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Former 'Idol' Clay Aiken to Join Bush Team
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| 9/7/06
Posted on 09/07/2006 9:34:38 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Clay Aiken is in line to be named to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, the White House said Wednesday.
Aiken, a Raleigh native who gained fame as a runner-up on "American Idol," once worked as a YMCA counselor.
The committee's Web site said it advises the president on issues pertaining to people with intellectual disabilities. The committee was established in 1961 by President John Kennedy as the President's Panel on Mental Retardation.
A White House press release said President Bush intends to make the appointment. Officials did not say when.
The singer's new album, "A Thousand Different Ways," is due out later this month.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: americanidol; bush43; disability; glayaiken; goodforhim; music
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To: areafiftyone
To: areafiftyone
Former 'Idol' Clay Aiken to Join Bush Team
I thought he was gay.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:35:48 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
(“There’s nothing like the B-2 when it comes to giving peace a chance.")
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:36:33 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(Please do not emanate into the penumbra.)
To: areafiftyone
This intellectual heavyweight will be an invaluable member of the team.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:36:54 AM PDT
by
Axhandle
To: Thrusher
And exactly what does that have to do with him being appointed to the Committee?
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:36:56 AM PDT
by
medscribe
To: areafiftyone
President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities I take it he is there to testify?
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:37:05 AM PDT
by
tortoise
To: areafiftyone
Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
Michael Goldsberry
(Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
To: areafiftyone
Ya see, the Bush Administration is not anti-gay...
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:37:32 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(The "smarter" the individual, the greater his power of self-delusion.)
To: Thrusher
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:37:46 AM PDT
by
toddlintown
(Six bullets and Lennon goes down. Yet not one hit Yoko. Discuss.)
To: areafiftyone
the President's Committee for People with Intellectual DisabilitiesIs this for real or the ONION?
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:38:27 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: Thrusher
Oh. You read the National Enquirer? LOL!
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:38:28 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
To: silent_jonny
_jonny!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AI ping!
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:38:36 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: medscribe
And exactly what does that have to do with him being appointed to the Committee?
Nothing. Reread the headline.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:38:43 AM PDT
by
Thrusher
(“There’s nothing like the B-2 when it comes to giving peace a chance.")
To: silent_jonny
AI ping... and it also looks like Aiken has stopped hanging around European gay nightclubs long enough to finally finish his second album.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:38:48 AM PDT
by
kevkrom
(War is not about proportionality. Knitting is about proportionality. War is about winning.)
To: Thrusher
Gayken has been a member of the bush team for a long time.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:39:17 AM PDT
by
quark
To: Paradox
My husband always hoots when I point out some of the celebs on "our" team. It's always ones like this yoo-hoo. Well we do have Bo Derek and Tom Selleck and some others but...
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:39:20 AM PDT
by
LYSandra
To: areafiftyone
I didnt think Aiken liked Bush
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:39:22 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: Thrusher
I heard Clay doesn't like Bush!
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