US idol attracts more votes than the president - by JACQUI GODDARD
Commercialism takes over in US and Europe as US idol attracts more votes than the president - by JACQUI GODDARD
A US survey last month found that one in ten Americans had voted on American Idol and 35 per cent of viewers said that they considered the vote as important - if not more important - than if it were for the presidency.
In 2004, George Bush was supported by nearly 62 million Americans in his bid for President. On May 24, 2007, Hicks, a grey-haired soul singer from Alabama eclipsed Bush his record by scooping an unprecedented 63.4 million votes to claim a far loftier title: the new American Idol. "
Note EU-Digest: "when commercialism and marketing starts to overtake reality in life it is time for the people to wake up. To quote Proverbs 29:18 in the Bible, “Without a vision, the people will perish.”
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