despite the firestorm unleashed by their words during the first days of the war in iraq. >> we're ashamed that the president of the united states is from texas. >> when natalie maines said we're so ashamed of our president right now, their career took a severe beating. >> some protesters used a track for and their feet to smash the group's cds. >> if you want to feel good old-fashioned american pride look no further than the uproar over the dixie chicks. >> how can you say you're ashamed the president is from texas? come on, man. >> say it. >> they were questioning something you were just supposed to accept, and it was women doing it, no less. >> i think they are the dixie twits. these are the dumbest bimbos -- >> callow, foolish women who deserve to be slapped around.