Posted on 05/07/2014 8:06:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
ay Aiken won millions of votes more than a decade ago as a contestant on “American Idol." Now he’s singing a different tune after a career shift into politics, fighting instead for support in Tuesday’s North Carolina primary.
Aiken, 35, is running for Congress in his home state, asking Tar Heels to support him once again. With a difficult race against fellow Democrat Keith Crisco, he also risks ending up in the same place that he earned from "American Idol" viewers: runner up.
“I've had an entertainment career that's lasted 11 years, longer than I ever dreamed it would," Aiken said in an interview with NBC News. "And this, to me, was something that was more important than that at the end of the day.”
Aiken said he spent several months weighing his decision to put his entertainment career on indefinite hold in order to run for the House seat representing North Carolina’s second congressional district. From the start, he recognized his turn to politics could put his relationship with fans at risk.
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Will he join Al Franken in the “TV has-been Caucus?”
We are now a nation that elects mindless celebrities to make the most crucial decisions that affect everyone. Whether it’s a brain-addled wrestler, or a bonehead steroid-doped Austrian, we’ll never learn.
Yes. Is there anyone anywhere left, that would vote for any candidate that plops himself on a Democrat ticket? Gack!
The new Lindsay Graham
Spinach.
and that's also what he placed on Celebrity Apprentice...
“We are now a nation that elects mindless celebrities to make the most crucial decisions that affect everyone. Whether it’s a brain-addled wrestler, or a bonehead steroid-doped Austrian, we’ll never learn.”
Hey, their entertainers, what DON’T they know?
They “know” enough to be dangerous.
Actually, Clay is a very intelligent man with a degree in Special Ed teaching. However, I don’t trust his motives for running for office since he is part of the LGBT crowd and have suspicions that his attempt to get into Congress is to further their agenda. He is funny and very articulate, but the bottom line is that he’s a Democrat.
given how it has come out that the American idol voting was rigged and that the whole contest was fixed, I suspect he has no fans.
Does that include honorary members Sonny Bono, Fred Grandy, and Fred Thompson?
-PJ
I don’t believe that Clay is as intelligent as you think. Many performers have street smarts to pull off what they need to do to fool the gullible, but when it comes to long-term, substantive problems-solving skills, they are novices. I don’t think he’s all that articulate, and his swishy mannerisms are a complete turn-off to many Americans. You’d think that a great communicator could tune that trait down.
we have also elected a lot pod mindless non-celebrities. But your point is well taken. Every Hollywood and now NC face thinks they have something important to say.
You are entitled to your opinion, just as I am. I would never vote for him, however. He is a DEM because he is gay. Enuff said!
I’d laugh, but Al Franken is a U.S. Senator, and leads by double digits in his re-election bid.
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