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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: EmilyGeiger
Thanks for the ping, EG :)
To: retrokitten; conservativebabe
I still want a .wav of "I'm the next Clay Aaaa-keeeen, y'aaaaaaaaawwwlll!" A .wav???
You've got the whole album!
![](http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3955/yawllll3dd.jpg)
;)
To: toddlintown
Beat me.That's what Clay said! ;p
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posted on
09/07/2006 3:43:18 PM PDT
by
steveo
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To: silent_jonny
Thanks for the ping...Deja view!
;oD...Hhmmm, I wonder where?
To: quark
His brother is a Marine in Iraq, also.
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posted on
09/07/2006 3:49:40 PM PDT
by
merry10
To: Thrusher
Nothing. Reread the headline. LOL! Thanks for two laughs.
Anyhoo, I hope the guy does well.
I'm definitely NOT going to get his latest album, BTW.
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posted on
09/07/2006 3:50:56 PM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(AIDS and islam...two preventable diseases.)
To: Recovering Hermit
I definitely am getting his album. Sep 19th.
67
posted on
09/07/2006 3:52:22 PM PDT
by
merry10
To: Recovering Hermit
I definitely am getting his album. Sep 19th.
68
posted on
09/07/2006 3:52:22 PM PDT
by
merry10
To: Purple Mountains Maj
Hhmmm, I wonder where?A little bird told me :)
To: medscribe; Thrusher
And exactly what does that have to do with him being appointed to the Committee? Let's put it this way...for most gay guys "bush" is usually off of the menu.
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posted on
09/07/2006 3:58:52 PM PDT
by
Recovering Hermit
(AIDS and islam...two preventable diseases.)
To: Axhandle
He has a degree in Special Education.
71
posted on
09/07/2006 4:08:41 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: silent_jonny
I sent it in case you'd want to put it on A I Thread...
guess not.
;oD
& I know you didn't say this just saying so within this post...
CLAY IS NOT GAY!!!!Can you(collective)say: Libelous/slanderous statement?!Read his Biography. & by a clue!Can you(collective) say: libelous/slanderous statement?!
To: srmorton
I am tickled to death! He is from Cary, NC, and was a special education teacher before American Idol. No. He's from Raleigh and he only graduated after he being on AI.
73
posted on
09/07/2006 4:11:48 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: silent_jonny
saying so = replying to the Clay's gay posts within my reply post to you.
To be tropical water clear...
LOL!
To: silent_jonny
Oops typo ville just noticed I for got to delete one of the l/s sentences when I rearranged my sentence structureThis is what I meant to type. To be even more tropical water clear. "...CLAY IS NOT GAY!!!!Can you(collective)say: Libelous/slanderous statement?!Read his Biography. & by a clue!"
To: silent_jonny
Stay tuned for his next album, The Sandman Cometh, Y'all.
To: areafiftyone
Who says Bush doesn't embrace diversity? ;-)
77
posted on
09/07/2006 4:36:45 PM PDT
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of "dependence on government"!)
To: Howlin
Cary is a suburb of Raleigh and for some reason I thought he was from there. I stand corrected. Maybe he was a Teacher's Assistant. Until recently, you did not even need an AA degree to be a TA. I saw him on Oprah a few weeks ago talking to twin girls who, in spite of early learning disabilities, had graduated at the top of their class. He mentioned then that he had worked with Special Education kids. I heard on the radio today that he had worked at the YMCA so maybe that was where he worked with kids with learning disabilities. I know that he majored in Special Ed. and he has a foundation dedicated to helping children with learning disabilities so he definitely has an interest in this area.
78
posted on
09/07/2006 7:44:20 PM PDT
by
srmorton
(Choose Life!)
To: maggief
That naked torso is definately not Clay's. Clay wishes he had a body like that! Clay's thin and scrawny - and does not have man-boobs!
To: retrokitten
Diana DeGarmo did a great job of singing God Bless America during the 7th inning stretch during last nights dodgers-mets game. Go Diana!!!
80
posted on
10/06/2006 9:26:07 PM PDT
by
fkabuckeyesrule
(Go Bengals...beat BYE week!!!!)
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