ESPN pulls Hank Williams Jr. for Obama-Hitler comparison

[tishaLA]

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?” http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/10/03/espn-yanks-hank-williams-jr-off-mnf-for-obama-hitler-comparison/">ProFootballTalk

I'm really happy to see this. I was going to write ESPN because I'd just listened to this absurd segment on Mediaite....but ESPN has already done the right thing. Now I want them to retire that horrible fucking song so HW Jr no longer gets royalties.

[theophilus]

1. Haw-haw. n/t

[banned from Kos]

2. Fuck Hank Williams Jr - and good for ESPN n/t

[TeamsterDem]

3. Ignoring for a second just how stupid his comparison is ...

anyone else notice he says the names "Obama" and then "Biden" and then says "the THREE stooges"? 1+1=3 now?

Get a brain, morans!

[Kennah]

6. Great, another librul advocating that mathy stuff. Get some religion!

:sarcasm:

[TeamsterDem]

7. hahahahaha

:toast:

[mmonk]

16. Those two words have multiple syllables. Confusing to such a dumbass

from humanity's sewer, my native south.

[Angry Dragon]

4. Actually he compared boehner to hilter according to the

way the sentences are laid out

[tridim]

17. And later on the faux host says "Well you did compare Obama to Hitler"

and he said "'cause it's true".

Again, whatever that means. Go get another drink Jr.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. Fuck you, Hank

Get drunk and high and plow your car into a tree, asshole.

[FLyellowdog]

8. It's about damn time!

Skank Williams,Jr. is an embarrassment to the whole country music industry. :mad:

[kwolf68]

11. is he?

Like he's an anomaly?

Even the talented Brad Paisley has lowered himself to producing trite jingoistic battle hymns...there is very little left in country music that isn't EXACTLY like Hank Jr.

But the fanbase love it...they are decidedly religious and Conservative. It's just not a music that caters to any other demographic.

[Horse with no Name]

9. From "tonight's" telecast

Not enough. Remove it permanently...or don't even pretend it was "that" offensive.

[tishaLA]

15. I agree. I'm going to write them telling them the same thing

I don't want that fuckstick to earn another penny from the NFL.

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[malaise]

12. Bye Bye asshole

:puke:

[City Lights]

13. Buh-bye, Hankie!

:thumbsup: ESPN!

[Brother Buzz]

14. Hank Williams Sr. should have pulled it out sooner, too.

I'm just saying.

[Botany]

18. Are you ready for an idiot?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eF6vCv13bw&feature=player_embedded

Straight up stupid.

[madinmaryland]

19. What a douchebag. Anyone who compares any person to Hitler has lost the arguement and

has nothing of relevance to say.

[Angry Dragon]

20. Hank will be back

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/hank-williams-compares-obama-to-hitler_n_992513.html

Williams says he plans a run for Senate in Tennessee in 2012 as a Republican.


Anyone remember the abuse the Dixie Chicks got for talking about bush??

[underpants]

21. ARE YOU READY FOR SOME LOSS OF ROYALTIES????

Good - that legacy appeared several times on stage at political events for Palin...and that song SUCKED

[DawgHouse]

22. Oh, Bocephus. Guess you really are whiskey bent and hellbound! n/t

[fascisthunter]

23. another bigoted right wing moron

irrational...

[Matariki]

24. Real World Godwin's Law

[Brickbat]

25. They should have No. 3 cover the song. That would be epic.

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/115517/Hank+Williams+III.jpg

[kwolf68]

26. Now

The righties are out on Facebook comparing these comments to Whoopi Goldbergs about Bush at some DNC fund raiser...saying ABC is not punishing Goldberg, but is punishment poor Hank

[tishaLA]

28. Whoopi wasn't employed by ABC when she made those comments

and she didn't compare the chimp to someone like Hitler: she used a double entendre for "bush" that's obvious to everyone. She also lost her endorsement deal with, I think, Jenny Craig when it happened.

[kwolf68]

29. Oh I know

But these dingbats are pissed off about Hank being fired. My response to one friends post was.


"This idiocy of throwing the name Hitler around has got to stop. The people doing it are too ignorant about the movement of NSDAP to really understand what the hell that movement was all about...it sure as hell wasn't about providing something like "ObamaCare", that I can assure you. It was still nice of you to come to Hank Jr's defense by deflecting the question to a completely unrelated (and one that pales in comparison) event that happened years ago. Is there a pill you can take to adjust your perspective?"

[brettdale]

27. Had to be faux news didnt it

I guess to be fair tot faux and friends, even they looked embarrassed because of this idiot.

[maxrandb]

32. You know you've crossed the Rubicon

when you're too batshit hateful for Faux and Fiends!

[lib2DaBone]

30. You want REAL Country Music? Listen to Americana Radio...

Mainstream (Clear Chanel Republican Radio) is polluted with Toby Keith, Hank Jr, and Charlie Daniels crap.

If you want to hear down-home bluegrass and real country.. listen to Americana Radio Network.

http://americanaradio.org/ama/displaychart_beforetracks.asp?mode=lw&dtkey=

[Yavin4]

31. Not for Nothing, But That Damn Song Should Have Been Replaced Years Ago

It's way past tired.

[RagAss]

33. He is the reason I have been tuning into MNF late for many years.