Putting the Ditzy Twits under Fifth Column is giving them waaay more credit than they deserve. EF the good bits.
Ethel Ditzberger [Natalie] Maines upset many country fans last March when she told a London audience shortly before the Iraq war that the group was "ashamed" President Bush is from her home state of Texas. She apologized for the phrasing of her remark, but some radio stations banned the group's singles. Maines said Friday on NBC's Today Show that she was "saddened" by the war. Asked whether she felt vindicated by how the war has unfolded, she said, "No ... I would have liked to have been proven wrong."
| I'm "saddened" that the Ditzy Chicks couldn't stick to singing, which they do passably well, and keep out of politix, of which they seem to know nothing, and national policy, of which they seem to know less... |
The Dixie Chicks also expressed disappointment in President Bush's remarks about Maines' overseas comments. The president said of the group, "They can say what they want to say. ... they shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out. I mean ... you know, freedom is a two-way street."
Dissent is crushed!
Emily Robison said Mr. Bush "wasn't standing up for the principles that our country are founded on."
| "Our country was founded on the principle that we can say anything we want and nobody can point out that we're asshats. Wudn't it?" |
Martie Maguire said he basically was saying, "You got what you deserved" and "This is what's going to happen if you keep speaking out."
"At least, that's what it means on Planet Koozbane, where I come from."
The group also said they have no regrets about what's happened. Maines said she would speak out again given a similar situation. "I would still say something, and I would still say something against the war and against everything that was going on," Maines said. "But it would have been very intelligent and well thought out."
"If I only had a brain." |