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Susan Boyle is in her 40s. She lives alone, with her cat, and says she has never been kissed. As a child, she was apparently the target of bullies because of a disability.

And then she went on reality TV in Britain. People were surely expecting a punch line, but probably not this one.

To say that she has a voice and a half seriously understates the case.

http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92464?fp=1

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[don-negro.livejournal.com]

One thing struck me when I was watching it last night. Two of the judges said something to the effect of 'When you came in here, everyone was against you', which struck me as really strange. Not 'feeling sorry for you', not 'certain that you were going to make a fool of yourself', but 'against you'. It was like they were so shocked that their internal filters against admitting to beating up on the weak kids were offline.

Susan Boyle, on the other hand, went out there and nailed it all the way into the wall. I'm a sucker for an underdog who goes down swinging, and I'm an even bigger sucker for an underdog who wins.