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Title: THE Dixie Chicks' biggest detractor, FreeRepublic.com founder Jim Robinson, declined to appear in their documentary, "Shut Up and Sing."
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new york post
URL Source: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1716152/posts
Published: Oct 9, 2006
Author: new york post
Post Date: 2006-10-09 10:22:11 by TLBSHOW
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THE Dixie Chicks' biggest detractor, http://FreeRepublic.com founder Jim Robinson, declined to appear in their documentary, "Shut Up and Sing." [ Snip] Robinson's rep, Kristinn Taylor, confirmed he ducked the interview: "He told me to go ahead and do it."
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To: Pharmboy This is all very strange, but I need to clear the air on a couple points. Number one, I refuse to accept credit for something I had absolutely no hand in. I did not bring down the Dixie Chicks. I am aware that there was an ongoing controversy that arose after the Dixie Chicks dissed the president in a foreign country while we were at war, but I really didn't follow it. I was blissfully unaware of the existence of the Dixie Chicks before their ill-advised foray into politics, and I was just as blissfully unaware of their goings on since until their recent dissing of FR. I didn't follow the Dixie Chick controversy and to the best of my recollection have not commented on it. I may have mentioned it in passing on occasion, if someone pinged me to a post (though don't recall anything specific), but I certainly didn't write anything about it or lead some sort of crusade against them. I simply don't know anything about the Dixie Chicks, am not interested in the Dizzy Chicks, have nothing to say about them, and had no reason whatsoever to participate in a movie about them. Kristinn called me and said that they wanted me to appear. I declined the offer and told Kristinn that he could speak for FR regarding the Dixie Chicks if he wished. I'm sure he knows a million times more about the controversy than I do. Second, they've claimed that I sent out a mass mailing to 30,000 of our members encouraging them to boycott the Dixie Chicks. Well, that is simply untrue. I sent no such mass mailing to our membership. In fact, I've never sent out any kind of mass mailing to our membership or to anyone else. I simply do not do mass mailing. Never have. If people on FR have criticized the Dixie Chicks for their political statements, that is their right, but I've neither encouraged it nor discouraged it. I simply had nothing whatsoever to do with it. If the posters on FR brought down the Dixie Chicks for their dissing of the president, I say more power to them. Congratulations and great job! People in the entertainment business would do well to stay clear of politics. That is especially true if they take opposite positions to the majority of their would be fans. If they had praised the president and expressed allegiance to America and supported our men and women in uniform as they should have rather than dissing them, and possibly even performed at some patriotic events, I'm sure the Chicks would probably have been cheered on by the country and western fans and their careers would have flourished. As it is, they may be singing the blues (but no ones buying it), and I refuse to take credit for it. Give credit where credit is due. The Dixie Chicks committed political suicide. And that's all I have to say on the matter. 45 posted on 10/09/2006 8:54:15 AM EDT by Jim Robinson
Al Jazeera - Fox News Channel - correspondent - Steve Centanni
Al Jazeera - Fox News Channel - correspondent - Steve Centanni
The GOP shill owners would certainly not allow that.
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#3. To: TLBSHOW (#0)
THE Dixie Chicks' biggest detractor, http://FreeRepublic.com founder Jim Robinson, declined to appear in their documentary, "Shut Up and Sing."
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