This has gotten almost no attention from the usual political blogs, which is odd, since Idol has an audience of roughly 30 million people, but the three presidential candidates each made a televised statement in support of Idol Gives Back. The statements aired last night, with Hillary first, McCain second, and Obama last.
Hillary and Obama each gave pretty standard "thanks for helping out such a great cause" statements, but check out how Old Man Tone-Deaf started things out:
"American Idol is a lot like a presidential primary election, except for people who live in Michigan and Florida; their votes actually count."Classy! And his statement ended with this:
"As for me, it's back to work on my new immigration plan. Watch your back Simon!"Watch all 3 here:
Forgive me if I'm insufficiently afraid of John McCain's communications team.
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