Saw this on HotAir today. It’s a great post and I haven’t read all the comments yet, but they seem to concur that the Ditsy Chicks can speak their mind all they want — but why do we still have to purchase their music if we don’t like what’s coming out their pie-holes?

Newsbusters has the transcript.

Martie Maguire: “Yeah. I think country music is unique to other forms of music. You know, you’ve just got a, a majority of the core of, of country music listening audience kind of feeling the same way about politics and we always kind of felt like the black sheep but never really used the stage to talk about politics or how we felt about important, controversial issues. But I, we, we weren’t surprised, I guess, when that part of the population was angry with us because it is a big military group, it’s a big kind of Christian fundamentalist group, that, that core country audience. So I wasn`t surprised we rubbed them the wrong way, I just didn`t think that it would go to the extent it did.”

She wasn’t surprised they rubbed them the wrong way? Why would anyone with half a brain want to rub their core fans the wrong way? When your business sense is nill — you deserve to crash and burn. Stupid. I have to admit, what these ditzes say really doesn’t bother me, and I think it’s hilarious that they want to keep shooting off their mouths, but somehow we should be forced to keep purchasing their product? They apparently don’t understand that just because someone has free speech, it doesn’t mean there might not be consequences. As I stated before: stupid.

Matthews: “Well, who were the people that were, let me go back to Natalie, who started this all because you were the voice that spoke? Who went out there and really tried to exploit this against you? Were there any commercial forces that compete with you that said, here’s a chance to bring down the Dixie Chicks and, and take the money they’d be getting? I know it sounds Machiavellian but that’s the way I am. I’m thinking who is gaining by your demise?”

Natalie Maines: “Well, personally, I think the Right did. And I think it was originally started by the Free Republic. And they were very organized in calling radio stations across the country and telling them that they would never listen to their station, when they didn’t even live in that town.

Who is gaining by their demise? Well, the Right is. Who’s the Right? I think I fit in this category. It’s nice to know that I’m gaining by their demise.

Matthews: “Were you blacklisted?”

Maines: “Absolutely. They have a hate list. They have a black, they have a list, and we were number one.”

I’ve looked and looked all around the house for my hate list, but I’ve apparently misplaced it. I don’t recall them being number one on it anyway. If I find it, I’ll let you know.

I hope the Ditzes put some money away for a rainy day — back when they were selling tens of millions of albums (really I don’t care one way or the other) because I think their original fan base is finished with them. I guess if money really gets tight, they can travel the sluts for Soros circuit.