Erika Andersen: Dixie Chicks' pity party is getting old [Free Republic prominently mentioned]

The Washington Examiner ^ | Nov 8, 2006 | Erika Andersen

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The liberal media is doing their damndest to keep the Chixie Dix afloat, as did the music industry by dumping a ton of their new CD on distributors, which registered as a "sale" on the computers and bogusly showed them as #1 on the Billboard charts for 10 weeks. (Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Target cut the CD price by 50%-60% one week after release because they weren't selling at the retail stores. Hmmm, you generally wouldn't expect that from a #1 selling CD, would you?)

Nobody is fooled by this malarky. The Chixie Dix' careers are tanking hard thanks to Natalie and her fat mouth. Nobody cares that she made some ignorant comment about GW Bush. People cared after she went out of her way to insult country music fans on a personal level, so they walked.

This is not a free speech issue. Deciding the pass on somebody's CDs and concerts is not oppression and censorship.

[buccaneer81]

Free Republic spokesman Kristin Taylor, who viewed the new film at the Center for American Progress’ Oct. 17 screening, said she believes

Great journalism.../sarc. KristinN is a dude.

[buccaneer81]

My apologies for not originally pinging you to post # 2.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

KristinN is a dude

D'oh!

[gidget7]

Ahhhhhh the Ditzie chicks again.

"Kristin Taylor, who viewed the new film at the Center for American Progress’ Oct. 17 screening, said she believes that Maine’s choice of London for her anti-Bush comment was no accident. "

Good article Ericka, but Kristinn is a man.


"Controversial public figures get those all the time. When they decided to enter a whole new celebrity arena, they obviously weren’t prepared for what came with the limelight."



Whole new arena indeed, country fans at large, do not say things like that, or feel them for that matter.

[billhilly]

Dixie chicks rank somewhere between the minimum wage and stoop labor.

[Nathan Zachary]

" unprecedented campaign to silence their freedom of speech."

When was this? All I've ever heard is their non-stop whining because of a few comments on FR. That their musical carreer has suffered because of their on stage comments is not anyones fault but their own. Blaming FR for the reaction of American people in general to their unpatriotic smears is simply pathetic. Screw off Ditzy Chicks, no matter how much you whine and complain, no matter how much air time liberal media gives you, you can't make AMERICA like you.

[gaijin]

About 10 days ago I saw, "Borat", preceeded by a prequel for this film. People started BOOING!

Doesn't seem really remarkable until you realize that this was SAN FRANCISCO...!

Can you believe it?

[brain bleeds red]

The Dixie Chicks call people not buying their CD a "right wing conspiracy to silence them." Anybody buying that?

[cripplecreek]

Metallica's fault. (at least in my case)

[Brad from Tennessee]

The Chicks alienated their core market--country music consumers. It's like a rapper saying he's ashamed to have been raised in the South Bronx.

[Jet Jaguar]

It was 2003, February 29th to be exact.

Everybody got the FReepmail, we all went to the local mall and burned Dixie Chick 8-tracks.

[visualops]

unprecedented campaign to silence their freedom of speech.

Yeah, right up there with Tim Robbins' "chill" on free speech- in front of a room full of reporters. Can these idiot's egos be any bigger?

[spudsmaki]

I'll give you an example of censorship.

Buffy Saint Marie, the sixties hippy singer, was blacklisted by the White House. The president was writing letters to radio stations thanking them for not playing her Universal Soldier and other songs, on White House stationary.

It was Lyndon Johnson. Oops, a Democrat, never mind.

Well, the Chix can relate to Anita Bryant when they hit bankruptcy court the second time.

[metmom]

The Dixie Chicks call people not buying their CD a "right wing conspiracy to silence them." Anybody buying that?

Not buying neither.

What a bunch of blame-shifting crybabies.

[muawiyah]

Maines or Gains ~ is that the fat chick?

[Nathan Zachary]

Nope. Aparently all the "right wing" Canadians shut them out as well. They couldn't sell out one single concert on their "tour". NOBODY likes them.
Maybe the "Ditzy Chicks" are to ditzy to realize their "music" sucks.

[dforest]

The chicks need to go get a diner job. They make matters worse for themselves. Sick of 'em!

[pandoraou812]

I don't think so. I never liked them and I hate when I have to hear them doing anything Stevie Nicks/FleetwoodMac once did. I just don't think the hens have much talent. I didn't think it before the Bush bashing and I don't think it now. As for death threats, I think they all have big enough mouths that they can scream for help quite easily. I think most people in show business get threats at times. As for this right wing conspiracy to silence them, I don't buy it. Its more of their attention seeking BS.

[Bon mots]

Has anyone ever actually seen Natalie Maines and Miss Piggy in the same place at the same exact time?