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"The women would sequester themselves in an office and ... we would worry about what kind of person we are, our jobs and our careers," she said. "Every Tuesday night, (co-stars) Jimmy Fallon or Chris Kattan would roll (one another) down the hallway in a cardboard box."
In 2000, Alan Keyes said that he would never abandon the GOP unless the GOP first abandoned him by abandoning its principles. According to recent news reports, there are a lot of grassroots conservatives--those who constitute the traditional "base" of the GOP -- who feel increasingly abandoned by the party.
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A year after President Bush barely sneaked past Al Gore in Florida in 2000, White House senior advisor Karl Rove admitted that the GOP's strategy nearly backfired that election year, because the GOP took the Christian grassroots for granted. As a result, the base of the party stayed home on election day in large numbers. There are indications that the Bush administration is in the process of making the same mistake twice.
Clay Aiken, "This Is The Night/On The Wings Of Love": #1
Ruben Studdard, "Flying Without Wings/Superstar": #84
1. Your second graf: "Simon's never been much for chitchat, but he's particularly on edge now because of something strange occurring onstage. Kimberley Locke, who most everyone believes is a long shot to make it to the finals, is singing the pants off Ruben Studdard. Clay Aiken isn't at his best, but Studdard is really off. His rendition of Peabo Bryson's 'If Ever I'm in Your Arms Again' is so obviously uninspired that the judges are clearly worried. They even tell him to take off his distracting hat and sing again, even though the judges almost never comment on performers before the show. 'We have a problem,' Cowell is overheard carping outside the soundstage later. 'I want Ruben to be in the final two, and Kimberley just had a great rehearsal.'"
[Complete side note: why didn't Ruben sing the bridge of that song last week? It's, like, the best part of the song: "The best of romances/Deserves second chances/I'll get to you somehow/'Cause I promise now"]
2. The meme keeps on rolling. On Clay, the article notes: "he'd be perfect as the nerdy guy in 'Rent.'"
At three people, it's now an organization.
3. On last week's 'random' round: "It turns out that the 'random' round was much more stage-managed than it appeared. Despite all those papers in the bowls, there were only four songs per contestant, all carefully chosen to suit the singers’ vocal style and range. 'There wasn't 'The Macarena' in there or anything,' says Lythgoe. 'It wasn't going to be stupid.'"