Singer Travis Tritt Says Celebs Should Support Troops(Blasts Dixie Chicks!)

Fox News ^ | 03-18-2003 | Fox News

[countrydummy]

HIRAM, Ga.

[redshoe]

My husband is soon to be deployed...and the Dixie Chicks are the frustrated ones??? On their website they cite their rights as Americans to freedom of speech...well I am going to use my right of freedom of purchase....
I don't go around and debate my politics at work...I don't know why celebrities think that they should!!!!

[hotpotato]

We even got an Irran, Texas, out in west of San Angelo.

And Paris and Athens, and even a Los Angeles, TX (pop 140)

[sonofatpatcher2]

Re: We even got an Irran, Texas, out in west of San Angelo.
And Paris and Athens, and even a Los Angeles, TX (pop 140)

Shucks, we even got our own Air Force.
Right now as we speak, they is a flying over Paris delivering our response to their chicken-livered ways!

[GulfWar1Vet]

Thanks, Afronaut. There are "entertainers" who do support the President and the Troops and who are "real".

All I know, is that I was out in the "Sandbox" for 4 months. That is a short time compared to guys who been out there for 7 months in Desert Shield. I know from experience what the Troops are facing out there...and I can tell you...it is not a trip to Disneyland.

In the next few weeks, it will start warming up(if it hasn't started already). It is HOT. PRAY, PRAY for the Troops!

[teancumspirit]

Amen, lets support those who support AMERICA

[solo gringo]

Tritt is no nit-wit like the dixie twits.

[I'm ALL Right!]

Here is his tour information. I say we support him! (I don't even have any of his music, but I will.)

	2/28/2003	TN	Bristol	Viking Hall Civic Center	8pm
	3/1/2003	NC	Asheville	Asheville Civic Center	8:00 pm
	3/7/2003	VA	Harrisonburg	Convocation Center Arena	8:00 PM
	3/8/2003	NC	Fayetteville	Cumberland County Arena	8:00 PM
	3/13/2003	MI	Mt. Pleasant	Soaring Eagle Casino	7:00 PM
	3/14/2003	NY	Olean	Reilly Center Arena	7:30 PM
	3/21/2003	GA	Augusta	William B. Bell Auditorium	7:30 PM
	3/29/2003	OK	Norman	The Thunderbird Wild, Wild West Casino	tba
	4/4/2003	MS	Bay St. Louis	Casino Magic	9:00 PM
	4/5/2003	MS	Tupelo	Bancorp South Center	7:30 PM
	4/18/2003	ME	Bangor	Bangor Auditorium	8:00 PM
	4/19/2003	NH	Hampton	Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom	8:00 PM
	4/25/2003	VA	Salem	Salem Civic Center	8:00 PM
	4/26/2003	TN	Maryville	Foothills Festival	9:00 PM
	5/10/2003	MS	Brandon	Shiloh Park	8:00 PM
	5/17/2003	MN	Hinkley	Grand Casino Amphitheater	9:30 PM
	6/6/2003	KY	Sparta	Country Stampede	all day event
	6/8/2003	CO	Morrison	Red Rocks Amphitheater	TBA
	6/8/2003	CO	Morrison	Red Rocks Amphitheater	TBA
	7/9/2003	MI	Lansing	Common Ground Music Festival	TBA
	7/10/2003	OH	Ft. Loramie	Country Concert @ Hickory Hill Lake	all day event
	7/12/2003	WI	Seymour	Outagamie County Fair	8:00 PM
	7/13/2003	WI	Rhinelander	Hodag Country Festival	6:30 PM
	7/17/2003	OH	Morristown	Jamboree in the Hills	all day event
	7/19/2003	WI	Eau Claire	Country Jam USA	all day event
	7/20/2003	WI	Twin Lakes	Country Thunder USA	all day event
	7/25/2003	NY	North Tonawanda	The New Melody Fair	8:00 p.m.
	7/26/2003	DE	Harrington	Deleware State Fair	8:30 PM
	7/31/2003	IA	Davenport	Mississippi Valley Fair	TBA
	8/2/2003	SD	Sturgis	Buffalo Chip Campground	10:30 p.m.
	8/8/2003	WV	Lewisburg	State Fair Of West Virginia	8:00 p.m
	8/9/2003	OH	Mansfield	Richland County Fair	TBA
	8/15/2003	MI	Adrian	Lenawee County Fair	8:00 p.m
	8/21/2003	VA	Vienna	Wolf Trap-Filene Center	8:00 PM
	8/22/2003	PA	Meadville	Crawford County Fair	8:00 PM
	8/30/2003	Ont.	Walkerton	Ball Diamonds	all day event
	9/6/2003	MN	Shakopee	K-102 Fan Jam 2003 Festival - Canterbury Park	tba
	9/20/2003	NC	Charlotte	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	7:30 PM
	9/27/2003	NC	Raleigh	Alltel Pavilion	7:30 PM
	10/3/2003	NE	Lincoln	Persian Auditorium	8:00 PM
	10/4/2003	KS	Bonner Springs	Verizon Wireless Amphitheater	tba

[JavaJumpy]

Didn't Visa pull the TV commercial over his remarks, where he and his son are at the video store waiting for ID approval? Somewhere (here?) I thought I read that.......

[JavaJumpy]

Oooops, my mistake, Visa denied the pulling of the ad had anything to do with political views.


http://www.eonline.com/Ads/Media/Rich/Celebrity_Cruises/celebcruise_news.html

[JavaJumpy]

Oh fer cryin' out loud, I have a horrible migraine....forget the link but Visa denied it!

[ladyinred]

Whoo Hoo Travis!
I don't think an apology is good enough especially since I don't believe it is sincere.
Giving aide and sympathy to the enemy is not something I take lightly, and that is exactly what those remarks did, especially since she said them in another country.

[sonofatpatcher2]

[sonofatpatcher2]

Knowing Natalie had screwed the pooch
the other Dixie Chicks "Duck & Cover"

[putupon]

FREEP POLL PLEASE

[Sid Rich]

I find it ironic that it's ok for some celebrities to voice their opinions while most are excoriated for it. Irony is lost on most freepers. You can also check how long I've been a member and know that I'm not a dreaded "disruptor."

[countrydummy]

no, I did not think you to be a disrupter! I just was not sure what you were saying. In text without the help of emotioncons it can be tuff!

Now with that said, everyone has a right to say anything they wish, but they should also be ready to know there may well be folks that do not agree with them!

[uncitizen]

Sid, get it straight. It's not that we don't think it "ok for some celebs to voice their opinions", it's the content of the opinion that we disagree with.

[Sid Rich]

No doubt people have the right to say what they want and others have the right to disagree and not buy their records, nor watch their tv shows. I have seen the opinion expressed by many conservatives (including many on freep) that celebrities (but only the "bad" celebrities) should shut up and not state their opinions.

[archy]

I truly like your Thompson, you need a 100 round drum mag though!

There's probably a couple in the closet under the other junk he could use.

[Tymesup]

"I'm sure he's sincere, but he's also very sharp"

I saw Tritt in concert last summer. He gave Mr. Clinton a whack and then caught Hillary with the other hand.

My sweetie would drop me in a heartbeat if Tritt called her, but so far, so good.