Its long past time to dump "chunky". The sisters have hung onto her way to long to recover from the crap she has brought on them.
They must be trying to cross over into Rock and Roll where their socialist views will be easier to market.
You pretty much nalied it. Natalie told Entertainment Weekly that she was never really country and never liked it.
" For me to be in country music to begin with was not who I was. I liked Martie and Emily's playing, but I did not grow up liking country music. And I guess I was ignorant to the fact that the stereotypes behind country music were true and it was disappointing. And so at this stage, I can never... I would be cheating myself and not setting a good example for my children to go back to something that I don't wholeheartedly believe in. So I'm pretty much done. They've shown their true colors. I like lots of country music, but as far as the industry and everything that happened... I couldn't want to be farther away from that. And it's easier when you're financially set, because you can be a little more ballsy, and just do what you want to do"
Of course now that Adult Contempory is all but ignoring their faux "rock" they come crawling back to country to see if maybe the cash cow isn't dried up. They have absolutely no integrity.
Don't give those sisters a pass they have said they agree with everything tubby said.

...and you knew this was coming...
Natalie's replacement?