Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for September 12, 2005
Transcript:
"Do you realize that 24 million people voted in the 2003 'American Idol' competition, which is almost half the number of votes cast for the winner of the 2000 Presidential election?" "So?" "What do you mean 'so'? We're valuing a singing contest almost as highly as we do the leadership of our country...Don't you understand what that means?" "That more people need to vote in the 'American Idol' competition?" "Never mind." "Personally, I never got over the Clay Aiken fiasco."
American Idol sucks, should have never been made.