Entertainment Weekly's EW.com Feature: Dixie Chicks: Cursing out Bush in their new film: "In one memorable scene, Maines watches news footage of the president being interviewed about the furor that followed the singer's on-stage comment that she was ''ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas,'' which resulted in the group being dropped from most radio stations, as well as protests and plummeting sales. ''The Dixie Chicks are free to speak their mind,'' Bush told Tom Brokaw at the time, adding, ''They shouldn't have their feelings hurt just because some people don't want to buy their records when they speak out. You know, freedom is a two-way street.''
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---.''"
I assume Maines called the president "a dumb f---" because reaction to her comments hurt her bank account, not her feelings. Or maybe it was because she feels she should be able to say anything she wants without consequence. In either case, she's a fool; or to use her venacular, a dumb f----.
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