Carrie Underwood: I'd quit my job if my husband told me to

[davidn3600]

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood has discovered the secret to a happy marriage, and it's kind of retro: Look hot, have date nights, and let your her husband call the shots.

Sheryl Sandberg, avert your eyes: Underwood, a six-time Grammy Award winner, says she would totally "lean out" of her career if her husband, professional ice hockey player Mike Fisher, wanted her to.

"If Mike ever told me he needed me to quit, I'd quit," she tells People magazine this week. "When you make that promise to somebody, and you stand before God and your family and friends, you've got to do everything that you possibly can to make that work."

It's easy to make a sweeping statement like that when a.) you're independently wealthy and b.) it's unlikely that your husband would ever ask you to give up your very lucrative and successful career just because he wants you to hang out with him at the rink. Plus, given the amount of time Fisher, 32, spends on the road playing hockey and Underwood, 30, spends on the road while on tour, some downtime might be a very welcome thing. Still, while Underwood says she's willing to cut short her career if it makes their marriage stronger, it's unclear whether the idea works both ways. Would Fisher consider leaving the Nashville Predators hockey team to spend more time with his wife? Would she ever ask him to? (Though we do think it's sweet that he left the Ottawa Senators and moved to Nashville, presumably to be with his country star.)

http://shine.yahoo.com/love-sex/-carrie-underwood--i-d-quit-my-job-if-my-husband-told-me-to-164651550.html


I know some people here were praising Underwood for her support of gay marriage. But not sure if you want her to be a role model for feminism.

[Summer Hathaway]

1. Apparently she has chosen

the kind of marriage that works for her.

Could that kind of marriage work for me? Never.

But as long as Ms. Underwood doesn't make my choices her business, I won't be making her choices my business.

[BlueCaliDem]

7. Actually, by making this Stepford-Wife tripe public, she's influencing a LOT of young women

and that's not a good thing for the rest of us.

The troubling thing about Ms. Underwood's statement is that it's become public, and she's feeding the "stand by your man no matter what" bullshit to millions. This can influence a lot of impressionable young women and men, and these people either already or will vote and that can affect all of us.

Statements like these only cultivate an atmosphere of a brand of CONservatism we need to eradicate from our society, because sooner or later it will come home to roost for all of us in the long run.

[Summer Hathaway]

10. I totally understand where you're coming from.

But I have to disagree.

Whatever Carrie Underwood says today will be forgotten tomorrow - replaced by something some other celeb says or does. It is disposable information, and will be treated accordingly.

The idea that these kinds of statements will lead people to vote one way or another is far-fetched. I don't think Ms. Underwood has the kind of influence you are attributing to her.

"Statements like these only cultivate an atmosphere of a brand of CONservatism we need to eradicate from our society ..."

That sounds a bit too much like a call for censorship of individuals, on the basis that their statements don't coincide with your political beliefs. It is that kind of censorship that the RW have been advocating for years in respect of people who make statements they perceive as being not in keeping with their political beliefs.

Ms. Underwood is free to choose any marriage arrangement that she finds acceptable to her - not every woman, but HER as an individual. She has that right. And she also has the right to speak about it, if she so chooses.

[Sherman A1]

11. Precisely

It is entirely up to her. I find it sad that we as a society seem to care so much about what this or that celeb has to say on any subject. They are entitled to their opinions, entitled to share their opinions, but frankly I and hopefully everyone else can make up their own mind on any given subject.

[tammywammy]

34. Good post. n/t

[BlueCaliDem]

60. I can see the merit of your argument, BUT

this isn't true:

Whatever Carrie Underwood says today will be forgotten tomorrow - replaced by something some other celeb says or does. It is disposable information, and will be treated accordingly.

How do I know? Well, look at this thread alone. But in all honesty, I'm referring to her doting fans in my post.

No one can deny that those young people aren't influenced, however subconsciously, by what she publicly says. To deny it would be short-sighted at best. Elvis-the-pelvis rocked the music world and changed the mindset of generations with his "scandalous" dance moves, changing our music industry and televised choreography.

Big stars like Underwood can change young people's minds who can then easily buy into the CONservative lies because it sounds so, "awwww, so sweet". Propaganda, no matter how sweetly delivered, is still mind-altering.

That sounds a bit too much like a call for censorship of individuals, on the basis that their statements don't coincide with your political beliefs.

And that's utter bullshit. That's what YOU read into it, perhaps because you conform to CONservative "ideals". But if you're honest with yourself, you'll admit, even if it's to yourself, that modern-day conservatism is what's destroying this country and it earned the right to be eradicated.

Yes, Underwood has every right to voice her opinion, but let's not forget here, so do I. The difference is, I don't have millions upon millions of fans hanging off my every word nor influenced by it. She does. And that makes her statement an indirect threat to the well-being and future of our country. You first need to win the hearts and minds of the people before you can control them.

[Summer Hathaway]

98. Uh, Carrie Underwood is nowhere near

as influential as Elvis was. Not even close.

I guarantee you that if you ask any of Underwood's die-hard fans what they thought of her views on marriage - and ask a mere two weeks from now - they won't even know what you're talking about, no less remember what she said on the matter.

This notion that younger men and women will be persuaded to adopt Underwood's example and conduct their marriages accordingly, that their minds will be changed, and they will then "buy into conservative lies" is utterly ridiculous.

And what you are calling for is basically the censorship of anyone whose opinion differs from your own.

And on that note ...

I see you have a penchant for questioning the political position of anyone who disagrees with you:

Your reply to me: "That's what YOU read into it, perhaps because you conform to CONservative "ideals""

Your reply to someone else who disagreed with you: "I'm surprised a single Democrat would even think of defending her 1950's tripe and thinks it's a-okay. I'm surprised some Democrats here are that short-sighted."

Your reply to another: "Try reading my post again. You've completely misunderstood it and
the goal of this site, which is definitely not to defend CONservative tripe. You're new here. I'll cut you some slack and not think you're not a Democrat"

Wow, you decided to 'cut some slack' for the last one - how benevolent of you.

Implying that anyone who doesn't agree with your opinion means that their position as a Democrat is questionable is not only rude and obnoxious behavior, it is arrogant in the extreme.

[In_The_Wind]

119. +1

[Sharpie]

12. Make the choices you want but only publicize the ones I agree with?

[BlueCaliDem]

64. Try reading my post again. You've completely misunderstood it and

the goal of this site, which is definitely not to defend CONservative tripe. You're new here. I'll cut you some slack and not think you're not a Democrat.

[TimberValley]

128. Passing judgment on people, are we? n/t.

[11 Bravo]

19. So she should speak up on issues with which you agree, but needs to STFU when ...

she holds a position which you oppose?

I've got to disagree, her life ... her choice.

[BlueCaliDem]

63. Bravo. You've just completely misunderstood the gist of my post

and turned it into something it's NOT.

Underwood has every right to voice her opinions, but with this great right comes great responsibilities. And this statement is a personal and private one, so why in the hell did she have to make it public? To what end?

I'm surprised a single Democrat would even think of defending her 1950's tripe and thinks it's a-okay. I'm surprised some Democrats here are that short-sighted.

[lunatica]

35. I don't think women should be forced to do what other women want them to do

Women have arrived at that point where they can choose to be a stay-at-home mom if they want to. And women should respect it.

Society isn't telling her to drop her career to be with her husband more. Women shouldn't either because it doesn't hurt our cause at all if she makes that choice on her own.

[Sissyk]

42. +1

Excellent! You're hit the nail on head.

[BlueCaliDem]

62. I agree.

But what about those women who aren't married or moms yet? That's my problem with Underwood's public statement. Sure, older and established women would scoff at such a statement, but you underestimate the propensity of younger women, who grew up with Cinderella stories, to start to see merit in Underwood's stsand-by-your-man self-sacrificial stance. That can't be good for our future; one that will hinge upon a more progressive-minded next generation.

[lunatica]

104. Those same women are hearing feminist's viewpoints also

And therefore have the freedom to make a choice rather than to do what they're told is 'proper'.

[BlueCaliDem]

106. Yeah

but can they know the difference? Because that's what you're assuming; that they know the difference. If everyone was as deep-thinking as you and I, there wouldn't be any Republicans in power anymore, would there? There wouldn't be a single woman in this country who'd vote for the pro trans-vaginal political party, would there? And yet, here we are...

[BlueCaliDem]

69. My post addresses the long-term harm statements like Underwood's can have

on the progress of this country. It cultivates a CONservative view on life which, in turn, will cultivate a CONservative mind-set in our future electorate.

It was a private statement made publicly. To what end? Why? To make herself look cuter? To make herself look more CONservative? To help conflicted young women in difficult relationships to choose to self-sacrifice for her man?

Whatever the reason, it doesn't help nurture a 21st century progressive mind among the young people who are still impressionable or conflicted and who are her fan base.

[The2ndWheel]

93. Should women who have a more progressive mind and outlook make public statements about what they do

with their private life?

[abelenkpe]

2. ...

[BVictor1]

3. There's a difference between 'telling and asking'.

Personally, I don't take kindly to demands.

[LittleBlue]

4. It's her personal choice

No point in attacking her for it. Doesn't sound like she's a feminist anyway, so she shouldn't be expected to be a "role model for feminism."

[lunatica]

103. I'm a feminist and I don't think a choice of staying home is anti-feminist

I'm 64 and it used to be that women weren't given a choice as to whether we wanted to stay home. The key difference now is that one can actually choose to stay home.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Sounds more like an answer that panders to her fan base.

That type of crapola is swallowed whole by those easily fooled by such tripe.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

28. Yep.

It's classic country music pandering. Much like Minnie Pearl pretending to be a country bumpkin when she was actually from a wealthy family.

[MattBaggins]

29. And we have a winner

[pipi_k]

30. I would say

that's probably exactly what's going on.

Easy to make such statements when she knows...or has a good idea...that she won't actually be called upon to make that sacrifice.

Pandering to her base...

[Dawson Leery]

79. Indeed it does. Her fanbase are the same people who threatened the Dixie Chicks.

[Arkansas Granny]

6. If it's her choice, I don't see any problem.

I always thought that feminism was about women making their own choices.

[Summer Hathaway]

8. Feminism IS about women making their own choices

It is unfortunate that some women believe that we should all stop being dictated to by men, and instead accept being dictated to by other women.

[Sheldon Cooper]

13. Well, as long as someone is dictating to us, does it really matter who?

[hughee99]

48. I don't see anyone dictating in this scenario.

She said she'd be willing to give up her career IF her husband asked (he didn't). Perhaps he'd be willing to do the same if she asked (she hasn't). Perhaps she has an understanding husband who she believes would only ask this of her for a very good reason (perhaps her career was taking a significant toll on her physical or mental health). Perhaps she would ask the same of him in a similar situation.

[hughee99]

75. You're right.

I tend to assume that celebrities aren't always as precise in their word choices as they could be and give them some leeway. Of course, it's easy for her to make this statement when she's not in a position to actually have to decide.

[treestar]

40. Women were always told they preferred submissive roles

Feminism obviously would not be about making the choice to be submissive to men. That's for not-feminists. Conservatives, which this woman obviously is. Or blinded by love at this time and likely to think differently when the honeymoon is over.

[alp227]

73. Is being a submissive wife an ACCEPTABLE choice though?

I think feminism should be willing to take a skeptical angle on things instead of a me-first/"my choice" centered ideology.

[wryter2000]

130. Sounds to me like he's going to be making the choices for her n/t

n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

9. who's Carrie Underwood?

[trumad]

14. Ohhh edgy...

You Hipster you...

[Warren DeMontague]

44. No, that was a totally serious question.

[Warren DeMontague]

51. Beiber and Swift I would recognize.

But Country music -aside from maybe Willie- is totally not on my radar.

[Dreamer Tatum]

110. Pet Peeve #1

"I am so hip and hardcore that I have to SHOW you. Google? I don't need no stinkin' Google when
I can condescend and get my question answered at the same time. Let me know when there's a
Condescend-gle, and I'll use it."

[Warren DeMontague]

111. Tough.

I literally don't know who she is.

And you're right; I'm hipper than you could POSSIBLY believe.

[Dreamer Tatum]

113. And there's literally this thing called Google

that could answer your question quietly and efficiently without everyone having to smell your farts of superiority.

[Warren DeMontague]

114. If I don't know who she is, how can I imagine that it's "superior" not to know? Maybe she's GREAT.

Musical taste is relative and subjective, anyway.

Anyone who thinks they're "superior" based on what's on their ipod is probably not much more than 12.

[Dreamer Tatum]

116. Because (a) you probably have at least a vague idea of who she is,

(b) you probably know she exists in the pop mainstream, (c) like many other people you want to appear to
exist on a higher plane, so (d) you make a grand show of asking who she is rather than answering the
question on your own.

I would place money on (a)-(d) above, and in fact (e) your show isn't working, so (f) you're not pleased.

Most people who don't know who someone is don't make a show of not knowing - they just move on.

[Warren DeMontague]

117. You need a new hat, Karnak. That one's not working.

a) I literally have zero fucking clue who she is. I have gleaned from this thread that she is active in what is known as the Country Music circuit, and since her name isn't Willie Nelson, that explains why I don't know who the fuck she is.

b) see above.

c) 99% of the time, I don't give a shit what other people think of me. There are maybe 5 overarching guiding themes in my life, and that is one of them. I finally stopped caring about "looking cool" once and for all around the time in 1989 that I took a massive amount of psilocybin and put on the gumby suit.

d) Okay. But If I wanted to put on a grand show I'd include this guy.

[Dreamer Tatum]

118. Yeah, right. nt

[Warren DeMontague]

115. However, mine do smell like honey.

[In_The_Wind]

120. hahahaha

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hmmm ... roasted garlic cloves

[trumad]

15. She'll be divorced in 2 years...

[Walk away]

26. And it will be messy! nt

[HappyMe]

16. Who cares?

It's entirely up to her and her husband. What works for one married couple won't work for another.

As far as role models go - think for yourself, be your own person.

[ananda]

18. It's her life. She can make her own choices.

That's what choice is all about.

[cherokeeprogressive]

20. I'd quit if my Wife asked me to.

GLADLY.

Wonder what that makes me...

[Walk away]

27. A person who is ready to retire early! Now all you need is the bucks! nt

[cherokeeprogressive]

31. I'm shootin' for 55-57. n/t.

[Walk away]

83. Good for you!

[Bradical79]

36. not the same thing

[cherokeeprogressive]

41. One half of a married couple asking the other for something.

It's only about gender because some people NEED it to be.

[LWolf]

21. Recently,

I was catching up with an old friend, and she brought up a mutual friend that I haven't seen in a couple of years. I asked how she was doing.

My friend said, "Well, her husband wants her to sell her horse and go on the road with him. He wants to realize his dream of traveling the country by motorcycle." I was a little shocked, knowing that my friend's horses have been as much a part of her, her whole life, as some people's children are.

I asked, "Why doesn't he just go do his thing, and let her do hers?" The answer? "He says he's spent 25 years messing with her horses when he never wanted to. It's her turn. She's really upset, but she's probably going to do it."

I digested this for a moment, and then said, "Well, I know what I'd tell him, but then, that's probably why I have 2 failed marriages behind me."

My friend snorted, and we peacefully contemplated sending a man who wanted us to give up what makes our life meaningful, whatever that is, down the road on his own.

That IS why I have 2 failed marriages. I couldn't compromise who I am for someone else's ideas about how to live.

I wouldn't have it any other way. There may have been someone out there who wanted the same things out of life I did, but I never met him. I'm content on my own.

[Sheldon Cooper]

32. I am in agreement with you.

I don't think I could ever compromise to the extent that your friend's husbands wants. That's not just giving up her hobby/pastime, that's giving up her entire life to ride on the back of a motorcycle. I think her husband's demand is outlandish and not even a little bit reasonable. Never in a million years would I do that, and if I have to stay single forever that's fine by me.

[The Straight Story]

43. Another interesting aspect of this scenario

He won't stay as long in hockey as she can music.

She will get residuals for songs, can make a comeback album, etc and so on but when he is done playing he is pretty much done (unless he wanted to become a coach or announcer, which most do not).

It could be a 'time swap out' - let's spend more time together while I am able to play hockey, then when I am not we will spend time on you making new albums, comeback tour, etc.

Something couples may well wrestle with in such fields.

-----
On to what you wrote though.

I had good friends in Ridgecrest, CA that your post reminded me of. The lady from the temp agency and I went to dinner and then over to her house one night. I had not been to her house before (this is shortly after we first met). Helped her with a computer issue and we got to talking about all the cool stuff from South Africa around the house.

She said her husband took two weeks a year to travel there. Was not her thing, but he loved going there and exploring the culture (he worked at a small museum in the county). She liked taking her vacations in more tropical places.

She told me the secret to a long relationship was that when you get into one keep doing what you love and make sure the other has space to do what they love as well and every chance you get do things you both love together (like concerts, etc, whatever).

They always had new things to share with each other this way and once in awhile they took a week together taking turns going someplace the other didn't.

[Arkansas Granny]

46. And I know what I'd tell him, also. That's why I never remarried after I divorced more

than 30 years ago. Even as a single parent, my life was less complicated as a single than it was as part of a couple.

[lumberjack_jeff]

67. That's right, everyone makes their own choices.

Ideally they accept the consequences, and understand that the two are related.

I've changed jobs on the suggestion of my wife before. But those are my values. I wouldn't divorce a wife to keep a horse.

[Javaman]

22. It must be nice to be rich and talented and able to have that choice.

How about she give up those riches and fame then try to raise a family on minimum wage and be a single parent?

The unflappable perspective of the wealthy.

[Ilsa]

25. You posted exactly my thoughts on this. nt

[ladjf]

57. Excelent post! I don't see her eeking out a living, working at Wal-Mart even if Mike needed for

her to do that.

[undeterred]

23. Why is she supposed to be a role model for anything?

She was lucky enough to expose her singing talent on American Idol, which jumpstarted her career. Having a great voice doesn't make her an expert on anything else.

[Dawson Leery]

82. True.

She won a lottery. That is all.

[The Straight Story]

24. She probably needs hauled off to re-education camp before it gets worse and she makes a dongle joke

Imagine...two adults working out what works best for them in a marriage.

If it were two women married and this whole thing came up...well fuck, I would be confused as hell. Like dividing by zero. But most likely it would come down to the woman who didn't like her dad the most (had daddy issues) who would be called sexist (well, at least from what I have seen here where men are said to have mommy issues because they don't find something offensive enough).

The real issue here is why did she marry a hockey player? I think they are overly violent and supposedly define the harsh manliness that men are portrayed to have in movies. She didn't marry a computer nerd or janitor so she is probably confused on gender roles (can we get her to post on here so we can explain to her how she is not living properly and her actions are sexist and hurting everyone?)

[treestar]

38. Doesn't sound like they worked it out between the two of them

She just thinks he needs to "call the shots." A recipe for the old fashioned female manipulation where Husband "called the shots" all right while Wife used underhanded methods to get her own way or input into what happened.

And who would decide, together, to be the submissive person in a relationship? It is going to get old pretty fast.

[cherokeeprogressive]

50. "call the shots" were the author's words, not Underwood's.

[snooper2]

68. This will clear up all confusion you may have with the number 0

[peace13]

33. If her husband would quit his job if she asked then I say OK.

Personally I would not have a husband that told me what to do. I have been married for over 30 years and he knows that I would do anything for him but a gift, a sacrifice, a bend will be my idea....not his.

Edited to say...it's her marriage she will do what she wants. As it should be.

[treestar]

37. She is going to end up in a divorce

Puh-leese. She may be blinded by love on the honeymoon? She really wants to be the weaker partner in a relationship? If she had said she'd stop working to stay home with the kids if they decided, together to do it that way, it would be a different thing, a matter of choice.

[marshall]

39. Two great quotes from another wife with a profession--Hillary Rodham Clinton

"I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life."

"You know, I'm not sitting here like some little woman standing by my man, like Tammy Wynette. I'm sitting here because I love him, and I respect him, and I honor what he's been through and what we've been through together."

[cbdo2007]

47. Cool, I wish her luck!

[Deep13]

52. Never heard of her. nt

[Zorra]

53. Poor little thing. I give the marriage two years max. nt

[alp227]

74. theyve been married since 2010, per wikipedia n/t

[Zorra]

95. I know. I give the marriage two years from now max. nt

[yellowcanine]

54. "When you make that promise..." What "promise" would that be Kemosabe?

I don't remember any promise in the wedding vows to agree to give up your career for the other person. Did I miss something? Anyway most husbands want their wife to have a career for economic reasons. One salary rarely cuts it anymore. Maybe if the husband is a professional hockey player.....

[warrior1]

55. isn't she the real bread winner of the family?

It's nice that she has enough money to make a statement like that, but in the real world most families have both spouse working, sometimes more than one job. Rich people suck with their so call bravery.

[ladjf]

56. This shows that one doesn't have to be very smart to be a successful entertainer.

She stated that she would end her fabulous career if ".. Mike told me he needed me to quit".
Now just why would a husband "need" for his wife to quit a fabulous career? Perhaps he could play the child bearing card.

[MichiganVote]

58. Sure honey. Every husband in America would ask you to quit a career worth about a billion.

I was just asking my husband the other day to ask me to quit my job, (worth than less than a smidgen of what this woman makes) and you know that guy was so generous that he told me to just keep working. Imagine that.

[TeamPooka]

59. How about if the rest of us ask you to quit Carrie? Please? nt

[Orsino]

61. Rich woman with infinite choices before her...

...writing prescriptions for poorer women for whom most of those choices are out of reach?

Check.

[Summer Hathaway]

99. I didn't see anything here

suggesting that Underwood was 'writing prescriptions' for anyone. Making a statement about her own marriage does not equate to encouraging other women - richer or poorer - to adopt her example.

[Orsino]

108. It's her recommendation, not just a suggestion.

"If Mike ever told me he needed me to quit, I'd quit," she tells People magazine this week. "When you make that promise to somebody, and you stand before God and your family and friends, you've got to do everything that you possibly can to make that work."

[Summer Hathaway]

109. You obviously don't know the difference

between someone expressing their personal view of what their marriage vows mean to them, and 'recommending' that everyone should hold the same view.

[Orsino]

121. I think she didn't demonstrate an understanding of that difference.

A lot of money can do that to people, or she might have phrased it better.

But what does she think of women who won't quit their jobs when their husbands tell them to?

[Summer Hathaway]

122. I think that people who are reading

all kinds of things into her remarks are the ones not understanding the difference. She commented on her own marriage, not on anyone else's. And her having money has zero to do with it.

"But what does she think of women who won't quit their jobs when their husbands tell them to?"

Who knows what she thinks about other women's marriages? More to the point, who cares?

[Orsino]

123. She has recommended that wives obey their husbands in such matters.

It's no great stretch to see that that choice is a lot easier for families with Carrie Underwood money.

[Summer Hathaway]

125. Here we go with 'recommended' again ...

As to the money angle, it's the exact opposite. Many, many women stay in marriages where they are abused, emotionally and/or physically, if they don't 'obey their husbands' because they are reliant on that husband for financial support for themselves and their children.

Having money makes it is easier for either party to choose to leave a marriage, because neither will be ruined financially, and the means to financially support any children are there.

I am really not the least bit interested in how Carrie Underwood, or anyone else, conducts their own marriage.

The only reason I posted in this thread in the first place was to point out that if a woman chooses to defer to her husband's wishes rather than her own, she has every right to do so - without being told that she's "doing it wrong".

It's her marriage, her business, her choice.

[lumberjack_jeff]

65. And lots of men go to work because their wives tell them to.

Who's the liberated one?

[alp227]

66. I'd rather Underwood quit her career because she's a talentless hack.

But it's sad she's stuck in the 1950s and thinks that's how she can get more radio airplay and itunes downloads.

[Logical]

81. Lol, typical comment on ANY star. She is a great singer/performer! Jealous?

[alp227]

84. Carrie Underwood, Taylor Swift, anything on the radio = country POP. Real country =

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Johnny Cash
The Carter Family
Hank Williams (Sr. not the right wing turd Hank Jr.)
Willie Nelson
Alison Krauss

[Gravitycollapse]

85. "Real Country" = What I like. "Fake country" = What I don't like.

[Logical]

87. Welcome to the 2000s. n-t

[nomorenomore08]

94. You got your Hanks mixed up there. Just saying.

Hank Jr. is the Republican asshole, Hank III is the cool one. Guess the talent in that family skipped a generation.

[alp227]

97. OH YEAH, YEAH!

(the "OH YEAH YEAH" part is at 3:30.)

Hank Jr.'s "Are You Ready for Some Football" song is no longer the opening music for Monday Night Football because of his comparison of Obama and Hitler.

I did mix up my hanks. I thought Hank III was the wingnut and Hank Jr. the original legendary Hank Williams. I've heard that song "Hank Williams Said It Best" in Mike Malloy's White Rose Society streaming radio channel.

[LondonReign2]

70. Reason #562 why I hate Oklahoma

It breeds a preponderance of people like this.

[Aerows]

71. It's none of my business

If she and her husband decide to chain themselves in the yard and bark at the moon at night, as long as the howling doesn't disturb the neighbor's night sleep, more power to them.

If she wants to completely submit to her husband, and she's fine with that, go for it. Just don't tell me that sort of Talibangelical attitude has to apply to anyone but the two of them. I don't care what they decide together. It affects me not.

[jmowreader]

76. Looks like she's establishing her far-right bona fides

Carrie Underwood has come out in support of gay marriage. She has seen what happens when you say or do something the rabid fundies who buy country albums don't like (it's called being dixie chicked) so to counter her gay marriage stance she went all stand by your man on us. Very wise tactical move especially because, barring a life-threatening injury to her NHL husband, she will almost certainly never have to do it.

[Dawson Leery]

78. Mike Fisher is not some who you want as your son-in-law.

He is a fundamentalist "Christian" who opposes abortion, believes in the "traditional family", and proudly displays bible versions on his sports gear AND HUNTING GEAR.

google search: "bible versions rifle scopes"

[alp227]

86. Fisher is originally from Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Canada may be more politically liberal & secular than the US, but I guess hockey players may be more conservative.

[Dawson Leery]

88. He still comes from the Santorum school of belief.

There are reactionary kooks everywhere. Even Norway has them (Anders Breviek).

[alp227]

91. Underwood, however, has described her church as "gay friendly"

From a 2012 profile by the UK newspaper The Independent:

She grew up Baptist, she tells me, saying it offered an old-fashioned, didactic take on Christianity, but these days attends a liberal, inter-denominational church which "embraces all sorts". She and Mike pray every morning, and before every meal. She also prays before every show, often with bandmates.

Does she ever struggle, I ask, to square her religion with the progressive, gay-friendly mores of the music industry? "Our church is gay-friendly," she responds, seeming suddenly energised. "Above all, God wanted us to love others. It's not about setting rules, or (saying) 'everyone has to be like me'. No. We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other."

[Iggo]

80. Sounds pretty stupid to me, but it ain't my biz.

[KingFlorez]

89. Celebrities should never, ever be role models

All she is doing is stating what she would choose to do, no one has to emulate her personal philosophy. Anyone patterning their life after that of a celebrity isn't someone that is very intelligent and one that would need re-evaluate their priorities.

A lot of people make sacrifices for their marriages, it doesn't all have to do with politics and ideology. At the end of the day, everyone has a choice.

[JNelson6563]

90. Women like this do us no favors.

Sorry to see this tripe being perpetuated by a younger woman.

Julie

[Number23]

92. Will never understand why it seems so often that it's the woman that needs to give everything up

"to make the marriage work."

She doesn't sound like the brightest bulb in the box. That might be one reason why I've never heard of her.

[PM Martin]

96. High talk from a lottery winner.

Many women have to work to survive. Other women want careers.
Underwood(I would spend one penny of my money of this country hack) is no role model for women.

[cynatnite]

100. It's their marriage. They manage it as they see fit...as it should be. n/t

[MADem]

101. I wonder how long she'd enjoy that? How much time can be spent bossing the maids about and

crabbing at the pool boy because he missed that leaf over by the waterfall before she's gone completely round the bend?

I think she's saying that because she knows it will never happen. It would be interesting to see who is the bigger earner in that house...and what the pre-nup looks like.

[dkf]

102. Or maybe she knows he wouldn't ask that of her unless it was a very very serious situation.

If your mate is sane and thoughtful you might assume they wouldn't come up with dictates for the hell of it.

[wryter2000]

133. I would hope they wouldn't come up with "dictates" for any reason

My husband never dictated to me. That didn't mean I never gave in if something was important to him and he had good reasons. We compromised. Neither of us "dictated."

[lanlady]

105. I had never even heard of Carrie Underwood until now

and I can't think of a more unpleasant introduction to her. UGH!

[Myrina]

107. Shit, if he was making + $150k ...

... I'd quit my fucking job "if he told me to", too.

I'd be like "Thanks for the vacation honey - I'm going shopping. In Paris. Do make sure the kids & dogs are fed. And pay the mortgage. See ya in a few months."

[Dreamer Tatum]

112. DU: Your body, your choice. Your life, OUR choice.

[Rex]

124. Whatever, free country.

nt.

[TimberValley]

126. It's her own business. Why should anyone object?

If you don't want to quit your job if your spouse were to tell you to, then don't. But if someone else does do that, then why is it any of your business?

[wryter2000]

127. You do that, honey lamb

And after twenty years, when no one remembers your name and he dumps you for someone younger, come back and tell us how that worked out for you.

[lynne]

131. It's not like she HAS to work -

- so there's no concerns about making ends meet. If her not working makes both of them happy, then good for them. It's whatever works for a couple that matters, not what we or society thinks of it. It's their choice.

Lot's of important stuff going on in the world. This isn't one of them.

[southernyankeebelle]

132. It's really nice when your rich like she is and she can make that choice. Not everyone has that

luxury to quit even if they wanted to.

[YoungDemCA]

136. +1

nt

[YoungDemCA]

135. Corporate Nashville country/pop/rock is probably the most collectively right-wing music genre...

..in America. Just look at the way the Dixie Chicks were treated when Natalie Maines dared to speak out against Dubya.

That being said, what Underwood said here was far, far from the worst thing uttered by a Nashville superstar in recent memory.