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Natalie Says It Was Just a Joke (Who's Laughing Now? Alert)
United Press International ^ | 4/3/2003 | Dick Kelsey

Posted on 04/03/2003 8:28:29 AM PST by hispanarepublicana

NATALIE SAYS IT WAS JUST A JOKE

Natalie Maines says she was only joking when she told a London concert the Dixie Chicks were ashamed President Bush is from the trio's home state of Texas.

CMT.com says Maines told a New Zealand TV reporter the March 10 remark was "a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time."

Scores of radio stations didn't think so, and stopped playing Dixie Chicks music in protest. The Chicks' single "Travelin' Soldier" plunged on the charts.

"You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics," Maines told New Zealand's TV One. "It gets people very upset."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blixiechicks; dixietwits; vichychicks
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To: hispanarepublicana
Natalie should have borrowed Sheen's duct tape rather than that shovel she's been using to dig that hole deeper.
21 posted on 04/03/2003 8:37:06 AM PST by gramho12 (God bless our troops)
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To: N. Theknow
Further message to Natalie:

I believe the words you're looking for are..."I was wrong to criticize our President, and I am deeply and profoundly sorry."

22 posted on 04/03/2003 8:37:20 AM PST by nobdysfool
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To: hispanarepublicana
Some people just don't know when to STFU.
23 posted on 04/03/2003 8:38:13 AM PST by mystery-ak (Saddam...your time is almost up..my hubby and son are on their way to kick your a$$ out of Baghdad!)
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To: O.C. - Old Cracker
Hey! Maybe we could create a poll on what she will do next to save their career.
24 posted on 04/03/2003 8:38:20 AM PST by junkyarddawg
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To: hispanarepublicana
Natalie Says It Was Just a Joke

Har har, O Piggy One.
Now STFU.

25 posted on 04/03/2003 8:38:35 AM PST by Constitution Day
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To: hispanarepublicana
Oh I get itnow.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Now get the f--- out of our sight Natalie!
26 posted on 04/03/2003 8:38:43 AM PST by Yankee
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To: nobdysfool
I believe the words you're looking for are..."I was wrong to criticize our President, and I am deeply and profoundly sorry."

Yep, and it should be said in a press release to all media outlets and said over and over in interviews and before each concert.

27 posted on 04/03/2003 8:39:16 AM PST by 1Old Pro (The Dems are self-destructing before our eyes, How Great is That !)
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To: hispanarepublicana
Let's see, this is revision number...what is it now?

Bravo for Clint Black. There's a man with his heart in the right place.

28 posted on 04/03/2003 8:40:16 AM PST by MizSterious ("The truth takes only seconds to tell."--Jack Straw)
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To: hispanarepublicana
There's going to be a lot of damage control to be done during the USA segment of the tour. Stay tuned.
29 posted on 04/03/2003 8:41:47 AM PST by sarasota
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To: hispanarepublicana
"You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics," Maines told New Zealand's TV One. "It gets people very upset."

Specially when the speaker is all mouth and doesn't have two synapses to rub together...

30 posted on 04/03/2003 8:42:05 AM PST by Publius6961 (p>)
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To: hispanarepublicana
So far we've seen:

The Dixie Chicks' seditious statement

Backlash against their sponsor

An 'apology'

A non-apology by Unliver/Lipton, their sponsor

Another 'apology'

Lunatic ravings by their manager

A statement that 'we're moving on' from this

And now 'We were just kidding'

If you want to continue to press the Dixie Chicks and make them sweat, the way to do it is through their sponsors. I posted some thoughts on this strategy here:"Why FReeping the sponsors of celebrities works..."

31 posted on 04/03/2003 8:42:27 AM PST by IncPen (Fun? "F the UN")
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To: hispanarepublicana
Natalie Maines SUCKS and is a BAD LIAR!
32 posted on 04/03/2003 8:44:27 AM PST by finnman69
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To: hispanarepublicana
"You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics," Maines told New Zealand's TV One. "It gets people very upset."

this just goes to show you that she really doesn't get it. Her snide remark about our President is far from "speaking politics", it was a direct slap against the Commander in Chief, the mission that our men and women are putting their lives on the line for, and the freedom that we wish for Iraqi's citizens and what we stand for and people count on us for.

She made a snide remark about our President to a crowd that wouldn't have been as receptive to hear a pro-american, pro-military remark so she took the easy road "for the moment."

As in life, shortcuts we take sometimes come back to show us that we made wrongful choices. I've yet to hear her sincerely admit this so I doubt that she wouldn't do the same again if given the chance. The only thing she's sorry for is the drop in income her comments are now causing her pocketbook.

33 posted on 04/03/2003 8:44:53 AM PST by AgThorn (Continue to pray for our Troops!!)
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To: IncPen
natlaie maines,still a dumb broad.
34 posted on 04/03/2003 8:46:22 AM PST by linn37 (yeah and Toby says she's just a singer and can't write music,nana nana na nuh)
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To: AgThorn
If she really wants to be ashamed of something she should stand in front of a mirror naked!
35 posted on 04/03/2003 8:47:13 AM PST by God luvs America
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To: hispanarepublicana
Natalie will be heard to whine "It was just a joke, a stupid little joke", as her mortgage goes into foreclosure by DITECH and her tour bus is hauled away by a repo man named Vinny.
36 posted on 04/03/2003 8:47:26 AM PST by TADSLOS (Sua Sponte)
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To: ladtx
I would have respected her more if she said, that's how I feel, for those who don't like it...shove it. honestly. Of all the possible explanations, this has to be the lamest. Who on earth gave her this advice? She should have them shot.
37 posted on 04/03/2003 8:47:48 AM PST by Hildy
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To: AgThorn
[Gump voice]
Momma always said not to talk about religion or politics.
38 posted on 04/03/2003 8:49:09 AM PST by mattdono
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To: hispanarepublicana
bump
39 posted on 04/03/2003 8:49:58 AM PST by RippleFire
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To: Hildy
Sounds like something my boys would say when they were kids. "I was just jokin'" after being caught making a hateful remark to one of their brothers.
40 posted on 04/03/2003 8:51:17 AM PST by ladtx ("...the very obsession of your public service must be Duty, Honor, Country." D. MacArthur)
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