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Originally posted by enlightenment06
Now I'm now making any accusations as far as race goes, but it makes you wonder if Clay had won would Reuben be on the cover of Rolling Stone? Would he be getting as much press? Makes ya go "hmmm..."
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AXO Alum is going to reply with her opinion, and will not be emotional and fired up over something that in the end does not matter a hill of beans to her life.....
I feel like (love those "feel" words) you are making an "accusation" (although using the term lightly) as to the involvement of race here (hence the usage of the subject line you created). We don't know what would happen "if" Clay had won because he didn't. I am a huge fan of Clay (he will be my husband after all
) but I do not perpetuate the "rumor" that he lost due to the show being rigged or the phone mix-up. I do, however, believe that the show allowed viewers to call an 800 number or text-message their vote AS OFTEN as they liked. Which meant one person coulda voted a thousand times. However, when it comes to SELLING albums, I don't know many people who would buy TWO of the exact same album for their own personal collection....much less more than two!
So for the sake of "accuracy" it is my opinion that record sales, and not number of votes, that determines NOT the winner (because the votes did that), but the actual POPULARITY of the person -- more sales = more poplularity (at least that's the way I see it).
I am not trying to offend anyone on here - I am being very careful to choose my words accordingly. I simply believe that Clay has a bigger fan-base than Ruben.
As to the motives of RS, I cannot comment as I do not remember the last time I even saw a copy of one, much less looked through it. I am just not that into music (which isn't to slight anyone who is into music) so I don't really look through music related magazines. I would like a copy, however, because I would like to be able to show pictures to people of my future husband
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Signed,
AXO Alum and the low-blood-pressure way of life....