ESPN benches Hank Williams Jr. for Obama-Hitler comparison

[IDemo]

Source: nbcsports.com

Posted by Michael David Smith on October 3, 2011, 6:08 PM EDT

Hank Williams Jr. will not ask you if you’re ready for some football tonight.

Instead, ESPN announced on Monday afternoon that the famous “Are You Ready for Some Football?” intro will not be part of tonight’s Monday Night Football broadcast after Williams made comments likening President Obama to Adolf Hitler.

“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,” the network 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.”

ESPN’s decision not to use the pre-taped Williams opening before tonight’s Colts-Buccaneers game comes after Williams said on Fox News Channel that House Speaker John Boehner should not have played golf with Obama because, “That would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu. Not hardly. In the shape this country is in?”

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[oldtime dfl_er]

1. pig

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[47of74]

2. I just have one thing to say to Mr. Williams

[Ian David]

3. FUHW. n/t

[NoodleyAppendage]

4. Who gives a crap what a piece of white trash says about anything?

Hank Williams Jr. is hero to only those missing numerous teeth, living in squalor and voting Republic only for social reasons.

HE HAS NO SOCIAL REDEEMING VALUE, hence who cares.

J

[47of74]

6. The old man was a pioneer who we lost way too soon.

The son is a prick.

[bigworld]

13. The sons of many brilliant men and successful businessmen

are often utter failures in life.

[rdking647]

46. not just the sons..

look at paris hilton

[Honeycombe8]

38. True. Sr. was a genius songwriter. The songs flowed out of him like water.

If you ever get a chance to see the biopic with George Hamilton, see it. It's a great movie. (I know I know...you're thinking "George Hamilton????" Yeah... George Hamilton, when he was young. And he was great in it.)

The son IS a major prick. A drunk, like his father, unfortunately...unless he's given it up. A hellraiser, wife beater, and not particularly talented or good lookin'.

[russspeakeasy]

28. Excellent points..

[FarLeftFist]

5. Dixie Chick that fucker!

[USA_1]

30. Exactly What I Was Thinking

If Dems and libs don't do the same to him as the right did to the Dixie Chicks then we as a country don't deserve another Democrat in the White House or Congress for that matter. It would prove that the left is just too timid to fight back and totally undeserving of any respect. With the far right being given this type of unrestrained freedom to attack and with all else being a bunch of cowards then it's time to say goodbye America - you're fucked for life.

[MissMillie]

71. where were these folks when the Dixie Chicks spoke their minds?

Seriously?

Last I knew ESPN is a private enterprise that can do what they want. Tea Party is supposed to celebrate that sort of thing.

Those folks want to complain... let 'em.

I guarantee to you, MNF isn't going to go down the tubes over dropping Hank Jr.

[MissMillie]

72. Nice to see an entity as strong as MNF taking a stance

I'm betting their ratings aren't going anywhere.

[Auggie]

7. Hitler? The dumb bastard hasn't a clue.

[Swede]

8. Insert foot into mouth,lose a 2 decades old gig. Ha ha.

Good bye, you fucking shitstain.

[bigworld]

9. Even worse: "Obama and Biden = the enemy"

"You know, they’re the enemy. They’re the enemy.”

“Who’s the enemy?” Kilmmeade asked.

Williams yelled: “Obama! And Biden! Are you kidding? The Three Stooges.”

“That’s only two,” Steve Doocy chimed in.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/03/country-superstar-hank-williams-obama-like-hitler-is-the-enemy/

[Moostache]

16. Hey, I was impressed that Doocy could get to three!

I really thought that the good ole boy was referring to the three hosts as the 3 Stooges at first glance, but then I watched the video clip him devouring shoe leather...

[Maeve]

56. Agree--that was worse. and he can't count....eom

[saras]

10. Not that bad a comparison if you flip the names

[Paladin]

11. Brain-Dead, Talent-Free Piece Of Trailer Trash. (n/t)

[Tx4obama]

12. Here's a link to a VIDEO of him saying what he said

VIDEO: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/hank-williams-jr-compares-obama-to-hitler-in-uncomfortable-fox-and-friends-interview/

p.s. Also the top huge headline at HuffingtonPost.com right now is: HANK YANKED

[TNLib]

73. He seems like fucking genius

:rofl:

[Joey Liberal]

14. Hank Williams Jr. is a jerk.

And his music sucks too.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

49. I've known guys who work in the concert industry, and they'll all tell you

Junior (I refuse to soil his father's great name) is the biggest prick in the business. A angry, nasty drunk with utter contempt for his fans.

[Joey Liberal]

51. We should burn his CD's nt

[SoapBox]

15. ...what a jackass. AND remember, this is who SUPPORTS the GOPBaggers

and their Extremist Ilk.

[onehandle]

17. If not for his talented father, we would have never heard of this prick.

STFU asshole.

[Tx4obama]

18. UPDATE - UPDATE - UPDATE

Hank Williams Jr.: My Obama Comment Was 'Misunderstood'

Hank Williams Jr. has just released a statement regarding his controversial statements on Fox News Channel this morning -- claiming he was simply "misunderstood" when he compared Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler.

Williams Jr. says, "Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood. My analogy was extreme – but it was to make a point. I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me - how ludicrous that pairing was."

He continues, "They’re polar opposites and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the President.”

Williams Jr. adds, "Every time the media brings up the tea party it’s painted as racist and extremists – but there’s never a backlash – no outrage to those comparisons… Working class people are hurting – and it doesn’t seem like anybody cares. When both sides are high-fiving it on the ninth hole when everybody else is without a job – it makes a whole lot of us angry. Something has to change. The policies have to change.”

http://www.tmz.com/2011/10/03/hank-williams-jr-obama-statement-monday-night-football-comment-was-misunderstood/#.Tope2HLNkYI


Hey Hank, take your 'so-called' explanation and SHOVE IT! :)

[tularetom]

25. That dumbass has never uttered the word "analogy" in his fuckin life

No talent piece o shit. Even when I used to watch MNF I'd wait a few minutes after it came on to tune in so I didn't have to see or hear that douchebag.

[Honeycombe8]

42. Maybe his legal team wrote it for him. I don't think his use the word analogy, either.

Then again, he has written a few songs. So maybe he's got a decent vocabulary.

[VWolf]

57. I did the same thing!

Listening to that piece-o-shit opening theme song was like nails on a chalkboard to me.

[Scairp]

32. Well then,

That's very, um, clear. I totally didn't understand a goddamned thing that cracker said.

In the interests of full disclosure-I'm white. I'd apologize but then I'd be here for the rest of my life apologizing for assholes like him. I will say he is a sorry excuse for a human being. How's that?:dilemma:

[rdking647]

41. hank williams jr is to dog sh** as------

water is to h20

[durablend]

54. Of course he was "misunderstood"

Isn't that the standard Repuke excuse?

[Roland99]

58. Ok, dumbfuck. The Teabaggers are hurting but they're lashing out at the WRONG people!

Hank will never get it.

Occupy Wall Street is a tea party with brains
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/occupy-wall-street-is-a-tea-party-with-brains-2011-10-04?siteid=trackedcomment#comment6328901

[bitchkitty]

69. He's a lying piece of shit.

Even if he was ripped to the tits for that interview (and he probably was) he knows what he said and why he said it.

He's also even more stupid than Sarah Palin - referring to Obama and Biden as the three stooges. One of the helmetheads said "That's two" - but HW just kept barreling along.

What a fucking loser. He seems to be cut from a much cheaper cloth than his father.

[benld74]

19. Are You Ready for SOME DUMBASS!!!!!!!??????

[NBachers]

20. Waitaminnit

If Boner playing golf with President Obama = Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu

Then doesn't Boner = Hitler and Obama = Netanyahu?

I'm not defending Wank Williams Jr., I'm just seeing a mixed-up figure of speech here. He couldn't even deliver his intended point properly.

[xocet]

22. I think that you are correct. HW, Jr. seemed unable to articulate much in that interview. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

21. Hank was one of the pigs that came to West Virginia in support

of Don Blankenship and the scabs at AT Massey coal, about a year before Massey murdered all those men at their Upper Big Branch mine. Kid Rock and Ted Nugent also played at that same pigfest. Hank Jr. is a scabby piece of shit.

Hank's takes a swing at Obama at AT Massey Scab Fest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Pl6R0xhQw

[MADem]

47. WOW....you should make that commentary its own thread.

I never knew that. It might make some people excusing "ole Hank" think again.

[FreeBillClinton]

23. This is good news. His intro was horribly annoying.

[Crowman1979]

24. No more having some redneck yell out if I'm ready for some football!

I've been ready for quite some time. So shut the f*** up and get this god damn game started!

[Muskypundit]

26. This. +yea

[Scurrilous]

36. ...

:thumbsup:

[AnnieBW]

27. Are ya ready for some RACISM?

A Godwin's Law Party?

[Bloke 32]

29. Solid decision

Mr Williams' intro has become entirely boring.

[Blacksheep214]

40. Time for a new intro.

This one has run its course.

[Deep13]

31. Let's see...

...Hitler murdered 20 million unarmed people. Obama improved health insurance. Yup, I can see how he would confuse the two.

Olbermann said genius is not hereditary.

[BlueStater]

33. Fuck this fat redneck dumbass. n/t

[Harry Monroe]

34. Good Riddance

I really hated that intro anyway. Annoying as hell. Couldn't have happened to a stupider redneck.

[tropicanarose]

35. Good......he should be punished for making a horrible remark like that. Jackass

[Honeycombe8]

43. I'm sure he gets paid every time his intro is played. So it'll cost him a few dollars. nt

[KamaAina]

37. Are you ready for some bigots??

A cross-burning party?

We've got Hank and Rush and them, and we're not sorry!..

Well, you know that we all lean hard to the right,

All my racist friends hate blacks on Monday night!

[lbrtbell]

70. OMFG, that's hilarious! - n/t

[rdking647]

39. you should read the comments on the espn site about the story

http://espn.go.com/espn/conversations/_/id/7056003/espn-pulls-hank-williams-jr-ready-opening-mnf


what a bunch of idiots

[Honeycombe8]

44. I can guess. nt

[brewens]

45. He's a a lot like Nugent. He hasn't put out any worthwhile

music for years. If not for the right wing politics they'd both be playing the summer hasbeen circuit.

I've seen both Ted and Hank Jr. Both because of who was playing with them. Ted opened for Kiss and The Georgia Satellites were with Jr. There was some satisfaction in seeing all the old rednecks that came to see Jr have to endure the Satellites show. That was a serious hard rockin' band!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

48. Junior in '09: "If it wasn't for the Electoral College, Obama wouldn't be president."

Yes, he was really that fucking stupid
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8631760

[truthisfreedom]

63. Not only is that false, but if it wasn't for the electoral college, Gore would have beat bush.

So he's doubly stupid.

[No Elephants]

50. I don't watch ESPN, so I don't understand why anyone on a sports network is talking politics in the

first place, especially a fool who knows so little about politics that he thinks the Tea Party is about working people.

[leftynyc]

52. Just wrote a letter to ESPN

not a letter, really but filled out the comment form on their website telling them I'd never watch another MNF game or any other sporting event on a network that allows anyone to call the President the enemy (told them I wouldn't even get into the hitler stupidity). His remarks were unaccepable and I was holding the network who put him on the air all these years responsible.

[livetohike]

59. Good idea. I'm a huge football fan....I will write too n/t

[leftynyc]

61. Everybody should

That's the only thing that gets things done. If they don't hear from their watchers, why would they change anything?

[Ganja Ninja]

53. Are you ready for a cross burning?

So long Hank. Oh and a word of advice, Jack Daniel's is not a healthy breakfast.

[oasis]

55. Hank a permanent fixture w/ Sarah Palin when she stumped for VP.

:puke:

[livetohike]

60. Once a redneck, always a redneck. Disgusting POS. He looked

wasted in that Fox interview. I hope ESPN terminates his contract.

[Blacksheep214]

62. I'm writing now.

Screw that asshole!

[No Elephants]

68. Fox will hire him.

[d_r]

64. drunk idiot

[Blue Owl]

65. He's a turd with sunglasses

n/t

[Blacksheep214]

66. I never thought I'd see the day

when the Fox nitwits are taken aback by anything a guest spouts.

It's like using **gger around the house for years and then are shocked when your kid says it in public.

Yes, this is what it is. I hope y'all are proud.

[Name removed]

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[unionworks]

74. just called

...a number listed as promoters for this goober and left a nastygram. Just like Charlie Daniels, back when it was profitable he was a hippie exploitationist. Now he has a sheet overr his head. Fuck you, asshole. If johnny Cash were alive and in his prime he would whup your booze bloated ass.