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COLUMN
NINETY, MAY
1, 2003
(Copyright © 2003 The Blacklisted Journalist)
THE
DIXIE CHICKEN:
THE APOLOGY NATALIE MAINES SHOULD'VE GIVEN OUR BELOVED
PRESIDENT
NATALIE MAINES
[Instead of bursting into tears under the bullying of ABC media shill Diane Sawyer, Natalie should have stated the following, written by an anonymous satirist at http://www.thespeciousreport.com/2003_dixiechicks.html. The fact of the matter is that in our 75 years, we have never seen a Republican shy away from showing disrespect for an American President who happened to be a Democrat The Republicans can dish it out, but they sure can't take it.]
Apology from Natalie Maines
of the Dixie Chicks, March 2003
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, Im 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 bad mouthing 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 its 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 red necks.
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 its 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,
God Bless America,
Natalie ##
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