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Chesney sought fan support before ACM Awards
Published: 5/19/08, 5:46 PM EDT
By OSKAR GARCIA
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kenny Chesney may not have wanted online voters to decide one of country music's top awards, but he still asked his fans to click for him.

Chesney criticized the process Sunday night after his supporters propelled him to a fourth straight entertainer of the year win at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

"I don't think it's right that they pick the one award that means the most, that all the artists sacrifice the most for," Chesney told reporters backstage after thanking fans for voting for him as he accepted the award onstage.

But that didn't mean Chesney hadn't played along. Chesney's MySpace page still carried a large banner Monday urging fans to "bring it home for KC," with links to the academy's online page and messages from fans lower on the page.

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To borrow a pic from Tiki Bar and say what a...............















Lil' wiener he truly is.

I guess I don't see the contradiction that everyone else seems to be seeing.

If it were me, and they changed the rules, even if I didn't like the rules, I would still play by them.

He's saying he didn't like that they put it to the fan vote, but why should he just roll over and not ask his fans to vote?

If the system is there, then yes, by all means use it. But be prpeared for people to point out the hypocracy of trolling for votes, winning the award, and then immediately decrying the process. I haven't heard all of his comments, the context of them or how he phrased it, but there was probably a better way to handle the situation. To give him some credit, what he may have been implying is that his streak, and the historical perspective of it (4 years in a row ties one performer and puts him one year shy of sharing the record for consecutive wins) is not comparable to people from the past who weren't voted for the same way and who didn't have the resources that are available now.

I just found the pic appropriate.

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:To borrow a pic from Tiki Bar and say what a...............



Lil' wiener he truly is.

Excellent use of the little wiener picture!!

Tiki Bar wrote:

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:To borrow a pic from Tiki Bar and say what a...............



Lil' wiener he truly is.

Excellent use of the little wiener picture!!

SharkOnLand wrote:I guess I don't see the contradiction that everyone else seems to be seeing.

If it were me, and they changed the rules, even if I didn't like the rules, I would still play by them.

He's saying he didn't like that they put it to the fan vote, but why should he just roll over and not ask his fans to vote?

popcornjack wrote:If the system is there, then yes, by all means use it.

Yep, I agree with Shark and PJ. KC wasn't the only one 'trolling' for votes, either. Not sure about the others, but George Strait's website had a link for voting. The powers that be changed the rules, so if you want to compete you gotta play the game. That doesn't mean you can't criticize the new rules....

Don't hate the playa. hate the game!

Tiki Bar wrote:

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:To borrow a pic from Tiki Bar and say what a...............



Lil' wiener he truly is.

Excellent use of the little wiener picture!!

Maybe that's why Renee left him!

(oh no he di'int!)

blackjack wrote:

Tiki Bar wrote:

Marnin Grita Guy wrote:To borrow a pic from Tiki Bar and say what a...............



Lil' wiener he truly is.

Excellent use of the little wiener picture!!

Maybe that's why Renee left him!

(oh no he di'int!)

Renee didn't want (or have) a matching one..

VanillaGrl wrote:

wKKs.....

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

VanillaGrl wrote:

wKKs.....

you're right... Renee's would have to have been mounted on a full-sized car chassis...

I'd bet he had no idea what his myspace page or fan club was doing.