'American Idol' considers 3 presidential contenders and votes them off

Actually, Sens. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain were only invited on the popular program for cameo appearances tonight. And, thankfully none was asked to sing. And, once again, Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul, at 72 the second oldest guy still in the race, was left out. (So was Ralph Nader, who's 74, but doesn't do TV games.)

Their assignment, as our fellow blogger Carl Lavin chronicles over at Forbes.com, was simply to make charitable pitches to donate to charity. The two straight-faced Democrats did just that, offering ever so sincere pleas for giving.

So did the second oldest candidate in the White House race. But McCain also slipped in a couple of zingers. He said Idol was a lot like the ongoing political primaries except the television show counted votes from Michigan and Florida.

Then, at the end McCain said he had to get back to work on his immigration reform bill -- and British judge Simon Cowell better watch out.

--Andrew Malcolm

Comments

[Flo]

Well I guess we will leave IDOL off our tv.

[tim, minnesota]

And MSM call Ron Paul supporters conspiracy nuts over our complaints of not having equal coverage and representation. Reading this article, I find my blood starting to boil. Our country is taking an economic, moral, ethical, educational and so on nosedive, yet the only remaining presidential candidate willing to straight talk on any issues is blacked out. No conspiracy needed the proof in the actions of MSM.

[Michael Scipione]

You fail to mention Dr. Paul is just 1 year older than John McCain who has a heart problem. If John McCain is elected he might die office.

(No.. We'll get his complete medical records next month. And who cares how much older Paul is? He's older. Period.)

[John Fenske]

These Blogs would be funny if things wern't so serious. Three Trillion Dollars for one war just isn't money well spent.

[Google This]

I think the Peter Paul trial coming up for the discovery phase in May in Californioa needs to be more vetted. How could Hillary ( as a material witness for Bill ) possibly tackle the role of a President no less, with all of this hanging over her head like an albatross or a scarlet letter? Senator Clinton and her campaign team, including Bill, conspired to defraud the U.S. Senate and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by failing to report the true cost of a $2 million Hollywood campaign fundraising event in August 2000.

Yes, the discovery phase of this trial begins this MAY 2008.

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[Joe]

Well, at least the Ron Paul supporters aren't alone in their candidate being ignored, the crazy person on the other end of the political spectrum was ignored last election (Dennis Kucinich).