Please Remember to vote for Adam Lambert tonight. !! The Nokia Theatre

[saracat]

is reporting it is getting bombarded with the Christian Right and Bill O didn't help with his second report on Adam , Christianity and sexuality!
This is IT, folks, the Finale. Let us show that this is more than a nation of "bigots and we can support real talent! Nice article below by Ann Poweres of the LA times.
http://www.calendarlive.com/music/la-et-americanidol19-2009may19,0,5703899.story


'American Idol's' bigger message
Finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen help illustrate how people with cultural differences can make beautiful music together.



By ANN POWERS, Pop Music Critic


Video: 'American Idol' roundtable talks
24 hours to showtime: Adam Lambert and Kris Allen offer final thoughts


The two-part finale of hit series "American Idol," which begins tonight, is the most talked-about thing in television right now, partly because this season's contenders, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, are exciting performers. But it's also because they have done something unexpected: Their unlikely friendship has presented America with a new vision of itself, beyond the deepest divisions of the culture wars.

Lambert is a rocker from the liberal urban Southland with roots in musical theater and the Hollywood club scene. Allen is a collegiate evangelical Christian from Arkansas. Lambert has been compared to Queen's Freddie Mercury and Elvis Presley; Allen recalls John Mayer and the Jonas Brothers.



At a time when change is in the air but the old conflicts over religion, lifestyle and sexuality aren't going away, this eighth season of "American Idol" is vividly illustrating how people with cultural differences can make beautiful music together.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Go, Adam, go!

[Kahuna]

2. K&R. nt

[Inspired]

3. Thanks Saracat! You've done a great job getting the message out.

Adam Lambert won American Idol several weeks ago...let's just hope the final vote tonight confirms what we've known all along!

[grasswire]

4. wait.

I thought you were fighting against Danny Gokey.

Is Kris part of a conspiracy, too?

[saracat]

6. Luv Kris but Gokeys minister just twittered to all his minions that they

should vote for Kris as a "Believer must win" . This makes me puke!

[Kahuna]

9. I just saw that on the Idol board. Let's rock this vote for Adam!

:bounce:

[grasswire]

10. link? where is the link?

...or is this another anonymous poster thing?

[saracat]

24. I have posted links before. Google Gokey's minister and look at his twitter account.

I am getting ready to vote.I haven't time to give you links.Like i said, The "christian vote" was discussed at the press conference. it exists and it is the "Danny vote" to punish Adam.

[soleiri]

7. no

Kris is great. Danny's pastor twittered that we should vote for him because he's believer. That's the crap I'm sick of.

Personally, I'm voting for Adam because he's amazingly talented.

[Inspired]

8. Kris isn't part of a conspiracy. Neither was Danny Gokey.

But people like Bill O'Reilly certainly are.

You seem to doubt this and I'm not sure why. Saracat has put links up before and I've seen others do the same.

[grasswire]

15. I investigated those links.

All that was there was a message by an anonymous poster on a message board saying that Christians were organizing an attack on Adam.

Nothing else.

I asked repeatedly for something concrete to document this conspiracy.

Nothing.

Crickets.

[saracat]

22. Yeah well, Kris and Adam talked about it in their press conference yesterday. Google that!

[Thickasabrick]

5. Thank you Sara - this is it!! Screw Bill O'Reilly for trying to hose Adam!!

[ronnykmarshall]

11. Go Adam!!

And thanks for keeping this posted Sara.

We're voting tonight like crazy. We don't vote much. The last time we did was for Fantasia.

[Inspired]

16. Same here....I'm voting like crazy for Adam tonight.

[Kahuna]

12. Adam just sang, "A Change is Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke..

Very appropriate. He changed the lyrics at the end to, 'my change is gonna come.'

[dbonds]

13. That was an amazing performance.

Gave me chills - in a good way.

[Kahuna]

14. I was shouting, "Preach Adam!," at my tv.

:D

[saracat]

23. It breaks my heart that even the some LGBTcan't get on board to support Adam!

Yet all those freaking Fundies can lockstep!

[Left Is Write]

25. I didn't think he could top Mad World, but he did.

That was an absolutely outstanding performance.

[ronnykmarshall]

17. Make sure to post the number to vote for Adam.

I don't think I can vote after the east cost .... but I'm gonna speed dial on our land line, my cell, the husbands cell and crack berry.

[Left Is Write]

27. That's what I did - I voted on the landline and my cell, and had my husband text while I was dialing

[Kahuna]

18. Adams numbers are 866-436-5701, 5703, 5705. nt

[Inspired]

19. Or text VOTE to 5701

[Kahuna]

20. ......For AT&T customers only. nt

[Inspired]

21. ooops.....sorry! Thanks for the clarification.

[ronnykmarshall]

26. Land lines rock

I've been voting the shit out on my good ol' redial 213 number.

[SacredCow]

28. I voted....

This morning on the local talk radio (hosted by pretty staunch right wingers in the AM), they were predicting Kris to win because he appeals more to the target audience (young girls). The host that irritates me the most admitted that Adam was clearly a better singer but that his persona and look would not appeal to young girls.

:wtf:

I clearly remember back in the 80's when Duran Duran was all the rage, and the girls were all going ga-ga over Nick Taylor (and fundies were aghast- he wore makeup and was kinda androgynous). I'm no young girl, but I think Adam Lambert would appeal to plenty of them.