Ok, I posted on the Dixie Chicks and their new song a while back. Most of my readers basically agreed with my opinion, but there were a few who stood up for the Chicks. Which is fine, life would be boring if everyone agreed with me, and I’m always up for some debate. But now they’re running their mouths again, and I don’t see how anyone could agree with what they’re saying.
The Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines apologized for disrespecting President George W. Bush during a London concert in 2003. But now, she’s taking it back.
“I don’t feel that way anymore,” she told Time magazine for its issue hitting newsstands Monday. “I don’t feel he is owed any respect whatsoever.”
Good Lord. The man is the PRESIDENT, of course he’s owed respect. Even if you don’t agree with him, or with the way he’s running the country, he’s still the President and is still owed respect.
They had already lost a huge fan base…and guess what? They don’t care!
For band member Martie Maguire, the controversy was a blessing in disguise.
“I’d rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith,” Maguire said. “We don’t want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do.”
Well, hey, don’t let us limit what you can do…and don’t expect to get any of our money to help you out with what you can do, either.
What idiots.
What say you?
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I think they sorta have to say that, just like they sorta need to move out of country music to maintain their level of success, since they pretty much pissed off the average country music fan.
You know, I own all of the Chicks CDs up til this latest one. And I could forgive them their thoughtless drivel after they appologized. I could even agree to disagree on their politics and just enjoy their music.
But now? Not so much. I won’t buy their latest and I won’t support them anymore. One of our local stations won’t play their music and I am finding myself agreeing with that decision.
Note to Chicks, Quit while you’re ahead.
~K!
I don’t understand why they’d intentionally dig themselves in deeper. Not exactly shrewd businesspeople, those Chicks.
Yeah well. I remember after the original bruhaha, some commentators tried to make it into a free speech sort of thing. As in, we who are criticising are limiting her freeedom of speech. Which tells you: There are some people who just don’t get it.
You know, I was thinking about this some more last night…
This may very well be a public relations move (intentional or not) to strengthen the Chicks appeal to those who aren’t fans the Pres.
But retracting an apology??!!
She needs a t-shirt: Now with less integrity than ever!
They know how to shrink their fan base! Just by saying nothing and keeping their opinions to themselves would have done them a lot of good.
Dixie Chick BAH!
Were kind of fun for a while but in 2003 they lost my respect. They’re dopes. Always have been always will be apparently.
Their next single should be a cover of the Scarecrow’s “If I Only Had A Brain.”
I think the bleach in Natalie’s hair has affected her brain…oh, wait, that’s assuming she has a brain, which at this point I would be wise to “retract” my own statement and instead state that the chics are just a mindless group of nobodies, who will never get anywhere in life.
I absolutely love the slam Reba McEntire gave them the night of the American Country Music Awards…”I was worried that I couldn’t host this event, but then I thought that if the Dixie Chicks could sing with their feet in their mouths, I could host this years CMA with no problem”
Amen to that!
Idiot’s…they open their mouths without thinking. I make it my own personal policy to not judge a celebrity’s political or moral views as a rule for what movie I’ll see or music I listen to. I leave that for the politions that I vote for. SO..I will listen to Barbara Striesand, Susan Sarandon, the Dixie Chicks and Alex Baldwin. :0)
I think all of it was a horribly contrived publicity stunt meant to raise their profiles again. They had faded into obscurity, knew their new album would tank and thought this was a cheap way to get publicity. Benefits: If the plan works they sell more albums. If the album doesn’t sell it can’t be their fault! It’s easy to blame the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy.
I choose not to play into the whole thing by not giving them free publicity.
I will say this – during Bill Clinton’s presidency I never once called the man a name or spoke of him in a disrespectful way, even though I despised him. He was the lawfully elected President of the United States and even if you don’t (or can’t) respect the man you must respect the office. That’s the way the United States works as a Republic.
That these juvenile, small-thinking, opportunistic shrews aren’t smart enough to figure that out shows exactly how much respect they deserve.
As if all of the US cares what she thinks or feels. Our problem is that we listen to what famous people say as if they know more than the rest of us. We need to stop making all of these idiots richer. What exactly do they do for us?
I am totally disgusted with the Dixie Chicks, I realize we all put our foot in our mouths at times and may not always be ‘polictally correct’ on some issues. The are just ignorant!
I will never buy or listen to another Dixie Chick CD! I refuse to put money in their pockets, I would rather donate the cost of a CD to the American Veterans! They are the true singing heros of our nation!
Just my 2 cents!
God Bless American !
“For the third time in their career, the Dixie Chicks roost on the top of The Billboard 200. The Columbia album “Taking the Long Way” tallied 526,000 copies in its first week of U.S. sales, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the trio’s best-selling week since 2002’s “Home” debuted with 780,000.”
Sucks to be you, Chicks haters. The Chicks don’t need you clowns as fans — they’re doing just fine with everyone else.
Bush is the worst president in this nation’s history. Conservatives have betrayed their own ideals and principles because they are too weak to admit that the Bush administration has been a disaster. And by the way, they used Diebold machines to steal both elections. Of course, Hillary or Obama will not be any better. We need a true third party in this country.