There is nothing more American than rooting for the underdog. We love to see the disadvantaged, the ill equipped, the young, the old, what ever and whoever do well and succeed. That is why the Susan Boyle video was so popular. ( She was the British frump singer of a few months back. See her video here.)

You may have missed her American counterpart Kevin Skinner, the unemployed chicken farmer from Kentucky. Here’s his five minute performance on “America’s Got Talent.”