Fresh off their domination of the Grammy Awards, the Dixie Chicks have set off on an even more ambitious course, seeking the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. 

 

As lead singer Natalie Maines said, “somebody’s got to show some balls and take on these GOP bastards. ¬†And if the Swift Boaters come after us, we’ll show them who’s not ready to make nice.”

The Chicks feel that running as a threesome gives them a distinct advantage in campaigning simultaneously in numerous primary states, and that the notion of a multi-headed President is not unprecedented. “Just look at the last six years,” noted fiddle player¬†Marti Maguire.

Indeed, the polls already show the Dixie Chicks with a lead in many of the early primary contests.¬† As one pollster put it, “in many respects they’re the ideal Democratic candidate: good-looking women from the South, who opposed the war from Day One, and won’t take any shit from Bush. And to top it off, they’ve got better hair than even John Edwards.”

Even the ultra-conservative, typically pro-war country music community — which previously blackballed the Chicks — has radically “changed its tune.”¬† Currently topping the Billboard Country charts¬†are such songs as “I Want to Leave Iraq So I Can Work on My Truck,” and “I’d Rather¬†Get Shot By My Old Lady, Not Some Shiite Militiaman.”

But for their official campaign song, the¬†Chicks plan to go with a remake of an old Johnny Cash classic, San Quentin, finishing up with a rousing chorus of: “Dick and Dubya,¬†may you rot and burn in hell!”

 

 

 

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