Chicks' Critical Remarks About Bush Create Controversy

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Oh well just another opinion...i may not agree with or...or maybe i do, but she has a right. Oh well.

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Maines told the audience earlier this week, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

Just so you know, I'm ashamed that the Dixie Chicks are from Texas.

lol

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But they are hott, in that "Southern hospitality" sort of way.

Oh my did I just say that??? :?

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But beauty without brains???

Dude! tsk tsk

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Actually, I think Marty and Emily are better looking, so it's OK. They're not the ones who said anything...

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It seems that the anti-Chick is coming fast and furious so much in fact that Natalie has issued the following apology...

Statement from Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks
March 14, 2003

"As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect. We are currently in Europe and witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war. While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American soldiers' lives are lost. I love my country. I am a proud American."

I just wish she and thought before she ran off at the mouth in the first place. Anyway, at least she apologized!

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lol well she never should have said anything at all if it boiled down to making 2 comments on the pres! lol

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It seems that the anti-Chick is coming fast and furious so much in fact that Natalie has issued the following apology...

Statement from Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks
March 14, 2003

"As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect. We are currently in Europe and witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war. While war may remain a viable option, as a mother, I just want to see every possible alternative exhausted before children and American soldiers' lives are lost. I love my country. I am a proud American."

I just wish she and thought before she ran off at the mouth in the first place. Anyway, at least she apologized!

I figured she'd be making a statement. I've heard nothing but criticism over her remarks. She should have learned something from previous celebrities and just kept her mouth shut from the beginning. That's an easy way to lose your popularity...blast the leader of your country in the middle of a war!!!



She said, "We are currently in Europe and witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war."

Would someone please explain to me how ANYONE can call this a "rush to war"?
Depending on how you look at it, it's been a minimum of 6 months, umpteen resolutions (I lose count!) and up to 12 years!!!!
OMG...we better slow down!

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She sure should have kept her mouth shut. I bet she's really regretting it now.

Texans especially are not happy with the Dixie Chicks! I know it's a little long, but worth reading.

Some Texas Stations Stop Playing Dixie Chicks Songs After Bush Remarks

Saturday, March 15, 2003

DALLAS — When it comes to President Bush, the Dixie Chicks are singing a different tune. But not every country radio station is playing it.

Natalie Maines, the Grammy Award-winning group's lead singer, apologized Friday for her criticism of President Bush and possible war against Iraq. That didn't stop some stations in Texas and other parts of the country from pulling Dixie Chicks songs off their programs.

Radio stations started getting angry calls from listeners after Maines told a London audience Monday, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

The Dixie Chicks are touring Europe, supporting their recent release "Home," where Maines said Friday they are "witnessing a huge anti-American sentiment as a result of the perceived rush to war." Maines said she is a mother and wants to see "every possible alternative exhausted" before lives are lost.

In her apology, Maines said, "As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my remark was disrespectful. I feel that whoever holds that office should be treated with the utmost respect."

Bush was born in Connecticut but grew up in West Texas. He has a ranch near Crawford, Texas and served as governor for six years. Maines is a native of Lubbock.

"We've had a huge listener reaction and movement against the statements," said Paul Williams, program director for KPLX-FM in Dallas-Fort Worth, the nation's fifth largest radio market.

On the Web site for KSCS-FM, also in Dallas-Fort Worth, was a photo of the three-member group, with black tape over Maines' mouth. The headline at http://www.kscs.com read: "Have The Dixie Chicks Gone Too Far?"

Ted Stecker, KSCS program director, said he had never had this kind of response from an audience during his 30 years in the music business.

"A lot could depend on how the Dixie Chicks respond and face their fans," he said.

In Kansas City, WDAF set trash cans outside the radio station for people to throw their Dixie Chicks CDs away. The station has boycotted the group's music on air, and its Web site displayed more than 800 e-mails from listeners. Most people voiced outrage about Maines' comment and praised the station for its boycott.

A few voiced support for the group and for their right to freely speak their opinions about the country and the president.

But Tom Fontaine, an on-air personality at KILT-FM in Houston, said, "We stand behind our president and we are proud he is from Texas."

The station has suspended playing the Dixie Chicks.

"We have run polls and the overwhelming majority of the calls have been for us not to play the Dixie Chicks," said Fontaine.

El Paso station KHEY-FM has received complaints and won't play any Dixie Chicks songs this weekend, said Program Director Steve Gramzay. The temporary ban will "give everybody a chance to cool down," he said.

The Dixie Chicks' U.S. leg of their "Top of the World Tour" was scheduled to kick off May 1 in Greenville, S.C.'s Bi-Lo Center to a sold-out crowd. But attendance is now more uncertain.

Jill Weninger, the center's marketing director, said the first call she received Friday morning was from a woman who felt Greenville didn't need the group after its "anti-American" statements. She said she also received two e-mails but that was the extent of the complaints.

"One person that e-mailed said she had tickets but she wouldn't be coming," Weninger said.

The Bi-Lo Center sold out during the Dixie Chicks' first appearance and again this year on the first day they went on sale, Weninger said.

After more than 250 listeners called in a two-hour period Friday morning to complain about Maines' comments, WTDR-FM in Talladega, Ala., dropped the Dixie Chicks.

"The emotion of the callers telling us about their fathers and sons and brothers who are overseas now and who fought in previous wars was very specific," said Jim Jacobs, president of Jacobs Broadcast Group, which includes WTDR.

In North Platte, Neb., a radio station joined the boycott. "Due to un-American comments made by the Dixie Chicks very recently in London, we here at KXNP/KODY will be putting their music," Program and Operations Director Tony Lama said in a prepared statement Friday.

The Dixie Chicks, who performed their hit "Landslide" at the Feb. 23 Grammy Awards, won four Grammys at this year's show, including Best Country Album for "Home." Their next stop is Wednesday in Munich, where American policies against Iraq are widely criticized. They return to Texas on May 21 in Austin.

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Send your comments to The Dixie Chicks! (supportive or non-supportive)

Look at the pic....lol

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Personally, this has blown way out of proportion. People need to get a life and realize that people are free to say what they want... and to quit playing their music because of that is dumb. Their music is not what got them into trouble...it is what she said.

If we are going to do this to the Chicks then I DEMAND that these same people not listen to the stations that play Chicks music, avoid CMT,VH1, or GAC, throw their cd's away, and do the same thing to anyone else who supports the war and has said a comment negative about the President. Not that my demand is any good... this just makes me sick.

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Personally, this has blown way out of proportion. People need to get a life and realize that people are free to say what they want... and to quit playing their music because of that is dumb. Their music is not what got them into trouble...it is what she said.

If we are going to do this to the Chicks then I DEMAND that these same people not listen to the stations that play Chicks music, avoid CMT,VH1, or GAC, throw their cd's away, and do the same thing to anyone else who supports the war and has said a comment negative about the President. Not that my demand is any good... this just makes me sick.

Hey buddy, lighten up!

Don't let this make you sick. People can react however they want and I know I can speak for many Texans who are proud that Bush is from here and who also liked the Dixie Chicks when I say that it was shocking to hear her say, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."

I think those people have lives and of course she was "free" to say what she wants, but if people want to quit playing their music because of it, that's their choice. It's not dumb. It's a normal reaction to a completely stupid thing she did.

As for me, I like a couple of their songs but I didn't have any of their CD's anyway and I don't usually listen to country music stations either. It's not like I'll never listen to their songs ever again, but I can assure you this doesn't make me want to rush out and buy their CD like I did Alan Jackson's and I plan on buying Toby Keith's as well.

Why in your "demand" (lol ) do you say "and do the same thing to anyone else who supports the war"
Why on earth would I do that? I support the war too. :?