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| From | Bill Silvers <wsilvers@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: FWD:Apology from Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks |
| Date | Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:22:31 -0600 |
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Not that it should matter any more than the rest of this interminable
thread should matter to lovers of insanely great pop, but the "apology"
cited is from a clever, however stereotypically condescending, parody site:
<http://www.thespeciousreport.com/2003_dixiechicks.html>http://www.thespeciousreport.com/2003_dixiechicks.html
b.s.
np The V-Roys ARE YOU THROUGH YET?
> >Apology from Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks:
>
>As a concerned American citizen, I apologize to President Bush because my
>remark was disrespectful. I now realize that whoever holds that office
>should be treated with the utmost respect.
>
>I hope everyone understands, I'm just a young girl who grew up in Texas. As
>far back as I can remember, I heard people say they were ashamed of
>President Clinton. I saw bumper stickers calling him everything from a
>pothead to a murderer. I heard people on the radio and tv like Rush
>Limbaugh, Pat Robertson, Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott badmouthing the
>President and ridiculing his wife and daughter at every opportunity.
>
> I heard LOTS of people disrespecting the President. So I guess I just
>assumed it was acceptable behavior.
>
>But now, thanks to the thousands of angry people who want radio stations
>to boycott our music because criticizing the President is unpatriotic, I
>realize it's wrong to have a liberal opinion if you're a country music
>artist. I guess I should have thought about that before deciding to play
>music that attracts hypocritical rednecks.
>
>I also realize now that I'm supposed to just sing and look cute so our
>fans won't have anything to upset them while they're cheating on their
>wives or getting in drunken bar fights or driving around in their pickup
>trucks shooting highway signs and small animals.
>
> And most important of all, I realize that it's wrong for a celebrity to
> voice a political opinion, unless they're Charlie Daniels, Clint Black,
> Merle Haggard, Barbara Mandrell, Loretta Lynn, Ricky Skaggs, Travis
> Tritt, Hank Williams Jr, Amy Grant, Larry Gatlin, Crystal Gayle, Reba
> McEntire, Lee Greenwood, Lorrie Morgan, Anita Bryant, Mike Oldfield, Ted
> Nugent, Wayne Newton, Dick Clark, Jay Leno, Drew Carey, Dixie Carter,
> Victoria Jackson, Charleton Heston, Fred Thompson, Ben Stein, Bruce
> Willis, Kevin Costner, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Bo Derek, Rick Schroeder,
> George Will, Pat Buchanan, Bill O'Reilly, Joe Rogan, Delta Burke, Robert
> Conrad or Jesse Ventura.
>
>God Bless America,
>Natalie
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