He caused Karen Carpenter to further decompose with that absolutely dreadful rendition of Superstar.  Furthermore, what was Simon talking about when he thought he looked terrific on camera?  He looked like he borrowed that sweater from his grandmother who lives at an old age home in Boca.  I did not buy the punk rock band thing either.  Who cared about that?  This guy should be out, unless America wants an even gayer Sanjaya causing more noise pollution in living rooms across America. 

If the fake rocker doesn't go, Luke Menard is also at serious risk after having the bad judgment of choosing a Queen song.  He has nowhere near the stage presence of Freddie Mercury and his rendition of Killer Queen paled in comparison to the original as noted by Simon.  However, at least Luke finally unpacked his suitcase and wore something respectful on stage.  At the same time, I thought he was much better than last week.  But after touring the world in acapella group, he should have stuck to something more suited to his whiny and annoying voice.  I hate to say this, but he kind of sings like the way Hillary climaxes after a three-way with Janet Reno and Donna Shalala.

Equally bad if not worse was Marley Au Lait, who destroyed Andy Gibb's I Just Want To be Your Everything.  After listening to that dreadful rendition, I wanted to invite Victoria Principal over so that she could break his heart and cause him to commit suicide as she did with Andy.  I hated that performance as well as his lame attempt at humor at the introduction.  What is he?  Some kind of recluse.  If Jason Castro hates interviews, what the hell is he doing in a ratings juggernaut like American Idol? 

The most outrageous moment of the the night was the unfair piling on that Streak had to endure after his okay but not great performance of Long Train Running.  It was not the best, but certainly not deserving of the scorn and ridicule that he endured after the judges savaged him.  I expect a backlash and America will keep Jason Yaeger around for another week.  However, he is a little too roley poley to be dancing like Danny Terrio; so he should just stick to the white man's overbite.

As for the overrated Outback Idol, he was no great shakes last night with his pitchy performance of You Can Go Your Own Way.  Michael Johns started off warbling like a bird and was all over the place throughout the performance.  That was the wrong song for him and he is totally boring. Furthermore, his video montage at the beginning was confusing.  At first, I thought he said that America may not realize that he was a bit of a joke, but he meant to say jock.  How many times do we need to remind hopefuls to speak English on American Idol, rather than Australian.  Then he went on to showcase his tennis skills, which didn't seem that impressive.  Perhaps, he might consider doing his lounge act at the country club after a few sets of tennis with Muffy, but he is already beginning to wear on me and I wish the judges would stop pimping him.  How the tennis didn't merit scorn while David Cook's crosswords did is beyond me.

Overall, this was not a good night for Idol, with the exception of Giggles, who had the first Idol moment of the season.  Who would have thought that a song like that from a deadbeat like Lennon would actually shine?  If David A. can accomplish such a feat, he may very well be the one to beat in this competition. He is already generating a lot of buzz.  As for the bottom two, I would like to see Isaac, XL and Robbie Carrico out, but it most likely will end up with Danny and Luke being cast to the wind.

Until tonight,

Maniac - - out

   

The Idol - Plussy Tyra Back to the Runway, But Isaac Continues on the Love Boat

  This competition is already taking a toll on the hearts and minds of the American landscape.  Last night, America decided on the four hopefuls who would no longer have the privilege to perform at the same time that the far radical Left met in a debate in Austin.

While the debate was boring and meaningless, the show was another major event, with a shocking result where Isaac was saved for another week to annoy us with his bad singing and horribly grotesque zoot suits.  I'm not sure what America was thinking, but my guess is they were afraid of a backlash from the race baiters of the Left if the only African-American male hopeful was cast to the wind.

Instead of the sassy Chikezie, Ellen (Colton Berry) got the boot, which was an outrageous and anomalous result.  I'm not saying he was that good, but compared to Isaac, he deserved another week.  Simon had no sympathy and instead of offering hugs and consolation as he did during the auditions, he was more brutal than ever to poor Colton, who he advised "to get a good job and enjoy singing" since he had no chance of a successful music career.  Thank God Simon is back, mean and angry.

Colten took it like a man and left with grace, unlike Issac who has already outstayed his welcome after he rudely sassed Simon after his putrid performance.  At least Colton got to sing us out for the evening, which was more air time than he ever got during this competition.  It almost makes me wonder whether the Producers are operating an affirmative action program for unqualified candidates who have no place in a forum that is the ultimate meritocracy. 

However, despite this disappointing turn of events, the show started out with bang when the hopefuls appeared on stage in Fosse-like black and white attire.  Don't our hopefuls clean up nicely?  The minute I saw them I knew we were in store for the first medley of the season and indeed, after a commercial break, all 24 performed 60's songs in an inspiring melange.  However, with so many singing at the same time, I thought the medley came off as a bit confused and manic, unlike Paula Abdul's highly polished video, which broadcast after the first two hopefuls were voted off.

As for the first boy and girl who got the boot, it was no big surprise, although I would have preferred that Lief Garrett stayed another week, rather than someone who showed up on stage dressed as a day laborer.  I guess America prefers a pretty face, not matter how badly dressed, which kept Luke Menard around for another week to perform in work clothes purchased at the Old Navy clearance sale. 

I also want to send a special shout out to Ryan Seacrest who wasted no time in casting Garrett to the wind.  Rather than playing things he out, Ryan cut to the chase with the efficiency of a German. After seven seasons, Ryan is finally coming into his own as a host and I am no longer regretting the demise of Brian Dunkleman.  Ryan is also keeping the judges in line and has nicely summarized some of their more indecipherable comments so that the hopefuls can learn from their mistakes.  Anyone who can make sense of Paula's drug-infused gibberish deserves credit. Ryan's newly found eloquence is almost as powerful as that of the schwarze Kennedy.

In last night's Democrat Party Debate, Hillary once again tried to take issue with Obama's plagiarism, but the Left will have none of that.  After all, isn't this the same group who thinks it is acceptable to hire and promote a reporter who totally fabricates stories for what is supposed to be one of the nations finest newspapers, The New York Times?  The Times is under assault again for giving front page coverage to innuendo and gossip about John McCain, a real war hero.

The New York Times gave a sweetheart deal to the economic war criminal Soros so that MoveOn.org could advertise unpatriotic charges towards decorated General Petreas who has successfully stabilized the situation in Iraq.  They also ran a front page story about Nancy Reagan having an affair with Frank Sinatra, which they lifted from a Kitty Kelley biography, while they bury stories about how Clinton raped Juanita Broderick.

Now, they are pimping out this story about McCain after they endorsed him as the best Republican to be President.  Thank God, Rupert Murdoch now controls the Wall Street Journal because he is going to bury them into further economic oblivion.  Pinch Sulzberger is the ultimate example of what happens with all that Left-wing inbreeding.  The Chardonnay sipping elites love to sit on their perch and mock America, but they are more like the Deliverance than anyone living in Appalachia. 

Unfortunately, for Amy Davis, she will no longer have a place in this competition and she will have to return to the hinterlands that Elites like to mock.  For a moment, I almost thought that Horse Girl, Kristy Lee Cook, was going to be out when Ryan called her forth, but that was just a ploy.  However sad it was for Amy, she did not belong in this competition.  As noted by my junior blogger, "she reminds me of a car ride home when I puke."

Plussy Tyra also got the boot but that was no big surprise either, but I almost thought Amanda was going to be out in a shocking Idol twist.  Although no one said so, it appeared that she might have been in the bottom three.  America may not be warming to her as she may be too intense for this competition.  She should take heed as well as never wear that hideous get up that she had on last night.

Of course the coup de grace was Paula's video of Dance Like there is No Tomorrow which was pimped on the shows half-time.  She danced like a senior citizen and sang with the assistance of computers, but America still loves a drunk.  She is certainly no Janet Jackson, but if she really wanted a reaction, she might have considered a nip shot.  Perhaps then Simon would have embraced her incoherent and ridiculous babbling.  As noted by Simon, she truly does "represent every color of the universe" with this triumphant comeback, which should give hope to other ladies out there looking for redemption.

However, Hillary is no lady and will no doubt be vanquished by the schwarze Kennedy, even though she is less of lefty if that is all possible.  I'm sure no one noticed, but in last nights debate, Hillary said she would not sit down with Fidel's brother, while Obama is more than amenable to such a conversation.  What's next?  Sending more children back to Cuba via Janet Reno so that they can live in the leftist paradise where free speech rights are crushed.  I don't know about you, but when Fidel finally kicks it, I will not shed one tear.  Furthermore, Che also not only deserved a bullet to his head, but a cattle prod where the sun don't shine.

Next week, our journey continues.  America will once again get a better chance to see who should remain and who will be out.

Until next week,

Maniac - - out 

          

The Idol - The Top 12 Females

After two hours of performances and two hours of commercials, America has finally gotten a glimpse of all 24 hopefuls as they treated us to classics from the 1960's.  I realize that the Fox Network needs revenues to keep this little competition going along with its fair and balanced news coverage, but two hours of commercial breaks isn't acceptable for those who turn to this show in record numbers year after year. 

First and foremost, this competition is about art.  I realize that the Federal Government doesn't provide subsidies to music that is pure and clean and would rather direct resources to things like a Piss Christ or a Dung Smeared Madonna.  Or better yet, paying extra money so that the Pelosi Congress can visit terrorist regimes in the Middle East and act as if she is the Secretary of State.  I also realize that someone needs to pay for all of Paula's indulgence with the Jesus Juice.  But enough is enough.  Why isn't this show on PBS?  I would certainly think this is more worthwhile than listening to the babbling of Leftist morons like Bill Moyers.

Indeed, the MSM continues its serious decline into oblivion.  The New York Times, like Barack Obama, plagiarizes stories and has had to fire even more staff as a consequence of its declining circulation and revenues.  For those who want to curry favor with these Left-wing elites with the business acumen of central planners of the Cuban economy, they should think twice.  John McCain spent much of his career getting favorable press from the Washington Post and the Treasonous Times by trying to stick it to conservatives.  But now that he is the presumptive nominee, stories are popping up like the Whitewater billing records about his supposed sexual relationship with a female lobbyist and his lax ethical standards.  If John McCain can still get his winkie up at his advanced years, that alone is a testament to the fact that he can kick terrorist butt better than the wussy Left and their fierce urgency of now.

Furthermore, since when has the radical Left ever cared about preserving the sanctity of marriage.  Perhaps, if McCain had courted a male lobbyist, appointed him to a sensitive security post and then declared himself a "gay American,"  the MSM would be praising his courage and how the struggle of the closeted lifestyle made him make such reckless decisions.  Of course, after such an admission, he would end up at a seminary from a heretical church like Former NJ Governor McGreevey, rather than the White House.

NJ values permeated this competition last year with the spectacle of the NJ Slut, Antonella.  She also made it to the Top 24 and sassed Simon with her Jersey Shore attitude and big hair after a series of putrid and horrendous performances. I warned America about the Plus Size Model from HOOO-BOO-Ken and her rendition of Say A Little Prayer proved my point.  By a landslide, that was the worst performance of the night and it had nothing to do with Joanne Borgella's weight and had a lot more to do with her lack of talent.  As noted by my junior blogger, "American Idol is not about how much cheesecake you can eat."  However, after the judges savaged her performance, this girl rose above her NJ upbringing and accepted their verdict gracefully.  For that, she deserves some props, but that will not save her from the bottom two females tonight.  In the words of Simon Cowell, "that was a very average cabaret performance of a cabaret song."

I can barely recall any coverage Amy Davis got during Hollywood week as well as the brief snippets we saw of her audition.  Most likely, we will not get much more of her.  Her rendition of Where the Boys Are was just what you would expect from a former trade show model.  She looked great, but the performance was about as bad as it can get in this competition.  Who needs a boring cabaret performance that was so bad it made me long for one of President Pudge's State of the Union Addresses where he would prattle on for close to two hours about how little he accomplished as President.  His failed Presidency and disgraceful antics on the campaign trail where he tried to punch out hecklers and race-bait might explain why his life partner is losing big time to an uppity and unknown Negro who had the audacity to take on his corrupt machine.  It is almost miraculous that a party with so many members suffering from Downs Syndrome actually came to it senses after 16 years to finally wake up and realize that the Clinton legacy was about as meaningful as an unnecessary rectal exam.

Another theme we noticed last night was all this talk about how the Flu had infiltrated this competition and diminished the power of some of our hopefuls' instruments.  Of course, it was our drunk plasticine earth mother who pointed this out after Kristy Lee Cook butchered and destroyed Rescue Me.  Paula should stop making excuses and lay off the bottle since last night she once again was disturbingly intoxicated and had her hair pressed like Prince. As noted by my junior blogger, who would have thought that "so much alcohol can go down so fast."  Kristy will probably last another week at least solely based on her looks, but her face looked like it was glued on with more foundation than Paula.  I also have to question what kind of person would sell her horse in exchange for a place in Hollywood.  Would Katherine the Great sell her horse?  She is robotic and cruel and I'm sure her little pony didn't get to make up excuses when she sold him off to satisfy her vanity. 

Another blond from last night, Aliana Whitaker, pleasantly surprised me with her rendition of I Love You More Today than Yesterday.  I, like Simon, hate this song and also found Alaina's arrogance at the auditions unsuited to the majesty of this competition.  But last night, she reminded me of Carrie Underwood and I started to take a liking to her.  She was not the best, but she is a prime candidate for the Top 6.  She also deserves a special birthday shout out since she turned 17 just as she performed before America. 

I had great hopes for Amanda Overmyer,  She is gruff with a throaty voice that suits her rocker persona.  She reminded me of Dilana from Rock Star Supernova, but without all the drama.  But once again like Simon, I had no idea what the song was nor did I like it.  She needs to sing; not scat and I'm sure America isn't going to buy that performance.  I also question how long she can last in this competition as a hard edged rocker who survived a car accident with a semi-truck.  The biker chick routine might get her a part in the Vagina Monologues with Hanoi Jane, but I'm not sure that a competition that produced Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson is the right forum for her talents.  Let's hope she chooses a better song next week since I still want to see more from her.

On the other end of the spectrum, there was sweetness and light in the form of Brooke White, the former Nanny who eschews the dark side no matter how hard the forces of Hollywood pull at her to watch that R-rated movies, smoke cigarettes (or better yet a crack pipe) or snort illegal substances.  But this girl is no trampy Long Island nymphomaniac slut via Lindsay Lohan.  Her rendition of So Happy Together was original and well done.  Her vocals have a throaty quality that almost mask away her G-rated personality.  Simon was right on when he noted that she is too nice, but America is a kindler and gentler nation.  She has apple pie good looks and the potential to appeal to the hearts and minds of this gorgeous mosaic we like to call America.

Another blond who might get canceled out by Brooke is Kady Malloy.  She may do a mean Britney Spears imitation, but her performance of Groovy Kind of Love was truly like the Night of the Living Dead, as noted by Simon.  She has the looks of Lauren Conrad from the Hills and at points seemed to have a nice voice, but she chose the wrong song and could potentially be cast to the wind rather than Amy Davis or Plus Size this week.  However, I think America should at least give her another week to prove she can do better than imitate an unfit mother who left her children to be raised by a gold digging hack who makes Heather Mills look like the Pope. 

When I first saw Alexandrea Lushington, I wasn't sure if she was a man or woman, but my junior blogger assured me when she said "You didn't see Trans-America wearing a bun in her hair."  Her rendition of Spinning Wheel was no great shakes and forgettable, but not as bad as Simon suggested.  And this time, she couldn't pull her grandmother off a respirator to tug at America's heart stings.  Thus, I would suggest that she is not long for this competition, nor is Asia'H Eppersson.

I didn't even recognize the song at first since it was slow and I can't understand how Simon thought she was his favorite of the night.  I have also had enough of Janis Joplin and she's beginning to be as overused as Celine Dione and Whitney Houston.  Take a Little Advice, rather than a Piece of My Heart and stick to songs you can sing, rather than shout and screech.  Furthermore, she needs to stop pimping that story about her dead father.  How many times can we hear about the hard time she is having?  Suck it up and stiff upper lip!  America has no tolerance for a Crying Game, unless you are an uneducated unmarried woman who finds merit in someone who remained in a loveless marriage in exchange for political power.

Syesha Mercado is by far the most appealing African-American hopeful and best reflects what this competition is about.  She has telegenic looks and powerful vocals.  I hated her song choice, Tobacco Road, but she showed great promise for ending up in the Top 6 after the dust has settled from this phase of the competition.

By far, Imelda Maros had the best performance of the night with her rendition of You Don't Have to Say You Love Me.  The song was too slow, but the vocals were great and I expect that Ramiele Malubay will be able to buy even more shoes after this competition closes.  She is a total spitfire and out classed many of the others last night including Carly Smithson, who Simon trashed for her rendition of Shadow of Your Smile.

Frankly, Simon was way too harsh about her performance and it was clear that she has outstanding vocals.  But, she needs to step up her game and stop dressing like a tattooed Nun when she performs in this competition. There are also simmering issues raised about whether she should even be in this competition since she had a previous $2 million record deal with MCA that fizzled.  Apparently, Randy Jackson worked at the label at the time.  As usual, the detractors are using this as a means to attack the Fox Network and all that is pure about this competition.  It is the Producers who write the rules about hopefuls and there is no evidence that someone with a failed record deal can't perform. 

I don't know about the rest of America, but I'm sick and tired of all the hateful and negative assaults that this competition has to withstand year in and year out.  Don't these people realize they can't stop this juggernaut.  The ratings for the Top 24 started off at an Idol high. The Fox Networks is too smart for them and won't end up like Air America, which has about three listeners.  No one cares what the Left has to say or their contemptuous attitude for those who take pride in being part of this miraculous experiment in democracy we like to call the Shining City on the Hill.

Until the results,

Maniac - - out 

 

   

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The Idol - The Top 12 Males (Kind of)

American Idol makes me proud.  Not only that, since the day I was born as an American citizen, I have been proud to have the privilege to live in this great and humble nation, despite the grave injustices my people have experienced at the hands of the privileged Elites.  Italian-Americans were not provided with subsidies from the government so that we could buy bling, big Cadillacs with spoked wheels or a flat screen TV.  We made our own pasta without food stamps or a class action lawsuit waged by the NAACP.  We did not sashay into Ivy League universities with sub-standard academic credentials by means of special programs designed to assist the Left-wing's favorite victims.  My people came to this country against their will and were exploited, until we rose up and fended for ourselves.

Thus, to somehow suggest that America is having its proudest moment when an untested fancy talking man beats an unqualified hack for the Democrat Party Presidential nomination is beyond the pale.  Once again, through the words of Michelle Obama, we are getting a glimpse of what the Left has in store for us.  They have always hated this country and its promise.  Only when the Democrats follow their far-radical Left-wing tendencies, can we be proud of this land?  This narcissistic and self-indulgence may play well to the uneducated dullards who make up most of the Democrat Party, but not for America.  If any statement of the last weeks shows the character of that party, we have found it.

Unlike the hopefuls on American Idol, the Left still plays the victimization angle, but with the panache of some of the less desirable hopefuls. Last nights performances surpassed last year's opening, but there were many putrid and hideous performances.  If America is a just nation, Issac from the Love Boat should be out by a landslide.  The orange suit was a disaster and the performance of I Love You Today More Than Yesterday was an unmitigated disaster.  For the first night, we could forgive all of that, but he then interrupted Simon's critique and displayed an uppity attitude that America will not stand for.  Chikezie better hope that he can get a job as a jacuzzi salesmen after this since his singing career should be over.  America even put Fantasia in the bottom three when she mouthed off to Simon.  Does anyone really think such insolence will be tolerated from a fat arrogant blob with bad taste in clothes?

I realize that if he is ejected, we will be hearing the hooting and hollering from the race-baiting poverty pimps of the Left like Al Sharpton.  But that will be as effective as Hillary's campaign for the Presidency.  Once again, she lost by 17 points in Wisconsin last night and in Hawaii, despite the fact that Chelsea was there being pimped out.

Another prime candidate for the bottom two is Luke Menard.  His rendition of Everybody Talking at Me was as lifeless as the toxins he uses cleaning carpets in his other career.  I have no idea how he got to the Top 12 this year since he seemed no better than the audition tape from Season 6.  I also wondered whether his wife forgot to pack his clothes.  How does someone dare to stand on stage before America wearing sweat clothes?  This is American Idol and he should not be dressed as if he is standing in line with day laborers waiting for the next minimum wage job.  His one saving grace may be that the shallow females of America may be sweet on him and cut him a break as a consequence of his Soap Opera-like looks.  However, if they paid attention, they would have noticed that he looked shorter than Ryan Seacrest.

As an alternative to Luke, Garret Haley may also be out.  Neil Sedaka is intended for elevators, rather than a hip downtown competition like this.  Furthermore, if you take on a classic cheese-ball song like Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, you better make it your own and update it, rather than standing like a frightened rabbit ready to be slaughtered for dinner.  I also hate to break it to this kid, but he was no Peter Frampton.  Lief Garrett, on the other hand, who graced the covers of Tiger Beat was more like it, except that this guy lacked Lief's smarmy charm. 

The judges also brutally trashed Streak's rendition of Moon River.  I could have easily guessed that Simon would describe his performance as cruise-ship worthy.  This was the wrong song and it became pretty clear why the Producers had not given Jason Yaeger much air time this season.  I also thought it was weird that he shows up with a son, but no mother.  What was going on there?  America will not embrace an alternative lifestyle and that blond highlight may have been a dead giveaway. 

As for the top performances of the night, there were three:  David Archuleta's rendition of Shop Around, Jason Castro's Daydream and Michael Johns' Light My Fire.  All three were Idol-worthy performances, but David needs to stop giggling and freaking out.  Okay, we know you are excited and happy, but show a little self-control.  I had low expectations for Jason, and he pleasantly surprised me as playing the guitar was a nice touch.  Now all he needs is a good haircut and he may have hope for a better tomorrow.  This is not Jamaican Idol.  Do we have to remind him?

Finally, Michael Johns is obviously the favorite male performer and he did a good job last night.  But after ten years of living in America, you would think he would learn to speak English.  Instead, he persists using Australian.  On American Idol, it is English only and he better take note.  I also thought the scarf around his neck made him look like Oliver and he better be careful that America does not put him up for adoption.

As for the middle-tier candidates that performed, I was not buying the rocker Daughtry wannabees of either David Cook or Robbie Carrico.  David wore an argyle sweater at the auditions and his lame attempt at a Mohawk wasn't going to impress America.  His performance of So Happy Together was indistinctive and bland. Yet Paula found it worthy of praise.  But since David was a former bartender, it was clear that he must have been serving Paula last night since she was as loopy as ever.  Instead of telling hopefuls what color they are, why doesn't she just spit out whether they sucked or not?

If Hanoi Jane can get on the Today Show and use the C-word, Paula Abdul can certainly give these hopefuls a better critique.  As for Hanoi Jane, she deserves a shout out for use such crude language on the most hateful show in American Television.  If they are going to pimp a lesbian anti-male feminist play like the Vagina Monologues, should they surprised that the Leftist Darling who got dumped by Ted Turner would be trash talking like that about her warm special place? 

As for another straight talker, Simon was right on when he noted that Robbie lacked authenticity as a rocker.  He dated Britney Speaks back when she was a virgin!!  Does he really think growing his hair out and wearing a do-rag is going to fool America?  Can anyone picture Tommy Lee dating a Pop Princess?  He has much better taste than that as evidenced by his marriage to one of the biggest skanks of the entertainment community who has to deflate her fake boobs at night just so she can fit through her bedroom door.  Robbie's performance of One was total pop and he needs to cut his hair, use some gel and a razor and get with it.  He is about as much of a rocker as Hillary is Presidential timber. 

I liked David Hernandez during Hollywood week and thought he started off strong with In the Midnight Hour, but he fell apart at the end as noted by the judges.  Colton Berry, on the other hand, did a pretty good job with Suspicious Minds.  Who would have expected a female version of Ellen to take on Elvis?  As for the other Elvis performance, that was the most controversial moment of the night.

Danny Noriega had the bangs of Tyra Banks and the balls of Hulk Hogan before the steroid abuse in taking on Elvis' Jail House Rock.  His performance met with mixed reviews from the judges and caused a slap and tickle argument between Simon and Paula.  What color was that performance?  Pink? Chartreuse?  Lilac?  Simon called Danny out as hideous while Ryan just tried to out him.  His performance had some merit and was not as bad as Simon suggested, but at the same time he needs to choose songs more suited to his gender.

In the end, I'm not sure America will embrace a contestant such as this.  But perhaps naive teenage girls may fall for him.  In the end, he will most likely be in for another week, but I doubt he's going to get an invitation to Graceland.  After all, Priscilla is too busy preparing for Dancing with the Stars.

Tonight, the girls will commence their performance and we shall see whether the hype is warranted. Seascrest keeps on telling us how this is the strongest season ever, but I don't see it yet.  The performances were good, but they were no where near the level required of this majestic competition.

Maniac - - out   

    

The Idol - The Top 24 Revealed

America demands clarity and last night once again, this competition provided us what we have been longing for.  The dust has cleared and the sky is cloudless as next week's performances bring a new era to this competition.  The Top 24 has been revealed and I'm certain that the selections made will raise this competition out of the morass of last season as well as the debacle that was Taylor Hicks.  However, Simon seemed unhappy with some of choices and from what I saw, he had some justification.  At the same time, some of his selections left me incredulous.

As you recall, when the Plus Size model from the Garden State auditioned, I was unimpressed by her performance and how Simon could have chosen her over Cardin McKinny is beyond me.  Joanne Borgella tried to play the victim by suggesting that her fat has kept her down, but perhaps it is her meager talent that had something to do with it.  Simon seems to have a thing for fat girls, but this one is no Lakisha, let alone a Good & Plenty, Mandisa.  She has reject stamped all over her forehead.

For a competition that celebrates artistry, why select someone from a state like NJ, which gave us mumbles, Bruce Springsteen.  He is one of the most overrated talents and a wife beating leftist like Sean Penn.  Who can take him seriously as a working class hero when he lives in multi-million dollar homes and travels in private jets?  Only those who frequent the Livingston Mall wearing Addidas sweat pants while fashioning themselves as Bohemians would find appeal in this draft dodging unpatriotic scum bag.

I expect that Plus Size will not make the Top 12 and will return to modeling granny panties along with Hillary Clinton, whose inevitable campaign for the White House has been short-circuited by an uppity Negro who had the audacity to challenge her divine right to be Queen.  The latest polls show her 12 points behind Senator Obama, yet she still claims she will be ready on Day One to clean up the incompetence of President Bush.  However, if she is such a great manager, why is her campaign in shambles?  Why did she have to fire her top-level staff?  This woman has the grace of a porcupine and the management skills of one suffering from Downs Syndrome.  And if madam Pudge thinks wearing Thatcher blue at campaign stops will somehow deceive us into viewing her as an Iron Lady, she must have inhaled.  Not even the Democrat Party voters are buying her act and most of them are uneducated deadbeats looking for handouts with a sprinkle of Chardonnay sipping elitists. 

But Hillary is the Heather Mills of the Presidential race.  She won't go down gracefully and accept her lot as a carpet bagging Senator with a lot a cash from her husband's dirty financial dealing.  She accomplished nothing in the United States Senate, other than earmarking taxpayer dollars as frequently as her husband bags himself some chubby tail.  As for the peg-legged gold digger, Heather Mills, she has decided to represent herself in court as she tried to extort more money out of the senile and self-righteous coot, Paul McCartney. What kind of smug idiot marries a young crippled porn star without a prenuptial agreements?  Calling David Chapman.  One down, one more to go.  Thank you, David, by the way.

Unlike the mercilessly overrated Beatles,  American Idol has real talent, although I was quite annoyed when the show started with Seacrest and Hayden Christensen in Egypt.  America does not need to see Ryan trying to score with a younger actor nor do we need to see Idol pimping commercial ventures, with the exception of the Ford commercials.  Just for that, I won't see Jumpers, but I'm glad Hayden declined Ryan's invitation to his house.

I bet Ryan gets a special feeling in his leg when he sees Hayden act just as MSM moron, Chris Matthews, does when he hears Obama speak.  If you ever needed any more evidence that the left-wing media is filled with nancy boys, Matthews certainly proved that when he made that comment on Tuesday night after listening to Obama's victory speech.  Of course, Hillary didn't even have the decorum to congratulate him for making her triangulating nightmare of an inevitable campaign look like the train wreck that it is.

Before the judges started meeting with the hopefuls and letting them know their fate, we saw clips of the judges negotiating and it looked intense.  Simon was obviously disgusted with Randy and Paula and in most cases he is usually right.  But not only did he make a dreadful error with the NJ Plus Size, he also wanted Kyle Ensley in the Top 24, which would have been a great miscarriage of justice.  The last thing this competition needs is a geek with political aspirations.  Isn't Ryan Seacrest enough? Fortunately, he was overruled and Colton Berry was selected instead.  However, I have no idea what Colton sounds like since he got so little coverage and from what we did see, he seemed not long for this competition.  He was no trach boy, Anthony Federov.       

Another shocking and almost inexplicable decision was when Car Boy, Josiah Leming, was cast out from this competition. He got so much coverage and his first audition in Hollywood week was outstanding, yet the judges exlcuded him as a hopeful.  Perhaps, they were concerned that it would be difficult for him to adjust to the permanent housing that Idol offers its hopefuls.  Frankly, I wanted him in the Top 24, but watching him cry so dramatically was disturbing.  He even said in a desperate plea, "what am I going to do now?"  Well, how about making amends with your parents in exchange for room and board.  Perhaps, next year when you audition before the judges, you won't dismiss the band and act like you own the place.  America does not like arrogance nor do the judges. 

I also noted a number of hopefuls who made it through, but I had no idea who they were nor do I recall ever seeing them at the auditions, which must mean they are not going to make it to the Top 12 in the eyes of the Producers.  Notable examples include Garrett Haley, Jason Castro, Jason Yeager and Luke Menard for the boys and Kady Malloy, Amy Davis, and Alexandrea Lushington for the girls.  By the way, if Jason Castro thinks America wants to see a white boy with dreadlocks, he most also think that Paris Hilton's new movie, the Hottie and the Nottie, will be a blockbuster hit.

Such reasoning also should extend to the City of Berkeley, whose City Counsel wants to chase Marine recruiters out of town.  Of course like all good leftists, they backed down like the wussy losers they are when United States Senator DeMint threatened to pull their federal funding.  I guess nothing stops the Left dead in their tracks more than when handouts from American taxpayers are taken away from them.  But if you ask me, we should pull all National Guards and troops out of Berkeley along with law enforcement and then open it up as a safe haven for Al Qaeda.  Should this surprise us that this is happening in Pelosi's backyard?

Farther south in Hollywood, the judges were selecting the remaining hopefuls and tried to build suspense as they tortured those waiting to hear the verdict.  The process was lame and a waste of time.  Why not show more performances?  Who needs Paula trying to drag things out in a drug-infused frenzy?  Even Simon played along with the charade, which is not something America expects from our straight talking friend from across the pond.  In the end, the remaining male hopefuls were not shocking and included David Cook, Robbie Carrico, Michael Johns, David Hernandez, David Archuleta, Danny Noriega and Chikezie Eze.  However, I have to admit I was stunned when Simon chastised David Hernandez and told him that he did not have his confidence. 

The other female top 12 included Ramiele Malubay, Kristy Lee Cook, Carly Smithson, Brooke White, Asia'H Epperson, Syesha Mercado, Amanda Overmyer, and Aliana Whitaker.  These were all expected and are all possibilities for the top 6 girls with the exception of Alaina Whitaker.  As you recall from last season, America quickly rejected Alaina Alexander after she disgraced herself and this competition by singing from the works of the unsightly and unpatriotic Dixie Chicks.  I expect the same for the new Alaina.  As for the Dixie Hos, those fools only get recognized by left-wing Hollywood establishment while the country music world rejected and shunned them. 

In the end, this year seems to be turning out to be strong, even though America seems to be headed down the wrong path.  Even the supposed right-wing George Bush has succumbed when he signed into law this ridiculous economic stimulus plan.  Why should the Government be bailing out deadbeats who bought houses they couldn't afford and now they can't pay the mortgages? If you ask me, we should let them live in their cars like Josiah Leming and teach them a lesson about being stupid, greedy fools who think they are entitled to live in a McMansion at the expense of those who are financially responsible.

Next week should prove to be exciting and eventful as America gets to know these hopefuls.  Some we will love and others we will hate.  Being that I always like to put a positive spin on all that I do in the tradition of American optimism, my hate list already includes Robbie Carrico, Joann Borgella, Michael Johns and Kristy Lee Cook.  If this competition has any mercy, it will hopefully provide me with many more opportunities to snipe and gripe about these young hopefuls reaching for the stars to climb over that rainbow towards an exploitive record contract with Clive Davis.

Until next week,

Maniac - - out      

 

Idol Restoration As Hollywood Week Begins

Some have questioned whether this competition's last days are upon us, including me.  Shame on you!  Shame on me!  How easy it is to fall into the dark and depraved abyss of cynicism.  Our culture is infused with a "can't do" attitude and many are turning to false prophets as means to lift them to the stars.  But common sense dictates that America does best when it is left to its own devices.  We don't need $150 billion stimulus packages from the Pelosi Congress.  We do not need Harry Reid trying to make our lives better.  And we certainly don't need compassionate conservatism from a President who only held onto power as a consequence of the sheer and utter incompetence of his opponents.  The Swift Vote Veterans for Truth didn't keep John Francois Kerry out of the White House.  His fecklessness and lack of patriotism was the cause.  America is sick and tired of the Left's shameful power grabs and their total lack of propriety.  They will "pimp-out" anyone who they think will help them manipulate American voters.  Of course, it is fairly easy with Democrats since so many of them are Pavlovian fools who follow the piped piper's shouts about blood for oil, Haliburton, Katrina and universal health care.

A shout out to David Shuster of MSNBC.  He had the courage to call it as he saw it when he accused the Clinton's of pimping out their daughter, Chelsea, in exchange for votes.  Unfortunately, he apologized after the Clinton's once again used threats and intimidation to silence him in the tradition of Hugo Chavez.  Hillary suggested that she was a mother first and a Presidential candidate second while defending the product of her dysfunctional marriage.  For once, Hillary is telling the truth since it is more than clear to America, including the Democrat voters who are turning against her, that she is a real mother.

Her lovely and demure daughter has been calling Super-delegates and meeting them for lunch in order to subvert the wills of average Americans.  She is an active partisan and deserves all the scorn and ridicule associated with such a role. I have no doubt that as time progresses and her cankles emerge in the tradition of her mother, Hillary, and father, Janet Reno, America will see her as the privileged brat of trailer park trash.  If the Left-wing media can spend hours and hours trashing the Bush daughters with impunity, why not the product of an unholy alliance that stole furniture on their way out of the White House along with pardoning tax cheats and Puerto Rican terrorists who killed hard working New York City Police Officers.    

And she won't be the last person that these scum will pimp out.  Who doesn't expect that at the Democrat convention in August that there will be video tapes of Christopher Reeve pimping junk science theories about stem cell research?  Christopher Reeve was a self-indulgent Hollywood loser who didn't know how to ride horse or when to make an exit gracefully by means of euthanasia.  Why is that the Party that embraces the culture of death can't apply the same principles to themselves? It should be no surprise that Superman chose the party of the Left along with Michael J. Fox, who campaigns for a constitutional amendment in Missouri regarding stem-cell research without reading it.  It makes me so angry that I want shake, rattle and roll when ignorant Hollywood fools prattle on about matters of policy when they have lesser educations than products of the public school system, which has been destroyed by the hacks of the teacher's unions.

On American Idol, unions can't destroy this show nor can the harridans of the Left in the MSM who can't wait for this competition to fail.  With their superb economic acumen, they probably think that Idol is keeping Fox News afloat with funding and there is nothing they would like better than to destroy the fair and balanced network.  But that will not stand and their efforts will be as successful as Bill Clinton's race-baiting in the South Carolina Primary.

Last night, this competition showcased talent that on many occasions left me with chills.  There is no doubt that as Hollywood week progressed, the judges have found some powerful talent, which far surpasses last year's Sanjaya debacle, who was propped up by crying girls, help-desk workers and hateful forces like Howard Stern, the radio equivalent of the Fat Slob, Rosie O'Donnell.

The dark overlord of the competition, Ryan Seacrest, emerged on screen as the show progressed and in his gelled and spray-tanned manner, introduced us to the new rules for Hollywood week, which were about as convoluted as Hillary's campaign's explanation for her string of defeats, including last night in Virginia, Maryland and DC.  Some hopefuls would get two chances to prove themselves and they were also permitted to use instruments, which in many cases was a disaster, as noted by the little drummer boy Jake Mellema along with others.

However, Brooke White, who never watched an R-rated movie, but probably starred in an unmentionable version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, played the key board and made America proud with Beautiful, a Carol King classic. She seemed a bit nervous, but showed great potential as did David Hernandez.  His performance was masterful and he will go far.  He was almost on the level of Clay Aiken.

Similarly, Amanda Overmeyer, the rock'n roll nurse blew it out of the box with Light My Fire.  She equipped herself well even after suffering a car accident that left her with cracked ribs and 12 staples in head.  However, Simon was right to caution her that she needed to move away from sounding like Janis Joplin.  America will certainly tire of that as they have of the socialist liars and cowards, the Clinton's.

The boy who lived in his car, Josiah Leming, did not impress me at the auditions, but his first performance in Hollywood left America speechless.  It was weird yet captivating at the same time.  His second performance, Stand By Me, was weak and he seemed crushed by the pressure, but the judges still rightfully voted him through.  Like any temperamental artist, he needs to be nurtured and groomed.  Of course, the Fox Network offers him this opportunity unlike his parents who left him in a car at age 17. 

At the auditions, I was unimpressed by Michael Johns and his rendition of Light My Fire didn't work for me.  I so wanted him out as the last thing America needs is another misfit from Australia who drinks himself into an anti-semitic rage via Mel Gibson or a pill-popping miscreant who chooses drugs over his own daughter via Heath Ledger.  But when he took on Bohemian Rhapsody and blew it out of the house, I realized that I might be mistaken about him.  A masterful and powerful performance.  If he keeps that up and stays clean, he might go far in this competition.

Kyle Ensley, the political geek, was absolutely abysmal and should have been dismissed.  However, in his second performance of Josh Grobin's You Raise Me Up, the judges saw some merit and let him through, which was a huge mistake.  This guy has Sanjaya written all over him and he should not be permitted to continue.  American Idol is a clean competition and any one who aspires to be a politician from a back-water state like Oklahoma should not be trusted.

I'm sure I don't have to remind you of what happens to America when hicks from corrupt states take over the White House.  The Lincoln bedroom is pimped out, burial sites at Arlington National Cemetery are sold to campaign contributers and 3,000 people are left slaughtered in broad day light as a consequence of weak and inept foreign policy.  If there is any doubt about this, I suggest the apologists for these Leftist fools explain why Sandy Burger, Clinton's National Security Directors, was found to have illegally destroyed confidential documents about his incompetence before testifying before the 9/11 Commission.  By the way, Mr Burger continues to "informally" advise Hillary's campaign on foreign affairs.  That certainly provides us with confidence that a second Clinton White House will act with more ethics and integrity. 

But if we have the misfortune of another Clinton White House, I know where Amy Flynn could get a job as an intern since the judges rightly dispensed with her.  I guess all her work with abstinence would be quite helpful to Bill who seems to have no control when it comes to molesting, raping and sexually harassing government employees.  But don't worry America, Hillary assures us that she has Bill on a tight leash.  Amy was dreadful and rightly dispensed with as was Jeffrey Lampkin, his sister and Angela Martin.  However, in Angela's case, it was sad since she seemed like a noble person who had the fortitude to go to Hollywood even after her father was tragically killed. 

I have great reservations about a man-child withstanding the spotlight in this august competition and did not like David Archuelta at the auditions. I hate to admit this, but the judges were right to put him through as his performance of Heaven was outstanding.  I also think that he and Danny Noriega will make nice roommates as I think both are possibilities for the Top 24.  Danny's rendition of I Need You was outstanding as was Ramiele Maluby.  On the other hand, when the Irish lass with a sleeve, Carly Smithson, tackled the same song, I was dreadfully disappointed.  I expected a lot from her and her performance fell short.  She did redeem herself when she got a second chance and tackled Heart's Alone with the panache of a champion.  If she keeps her nerves under control and covers up the tattoos along with her husband the Lion King, she may go far in the competition.

Another notable performance was Asia'h Epperson who had the judges impressed, unlike the annoying Miss Florida Sunshine, Brooke Helvie, who insisted on wasting the judges time by refusing the acknowledge what was obvious to everyone including those with hearing aids.  She was not Hollywood material and how Paula could sit there for so long making up her mind about her was beyond me.  After seven years with this competition, Paula needs to be a little more decisive,  She also dithered over Kyle Ensley, which caused Simon to storm off in disgust on Day One of Hollywood week.  Paula is our plasticine earth-mother who nurtures all, but there comes a time when a little tough love is in order.

A number of others made it through and have a possibility to be in the Top 24, but they did not get showcased during this two-hour action packed and dramatic night.  However, Kristy Lee Cook made it through and should be someone I would like, but something about her annoyed me.  She was too outdoorsy for this competition and a little too perfect, unlike our beautiful country girl, Kellie Pickle.  Far from country, we also saw Syesha Mercado who did herself proud with Chain of Fools. 

Tonight, the Top 24 will be revealed and I have no doubt that there will be many surprises.  I wish that the Producers had not abbreviated Hollywood week and in a way, I missed the group performances from prior seasons. After all, who doesn't want to see hopefuls squabbling and going down in flames while those who work together as a team get to the next level of this competition.   

Until tonight,

Maniac - - out 

         

The Idol - the Best of the Rest

A  crucial yet annoying phase of this competition has come to an end and next week we move to the much anticipated Hollywood week, where the final 24 will be selected.  From the previews, Hollywood week appeared to entail as much drama and emotion as we have ever seen in this little competition that could, which remains a ratings juggernaut.  Why you may ask?  The answer is obvious.  After seven seasons, America still wants that special moment when one of these hopefuls captures our hopes and dreams with an outstanding performance that brings us joy and hope for a better tomorrow.

Who could forget in Season 3 when Fantasia got down on bended knee and blew Summertime out of the box?  Even Dick Cheney emerged from his underground bunker to hear that master class performance.  What about Clay Aiken's rendition of Bridge Over Troubled Water in Season 2?  Let's not forget when Kelly Clarkson blew us out of our living room with A Moment Like This or when Carrie Underwood tugged at our heartstrings with Independence Day.  For this competition to remain viable, we will need more classic performances to keep us glued to our TV sets as we have in the past.

Being that the Producers allow America to fully participate in this process and America ultimately selects the next American Idol, I have no doubt that whoever makes it to the Top 12 will once again fill our lives again with the joy of song.  When America is not disenfranchised and is given the freedom to make its own choices, there can be no mistake.  However, in the Democrat Party Presidential Primary, where 800 Super Delegates can override America's will, Big Brother stops us dead in our tracks.  Who should be surprised that the Party of the Left gives its elders the authority to void America's choice when they view a particular candidate as unworthy?

In the case of Barrack Obama, I have no doubt that the Clinton machine and the White Elitists of the Left that run the party will do all they can to stop Senator Obama if he goes into the convention with more delegates as he is the worst nightmare for those who control that party, which prefers their Negroes to be subservient and submissive. 

Senator Obama won Super Tuesday with more delegates, but on election night, the MSM declared Hillary as having a big night.  Why is that?  And why do they always call that cow Senator Clinton while they refer to the challenger as Obama.  I have always said that the White Liberals fear nothing more than an articulate well-spoken Black man who doesn't settle for handouts from the welfare state or a prison cell along with cable TV and a weight room.  Why else did the predominately white voters of Massachusetts vote for Hillary's floundering campaign even after both Massachusetts Senators endorsed Obama, including the crown Prince of the Democratic Party, the bloated murderer, Ted Kennedy.

It would be so unfortunate if the will of the people is thwarted again by the Left as it was in the 1960 election, the Watergate coup d'etat, and the failed 2000 election grab. But their grasp on power is in serious jeopardy.  Hillary's senior staff are now taking no salary and she had to loan her campaign $5 millions from her husband's ill begotten financial dealings in order to keep her afloat.  President Pudge is even liquidating his interests with another of his corrupt corporate backers, Ron Burke, in order to free $20 million for Hillary's latest power grab. Who would have thought that this trailer park crew of ruffians would finance their campaign in the same manner as Willard Mitt Romney.

Unlike their desperate last gasps of power hungry corruption, American Idol remains fresh and clean as Downey. Even though last night's show was sorely lacking many magic moments, it still gave me hope that we have not heard the last hopeful sing their hearts out for that golden ticket.  We started off the evening with Luke Reeder, who deemed himself the next American Idol and wore an unsightly massive white Tee-shirt.  He psycho scatted for the judges, while Victor Villegas brayed like a sheep to the consternation of Simon, who finally flared up with some hateful, yet well-deserved rebukes.

All those painful memories were quickly erased by beautiful Amy Davis.  She masterfully performed and got a ticket to Hollywood.  She was doing this competition to change her family for good by working hard and playing by the rules.  Her hardscrabble background did not weaken her or make her dependent upon hand outs from the Nanny State Elitists.  Instead, she showed the determination and grit that is a bedrock value of this Shining City on a Hill.  As a part-Japanese American, she knows what can happen when the White man presses his oppressive finger down on your aspirations for a better tomorrow.

As a White Negro and Italian-American, I also know the oppressive weight of these insidious forces of doom.  Who can forget Sacco and Venzetti?  My people were even interned by the White Man during WWII and called fascists by the Leftist FDR, whose State Department turned a blind eye to the genocide that occurred in Germany. 

If American Idol had been around then, these forces of darkness would have never been given the opportunity to keep us down.  As for the nasty looking Tiffany McCambell whose "voice was a gift from God," she needed to have her vocal cords removed.  She sang Gospel, but it sounded more like an ode to Satan. Simon aptly noted that God should have a return policy.  Not only that, the two twins, Chris and Corey Lane, along with their mutual girlfriend, Ashley Lawing, should be cast to the fires of hell.  I can't believe a kinky threesome like that would be displayed on a prime-time family show.  Those two boys were passing that poor sap around like she was yesterday's garbage while making her think she had singing talent.  They set her up to make a fool of herself before the judges while at the same time they besotted her.  Poor panda, the cute black doggy. 

Cardin McKinney, on the other hand, a server from Nashville got a ticket to Hollywood with a performance that was way too screechy.  She sounded like a feminist trying to defend Bill Clinton after he was found to have sexually harassed, raped and molested woman.  Why is it that the single females with no hope of finding a spouse or a well-paying job flock to Hillary like locusts?  My junior blogger noted that: "They just want a first woman President.  They don't listen to her speeches." 

As for the Plus Sized Model from Hoboken, NJ, I could not understand why the judges put her though.  Once again, we have to listen to some idiot who didn't have the smarts to avoid Celine Dion.  JoAnne Borgella should forget about Hollywood and loose some weight.  At least last year when New Jersey provided us with a hopeful, she had the teased looks of a well-toned stripper.  Indeed I refer to the NJ Slut, Antonella, who might even turn McGreevey straight with her tawdry low-class NJ mall- ho like looks. 

Alesha Stezl will have no such problems and she like so many others had inner-tube like arms and a putrid voice.  Randy did serve her well by giving her a chance to tackle Dolly Pardon's Island in the Stream, but overall she was not long for this competition.  On the other hand, Joshua Moreland, aka J. Smoove, thought he was so cool that he would sweep Paula off her feat with his revolting original song, Beautiful Lady.  He even sprinkled fairy dust, which Simon swept up after he was dispensed. Simon, unlike the Left, does not need illegal immigrants from Mexico to do his cleaning.  He has the self-respect and dignity to help himself.  The can-do attitude of America sends shudders down the spine of the Left, but in this competition, it is rewarded as it should with a golden ticket to Hollywood.

The show ended on a positive note with Chikezie Ezie who auditioned last year and didn't make it.  I was surprised as I thought his rendition of All the Woman You Need was worthy of this competition, even though he looked like Ted Lange from the Love Boat.  Daniel Noriega another Season 6 cast off got another chance and he performed Proud Mary for the judges.  He equipped himself with panache and had the masculine power that might catapult him to becoming the next Clay Aiken.  Except, Clay would never wear eye shadow.  This guy must have broken into Paula's dressing room and stole her make-up.  At least he didn't swipe her prescriptions and abuse them the way Heath Ledger did.  "Accidental overdose."  Who do they think they are kidding?  If someone takes a cocktail of prescriptions, they can't cover that up and think America will be fooled.

Next week, we enter the next phase of this competition and I expect that we shall be pleased as this competition progresses as it is rumored that the hopefuls are stronger and more talented than ever.

Until next week,

Maniac --out

    

The Idol - Atlanta Was No Peach

Has American Idol jumped the shark?  Has America jumped the shark?  After last night's show, I started to scratch my head about these auditions and their purposelessness.  Not only that, on Wednesday, instead of going to Hollywood, we get Best of the Rest night.  This year, rather than providing entertainment through Simon's mean spirited attacks on the disabled, obese and mentally deficient, we have seen nothing but a brooding Simon who on occasions hugs the more pathetic hopefuls daring to reach for the stars even though they are about as talented as the current crop of Presidential candidates.  Not only is the audition phase of this august competition coming to a conclusion so has the Super Tuesday results, but no definite leader has emerged. 

Against my long-standing policy of representing a fair and balanced view of America's political situation, I have decided it is time to weigh in and set forth my endorsements for the Democratic and Republican Primaries.  After all, my voice should carry more weight than the Chappaquiddick murderer who couldn't even deliver his home state of the People's Republic of Massachusetts for Mr. Obama. As for skull head, Maria Shriver, she made no difference in California either.  As I always said, Camelot was a long-running Broadway show, rather than a preeminent and transformational leader, which gets me to my opinion of the Democrat Party race.

The Democrat Party continues to look back 40 years ago to JFK's short-tenure in the White House as the last time they captivated the American electorate with a candidate that offered hope to the country.  That alone should condemn the party of identity politics and class warfare to the ash-heap of history as Camelot never resulted in it being Morning Again in America.  Instead, we got the Bay of Pigs, the Berlin Wall, Vietnam and a potential nuclear Holocaust as a consequence of a pill-popping philanderer's weak kneed leadership.

Today, the Democrats face a choice between a feminist hag who claims to have 35 years of experience and would be ready on Day One to assume the Presidency and a refreshing but untested man.  For any sane American, the choice is obvious for the Democrats and that is the junior Senator from Illinois, Barrack Obama.  Hillary Clinton's experience is derivative and she is one of the most unqualified individuals to ever run for the Presidency, unless you consider firing all the Travel Office Employees in exchange for cronies, rifling through the FBI files of political opponents, shady financial deals and an apologist for a rapist as important qualifications for the leader of the free world. Not only that, we can be sure that if we ever have the misfortune of another Clinton Presidency, they will surely defile and soil the Oval Office along with stealing furniture and dispensing pardons on their way out the door while their staff vandalizes Federal property. She has run her campaign in the same manner that her failed husband ran his Presidency.

For a man who claimed be a different kind of Democrat, he surely turned out that way.  As a consequence of his incompetence, arrogance and corruption, he alone did what Ronald Reagan could not by providing us with a Republican Congress for the first time in 40 years.  Bill Clinton was no Tony Blair and Hillary is certainly no Margaret Thatcher. Could anyone ever picture the Iron Lady shedding tears every time she ran into a few minor problems.  Although Senator Obama is too far to the Left for my tastes, he has run an honorable campaign against a couple of street thugs who will do and say anything to get elected.  If he is all right with Oprah, he can't be all that bad.  After all, no one carries more clout with America than a proud black woman from the South who launched the career of Dr. Phil. But for Dr. Phil, Brittney Spears would have never gotten the help she needed.

The Republican Party has seriously lost its way since the day the 20th Centuries greatest leader left the Oval Office in 1989.  He was replaced with a lip-less tax raiser who betrayed the tenants of the Reagan Revolution and left Iraq during the first Gulf War before ridding the world of Hussein.  When he got in bed with the Left-wing Democrats for some bipartisan deal, he betrayed our party and his campaign promises.  For that he was dispensed with by a disgusted America in exchange for the trailer park trash Presidency.  His son has been no better and perhaps worse if that is possible.  Who needs a kindler gentler nation?  Compassionate conservatism is an insult to all those who want the Government out of our lives and I see no candidate who can reverse course from this dangerous path. Huckabee is a boob who is softer on crime than Michael Dukakis.  How any conservative could embrace a tax raising flat-earther is beyond me!  Romney is a robotic flip-flopper and McCain has made way too many deals with the far radical Left.  As a consequence, there shall be no endorsement of any Republican candidate.   Don't even bother voting since none of them are worth it.

Similarly, Josh Jones has no place in this competition and I have no idea what the judges were thinking when they voted him through to Hollywood.  His demonic eye movements were so disturbing that the judges could not even stand to see him and made him turn his back to them.  America will never embrace this glass worker and his dreams of Hollywood success will be shattered as his rendition of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now was hopeless.  He also needs to loose that pussy tickler and comb his hair.  After all, Idol remain a family show.

J.P. Tjelmeland tried out in Season 4 and lamented that he did not bond with Carrie Underwood when he sat two people away from her during those auditions. Although he thinks he had star qualify, the judges saw things differently after he butchered Me and My Gang.  What college would allow this guy in their music program?  I didn't realize affirmative action extended to those who never had a date to the prom.  I thought affirmative action was limited to unqualified minorities, like Jason Blair, that the Left likes to hire so that they can feel superior and smarter than the clients of the welfare state.  After all, as if the New York Times could ever say no to an African-American journalist who plagiarizes stories for a rag that jeopardized our national security when they revealed one of secret counter-terrorism programs.

Paula, like the New York Times, can't say no either and I enjoyed the montage where Simon scowled and mocked her for her indecision with respect to so many of these hapless losers.  Paula may be able to lip sync her way through the Super Bowl, but America requires definitive action from our judges.  Sometimes you just have to say no and send some of these people's dreams down the crapper.  Furthermore, there is nothing America likes better than rejoicing at the misery of other people's suffering.

What else explains the media's all-encompassing coverage every time there is a mass killing, bridge collapse or flood.  I can still recall that overplayed Katrina coverage.  I, like Barbara Bush, felt that the people displaced by the Hurricane were better off in Houston than living in a cesspool of poverty created by the Left-wing welfare state that enslaves people in poverty and dependency.  Why else did so many of these unfortunates stay behind and wait for help, rather than taking it upon themselves to leave.  I don't know about you, but when I see water flooding down on me, I don't wait for the Nanny State to get me to dry land.

Unlike these poor souls, Asia'h Epperson showed fortitude in the face of adversity when she performed How Do I Live for the judges after her father died in  a car accident a few days earlier.  This girl will go far in this competition as she represents what America is all about.  She comes from humble origins and worked her butt off to get as far as she did without the condescending assistance of the poverty pimps of the Left.  For that alone, she deserved a ticket to Hollywood, not to mention her grace and dignity under such tragic circumstances.  Her instrument was also powerful and I, like Paula, cried like a baby after this emotional part of the Atlanta auditions.  Unlike Hillary Clinton, ours were not crocodile tears intended to manipulate dumb single old maids who somehow view her as Joan of Arc, when in reality, she is more like a three dollar hooker who let's her pimp beat her in exchange for a vile of crack, or in her case, a trip to the Oval Office.

Miss South Florida Fair, like Hillary, may have kissed a pig and milked a cow, but she was so annoying that I so longed to see her tenure on the show end tragically.  Brooke Helvie was quite attractive and her voice was good, but like Simon, she annoyed me like no other.  I assure you that no one would shed a tear if Ted Bundy decided to take her for a picnic. 

The Glamorous montage was so funny I almost wet my pants, just like the meth addict Fergie, who has had more plastic surgery than either Paula Abdul and Joan Rivers.  Who in their right mind would marry that harlot?  I can still recall her guest appearance during Season 6 and it still makes me mad.  What is this show thinking pimping this depraved hussy?  Why not a Miss Independence montage or Jesus Takes the Wheel?

It makes you wonder how some people got where they are today, but in Eva Miller's case, it is back to Wal Mart for her.  She tripped on her name tag and butchered Thousand Miles so much that Simon thought she was joking,  Instead, she cried and Simon hugged her out of pity, instead of kicking her to the gutter where she belonged along with all the other felons and slime that are running Hillary's race-baiting dirty trick machine.

Alexandria Washington, unlike Eva, had some pretty strong pipes which she amply displayed with her performance of Funny Valentine.  At 16 years-old, she showed some potential even though her wardrobe was not appropriate for this competition.  This is American Idol; not American Tomboy.  As for dragging her 93 year-old grandmother along, I thought that was cheap and inappropriate.  Perhaps, Ryan Seacrest wants to get it on with an old lady in order establish his credentials as someone who would not be interested in meeting former NJ Governor McGreevey at a rest stop, but America was worried that the excitement was too much for that frail old lady

Furthermore, did any one want all those hopefuls near a dangerous and psychotic 16 year-old 9th grade repeater?.  For such a smart ass, Nathan Hite certainly stank with his butchered Korn song.  Not only that, he had Columbine massacre written all over his forehead.  Instead of putting our hopefuls in danger like that, the Producers should have provided him with a one-way ticket to the nut house.  If not that, then at least provide him with a chance to attend a Clinton campaign event.

Speaking of that, how many nurses on a hog end up at a Clinton event?  I was so expecting Amanda Overmeyer to annoy me, but I really liked her performance and thought she was authentic unlike last seasons truck driver, Gina Glocksen.  I still cringe when I think of her flabby inner tube-like arms.

After Nathan Hite, I had seen enough troubled teens, but the show ended with poor Josiah Leming, who ended up with a ticket to Hollywood.  This clean-cut angel-like boy had been living in his car after leaving home and dropping out of school.  At first I was appalled and thought of him as a deadbeat until I noticed how nicely he sorted his clean and dirty clothes in the back of his car.  What is wrong with his parents?  What do they think?  I guess like so many fools they think the Nanny State should be raising their children.

Unlike Josiah's parents, Idol provides a home to those in need and demonstrates the virtue of private charity as opposed to those who believe that our money should be used to further their socialist aims through social engineering.  After Idol Gives Back, it was clear that the Fox Network puts their money where their mouth is unlike the Clinton's, who were noted to have donated Bill's used underwear to charity and then claimed the cost as a tax deduction for it.  How much do you think his mustard-stained thongs are worth?  I guess anything would sell on Ebay.  Josiah has an interesting voice with a feigned British accent.  Although off putting, I hope he finds his ticket to the stars in Hollywood. 

Tonight we will be treated to Best of the Rest, which angers me greatly.  Let's get to Hollywood and get this party started.

Maniac - - out