DALLAS, Texas (Reuters) -- There are a lot worse things in country music than your wife leaving you or your dog dying. There's stations not playing your music because you done gone and said some things against the president.
In 2003, a famous country, all girl band, the Dixie Chicks, went against former president, George Bush, and tried to slander his name by talking about what he was planning on doing in Iraq. They knew by doing that, the chicks would get plenty of air time, but that changed very quickly. Radio stations removed their songs off the track for those days due to critics and fans calling in and fussing about what they just heard. At a concert the lead singer, Natalie Maines, said that she was ashamed of Bush that he was even born in Texas. The Dixie Chicks were engrossed with comments on their un-patriotic work. Fans felt betrayed and even went to burn all the tapes and records they had of the group. That has been eight years ago, but by what you can tell is that country music not only talks about dogs and tractors, but targeting major figure heads.
"http://www.cnn.com." Dixie Chicks pulled from air after bashing Bush (2003): n. pag. Web. 30 Mar 2011. <http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/14/dixie.chicks.reut/>.
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