First of all, I will admit to watching a little American Idol. If nothing else, I'm grateful to the show for throwing a little work Kenny Rogers' way and bringing Stevie Wonder back to prime time television. Last night, though, an insidious trend about the show's audience finally crystallized. American Idol has become the last venue where conservative America can make their voices heard, and token interesting contestant Adam Lambert might lose because of it. While the Idol conspiracy theorists will no doubt posit a little vote juggling to amp the drama by having front-runner Lambert land -gasp- in the bottom three, closer to the truth is that the show's viewers are picking what they like. And what they like, apparently, is the saccharine tones of church music director Danny Gokey instead of the theatrical, androgynous song stylings of Lambert. Though the voting block may think it is doing a service by saving the young ears of the United States from the totally fabulous album that Lambert would make should he win, something tells me that he might end up having the last laugh. While Gokey will probably end up with dismal sales figures being  trotted out on the program a la Taylor Hicks, Lambert's career ceiling is much higher. In fact, he should wait until he meets Slash (the celebrity mentor next week), quit the competition, and be the new frontman for Velvet Revolver. I heard they're looking.