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Dixie Chicks get last laugh on Bush

5-for-5 on Grammys.
February 12, 2007  |  
 
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Ever since the Dixie Chicks' Natalie Maines dissed Bush at a UK performance in 2003 ("we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas" VIDEO), they've been shunned by country radio, the chief vehicle for popularity and sales in the music industry.

Bush himself said that "they shouldn't have their feelings hurt because people don't wanna buy their record."

No matter.

At last night's Grammy Awards, the Chicks won Best Album for "Taking the Long Way," which includes "Not Ready to Make Nice" a song about the fallout from the Bush criticism.

It won best song and record of the year.

When the album won best "Country" album of the year as well Maines reportedly said: "A lot of people just turned their TVs off right now."

My only quibble is that they didn't mention Iran.

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.

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