In celebration of Idol Gives Back Week, our hopefuls were expected to select songs that inspired them, which left them with wide latitude to choose a song that suited them as well as lift us all up above the morass of everyday life. Unfortunately, very few succeeded and one in particular really blew it big time. Instead of having to put up with self-pitying laments and anger from an ingrate immigrant with ugly tattoos, America wants hope, sweetness and light. After her performance of The Show Must Go On, Simon astutely noted that Carly Smithson is in trouble this week and I couldn't agree more.
In her video before the performance, Sleeve went on about how life has many bumps in the road and sounded sullen, rather than inspired. I'm sick of her prissy attitude and so is America. Her performance was vocally acceptable at 7/10, but it was filled with unjustified anger and contempt. What does she have to be so angry about? A $2 million record deal that she screwed up with the help of Randy Jackson. She made it on to one of the biggest juggernauts in American Television History and has been pimped by the Producers worse than Chelsea Clinton. She even looked good last night with the hair extensions and snugly fitting outfit. But that's not good enough for her!
American Idol isn't about all her laments and complaints and I'm fairly certain she has guaranteed her place in the bottom three and may even be going home. And let that be a cautionary tale to the far radical Left and their love affair with the Schwarze Kennedy and his spiritual healer, Reverend Wright who said "Not God Bless America - God damn America!" The Leftist MSM has done all it can do bury this story, but America is not the "US of KKK-A", it is the Shining City on the Hill that offers boundless opportunity and affirmative action to an unqualified Oreo who refers to White America as racist, while he plays the victim to his audience in the Party funded by the economic war criminal, Soros, and run by hacks like Howard Dean.
In his autobiography, Dreams of My Father, Obama wrote, "any distinction between good and bad whites had negligible meaning" and he hoped that the white blood that runs through him "there by an act of violence, might somehow be expunged." For a racial healer, his words seem more akin to Mein Kampf. Furthermore, it seems funny he should say such things since the only reason that all the chardonnay sipping Left finds him so appealing is due to his whiteness. At the same time, when it comes time to vote, most of them shun him in favor of a lying fraud who made $109 million, but only donated $10 million to charity while calling for higher taxes on those who work for a living.
It should be no surprise that when his proud to be an American wife was at a rally the other day at Carnegie Mellon, the event organizers were running around looking for white people in an effort to make the event seem diverse. What would they do when they found some honkies? Expunge them. In an effort to deal with these issues, Obama has taken to injecting patriotism in his speeches to prove he loves America.
Does John McNasty have to do that? Of course not. He's hero who was tortured at the Hanoi Hilton for five and half years, but that doesn't stop the Left from impugning him and suggesting that he doesn't care about the innocents he had to bomb in Vietnam as suggested by the Obama supporter, Senator Rockefeller. Perhaps McCain would be viewed more favorably by the Left if he buddied up with a member of the Weather Underground, William Ayers, the way Obama does. On 9/11, Ayers was quoted in the New York Times as saying he wished he had bombed more buildings, but that doesn't seem to register with the Left when it comes to Obama.
I guess they rather have an anti-American racist hypocrite as their candidate than a fat old broad who gets caught in more lies than Pinocchio. After claiming to have dodged sniper fire in Bosnia, it has now been discovered that she was not only pimping out her ugly daughter, but also some fake story about some woman who was turned down for treatment for not having insurance at an Ohio Hospital and died. Yet surprise surprise. This woman did have insurance and did receive treatment as anyone would since we have about as much of a health care crisis in this country as a global warming problem. I so wish the Left would stay away from our medical system and stick to making obscene amounts of money selling off the prestige of the Oval Office via Bill Clinton.
Of course, most of the charitable donations made by the duo of depravity went to the Clinton foundation, rather than to real charities. But not everyone can stand by the high ideals of giving like the Fox Network and Idol, which is raising millions to help those most in need as part of Idol Gives Back Week.
When the show started last night, the cameras immediately flashed on Bill Ford, the CEO of Ford Motor Company. Instead of giving America another pinto, Ford will be making generous donations to the Idol charities, while at the same time slashing their payrolls and putting overpaid union hacks on unemployment. Thank God we have NAFTA. For every job loss it causes, we have one less source of funding for the far radical Left who extort dues from unionized workers and use the money to fund the Democrat Party.
Idol funds hope unlike the unions, but our hopefuls don't seem to have much of a clue as to what inspires them as noted by some of the dreadful song selections made last night. Outback Idol started the show with Dream On and tritely noted that if you dream it, you can achieve it. However, his performance was not good and at best a 7/10, not to mention seemed like a lame attempt to mimic last weeks spot on performance. He even had an ascot on again, which seemed totally out of place for American Idol. At the end, Randy trashed him, but Michael Johns sassed him, which I normally wouldn't appreciate. But in Randy's case, I have no problem since I'd rather hear his yos and dawgs, than his sad attempts at being Simon.
For Outback, his dreams may come to an end as well since he is in serious risk of being in the bottom three. Aerosmith and Idol just doesn't mix nor does an ascot adorned Aussie with too much junk in the trunk. Syesha, like Michael, also sassed Randy after he gave a less than glowing review to her rendition of I Believe. Did she really think she could handle a Fantasia signature classic? Lakisha tried that last year to disastrous results and Syesha is no Kiki. She made a fatal mistake with her song choice and rates at best a 6/10. But she gets a 0/10 for song selection and judgment. You don't come to a town like Hollywood and take on a giant like Fantasia with a less than stellar imitation lacking the emotion and depth that America demands. I have no doubt that she has guaranteed herself a place in the bottom three and may be Carly's one hope of salvation.
As for Marley Au Lait, I'm not sure what to say about that performance. I was basically speechless and had to watch it three times and I still couldn't figure out what was so fantastic about accompanying Somewhere Over the Rainbow with uckulele playing. Unique would be a nice way of putting it and frankly, the song selection was an absolute disaster. If you take on a classic like that, he would be best advised to come on stage in drag with Liza Minelli-like eye-liner, instead of looking like a beach bum doing bong hits. For whatever reason, the judges loved this, but I can't see how that rates at better than a 5/10. On the other hand, my junior blogger thought the performance was like a "cracker. first, you're not sure, second time, its pretty good and third time, its phenomenal." Jason is probably safe from the bottom three. After all, America would never vote off a hopeful who wore a cross around his neck the way Jason did.
Kristy Lee Cook sold her horse, reminds me of Ava Braun and has been in the bottom three more times than I care to count, but she keeps on keeping on for whatever reason. I'll give her props for choosing a Martina McBride song, Anyways. After all, Martina is a Republican and was a fantastic mentor last season. But I didn't like this song at all and thought the performance was a 6/10. However, the judges disagreed, including Simon who damned her with praise. Indeed, she does look like a star, but she sings like a dead fish. I can't understand what is happening, but my guess is she may survive another week since America prefers a pretty blond over a sullen Irish lass with too much back. Let's face it, that may be acceptable for Beyonce, but not from some pasty cry baby who blew a $2 million record deal, but still thinks she has received a raw deal.
David Cook has been the sleeper of this competition and has had a string of steady performances, but not last night. His song choice was dreadful and the singing was a 5/10. What the hell was that song? Innocent? What was he thinking? I also spit out a lung cookie when he said he chose the song since he believes that everybody has a good side. Does Hitler have a good side too? What an idiot! Most people would sell you down the river for a few shekels and America isn't that naive. If he actually believes that, perhaps it was appropriate that he once again wore a white coat that resembled a straight jacket. I hate to say this, but David is in serious risk of going home as well.
Giggles, on the other hand, decided to take on Angel while playing the Piano and America loved it as did the judges. He did very well in my opinion as well with an 8/10 performance, but when I saw his stage father in the audience, it put me off and I so hoped that someone would club him to death like a baby seal. The judges lavished David with praise and I guess it was somewhat justified, but haven't we had enough of his week after week ballads with crazy Dad in the audience clapping like an excited baboon with a woody. I'm afraid he has reclaimed his position as the Idol favorite, but I'd prefer someone else like my beautiful and sweet Sunshine.
As far as I'm concerned, Brooke White can do no wrong. She is innocence and light wrapped up with a pink bow. She is like a dewy New England summer day. Before the break, I was so happy she was going to be singing Carol King. That is the perfect style for her, but of all the great songs Carol has written, she chooses You've Got A Friend. She marred what could have been an Idol moment and did no better than a 7.5/10. She was also way too nervous and that impacted her performance, but I guess who could blame her now that racist Randy had targeted her for ridicule in his new effort to prove he's tough.
I think Simon captured her performance nicely when he referred to it as a pleasant walk through the park. Let's hope America gives her another chance since I don't know what I'll do if she is voted off this show. That would be a bigger calamity than when the Pickle was rudely cast out prematurely after the ugly feminist hordes targeted her for being pretty, blond and thin.
I assure you that if we see my Sunshine out this week, you'll hear a scream louder than the one Howard Dean did when he lost in Iowa to the fake war hero John Kerry. Idol can play cruel twists when it comes to our hopefuls and some have transformed while other have descended into madness. Who can forget the Pickle's tragic transformation last season? But even worse has occurred with respect to Mr. Clay Aiken.
What have they done to this boy? Has the pressure been too great? Has the lame attempts to out him been too much to handle? This outrage can't stand and when a Fat Slob like Rosie O'Donnell tries to claim someone like Clay as one of her own, America will not stand for it. Clay is not a pretender like Rosie. Let's hope when his new album is released in May he has a chance to get back to his roots as a charming country boy with pipes of steal.
Tonight, Idol Gives Back will be 2-1/2 hours and was pre-taped on Sunday night. I think that is a bit of a sham since America expects Idol to be live. We don't want editing; we want to see Fergie crap her pants again on stage. We want to see Teri Hatcher pelted with rocks from audience after she annoys us with her grating Transy personality!
Most importantly, we want the spontaneous acts of emotion that make this competition the juggernaut that it is. Let's hope this recorded show doesn't detract from the mystique of this competition that fills our hearts and minds with the joy of song and the longing for a better tomorrow.
Maniac - - out