Obama banked checks from stars such as actors
George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, and Morgan Freeman, Natalie
Maines of the Grammy-winning Dixie Chicks, and director
Ron Howard. The private fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton Hotel
was attended by 300 contributors who donated at least $2,300
(€1,750) each.
The Associated PressPublished:
February 20, 2007
Obama and other 2008 candidates flock to California
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/02/21/america/NA-POL-US-Obama-White-House.php
After watching this footage, Maines repeats the president's
comment about how the group shouldn't have their ''feelings
hurt,'' incredulous, and then says, ''What a dumb f---.''
She then looks into the camera, as if addressing Bush, and
reiterates, ''You're a dumb f---.''
Heart of Dixie EW's Chris Willman got
a sneak peek at the Dixie Chicks' sure-to-be-controversial
documentary ''Shut Up and Sing,'' in which Natalie Maines
calls the president a ''dumb f---''
http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1533988_1_0_,00.html
"I think people were misled and I think people are fighting
a war that they didn't know they were going to be fighting,"
Maines said Friday in a television interview.
"And I think they were misled by people who
should have been asking questions and weren't."
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
Dixie Chicks Singer Still Speaking Mind
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104010,00.html
"[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is a great film star," banjo player
Emily Robison told a German newspaper, "but I find his run
for governor absolutely insane."
"America should be governed by people who have a clue,"
Robison continued. "I hope he doesn't win."
AUGUSTIN SEDGEWICK (September
9, 2003)
Dixies Blast Schwarzenegger
Robison casts her vote against Arnold in Governor's race
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/newsarticle.asp?nid=18651
"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president
of the United States is from Texas," Natalie Maines told a
London audience - which roared its approval.
March 16, 2003
Jab at Bush a flop for Dixie Chicks
Jennifer Harper
The Washington Times
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030316-24182798.htm
