You may have seen the name Clay Aiken a thousands times before; however, this time his name seems very foreign in a political Weblog entry like this one. On the World Wide Web of information, you can (legally or illegally) download his latest songs from the privacy of your home or office and read the latest news about him on celebrity Web sites and Weblogs. His music engulfs the decreasingly small but loyal groups of his remaining fans in a virtual fairy tale — a world from which they never want to depart — that rivals that of Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen.
Although Clay Aiken is not a candidate in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election, Barack Obama should learn a few tips from the recently outed homosexual. Many Aiken fans has shunned Obama for his association with his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., who spewed anti-gay, anti-American and anti-Semitic “sermons” from the pulpit in the church in which the junior Senator from Illinois worshiped for over twenty years.
Lesson learned: Hate is totally unacceptable, a sobering fact which will haunt Senator Obama for the rest of his life.
What does Clay Aiken and Barack Obama have in common?
Some music critics deem the Clay Aiken Factor as simply brilliant while opposing critics plugged their ears in contempt. Despite your assessment of the “flaming torch from North Carolina,” Aiken is the Measurement of a Man against which his loyal fans are measuring the black politician… Barack Obama.
Like Aiken, Obama…
- is a father; however, Aiken’s method of fatherhood was artificial insemination.
- has never served in the U.S. Armed Forces.
- can draw a massive crowd of adoring fans to a single event.
- can raise huge sums of money at a single fundraising event.
- has been called the anti-Christ.
Since the adverse effects of the 2008 Wall Street scandal, many angry fans of Aiken are divided on political, religious and racial lines. Many fans in the U.S. have lost their hard-earned money due to the financial crisis — which has affected the global credit market. Some forgiving fans deem the Aiken’s “turkey baster” path to fatherhood as simply queer but unique while unforgiven fans hold their noses in contempt. Regardless of your level of respect for the North Carolina-born singer (and former American Idol contestant), Aiken is the epitome of an affable celebrity against which Barack Obama is compared.
Unlike Aiken, Obama…
- is not deemed “a darling” to many white women voters, who supported Hillary Rodham Clinton in the U.S. presidential primaries.
- has never competed on American Idol.
- can not sing like the homosexual singer.
- is deem a monster to many white women voters, who are die-hard supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Will Obama repent for his sins? If so, will he be sincere?
Now until Election Day on Super Tuesday, Obama must remedy the religious and political damage of Wright’s anti-gay, anti-American and anti-Semitic remarks. If he is successful, he will be the next U.S. President of the United States. If he fails, many of Aiken’s fans (as well as Jewish-Americans, gay-Americans and other American voices of dissent) will not shed a tear for the man who remained a member of a church, in which hate was preached year after year after year until the very moment he mysteriously decided to launch his presidential campaign.
If the U.S. presidential choice of many offended voters were solely theirs, they would probably vote for their American Idol, Clay Aiken — the gay blade and fabulous dad from North Carolina.
However, one former Claymate of the ClayNation has told a staff member of Wil’s Domain that: “… comparing Obama to Aiken is like comparing Hitler to Ghandi.”
The disillusioned Democrat made the following statement: “I pity Ron Paul. Having been lied to by Clay and now Obama, I can relate to a Republican like Mr. Paul, who I wish were chosen as our next President.”
Another lesson learned: Hell has no fury like a former Claymate of the ClayNation scorned.