Re: You go girl (s)

Hmmmm. Changed their attitude to sell more records. Sell out to sell more.





"Tarapia Tapioco" wrote in message
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> Dixie Chicks Encouraging All to Vote
> Tue Jul 22, 9:48 AM ET
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> By ANTHONY BREZNICAN, AP Entertainment Writer
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> SANTA MONICA, Calif. - The Dixie Chicks (news - web sites) have hatched
> a plan to re-enter the political fray with an activist message designed
> not to offend anyone: vote.
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> AP Photo
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> The Texas trio announced Monday that they've joined forces with the Rock
> the Vote campaign to urge young people to participate in elections. They
> said they wouldn't advocate a particular political party.
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> The country stars endured a vitriolic backlash earlier this year after
> singer Natalie Maines (news) made a remark about President Bush (news -
> web sites) at a London concert shortly before the Iraq (news - web
> sites) war. "Just so you know," she said, "we're ashamed the president
> of the United States is from Texas."
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> After sales of the band's discs plummeted and some radio stations banned
> their singles, Maines apologized for the phrasing of her remark but has
> continued to say she had the right to criticize Bush and his policies.
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> The group's involvement with Rock the Vote, a nonprofit, nonpartisan
> organization founded in 1990, is an indirect result of the Bush uproar.
> "We never had intentions to become a political band but like it or not
> we have been placed on a unique political platform in the past months,"
> Maines said Monday. "We feel it would be irresponsible not to make
> something positive come out of that."
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> Besides lending their images and music to a Rock the Vote Web site that
> will guide people through the voter registration process, bandmates
> Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison said they would urge people at
> their concerts to become politically active.
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> The Dixie Chicks won't, however, be speaking out on any political issues
> for a while.
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> "We won't as a band, and we probably won't on the stage," said Maguire.
> "But we will feel free to give our opinion in our personal lives. And
> we've always answered questions when people ask us, so we will not be
> afraid of that."
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> On the Net:
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> http://www.rockthevote.com/
>