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Allen's Idol Win Another Triumph for Religious Right

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(Newser) – Last night’s American Idol was more than just a reality-show finale: It was a symbolic victory of the religious right over the liberal left; red states over blue states. At least according to two bloggers. “For a theory about how Kris Allen pulled an upset over the wildly popular Adam Lambert, the Christian vote is a pretty good one,” argues Michael Giltz in the Huffington Post.

Randall Lane crunched some numbers for the Daily Beast, finding that the finale “had all the makings of a red state/blue state proxy fight” and predicting “a decisive Lambert win—and a decided Lambert bias in Obama Country.” Of course, he was wrong—and changed the headline from “Why Adam Lambert Will Win Tonight” to “Why Adam Lambert’s Loss Is a Red State Victory,” Gawker points out.

"American Idol" finalists Adam Lambert, left, and Kris Allen pose together before last night's finale.   (AP Photo)
Kris Allen, center, reacts after Ryan Seacrest, right, announces that he is the winner of American Idol last night in Los Angeles. At left is Adam Lambert.
Kris Allen, center, reacts after Ryan Seacrest, right, announces that he is the winner of American Idol last night in Los Angeles. At left is Adam Lambert.   (Fox)
"American Idol" finalists Adam Lambert, left, and Kris Allen pose together before the "American Idol" finale in Los Angeles yesterday.   (AP Photo)
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The battle between an ambiguously sexual, theater-loving California glam rocker and a married-at-23, former church missionary Arkansas country rocker has all the makings of a Blue State/Red State culture war. - Randall Lane

Take that, Charles Darwin! Sometimes the survival of the fittest goes to the person with the best telephone prayer chain. Maybe, just maybe the one that appeals to the heartland more has the better shot. - Michael Giltz

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Thinker
May 21, 09 9:09 AM CDT
Again, mediocrity and dogma win over intelligence and talent. Reply
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ClingingToHope
May 21, 09 9:12 AM CDT
Thinker, Think again. I am amazed that dumolibs cannot handle losing any debate/election without having to revert to insulting those who debated/voted. NOBAMA 2010!!!
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nickncsu
May 21, 09 9:21 AM CDT
You do realize that "Nobama" isn't an option for 2010, right? Reply
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ClingingToHope
May 21, 09 9:42 AM CDT
You are dumb. There are mid-term elections which can have a great affect on the government.
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AnnieChrist
May 21, 09 11:14 AM CDT
Do you notice that the people posting the dumbest comments here are the ones calling others 'dumb.' In the same vein, they are the ones who advocate spying on citizens, no habeus corpus, and unbridled executive power, then turn around and say liberals are for 'big government.'
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