Falwell Foible:

In the news:

The Dixie Chicks' stand on the war with Iraq may make them doves, but to the Rev. Jerry Falwell, they're three "French hens."

"I know they are just young girls and I know they weren't thinking that clearly, but they said unacceptable things about their president," Mr. Falwell said Monday during an appearance in Jonesboro, Ark.

At a March 10 concert in London, Dixie Chicks singer Natalie Maines told the audience in reference to President Bush's push for military action against Iraq: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas." She later apologized for being disrespectful.

Mr. Falwell said the singer was wrong to speak critically of her country while overseas, the Associated Press reports.

"Politics should end at the shore when you leave the country," he said. "You don't talk about your own country, especially during war."

NOTE: The war started on March 20.


posted by Quiddity at 5/01/2003 09:52:00 AM