I have news for the Times and Howard...
The fact is no one can tamper with the American Idol voting because it is already rigged. The results are the results that the producers of the show want, to generate a buzz for the show and get people to watch and give a s---. You think there's some independent vote counters and auditors out there counting millions of votes? If so, I have a bridge to sell ya.... When will people realize that the whole voting thing is a put on? The "results" of the voting are all part of the script. I think Howard knows this, he's just playing along -- hitching his wagon to a star, so to speak (and the AI folks are laughing all the way to the bank). It's great water cooler talk, but anybody who thinks that the AI vote can be swung any which way has it all wrong. The outcome was determined when the show went on the air. It's a SHOW, it's not a democracy. It's an ILLUSION, not reality. And the same is true about Howard, as well.