Steve Earle is pretty good politically (and musically) but is with the general category of "country music."
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Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Scanlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:14 PM
> To: Recipient List Suppressed
> Subject: [PEN-L:36241] Dixie Chick apologises
>
>
> 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 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 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 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 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, Charlton 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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