Which 'Idol' is most presidential?

[underpants]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12597899/

Updated: 3:05 p.m. ET May 2, 2006


Thirty-five percent of "American Idol" voters believe their votes on the singing competition count more than or as much as voting in a presidential election, according to the latest navel-gazing study of the Fox series — this one by Washington-based public opinion research firm Pursuant Inc.


Pursuant President Melissa Marcello, who is an adjunct instructor at Georgetown University in the communication, culture and technology master's program, says her background is in political sociology and she's interested in what all this "Idol" stuff means for "civil society."

CONTINUED: Which 'Idol' is most presidential?

Taylor Hicks, she said without hesitation: "I don't think he has a great voice, don't think he's a great dancer, but he has charisma — people like that about him. He's got that Bill Clinton likability."

"Taylor would make a good president, especially if Dick Cheney were his running mate," Marcello continued.

[Maven]

1. So, what time's the mass suicide?

Hrmph.

[yngliberal]

2. Did you design your signature?...n/t

[Maven]

3. Yup.

Go ahead and use it if you like. Edit: Be sure to link to your own photobucket account if you do. ;)

[FrenchieCat]

4. Oh gawd!

Picking the white guy with the white hair....

Why Am I surprised?

let's see, out of the 5, we've got two women, one who is a minority.
One guy with an Arab sounding last name - Yamin
One guy with a bald head who looks like nothing by a rocker (a good looking one, I might add)

and the white boy who looks like somebody's dad.

This has got to be what one would call "wasted bandwith".... :eyes:

[wiley]

5. May I steal your Clark/DU photo?

and I love Chris' voice, BTW. And don't mess with Eliot.

The whole show, however, is very well contrived propaganda that seriously manipulates the public. It's a fracking Ford commercial, nothing more. Murdoch has brilliantly figured out how to make people think it matters.

[FrenchieCat]

7. You can "steal" from me anytime.....cause that's what I do to others....

And hell, 1/2 of the time, I don't even ask for permission.

"help yourself" my friend!

[MrModerate]

9. What Simon and Simon have figured out . . .

Is that it DOES matter -- people connect very intensely with the contestants because they've been successfully presented as real people. Talent helps, charisma helps, but at heart people feel they have a voice in the happy outcome won by a person or persons they've come to like and respect.

Those who are engaged in the business of trying to win hearts and minds for progressive causes could do worse than study American Idol.

[AtomicKitten]

6. I'd vote for the Armenian

Elliott Yamin.

listen here http://www.googlx.com/idolforever/media/mp3/eliot-a-042506.mp3

[FrenchieCat]

8. I like Elliott a lot too.....But I don't think he is going to last.

Because he is not the "American Idol" type, which is sad....cause I he is my favorite. I love his song choices, cause I'm a Jazz standards freak (stan Getz, Brazil66, George Benson, Al Jarrow, etc...)!

But he has an excellent future ahead of him, in the "Blue eyes" Jazz/Soul genre.

I predict that the last two left standing will be Chris and Catherine.

[AtomicKitten]

10. I agree

that Elliott has a bright future. I too love his style. Chris has a great voice but his genre is so narrow. Katharine gives me the creeps. I think it's because her mom is a vocal coach and she seems to deliberate in her technique. Don't like her at all. Paris is leaving tonight IMO. Which leaves me with the reason I even watched this season to begin with, Taylor. Definitely breaks the mold but he has charisma. Never watched before this season and if Taylor drew me in, I suspect he has lasting power. Who knows, right?