[Station 51]

They'll never recover from this.

The Beatles recoved from saying "We are more Popular than Jesus Christ." People will forget and the Dixie Chicks will continue to make millions.

[wardaddy]

I disagree.

Cuntry fans are not 60s era British Invasion hysteric teenaged girls....although admittedly the Chicks do have some of those in their fanbase.

And Lennon was quick to amend those remarks....with George Martin and Brian Epstein slapping him silly I imagine.

Lots of entertainemnt fools are feeling the heat for their constitutional right to voice their opinion.

It's a good thing.

[gg188]

"We are more Popular than Jesus Christ." People will forget and the Dixie Chicks will continue to make millions.

Not so sure about that. The vast majority of COUNTRY MUSIC fans are in those red states in the heartland that voted overwhelmingly for Bush. The vast majority of country music fans are "staright arrows" who approve of Bush, approve of our military, and disapprove of liberalism and what it has done to our nation. President Bush begins his day on his knees in prayer everyday; that pretty much describes the temper and tone of the lives of your average country music fan.

[hotpotato]

The Beatles recoved from saying "We are more Popular than Jesus Christ." People will forget and the Dixie Chicks will continue to make millions.

Uh... you are comparing the Dixie Chicks and their fan base with the Beatles and _their_ fan base? Different music, totally different demographics. Liberal fans are more likely to forget religious swipe than conservative fans are going to forget swipe at POTUS, especially when done outside the country to a cheering anti-American crowd.

[applemac_g4]

"The Beatles recoved from saying "We are more Popular than Jesus Christ." People will forget and the Dixie Chicks will continue to make millions."

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The difference being, at they time they were popular the fans of Jesus Christ and the fans of the Beatles weren't the same shared demographic base.

By and large "republican patriots" and "country music fans" share more than a small amount of common members.