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To: SilentZ who wrote (321632)	1/18/2007 7:16:14 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1574050

"They get retarded people on" Those people aren't retarded - they're Republicans! Bush voters..

To: SilentZ who wrote (321632)	1/18/2007 10:11:46 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574050

while you're here, did you know while your dems were draining the swamp with their ethics reform, you might be fined $200k? Be careful what you say on your blog. lol Message 23195428

To: SilentZ who wrote (321632)	1/19/2007 2:49:53 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1574050

Speaking of American Idol, I watched the auditions last nite that took place here in Seattle. Really scared me......I saw several examples of the missing link. Yeah, I saw them too. I've only seen the show once or twice, but it was on in the hotel gym. They get retarded people on and build them up just humiliate them and to make fun of them in front of millions -- isn't there something wrong with that? In past seasons, I had not seen the judges be as abusive as they were last nite but then I haven't watched it every nite in past seasons. And typically, in past seasons, they were nicer to the people who clearly didn't have a chance of making it. However, last nite, the LA attitude came through loud and clear: if you are not beautiful and talented, you are nothing. To be honest, I have never seen people on the show quite as bad as the ones that were on last nite. There was the guy with the red hair who was strange but I don't think retarded; the guy with the bug eyes they called a monkey.....he looks teratogenic....like his mother did a lot of drugs and/or alcohol when she was pregnant with him; his friend was morbidly obese and maybe retarded. Then there was the guy who was a software engineer......clearly not retarded. What amazes me is the incredible disconnect between what these people think they look like and how they sing vs how they actually look and sing. This one woman said before her audition that she had been singing her entire life and had a great voice. However, she said her husband told her not to bother to go to the audition and she took that to mean he didn't want her making it and going to LA. It turned out she sings as well as I do and I don't sing even in the shower for fear the neighbors will call the police thinking someone is getting hurt. How she could think she had a good voice is beyond me. Why she didn't listen to her husband and spare herself the national humiliation is also beyond my understanding. Then there was the woman who came with her mother who thought she was sexy and a good singer. She was the farthest thing from sexy and she too couldn't sing. So while I don't think the judges should be cruel intentionally, the truth is these people set themselves up to be ridiculed. Even the software engineer didn't get that his singing was bad......they had to keep repeating it to him. And he too has something wrong with his eyes.....he looks like he is perpetually staring. It blows my mind that they would put themselves in that position in front of a national audience. I actually enjoy the show a lot more once it gets past the auditions and into the real competition.