PORK FOR PRINCIPLE

JORDAN, OUR LATEST AMERICAN IDOL, GARNERED MORE VOTES THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE 2004 NATIONAL ELECTION. 74 MILLION. HAS ANY PRESIDENT IN HISTORY RECEIVED 74 MILLION VOTES? ADD THIS NUMBER TO THE VOTES FOR THE RUNNER-UP, AND WE BLOW THE COMPARISON TO RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP OUT OF THE WATER. IN ADDITION, AMERICANS PAID FOR EACH OF THESE MILLIONS OF VOTES FOR THE IDOL. IT ALSO OUGHT TO BLOW OUR MINDS. UNFORTUNATELY, MINDS BLOWN AWAY BY THE IDOL SERIES - OF WHICH MINE IS NOT ONE, HAVING ABANDONED TELEVISON YEARS AGO - ARE JUST THAT, BLOWN. THEY ARE WINDED FROM OVEREXERTION ON FRIVOLITY, SPOILED BY OVER-EXPOSURE TO THE POISONOUS ATMOSPHERE OF A NARCISSISTIC SOCIETY, SWELLED UP WITH SELF-GRATIFICATION, OUT OF BREATH FROM HYPERBOLE AND IRRATIONAL ENTHUSIASM. NO PRESIDENT WILL EVER GARNER SUCH ENTHUSIASM FROM THE LISTENING PUBLIC. RECENTLY, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, PUFFED UP WITH SELF-IMPORTANCE, EXCHANGED PRINCIPLE FOR PORK WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LATEST SPENDING BILL. THEY COMPROMISED WHAT IMAGINARY PRINCIPLES THEY ESPOUSE FOR POLITICAL GAIN. JORDAN ONLY NEEDS TO SING HER YOUNG HEART OUT AND LOSE A LITTLE WEIGHT TO MAINTAIN HER STATUS AS THE TRUE, AMERICAN IDEAL.