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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
Clay Aiken is in line to be named to the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities, the White House said Wednesday. Funy, he doesn't look like a Democrat.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:47:59 AM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
To: srmorton
,i>I am tickled to death! He is from Cary, NC, and was a special education teacher before American Idol. I am always glad to see a native Tarheel make good (except for the "Breck girl").
Then you're in luck - Kerry's catamite was born in South Carolina.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:49:07 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("I've never seen so many testicles in my life.")
To: maggief
To: areafiftyone
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:53:27 AM PDT
by
WestTexasWend
(NO OIL FOR APPEASERS)
To: Thrusher
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:54:37 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: Revolting cat!
It must be for real, and pretty smart, too: if one could sweep all mental defecatives into some committee [or two], that way it would be easier to keep an eye on them, and to keep them out of harm's way at the same time.
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:55:02 AM PDT
by
GSlob
To: napscoordinator
I'd believe the Enquirer before trusting the NYTimes. ;)
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:56:51 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: areafiftyone
The President is a Claymate?
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posted on
09/07/2006 9:58:04 AM PDT
by
kenth
(There are three kinds of people in the world. Those who can count, and those who can't.)
To: BrynS728
I have no problem with that - sounds honorable enough.
To: WestTexasWend
Thanks. I should know better than to do a search by title. I should have searched by his name.
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posted on
09/07/2006 10:04:07 AM PDT
by
areafiftyone
(Politicians Are Like Diapers - Both Need To Be Changed Often And For The Same Reason)
To: areafiftyone
the President's Committee for People with Intellectual DisabilitiesDoesn't Tony Snow deal with that commitee regularly as part of his job? (I'm speaking of the Whitehouse pres corps.)
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posted on
09/07/2006 10:44:58 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(SpecOps needs to paint the NYT building with a targeting laser.)
To: pepsi_junkie; Thrusher
Same thought 11 seconds apart. That's scary...and funny.
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posted on
09/07/2006 10:47:06 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(SpecOps needs to paint the NYT building with a targeting laser.)
To: areafiftyone
I thought for sure he would work for hillary considering he prefers hog more than bush
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posted on
09/07/2006 10:47:42 AM PDT
by
edzo4
To: pepsi_junkie; Andy from Beaverton
Same thought 11 seconds apart. That's scary...and funny.
(pinged the wrong person.)
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posted on
09/07/2006 10:48:45 AM PDT
by
EricT.
(SpecOps needs to paint the NYT building with a targeting laser.)
To: BallyBill
Rosie O'Donnell to join Bush Team!I think that is the bush team with a small letter 'b'.
To: Michael Goldsberry
I just love the fawning look on the face of the 'journalist' behind Sheehag and Je$$e. It just sums up that warm, squishy feeling the media gets when they see somebody in the GOP being accused of war crimes and treason.
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posted on
09/07/2006 11:18:24 AM PDT
by
bpjam
(Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaida - The Religion of Peace)
To: areafiftyone
Boy, that Karl Rove is one crafty guy. He even landed Clay Aiken to help us get the gay and mentally impaired vote (probably in California).
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posted on
09/07/2006 11:19:35 AM PDT
by
bpjam
(Hezbollah, Hamas, Al Qaida - The Religion of Peace)
To: Wolfstar; Purple Mountains Maj; Howlin; Carolinamom; mystery-ak
To: maggief
Maggggieeee!
On all the threads on all of FR, we had to meet again in this one :)
To: kevkrom; Wolfstar
looks like Aiken has stopped hanging around European gay nightclubs long enough to finally finish his second album.LOL
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