Remember this?
During a concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire in London, however, on the eve of the Bush administration's shock-and-awe campaign in Iraq, lead vocalist Natalie Maines remarked that she was "against this war, this violence," then cheekily added she was "ashamed" that the president of the United States was from Texas, her home state. Within days her comment was circulated online, and a backlash was born. (Read more)
Perhaps Natialie did not anticipate that her comments would result in the firestorm it did, maybe she knew exactly what she was doing. In either case she demonstrated the courage of a real patriot, and has suffered for it.
The country music world completely shut these girls out and some engaged in outrageous personal attacks - no wonder they are not ready to make nice I do not blame them for their anger at all.
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