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Dixie Chick Natalie Maines Now Claims Anti-Bush Comment Only A "Joke" (Desperation Time)
Spirit Of Kingston Country 96 ^ | Jim Elyot

Posted on 04/04/2003 2:40:25 AM PST by PJ-Comix

Dixie Chick Natalie Maines told a New Zealand TV reporter last week that her now-infamous slam at President George W. Bush was a joke. Maines admitted that she told a London concert audience that the group was ashamed that the President is from their home state of Texas, but added, "It was a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for. You see the trouble that you can get into if you speak religion or politics. It gets people very upset." Maines issued a written apology after making the remark, but some over sensitive U.S. stations continued to ban the Chicks' music. Wonder if they’re still getting lots of play on radio Bagdhad?


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: blixiechicks; ditzychicks; dixiechicks; dixiechunks; nataliemaines; slutsforsaddam; vichychicks
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SHEESH!!! Talk about pathetic excuses! The Dixie Chicks must really be getting desperate now as their careers go into the toilet.
1 posted on 04/04/2003 2:40:25 AM PST by PJ-Comix
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Speeding down the highway to irrelevant isn't she? Won't be long and she'll be doing hotel nightclubs on weekends...
2 posted on 04/04/2003 2:42:28 AM PST by Keith in Iowa (* * Common Sense is an Oxymoron * *)
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She forgot that her buying base is in the red zone. Dumb chick.
3 posted on 04/04/2003 2:43:23 AM PST by widowithfoursons
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Natalie Maines is the joke.
4 posted on 04/04/2003 2:43:27 AM PST by John Jamieson
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America is watching another girl now. PFC Jessica Lynch. Natalie is unimportant.
5 posted on 04/04/2003 2:45:50 AM PST by oldironsides
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...it was really funny at the time.

Hey, Fat Chick...you want a REAL LAUGH? Just check out the DC plummeting sales and charts. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!

prisoner6

6 posted on 04/04/2003 2:46:41 AM PST by prisoner6 ( Right Wing Nuts hold the country together as the loose screws of the left fall out!)
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It'll be interesting to see what happens when they start their U.S. tour at the end of the month.
7 posted on 04/04/2003 2:47:53 AM PST by peteram
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She forgot that her buying base is in the red zone. Dumb chick

yep she is about through maybe she should just come out and bash beer and nascar that would go over real well in the red zone
8 posted on 04/04/2003 2:55:32 AM PST by TheRedSoxWinThePennant (goodbye saddam)
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The benefit of doubt has just left the building...
9 posted on 04/04/2003 2:59:14 AM PST by SteveH
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Rappers can do what she did, so can rockers like Hynde or Vedder. Because their audiences dont hold the kind of allegiance to their country the way that country music fans do. Country fans are a breed apart, the kind of rugged individualists that this country was built by. Natalie Maines is a stone cold idiot for not knowing even the first thing about her main fan base. They arent just a bunch of apathetic imbeciles. They are proud Americans. It is difficult to believe that she could be so obtuse not to KNOW this.

She is reaping the rewards of her ignorance...JFK

10 posted on 04/04/2003 3:06:05 AM PST by BADROTOFINGER
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Lie. She made the comment thinking it would endear her (and the Dixie Chicks) to the audience. No other thought process occurred.
11 posted on 04/04/2003 3:07:05 AM PST by I_dmc
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And it was really funny at the time. It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for.

Not quite so funny as you thought, eh? Natalie:) Well I'm grinning!

12 posted on 04/04/2003 3:07:07 AM PST by not_apathetic_anymore
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And it was really funny at the time...

until I saw our record sales drop.

If it was just a funny joke, then why the sombre apology?

13 posted on 04/04/2003 3:07:11 AM PST by Fraulein
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Boycott Lipton Tea (Unilever), sponsor of Dixie Chicks
14 posted on 04/04/2003 3:10:13 AM PST by jimbo123
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Joke?
I don't hear anyone laughing.....

Jerks in entertainment don't seem to be satisfied with making money....they have to pretend we care about their opinions....

Semper Fi
15 posted on 04/04/2003 3:10:52 AM PST by river rat (War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
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Almost all of the entertainment elite are alike. They shoot off their mouths, saying the dumbest things because they think it will play well with those of their ilk and the media. Then, when the public, who pays their way, begins to shun them, they panic and start backtracking. Its amazing how much these moronic air heads understand capitalism. In this respect, Jane Fonda is the protypical Dixie Chick, except she's not from Dixie, and she certainly isn't a Chick anymore.
16 posted on 04/04/2003 3:18:04 AM PST by Pharlap
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"It was a joke and it wasn't planned. And it was really funny at the time.

OH! It was a joke! Kind of bit you on that wide a$$ of yours, didn't it? Ha ha ha.

17 posted on 04/04/2003 3:20:26 AM PST by Tennessee_Bob (Dieses sieht wie ein Job nach Nothosen aus!)
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To: oldironsides
Natalie Maines isn't worthy enough to lick PFC Lynch's military boots.
18 posted on 04/04/2003 3:21:37 AM PST by Ladysmith (Land of the Free Because of the BRAVE!)
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To: John Jamieson
She's also SHORT,FAT AND STUPID.
19 posted on 04/04/2003 3:22:56 AM PST by chiefqc
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To: Keith in Iowa
As another freeper said insightfully: "hope she likes cheeseburgers, she'll be flipping them soon."

These brain donors have no idea how fleeting fame and how fickle the public can be. There are plenty of artists to take the Vichy Chicks' place. And they will.
20 posted on 04/04/2003 3:25:04 AM PST by fightinJAG
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