Posted on 10/03/2011 3:23:34 PM PDT by Nachum
Hank Williams, Jr., the voice famous for asking millions of football fans whether they’re ready for some football, has been pulled from tonight’s broadcast of “Monday Night Football” over a comment he made on Fox News this morning.
Williams, who sings the lead-in song to the game each week, criticized the president for his golf summit with House Speaker John Boehner this summer.
“It would be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli leader) Benjamin Netanyahu,” Williams told “Fox & Friends.”
USA Today, among others, picked up the quote, speculating on whether the comparison would get Williams booted from the broadcast .
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
gonna run out of people to yank, eventually.
Some people just hate when the truth is spoken.
More like Netanyahu playing golf with Arafat.
ESPN is a PC scaredy cat company, like most of the rest of them.
So, ole’ Hank won’t be playing the White House until 2013.
Well I’m going to yank espn.
SO much for FREE SPEECH. And sports are controlled as a big money-making scheme. So Who’s controlling ESPN?
Put MNF back on the network. We can do without a reality show on Monday night.
And the lawsuit, too; that oughta be a hoot.
Are they going to yank idiots like Kenny Maine for making violent statements about Palin? ESPN has a massive double standard and punishes anyone who is critical of Obama.
Guess we’ll never know the names of the cowards that took the decision to fire him.
” It`s a family tradition “?
a fast and furious response
I listened to the quote. I don’t think he compared Obama to Hitler anymore than he compared Boehner to Netanyahu. In fact, it could be the other way around. Who knows?
If a similar remark had been made about Bush there would be no consequence.
Mickey Mouse...
“Entertainers who engage in political commentary must be willing to deal with the consequences.”
how do you know he’s not?
Everything about 0 is Hitlerisk. All we have to do is open our eyes.
We all see what’s becoming of this country.
Make new rules so businesses can’t possibly stay in business.
Ergo, NO JOBS—Ergo, unemployment, food stamps, government
takeover of everyone.
IT’S REALLY CLEAR AS A BELL.
Geez, and how many lefties DIRECTLY accused Bush of BEING Hitler?
It was a national sport back then.
Are you ready for some Hitler?
Are you ready for some small mustache?
Don't Give Us a Reason--Hank Williams, Jr., 1990
No, No, Joe--Luke the Drifter (Hank Williams, Sr.), 1950
That’s a pretty mild statement. He’s not calling Obama Hitler, he’s trying to say how odd it is that two opposites can play golf together.
How many times did Bush get criticism for his vacations and golf yet 0 gets nothing?
ESPN = MSNBC.
Nobody is going to watch the lopsided matchup on tonight’s game anyhow.
I never suggested he wasn’t.
are you ready for some giant belt buckle?
(I’d rather look at Faith Hill)
That’s funny! I already yanked ESPN for douching Rush! So there you lib cretins!
I’m done with espn.
Comments at the site are surprisingly almost totally for Hank.
As far as I see it, it won't be long before there will be anybody who has anything nice to say about the punk marxist POTUS. At least Hitler didn't put this country into a depression.
Don't yank Hank! I'm ready for some football.
Natalie Maines would disagree.
You mean Alec Baldwin, Roseanne Barr, Lady Gaga, Bill Maher and other lefties?
Well that just beats all.
Its fox and friends fault!!!!!!!!!
They asked him about politics. And he gave them his honest answer
I am really sick of this!!!!
Well that just beats all.
Its fox and friends fault!!!!!!!!!
They asked him about politics. And he gave them his honest answer
I am really sick of this!!!!
Bwahahahahahaha, now that is some serious karma when all these wackjob idiots were comparing Bush to Hitler.... =.=
Told ya.
ESPN are a bunch of PC pansies.
MNF will be forever ruined without Hank.
As good looking as she is, Faith and her wimpy hubby are flaming libs.
Really shouldn’t be comparing The Won to Hitler.
Hitler didn’t need a teleprompter.
What is with the Effing Sports Political Network?
ABC:
” How dare zu inzult Der Fuheur ! Ze song ist nicht zu sein gespielt !!! “
This was an absolutely ridiculous comparison by Hank Jr.
Hitler loved his adopted country of Germany.
Obama hates America.
A better comparison may be Stalin, or (economically) Mussolini.
Good thing this kind of “discipline” didn’t go on during the last administration, 99% of our entertainers would have been “pulled”.
Damn. Comments closed at ESPN
If only Faith Hill would criticize Obama, then we wouldn’t have to endure that awful Sunday Night Football song.
I didn’t say it was fair...it’s not.
But those are good examples of why I don’t like singers and actors shooting their mouths off about politics...even if I might agree with them.
What about Jay Leno.
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