Natalie Maines Quotes
Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas.
The Dixie Chicks were a female country singing group that originated in Dallas, Texas. The right wing supporters of President Bush were incensed, and the conservative Talk Show hosts pilloried Maines and the singing group in general. Ironically many of the same conservative pundits who so castigated the Dixie Chicks for their anti-war and anti-president rhetoric several years later were themselves attacking Bush and his Iraq War with far greater intensity and reach than the one small singing group–The Dixie Chicks. This quotation also gives us insight into the Tea Party and ultra Conservatives who were vehement and totally committed to attacking their enemies but who, in a short period of time, could totally flip flop as to who their enemies were. They were quick to jump onto bandwagons, loud and vigorous while they were on, but also quick to jump off.
Natalie Maines, Singer & Entertainer, Statement during a concert of her group, The Dixie Chicks, London, March 10, 2003
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
He allowed one of his statements to appear on the Democratic Party radio response to the President’s weekly broadcast.
His balanced judgment and concern for American Casualties changed during the Iraq War over a decade later where he insisted on taking steady American casualties even after Saddam had been deposed and American troops were in the middle of a sectarian civil war.
This quotation shows American tolerance and freedom of speech even for our head of state.
Natalie Louise Maines is the lead vocalist for the all-female country band The Chicks.
