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2003-04-07 Fifth Column

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-04-07 11:28 am|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yes, but who is the joke on?

Posted by tu3031 4/7/2003 12:18:58 PM|| 4/7/2003 12:18:58 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 she's a natural blonde apparently, cuz, see, a joke is both funny and has a punchline, something she apparently doesn't get. I do like the 40% drop...ouch!

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-07 11:37:39|| 2003-04-07 11:37:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Little bit of truth here: "It got lots of cheers, and that's what it was meant for." Look at me! Look at me!

Posted by (lowercase) matt 2003-04-07 11:49:02|| 2003-04-07 11:49:02|| Front Page Top

#4 "Yes , girls, it was an expensive joke" said the groups accountant...

Posted by Capsu78 2003-04-07 12:08:30|| 2003-04-07 12:08:30|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, but who is the joke on?

Posted by tu3031 2003-04-07 12:18:58|| 2003-04-07 12:18:58|| Front Page Top

#6 We laughed so hard, she cried all the way to the bank.

Posted by becky 2003-04-07 13:33:32|| 2003-04-07 13:33:32|| Front Page Top

#7 I am not rooting for the Dixie Chicks but I read elsewhere on the web, a link from Instapundit, etc, that even after the "joke" and the resulting uproar their album still went up in the charts. Now this report says sales tanked by 40%? Can someone in the know out there tell us what has actually happened to sales? Of course, if Maines is now trying to claim it was "just a joke" then that indicates the group is seeing trouble. Their tour in the US could be interesting...

Posted by Rifle308 2003-04-07 14:29:34|| 2003-04-07 14:29:34|| Front Page Top

#8 So #1 dopey chick has now declared that it was a joke?

Iraqi generals improvise more convincingly than this idiot.

Posted by Jonesy 2003-04-07 15:51:51|| 2003-04-07 15:51:51|| Front Page Top

#9 Natalie, honey, y'all just hold on for a little bit longer. I think that Iraqi Minister of Information guy is gonna be lookin' for a new gig in a couple of weeks. He can handle those nasty press people for ya.

He'll probably even work real cheap, which is good, considering how your sales are going.

Posted by Former Russian Major 2003-04-07 16:07:38|| 2003-04-07 16:07:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Jokes on you Gnat, you want to be careful walking around behind the tour bus, I think the other girls would probably like to back it over your fat head.

Posted by Wills 2003-04-07 16:11:12|| 2003-04-07 16:11:12|| Front Page Top

#11 Unfortunately it's still #1 on Billboard

don't know how this correlates with sales, may be a lag time for it to drop down on the charts

Posted by Frank G 2003-04-07 16:30:32|| 2003-04-07 16:30:32|| Front Page Top

#12 Rifle - right after she made the statement, a lot of people bought their CD's so they could stomp them into the mud. After everyone had their fun, sales tanked.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-04-07 20:43:48|| 2003-04-07 20:43:48|| Front Page Top

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