XPost: alt.gossip.celebrities, rec.music.country.western   
   From: red_stetson@bellsouth.net   
      
   I never liked the Chicks much even before this.  I did like Traveling   
   Soldier but the other songs just weren't my taste.   
      
   Natalie had the right to say what she did but it was still a stupid thing to   
   do.  Being stupid is a basic right also.   
      
   The people had a right to stop supporting the group also.   
      
   Maybe if it hadn't been for the magazine cover and then maybe if it hadn't   
   been for the shirt people would have forgiven them.   
      
      
      
   "Ted J."  wrote in message   
   news:43742b0c.82541656@news.easynews.com...   
   > On Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:50:06 GMT, "Homeloan"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >The Dixie Chicks had captured lightning in a bottle with their great   
   > >harmony, musicianship (Marty & Emily) and strong barroom vocals from   
   > >Natalie.  Country music loved them and would give them the world.   
   However,   
   > >Country Music fans are much more traditional than fans of other genres.   
   > >Poor Natalie, a high school graduate, decided to take sides on one of the   
   > >most complex arguments since Pearl Harbor, as she juvenilishly   
   proclaimed,   
   > >in a foreign country, that she was ashamed the President was from Texas.   
   > >How lame.  How ignorant.  What a ludicrous statement at a concert.  What   
   a   
   > >miserable case of poor judgement.  Did she think that her fans were like   
   > >those of Bruce Springstein?  Didn't she know that most of her fans   
   believe   
   > >in traditional values, God, family, patriotism, decency, fair-play,   
   respect   
   > >for others, etc.  Why didn't sisters Marty & Emily take her to the   
   woodshed   
   > >and have her to retract her foolish words.  If she was against us going   
   into   
   > >Iraq, she should have followed the example of Willie Nelson, a   
   > >dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, but wise enough to stay out of the political   
   > >fray..... Oh well, now I have to comfort myself with their heir-apparent,   
   > >SheDaisy, which isn't too bad... But I miss the Dixie Chicks music and   
   > >resent naive Natalie's outburst in London that effectively killed Country   
   > >Music's affection for the trio....   
   > >   
   > >   
   >   
   >   
   > Brilliant.   
      
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