Dixie Chick calls Bush "dumb f---" in documentary, "Shut Up and Sing" to premiere in Toronto tonight

by Actual News Geezer | September 13, 2006 at 05:44 am
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Entertainment Weekly has apparently got a preview of a doc to be shown tonight at the Toronto International Film Festival - and if its reviewer got the scene right, it'll put the southern girl group back in the headlines.


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---.''

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