A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Pictures of Lily (A Nation's Shame)

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John Mendelssohn
Mar 12, 2010
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Well, it’s not nearly as bad as their having re-elected Bushandcheney in 2004, but I’m still beside myself. The people have just voted the sublime Lily Scott off American Idol. In the UK, which has always had infinitely better taste in pop music, she’d have made the Final Two. In the UK, they'd be carrying her around on their shoulders. A nation’s shame…

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