Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Now Claims Anti-Bush Comment Only A "Joke" (Desperation Time)

Spirit Of Kingston Country 96 ^ | Jim Elyot

[PJ-Comix]

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines told a New Zealand TV reporter last week that her now-infamous slam at President George W. Bush was a joke. Maines admitted that she told a London concert audience that the group was ashamed that the President is from their home state of Texas, but added, "It was a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for. You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics. It gets people very upset." Maines issued a written apology after making the remark, but some over sensitive U.S. stations continued to ban the Chicks' music. Wonder if they’re still getting lots of play on radio Bagdhad?

[PJ-Comix]

SHEESH!!! Talk about pathetic excuses! The Dixie Chicks must really be getting desperate now as their careers go into the toilet.

[Keith in Iowa]

Speeding down the highway to irrelevant isn't she? Won't be long and she'll be doing hotel nightclubs on weekends...

[widowithfoursons]

She forgot that her buying base is in the red zone. Dumb chick.

[John Jamieson]

Natalie Maines is the joke.

[oldironsides]

America is watching another girl now. PFC Jessica Lynch. Natalie is unimportant.

[prisoner6]

...it was really funny at the time.

Hey, Fat Chick...you want a REAL LAUGH? Just check out the DC plummeting sales and charts. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

prisoner6

[peteram]

It'll be interesting to see what happens when they start their U.S. tour at the end of the month.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

She forgot that her buying base is in the red zone. Dumb chick

yep she is about through maybe she should just come out and bash beer and nascar that would go over real well in the red zone

[SteveH]

The benefit of doubt has just left the building...

[BADROTOFINGER]

Rappers can do what she did, so can rockers like Hynde or Vedder. Because their audiences dont hold the kind of allegiance to their country the way that country music fans do. Country fans are a breed apart, the kind of rugged individualists that this country was built by. Natalie Maines is a stone cold idiot for not knowing even the first thing about her main fan base. They arent just a bunch of apathetic imbeciles. They are proud Americans. It is difficult to believe that she could be so obtuse not to KNOW this.

She is reaping the rewards of her ignorance...JFK

[I_dmc]

Lie. She made the comment thinking it would endear her (and the Dixie Chicks) to the audience. No other thought process occurred.

[not_apathetic_anymore]

And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for.

Not quite so funny as you thought, eh? Natalie:) Well I'm grinning!

[Fraulein]

And it was really funny at the time...

until I saw our record sales drop.

If it was just a funny joke, then why the sombre apology?

[jimbo123]

Boycott Lipton Tea (Unilever), sponsor of Dixie Chicks

[river rat]

Joke?
I don't hear anyone laughing.....

Jerks in entertainment don't seem to be satisfied with making money....they have to pretend we care about their opinions....

Semper Fi

[Pharlap]

Almost all of the entertainment elite are alike. They shoot off their mouths, saying the dumbest things because they think it will play well with those of their ilk and the media. Then, when the public, who pays their way, begins to shun them, they panic and start backtracking. Its amazing how much these moronic air heads understand capitalism. In this respect, Jane Fonda is the protypical Dixie Chick, except she's not from Dixie, and she certainly isn't a Chick anymore.

[Tennessee_Bob]

"It was a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time.

OH! It was a joke! Kind of bit you on that wide a$$ of yours, didn't it? Ha ha ha.

[Ladysmith]

Natalie Maines isn't worthy enough to lick PFC Lynch's military boots.

[chiefqc]

She's also SHORT,FAT AND STUPID.

[fightinJAG]

As another freeper said insightfully: "hope she likes cheeseburgers, she'll be flipping them soon."

These brain donors have no idea how fleeting fame and how fickle the public can be. There are plenty of artists to take the Vichy Chicks' place. And they will.