[Snidely Whiplash]

The books are cooked by the leftist Hollywood crowd at Billboard. The only reason their shows are filled to capacity is that many tickets had to be given away.

You sound like the leftist whackos who say there's no evidence Iraq had WMD, then say that any evidence that may be presented has been fabricated.

This week's Phrase Of The Week Is: Cognitive Dissonance.

Snidely

[puroresu]

Actually, the Dixie Chicks have been hurt by the boycott. Their album had been hovering in the top 10 on the pop chart for many weeks. After Natalie shot her mouth off, it plunged to (I think) #33.

What's happening now is a lot of lefties are buying their album as a counter-boycott. It's boosted them back up some, though not nearly to where they were before Natalie shot her mouth off. The Billboard charts are accurate, and are not cooked, as you noted.

The thing is, those lefties are eventually going to move on to something else. They listen to alternative rock (R.E.M., etc.), Streisand-type pop, or Jazz. They could care less about three bimbos with fiddles. They won't be lining up to buy the Dixie Chicks' next CD. Neither will a lot of country fans.

The Chicks lost a lot of fans, and some of that loss was alleviated by lefties rushing to purchase their current CD for political reasons. Those political purchases will fade.

For the record, I don't think this will destroy the Chicks' career completely. They won't be playing the lounge at a Holiday Inn this time next year. But they will never hit #1 again or routinely sell-out tours again. They'll always be thought of by many country fans as those stupid bimbos with the big mouth.

Just my opinion!