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Last Post 31 Jul 2006 08:25 AM by moposh. 25 Replies.

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moposh

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28 Jul 2006 05:44 PM

On my local Fox channel they had a segment on the Idols during the news. The showed the picture of the Idols with Bush. Then they went to a reporter outside of Verizon Center where she said there were a lot of fans. I saw a fan with a Kat sign. The reporter then inteviewed a reporter from ENN (Elliott News Network). I guess the woman does his Web site or something and she talked about how she loves the Yamin Machine and since Elliott and Taylor are friends, she also likes Taylor.

The reporter said that she heard that the Idols, including Kat, will be singing "all your favorites." They said tickets are still available. Although, when I last checked a couple days ago, all that was left were obstructed view so I passed.

They'll have more on the 10:00 p.m. news so I'll tape that to see if they have anything good.

P.S. This is from MSNBC Web site (read the caption):

Bush Meets With "American Idol" Finalists

WASHINGTON - JULY 28: U.S. President George W. Bush poses with the top nine 2006 American Idol finalists Ace Young, Kellie Pickler, Travis Hicks, Paris Bennett, U.S. Bush, Lisa Tucker, Katharine McPhee, Bucky Covington, Mandisa and Chris Daughtry in the Oval Office July 28, 2006 in Washington, DC. Bush also meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier in the day to discuss the crisis in the Mideast among other issues.

Mark Wilson / Getty Images

Updated: 3:47 p.m. ET July 28, 2006
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14079576/displaymode/1176/rstry/14079787/

I find it funny that they got Taylor's name wrong, but spelled Katharine's name right and she has an unusual spelling to her name.

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28 Jul 2006 05:49 PM
Travis Hicks Notice how they spelled Kats name right ;)

MY_Idol_Katharine User is Offline

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28 Jul 2006 05:49 PM
haha that is funny. they wrote travis instead of taylor. i feel bad for him! but yeah it is quite ironic since Katharine's name is spelled differently than usual. (but i actually like it better spelled the katharine way!) - but! it seems like kat is getting most of the fame and most appearances compared to taylor and the rest of the idols

KatFan49

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28 Jul 2006 05:50 PM
Travis?

Katharine's summer is full of hope, full of potential, and promises to provide many bouquets to grace the home that I call my heart. www.myspace.com/katfan49 www.myspace.com/katfia www.myspace.com/katspack

Mutt808

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28 Jul 2006 06:30 PM
Ouch, "Travis" Hicks must sting. Just like when they had him as Taylor "Young".

"Haha! I love your comments. You just wait there will be more of Kat in Glasses! ha! I love the pic of Nena in glasses. DID you do that? Clever is so! XX kat" -- Katharine McPhee (January 4, 2007)

jnd7723

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28 Jul 2006 07:02 PM
They should be able to get that right. He IS the Idol, after all.

Mutt808

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28 Jul 2006 08:02 PM
At least the media isn't discriminating with their incompetence. On a side note, I heard the often-repeated incorrect information about voting totals on MSNBC again today. They are all using the false info about how more people voted for the American Idol than voted for the American President. It would be an interesting tidbit if it were true, but it isn't.

"Haha! I love your comments. You just wait there will be more of Kat in Glasses! ha! I love the pic of Nena in glasses. DID you do that? Clever is so! XX kat" -- Katharine McPhee (January 4, 2007)

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28 Jul 2006 08:05 PM
Heehee...that's AMAZING!!! Who's Travis? i wonder if he sings better than Taylor?

KAT IN GLASSES!!! *August 16, 2006 1:50 am...Mutt and I in the chat screaming our butts off...good times!! Met Kat at the Kimmel show, February 7, 2007!

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28 Jul 2006 08:08 PM
Not being a Taylor fan, I have got to admit that that is very, very funny. ;)

Minnie

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28 Jul 2006 09:30 PM
Do they mean Randy Travis? Anyway, I have to admit that Taylor looked very nice(wearing a suit) and he does deserve a "thank you" for getting Kat and the others invited to such a really special place!

We are definitely working together -- working on a record together. She sings so magnificently, it's just amazing -David Foster-

gkfi

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28 Jul 2006 09:44 PM
Travis Hicks :p They did spell kat's name right!

KatFan49

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28 Jul 2006 09:49 PM
Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 8:02 PM At least the media isn't discriminating with their incompetence. On a side note, I heard the often-repeated incorrect information about voting totals on MSNBC again today. They are all using the false info about how more people voted for the American Idol than voted for the American President. It would be an interesting tidbit if it were true, but it isn't. Actually, they say that Taylor got 62M votes.

Katharine's summer is full of hope, full of potential, and promises to provide many bouquets to grace the home that I call my heart. www.myspace.com/katfan49 www.myspace.com/katfia www.myspace.com/katspack

Mutt808

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28 Jul 2006 09:52 PM
Posted By KatFan49 on 07/28/2006 9:49 PM Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 8:02 PM At least the media isn't discriminating with their incompetence. On a side note, I heard the often-repeated incorrect information about voting totals on MSNBC again today. They are all using the false info about how more people voted for the American Idol than voted for the American President. It would be an interesting tidbit if it were true, but it isn't. Actually, they say that Taylor got 62M votes. I'm not sure what you're trying to clarify, Don?

"Haha! I love your comments. You just wait there will be more of Kat in Glasses! ha! I love the pic of Nena in glasses. DID you do that? Clever is so! XX kat" -- Katharine McPhee (January 4, 2007)

KatFan49

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28 Jul 2006 09:57 PM
Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 9:52 PM Posted By KatFan49 on 07/28/2006 9:49 PM Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 8:02 PM At least the media isn't discriminating with their incompetence. On a side note, I heard the often-repeated incorrect information about voting totals on MSNBC again today. They are all using the false info about how more people voted for the American Idol than voted for the American President. It would be an interesting tidbit if it were true, but it isn't. Actually, they say that Taylor got 62M votes. I'm not sure what you're trying to clarify, Don? Sorry, I missed the "the" American Idol.

Katharine's summer is full of hope, full of potential, and promises to provide many bouquets to grace the home that I call my heart. www.myspace.com/katfan49 www.myspace.com/katfia www.myspace.com/katspack

Mutt808

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28 Jul 2006 10:02 PM
Posted By KatFan49 on 07/28/2006 9:57 PM Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 9:52 PM Posted By KatFan49 on 07/28/2006 9:49 PM Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 8:02 PM At least the media isn't discriminating with their incompetence. On a side note, I heard the often-repeated incorrect information about voting totals on MSNBC again today. They are all using the false info about how more people voted for the American Idol than voted for the American President. It would be an interesting tidbit if it were true, but it isn't. Actually, they say that Taylor got 62M votes. I'm not sure what you're trying to clarify, Don? Sorry, I missed the "the" American Idol. It's okay, but you had me reading my post over and over again because I couldn't see what I might have written wrong!

"Haha! I love your comments. You just wait there will be more of Kat in Glasses! ha! I love the pic of Nena in glasses. DID you do that? Clever is so! XX kat" -- Katharine McPhee (January 4, 2007)

KatFan49

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28 Jul 2006 10:16 PM
Posted By Mutt808 on 07/28/2006 10:02 PM It's okay, but you had me reading my post over and over again because I couldn't see what I might have written wrong! I read my posts over and over to see what I've written right.

Katharine's summer is full of hope, full of potential, and promises to provide many bouquets to grace the home that I call my heart. www.myspace.com/katfan49 www.myspace.com/katfia www.myspace.com/katspack

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28 Jul 2006 10:35 PM
Travis?? Hahahaha .. LOL! BTW, where's Elliott?

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28 Jul 2006 10:52 PM
Posted By margarethsuherman on 07/28/2006 10:35 PM Travis?? Hahahaha .. LOL! BTW, where's Elliott? They said he came late because he woke up late, only about 5 minutes, but I would assume that's why he wasn't there. Too funny... I love Elliott, but who oversleeps for the President?

KoolBeans

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29 Jul 2006 10:51 AM
Is the reason why the voting thing is false because people can vote more than once for the American Idol but only once for the President? That would make sense then that Taylor got more votes than Bush because obviously people can vote more than once for American Idol. However, that does not make an accurate comparison between the two. Am I correct in thinking that?

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29 Jul 2006 10:59 AM
Travis? That's too funny! Glad they got Katharine spelled right!!

kmcphan

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29 Jul 2006 11:47 AM
LOL...Travis. poor taylor.

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29 Jul 2006 11:53 AM
Posted By KoolBeans on 07/29/2006 10:51 AM Is the reason why the voting thing is false because people can vote more than once for the American Idol but only once for the President? That would make sense then that Taylor got more votes than Bush because obviously people can vote more than once for American Idol. However, that does not make an accurate comparison between the two. Am I correct in thinking that? The voting is pretty bogus because people can vote more than once, some chalked up hundreds or even thousands of votes. What is really bogus though is that there were 60 something million votes IN TOTAL of which Katharine got something close to half, so no way did Taylor get more votes than Bush's official total of something like 60 million in the last election. Some times people just like the sound of something so much that even if it isn't true it becomes "true" in the public mind through repetition. And I'm not going to get any work done today, am I?

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29 Jul 2006 12:12 PM
Posted By KoolBeans on 07/29/2006 10:51 AM Is the reason why the voting thing is false because people can vote more than once for the American Idol but only once for the President? That would make sense then that Taylor got more votes than Bush because obviously people can vote more than once for American Idol. However, that does not make an accurate comparison between the two. Am I correct in thinking that? Exactly right. And the media just likes to use big, pretty numbers to make big deals out of things. The notion that 63 million votes came in to 'AI'--they use that to make a cool pop culture reference in making people look foolish. Maybe it's some secret ploy by the media to get people to pay more attention to who we have as President (and vote more)--but it probably won't work. Overall, it's just something to talk about. Though I think it's a disservice to this country in making other parts of the world think that we're all voting on a talent show rather than picking the leader of the free world. In reality, there was probably about 10 million (if less) people who voted multiple times between Taylor and Katharine. It's very simple math...yet the media must have failed simple computations. On the article: Travis Hicks may be Taylor's long-lost twin brother who's filling in for him while Taylor gets extra sleep. After all, to get Taylor's name wrong means something weird is afoot. Of course, they won't mention that Travis Hicks only plays the accordian. As I said in another thread about this in Buzz: I don't think Katharine's name will ever get misspelled again. In a way, her illness made her a household name even faster...even though it was already on the fast track. There's no evidence of it, but maybe it's a deliberate slight on Taylor for the first time. It's either that or someone in the media transcribed information from someone who doesn't write legibly. Yes, handwriting from some people is starting to get worse all the time.

Amanda

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29 Jul 2006 12:16 PM
The Katharine performance at the Verizon Center was long awaited and again proves what a talent she is.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go.Others stay for a while and leave footprints on our hearts and we are never the same. That my friends is Katharine McPhee

Alex666

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29 Jul 2006 12:51 PM
The point is, if 63,000,000 phone clicks were tallied, this means that at most 31,500,001 people voted for Taylor, far fewer than voted for Bush. The TOTAL vote was 63,000,000, not the number who voted for Taylor. Based on everything I have seen, probably 34,000,000 votes were cast for Taylor, and hence perhaps as many as 1,000,000 people voted for him. Remember, many people cast over 100 votes. Personally, I racked up about 270 votes for Kat using phone lines and a cell phone. I noted some serious irregularities in the voting system. For example, the probability of getting through on a cell phone was much different from the probability of getting through on a land line. Likewise, the probability of getting through was different in different regions of the country. These artifacts alone could explain why southerners keep winning AI, year after year.

moposh

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31 Jul 2006 08:25 AM
The other thing is that ANYONE in the U.S. can vote for AI. Only registered voters can vote for the President so yes, coupled with multiple votings, more votes would be cast for AI than for President or for local races. I have heard many times that Taylor got 63 million votes, when in reality those votes were shared between Kat and Taylor, right?

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