Posted on 04/04/2003 5:53:07 PM PST by LibertyGrrrl
(4/4/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- The Dixie Chicks are expressing concern for their personal safety since singer Natalie Maines uttered the now infamous anti-Bush statement, "We're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," to a London audience.
"We've gotten a lot of hate mail, a lot of threatening mail," Martie Maguire told reporters in Australia. "Emily (Robison) had the front gate of her ranch smashed in. We have to have security when we get back to the States. It puts my well-being in jeopardy."
Maines, however, has reacted more flippantly to the situation, according to reports. The singer said, "The more flack I get for it, the prouder I am." She was also quick to point out that in her hometown of Lubbock, Texas, "only six people showed up," for a public Chicks CD-smashing protest.
Maines's comment has also taken its toll on the Dixie Chicks' album sales, which have dropped a reported 52 percent. Despite the dip in sales, the group remains the top-selling country act, with their album Home firmly entrenched in the Number One spot on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
The Dixie Chicks will kick off their "Top Of The World" tour on May 1 in Greenville, South Carolina.
-- Margy Holland, Nashville
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WHAT? I thought we already decided on Sharpton/Dixie Chicks 2004?!
Rosanne Cash Appalled By Dixie Chicks Backlash
Rosanne Cash, who is country music royalty, has spoken out about the backlash Dixie Chicks have encountered over Natalie Maines comments about George Dubya in England last week.
"I'm astonished and appalled at the way she has been treated in the press" Rosanne tells Undercover News.
Rosanne is equally shocked by the double standard of the people making the accusations against Natalie. "It is the people who scream loudest about America and freedom who seem to be the most intolerant for people with a differing point of view" she says. "She was just expressing a feeling and an opinion, you know. She wasn't trying to insight a riot. I really cannot believe the backlash. It is as if we have not learnt anything from history. It is like McCarthyism all over again".
Natalie made the heart-felt comment in stage in London "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas". Some American radio stations reacted angrily, dropping all Dixie Chicks music from their playlists and in some cases putting on public burnings of their discs.
Not only does Rosanne detest the reaction to Dixie Chicks, she detests her Government's involvement in the war and she isn't afraid to say so. "I am totally opposed to it. I have been so since day 1" she tells Undercover. "I am sick about the whole thing. I think it is wrong, I think it is wrong that we have gone against the U.N., that we have alienated our allies, that we have invaded a country that hasn't threatened us. It is a pre-emptive strike. It is wrong on so many levels. That doesn't mean I don't support the troops. My heart breaks every time I watch the TV and I see these poor kids out there but I do not support the war. I support the troops but I do not support the war".
America is not totally to blame. Australia is equally guilty. "You guys are there too, I know. It is sad, it is sad" she says.
One of the songs she has been performing live lately is a cover of Bob Dylan's 'Licence To Kill'. "I've been doing that song in concert for the last 12 months (not that I've done a ton of concerts) and people really respond to that song" she says. "It is amazing how timely the lyrics are for what is going on the world". . Right now it means more to here than ever before. "Oh my God, it was so potent Monday night when I sang it I had to choke back tears" she says.
Rosanne is about to release her first new album in nearly a decade. The record is titled 'Rules of Travel'. We'll talk more to Rosanne about the album in coming weeks at Undercover.
http://www.undercover.com.au/news/2003/20030327_rosannecash.html
By Paul Cashmere
That's because they were only able to find 6 CDs in town.
Clueless, gutless, and stupid. This girl needs to move to San Francisco where she could fit right in cause thats how they all are.
Can you say "CAREER OVER".
Like Clinton and other practitioners of postmodernism, they KNOW that the APOLOGY will be remembered and now they can say stuff like Maines said in Australia and get away with it.
This comment proves the "apology" was a cynical lie (just like Bill Clinton's "apologies.")
It is VERY important that we give this comment (The more flak I get the prouder I am") as much publicity as the first comment.
As it is now, her defenders are still on the "But she apologized" page.
Sorry, natalie, but I don't have a single square to spare.
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