[GraniteStateConservative]

We have liberals in the genre, too (like Pam Tillis, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kathy Mattea, John Michael Montgomery, Ricky Van Shelton and Marty Stuart). Curiously, JMM had a hit about a girl who was put in a Christian foster home and lived happily ever after. That song would have been booed loudly at the Democrap Convention.

[mommybain]

liberals like...Kathy Mattea

Oh man, can't go to the movies, now I can't listen to my only country CDs. I love her voice, it's like velvet.

[legman]

I'm all for freedom of speech. I don't think Natalie should be tried for "treason" like some others have suggested. She had every right to say what she said.

But when you take a stand, be ready to live with the consequences. I've been a Chix fan for a long time, but I will never buy another CD, I will never watch another one of their videos, and I will change the station anytime one of their songs is played. That is my right and my expression of protest.

There are some other artist who share the same opinions as Natalie, who have the common sense and the intellegence to exercise restraint in smearing the Commander-in-chief, the military, and the country, especially when performing on foreign soil. I will continue to enjoy their music and even respect their right to their opinions.

Natalie should remember that freedom of speech isn't free. Some pay for it with blood, only time will tell what price she will pay.

[SamAdams76]

Are you sure about Marty Stuart? He sure doesn't strike me as the liberal type. He always seemed like a "good ole boy" to me. He grew up around Johnny Cash and played with many of the bluegrass greats in his youth. Speaking of Stuart, I haven't heard much from him lately. It seemed in the mid 1990s that he was headed for superstardom.

[MadeInOhio]

I knew about Chapin Carpenter but what are the left-wing rap sheets on Tillis, Montgomery, Van Shelton and Stuart?

As you can tell I'm not a big follower of country music, but I assumed the Nashville creative community largely reflected the conservative drift of their constituencies.

If what you're saying is the case (and I'm not saying I dispute it) I'm surprised we haven't heard of more anti-Bush, anti-GOP outbursts by the C&W libs you cited.