Bush's press conference (btw when was the last PC held?) bumps American Idol off the air. Finally, something he's done right. I love the fact that the WPost dedicated an entire article to the network shuffle, nothing about the conference itself. (And the outraged fans will come out of the woodwork -- they'll keep quiet about the Patriot Act, abortion limits, the religious right, censorship, 9/11 fingerpointing, "free speech" zones, the Iraq body count, (you get the picture) but THIS? The horror.)

But unfortunately it's just one scripted "reality show" replacing another. How great would it be if there were three judges critiqueing Bush? -- and the American public could dial in and voice its opinion, of course. Do you think the same people (or their parents) that vote for an American Idol would vote for an American President on Election Day if their able? I haven't seen the demographics but I don't think the AI voting audience is ALL pre-teens, is it? Maybe we could have people phone in their votes on Election Day. If they'll dial a number for Clay Aiken, anything's possible, right?