The Dixie Chicks, that is.
They've even said, "We don't feel a part of the country scene any longer, it can't be our home anymore."
Which makes it all the more peculiar that they won Grammys in the country music category. Make no mistake, there are those more interested in the political noise than the noise the Chicks make. Like this post from Cliff Schecter:
They sweep the Grammies. The Dunce of Kennebunkport goes down in history as easily one of the worst three presidents, making his dad look the second coming of FDR in comparison.
Now let' see how he feels when Al Gore wins a Nobel Peace Prize and Academy Award in the same year and The Decision-Making Decider scores a free trip to the Hague.
UPDATE: Wow, it turns out former President Carter also won a Grammy in the "spoken-word category." So now he has a Nobel and a Grammy. I think it's safe to say that George W. Bush will never win an award that has the word "peace" or phrase "spoken word" contained in it.
As I pointed out to Mr. Schecter, all it shows is that the Grammys are political, the Oscars are political, and the Nobel Peace Prize (given to Yasser Arafat) is a joke.
But it is interesting that liberals are suddenly so interested in country music. If it bashes President Bush, they must be a good band, right?
Well, not really. In fact, what the Chicks tried to complain was censorship was really just fans deciding they had better things to spend their money on.
Via GetReligion, I found Liberal Country Fan, which had the most interesting series of maps I've seen lately.
The maps tell an interesting story about the Chicks. They don't play in Red State America anymore. Not surprising if you insult your fan base. But don't expect to see that statement on Hullabaloo.
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