Teri O’Brien - America’s Conservative Warrior Princess » This time WaPo’s Robin Givhan Got It Right This Time

I’ve had issues with the WaPo’s Robin Givhan in the past, particularly when she wrote that snarky review of the John Roberts family wardrobe last summer. She said they looked like a “trio of Easter eggs” because they looked too traditional, too June, Wally and the Beave. I guess they should have worn flip flops. I thought her description of Dick Cheney’s pink tie as “weapon” was a little over the top. Last Friday, though, she nailed it when she talked about the unexpected early exit of Chris Daughtry from “American Idol.” (“We Get the Idols We Deserve,” Washington Post, 5/12/06, Page C02). I thought her description of the gray-headed goober, Taylor Hicks, was particularly on target. Could anyone imagine how embarrassing it would be to watch this doofus writhe around on the floor, or dance like that one guy—there’s usually more than one, sadly—who has too much to drink at the wedding and makes a horse’s hind end of himself on the dance floor. You just hope it isn’t your dad, or your husband. Elaine Benis, you are redeemed. No one could look as goofy as this guy, and no one could send your cringeometer higher. Ms. Givhan says “he cannot win and he will be discussed no further.” She also calls him “the paisley karaoke king who shall not be named.” Yes! What is with these people who like this guy? I can just hear them now. “I find him charming. He’s so down to earth. He seems like such a regular guy.” Yes, a regular guy, and not a particularly interesting, attractive or talented one at that. So thumbs down on this character.

Katherine McPhee seems like a nice girl, and I’m sure she could make a great living as a lounge act in Vegas, but she’s also not terribly interesting or exciting.

Eliot Yamin has a great voice, but he’s tough on the eyes. He looks like he should be someone’s accountant, not a pop star, but he is a better singer than Katherine, so he’d be my choice. Notice I say he WOULD be my choice, it I actually voted. Much like many of the room-temperature IQ types who respond to these idiotic MSM (mainstream media) polls about President Bush, I don’t vote, so Katherine and He Who Shall Not be Mentioned Again, shouldn’t worry much about me.