Ok, I’ll admit it, I was just being sensational with the title.  A large percentage of the people that phone in Idol votes are still too young to vote in something as important as a federal election and the rest of them are gay, so the overlap is pretty small.  American Idol history has shown us that winning isn’t everything.  Clay Aiken has turned his failed effort at the title into a viable career in entertainment while Ruben Studdard’s Idol win hasn’t translated into huge success.  A sour grapes article about this years result said that Clay eclipsed Ruben.  How close would you have to be to Clay and how far away would Ruben have to be before it could be a total eclipse?  Somebody get a highschool science book, quick.

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