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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva
which may be true, but (and not to bring this up again) trent lott also, in my opinion, made an off the cuff remark and we all know where that got him.....everything we say will probably insult, offend, or piss off someone, so that's why i think celebs have a bigger responsibility to just keep that in mind b/4 they go off the deep end.
as far as this cover goes......kinda pointless to me. just makes more attention for them, and posing naked rarely gives someone the forgiveness, or at least apathy, of the conservative american. if so....i think ol' trenty would have tried it, too. 
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Thank you. I needed an image of nude Trent Lott in my head all day! I agree Lott's comment was also off the cuff, but there's a difference between a policy maker saying something careless and a chick with a fiddle/banjo/whatever (sorry about the chick thing...) popping off during a concert. He was a lifetime politician who clearly knew anything he said, in any situation, could come back to haunt him. She's just an immature (some would say) 25 year old. Not an excuse, just an observation...I think you and I are on the same page, as far as the principle is concerned.
I don't think the cover will help them with their C&W ex-fans. That part of their lives is over. I do think the cover will serve as a springboard for them into mainstream/pop music.
Sherbert-I think the jury's still out on whether they will be around much longer. Until I saw the EW cover, I seriously thought Martie & Emily were going to jump ship (Emily's hubby has been very vocal about his disgust for Natalie's comment & how "Natalie doesn't speak for Emily or Martie), or fire her from the group (she is not the original lead singer for the group...but then again, I think they name would be damaged no matter what).
I think the radio stations have a right to stop playing the music...but I read somewhere that "Landslide" is the number one download in the nation (from mp3.com and others...not sure where the data came from, and I can't find the snippet I read it in...Kidd Kraddick was talking about it the other day on the radio...). So, people are still listening to their music, they just aren't paying for it.