Maines, who was interviewed with Maguire and Robison, said despite telling the London audience she was "ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas," she did not feel that way.

"No, I'm not truly embarrassed that, you know, President Bush is from my state, that's not really what I care about," she said. "I felt like there was a lack of compassion every time I saw Bush talking about this. I honestly felt a lack of compassion for people that are questioning this (war), for the people that are about to die for this on both sides." (see clip here)

We have been following the Chicks' travails from the beginning - here it is in chronological order, some of these posts are STILL getting comments:

The Dixie Chicks' deep political thought
Dixie Chick Natalie Maines told her audience "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas."
Posted in Blogcritics on March 14, 2003 07:46 AM

Country fans not happy with Dixie Chick.
Country hot shots (and Texas based) The Dixie Chicks are facing a boycott from country fans after singer Natalie Maines told an audience at a London show: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is...
Posted in Blogcritics on March 14, 2003 01:02 PM

Dixie Chick Damage Control
Nashville is NOT Hollywood. Do we need any more proof of that than two concurrent stories out of the Music City: the Charlie Daniels pro-war rant, producer for country TV channel replies, gets fired story; and the Dixie Chick Natalie...
Posted in Blogcritics on March 16, 2003 03:51 PM

Toby Slams Natalie
Toby Keith, ass-kicker, thinks Dixie Chick Natalie Maines, the short one singing between her willowy bookend compatriots, has a big mouth: Keith, who was responding to a question about Maines's recent negative comments about President Bush in London, said, "She's...
Posted in Blogcritics on March 18, 2003 05:26 PM

Travis Tritt not happy with Dixie Chicks
Boston Herald: via The dead tree version. Tritt called the Dixie's comment in London a "cheap shot" He suggested that if they really meant their apology they would go on a USO tour. He also calls for Americans to boycott...
Posted in Blogcritics on March 19, 2003 04:55 PM

Positively the last word on the Dixie Chicks....
Just when you hoped the Dixie Chicks controversy had died down comes the biggest and silliest story of all: South Carolina House members say the Dixie Chicks should apologize for lead singer Natalie Maines' criticism of President Bush by performing...
Posted in Blogcritics on March 21, 2003 09:58 AM