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Originally Posted by PlayadelSoul
In this case, the Chicks did not have the talent to withstand the backlash.
There are many artists who have said much worse about Bush, and continued to succeed. I am in the record store on the day that REM, Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams CDs come out. Springsteen, Neil Young, Stresiand, etc. all speak out on a regular basis. They survive because they have earned the respect of the music listening world. The Dixie Chicks might want to consider that a lot of people, like me, were never going to buy their CD to begin with.
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I dont think its lack of talent that has made it so bad for the chick, i think it was the fan base that appealed to them are conservative. Do you think if Toby Keith spoke out about a Democratic President that he would lose fans? I sincerely doubt it myself because his fan base is mostly conservative. Groups like REM and the others you mentioned dont have a large portion of their fans that are conservatives and therefore they can say anything about Bush and not feel the consequences.