Dick Cheney reaches American Idol Final Twelve.

The Vice-President is greeted to cheers as the audience prays that they do not get shot.

U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney on Friday rejected charges by Democrats that the Bush Administration was mishandling Iraq and said: "If they are competent to fight this war, then I ought to be singing on American Idol."

Proudly donning in a white, sequined gown, the Vice-President belted out Madonna's "Like A Virgin" in his trademark silky, baritone voice.

Judge Randy Jackson said, "Yo, I like it, dawg; you got a real fresh style."

Paula Abdul remarked that the Veep's dress was "as beautiful as you are on the inside."

Simon Cowell was not so enthusiastic: "I haven't seen that much fat masquerading as talent in years, and Ruben Studdard was our champion only three years ago."

The show then cut to commercial, and upon returning, Cowell was missing, the Aflac duck sitting in his place.

The votes came in soon thereafter, despite the fact that the other finalists had neither been permitted to sing nor had they been heard from in the past week.

The Vice-President won in a landslide; that same night Katherine Harris announced her intention to run for President in 2008.