[Moose248]

Umm...question: Are the Grammys chosen by the public, or is it an academy type of situation like the Oscars? Maybe I am missing something, but how can you win the Best Award for Country Album when you don't even categorize your music as "Country" anymore? They are STILL shunned by most country music fans I talk to...

[theDentist]

I dunno who "chooses" them... but most awards, (Grammys, Oscars, etc) are Political choices now, and should be ignored as propaganda. (IMO)

[weezel]

They should have called it what it was. 5 grammies for bashing Bush.

[mass55th]

Voting is done by members. Here's an article on the process:

Voting Secrets

[rhombus]

How long until they are nominated for Nobel prize? Carter got one for largely doing the same thing the Dixie Chicks did.

[Rb ver. 2.0]

The Grammys are a music industry circle jerk. They protect their own regardless of morality or principle.

[NoBullZone]

Thus the entertainment industry once again gives the American public a one finger salute.

[xcamel]

Evidence of an industry that truly hates it's best customers.

[JFC]

It was a political statement!

The GRAMMY's vote on each other. Natalie was a whore for the left and she is too stupid to figure it out. Oh well, keep her talking, the more she talks, the more her true colors will be shown. She is not a bright person, she does have a good voice but there was no way they should have won last night. Much better talent was there, but it was a "shove it " in the eye of President Bush and conservatives. After all we who brought them to the dance, have left them but their hollywood liberal "new friends" is using them and they are too in the moment to figure it out.

[museumgeek]

The votes are cast by people in the industry. My son is taking an audio production class, and his prof. is a member.

[P-40]

I guess the award had nothing to do with album and concert sales?

[bosco24]

I understand Carter got a Grammy for his reading of his lame book.

[Steve_Seattle]

It's the same thing as people like Harold Pinter and Jimmy Carter winning Nobel prizes. Pinter hadn't written anything worthwhile in 30 years, and Carter hasn't done anything in recent years but kiss the asses of various dictators and bash Bush. But if you bash Bush, you'll get an award.

[I'm ALL Right!]

It's all incestuous. Awards for music industry people by music industry people. Doesn't change the fact that the Dixie Chicks won't get one red penny from me.

[roses of sharon]

Liberals voting for liberals, yawn.

[Unmarked Package]

I am so glad that I didn’t buy a single copy of music on CD in 2006 since the members of the Recording Academy have revealed the Grammys are merely awards to activists for Leftist causes and not based on musical merits. I will certainly extend my perfect record of last year by completely ignoring their music industry in 2007.

[NRA2BFree]

The liberal left vote on them. It was all about their disrespectful songs and attitude against President Bush. It really doesn't matter if they won Grammies, because the people who vote with their wallets are the ones who have hurt them. So, we still get the last laugh!!

[Anti-Bubba182]

Their entire Grammy haul is a protest against Bush and the War by voters of the Grammy awards. In this case it has little to do with their music.

[Dixie Yooper]

Al Gore is just as ashamed of President Bush as the Ditsy Chicks are and look how good he has been doing lately.

[dfwgator]

I just recorded a new album that's guaranteed to win Best Album next year, here are the song titles:

F--- the War
F--- Bush
F--- Republicans
F--- the USA

[slowhand520]

They can give the Shitsy Chix all the pseudo accolades they want the bottom line is that they had to cancel tour dates and find replacements Canada. In addition their movie bombed and their record sales blow. This is just a circling of the wagons moment. It is as insignificant as a "non binding resolution".