He comes from country music royalty and he’s been the voice of Monday Night Football for over twenty years, but it’s not all about music for this country superstar — he knows about Godwin’s Law, too.
In an interview Monday morning on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends”, Hank Williams Jr., the auteur responsible for MNF’s “All My Rowdy Friends Are Here on Monday Night” theme, said that House Speaker John Boehner made a major mistake by playing golf with President Barack Obama, adding, “It’d be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu.” Asked to clarify, Williams said: “They’re the enemy,” adding that by “they” he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden. Nobody asked him whether or not Fox & Friends was a joke for talking to Hank Williams Jr. of all people about politics, and it can neither be confirmed nor denied that Bocephus likes the House Speaker because his name sounds like boner.
From an AP Report:
BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) – ESPN is pulling Hank Williams Jr.’s classic intro song from its broadcast of Monday night’s NFL game after the country singer famous for the line “Are you ready for some football?” used an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama.
“While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to ‘Monday Night Football,’” ESPN said in a statement. “We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
You can watch video of the comments here. Be warned: the video contains an excruciatingly high amount of Fox and Friends.
Politics aside, I think everyone on the Internet can agree that comparing somebody to Hitler is the lamest and worst argument ever. You could be arguing that newborn babies shouldn’t have to drink sewage, but if you compare the County Board of Public Works the Schutzstaffel everyone should groan and throw up their hands and ignore you forever. Sure, the guy who wrote the line “I’d love to spit some beechnut in that dude’s eyes/And shoot him with my old .45″ probably isn’t the guy you want talking about anything on fluff morning television, much in the same way you don’t invite David Allen Coe to give a commencement speech at Georgetown, but we (meaning they) are probably overreacting.
Probably. Enjoy that new Maroon 5 Monday Night Football theme, or whatever.
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Man. He just HAD to be wearing an Alabama cap. Correction. A camouflage Alabama hat.
Instead of watching football, me and MY rowdy friends make unsettling metaphors derived from forgettable moments in history. Trust me, it sounds better when I sing it every Monday night for twenty years straight!
Hes been doing this for yeara
Personally I want to know what David Tyree or Kirk Cameron has to say on this topic.
oh. no. he. didn’t.
I dont like Obama. anyone can compare him to hitler all they want, all day-every day. it was done to the previous potus, as well. But it probablt wasn’t a good move for Hank. His employer, ESPN, had Obama intro a MNF game a few years back. Could have been a clue….they like him.
Its not cool to call anyone Hitler; even if you dont like them.
Hank Sr. should have pulled out.
Not to sound like Miz or R Truth, but I smell a conspiracy brewing!
Obama gets called a Stalinist-Hitler Islamist all the time on Fox. Now they take the high road? I don’t think so!
“Radical Leaders Prey On The Fearful & Naive”
Now that sounds perfectly Fair and Balanced. Oh, by the way, Hank Williams Sr. died at 29. Feel worthless yet?
Hannity is definitely giving this guy a job on his show
I mean come on, Hank! Hitler didn’t even play golf!
Maybe the Left should be more upset at the imbecile they elected, then at what people say about said imbecile.
BTW, Williams did not compare Obama to Hitler. He made the comparison that two sides who are against one another, should not golf together. I wish the Left had a brain. Not just so they’d understand the difference, but also so they would have been smart enough not to vote for this clown.
Just so everybody knows “Nick” in these comments has the same IP address as racist commenter Steve AND racist commenter Jason. So either it’s one guy trying to be a nut and cover his ass, or a dorm room full of Internet racists.
“And ALL my rowdy friends are on O’Reilly toniiiiiiiiiight!”
AWWWWWWW snap.
Nick’s strategy is sound, there’s no better way to recruit people to a cause than to score political points on a website that makes fun of sports
@GleenBeckHasAIDS – Not even a website that makes fun of sports, the comments section of a website that makes fun of sports.
If Steve/Nick/Jason (Stickson?) was really smart he would have waited for the B&W of Raw to come out today. Lots more comments there for the PoFlaWa.
“BTW, Williams did not compare Obama to Hitler. He made the comparison that two sides who are against one another, should not golf together.”
And then he called the President of the United States “the enemy.”
It must be awesome to be a conservative. When the Dixie Chicks say they’re “ashamed” of Bush, that justifies the death threats. But when Hank calls Obama “the enemy” and compares him to Hitler, hey, no big deal.
Maybe the Left should be more upset at the imbecile they elected
What do you mean? We didn’t elect Bush. We elected the guy who’s been steadily cleaning up the giant shit he took all over the country.
Here’s a chart that even a dogfucker like Nick should be able to understand. Net job losses/gains per month. Bush’s presidency is in red, Obama’s in blue.
[www.blogforarizona.com]
Yeah, we really screwed up electing the guy who turned things around. Let’s go back to when we were hemorraghing jobs. That was awesome.
Until Obama tortures and kills 5.8 million Republicans, I think Hank should back off his political comparisons.
@ Nick – ‘dey took yer jawbs’ – rable rable rable rable rable
Hank Williams Jr. needs to stick to what he knows best — living off his father’s great name and churning out shitty, shitty music of his own.