Re: NBC: Dixie Chicks new album debuts at #1 selling 526,000 in first week



pjmcder wrote:
Ok remorse is probably too strong a word, but when you have been kicked
to the curb by your fan base for some flippant stage comments.....a
base that took you a decade to cultivate.....it appears pretty dumb in
retrospect. More assinine is rubbing it back in three years later and
calling your fans a bunch of rednecks, which I'm pretty sure I heard
her say in the 60 minute interview.

I think she was saying that the subset of her fans which are rednecks were the ones they could do without and the ones which were threatening them for criticizing bush. If the glove don't fit, why wear it?

Laurie




Dan wrote:

pjmcder wrote:

I understand natalie's reaction to the death threats, but in their
interviews that they have sounded a tad self-rightous and display no
remorse for what happened.


Why in the world should they have any remorse?



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Dan



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things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we
don't know we don't know."

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