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Hank Williams Jr. Apologizes -- Again -- for Obama-Hitler Comparison
Reuters ^ | 10/4/2011 | Tim Kenneally

Posted on 10/04/2011 5:12:03 PM PDT by South40

Sounds like Hank Williams Jr. is ready for some apologizing. Wait, make that a lot of apologizing.

The clearly chastened country singer has offered yet another mea culpa, after a comment he made comparing Pres. Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler prompted ESPN to pull his intro from "Monday Night Football."

Also read: ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr. Intro From "Monday Night Football"

In the apology, published on the singer's web site, Williams admitted that his comment was "dumb," adding, "Sorry if it offended anyone."

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


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To: South40

Say it ain’t so, Hank...


21 posted on 10/04/2011 5:29:32 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: South40

I Goggled Bush/Hitler and got (About) 4,550,000 hits....


22 posted on 10/04/2011 5:29:50 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: South40

if that is the way he feels, why is he apologizing? do people have a right to their opinions?


23 posted on 10/04/2011 5:30:46 PM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: South40

Well, if the Dems themselves acknowledge that Obama is too much like Bush.

And the Dems themselves say that Bush is Hitler...

Then I let you decide.


24 posted on 10/04/2011 5:34:08 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: South40

It is interesting to me that EVERYONE has jumped to the conclusion that Williams intended to refer to Obama as the “Hitler” side of the analogy and not “Netanyahu”.

It is reminiscent of when Al Capp was sued by Joan Baez when he introduced the comic character Phony Joany. His defense: why would anyone assume that I had Miss Baez in mind?!

Perhaps Williams missed a trick by not apologizing to Boehner for referring to him as “Hitler”! :)


25 posted on 10/04/2011 5:34:34 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: South40
Let's face it, guys. Hank Williams pussed out. There are a few country singers with the stones to buck the PC crowd (Charlie Daniels comes to mind), but Ole Hank ain't one of 'em. He's going to lose more support by caving than he ever would have lost by standing his ground.

Dumb move, dude. Real dumb ...

26 posted on 10/04/2011 5:35:11 PM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: South40

some day maybe the pubies will stop apologizing to the communists.


27 posted on 10/04/2011 5:37:37 PM PDT by ken21 (ruling class dem + rino progressives -- destroying america for 150 years.)
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To: South40

He should write a song about it. I bet it goes viral in less than 24 hours.

But I can honestly say this Hank did no wrong, I saw it on FNF and he was suckered in by Gretchen.


28 posted on 10/04/2011 5:38:50 PM PDT by Eye of Unk (Sarah Palin and John Bolton--- 2012)
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To: South40

Remmeber the quote; “Never Complain, Never Explain”. That is exactly what Hank should have done.


29 posted on 10/04/2011 5:43:30 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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To: MagUSNRET

Who knows how he may have been threatened?


30 posted on 10/04/2011 5:43:43 PM PDT by Paperdoll (I Like Herman Cain!)
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To: South40

Never apologise , it’s a sign of weakness: John Wayne “The Shootist”.

Then again maybe Hank is smarter than Natalie Maines.


31 posted on 10/04/2011 5:44:44 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: South40
Idiot. He should have said "How dare you assume Obama was the one I was comparing to Hitler!!"

Followed by "methinks thou doth protest too much..."

32 posted on 10/04/2011 5:51:39 PM PDT by null and void (Day 986 of America's holiday from reality...)
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To: IronJack
A country boy won't survive...with this PC crapola.

Like spittin' beechnut in his own eye.

33 posted on 10/04/2011 5:53:26 PM PDT by Jane Long (Soli Deo Gloria!)
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To: South40

How did it get to be that the corporate arse kissers of Hussein got to castrate Hank Jr.? Ted Nugent never apologizes.

nd last month that giant liberal has-been Tony Bennett blamed us for 9/11—you know, like Hussein’s pastor, and no one in the media or his record company gave a damn.

The double standard is disgusting.


34 posted on 10/04/2011 5:59:47 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: IronJack

I hate your post. Because it is true. Dammit.


35 posted on 10/04/2011 6:16:01 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: South40

Until we start standing up to people, we will continue to lose. These leftists DO NOT represent “the people”. And if there are people who are offended, they should have the backbone to respond properly and expect that their feeling may be hurt.


36 posted on 10/04/2011 6:23:22 PM PDT by Clock King (Ellisworth Toohey was right: My head's gonna explode.)
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To: cableguymn

Obama ain’t done and has not completed his agenda. (Hitler? At the outset also had very popular support.) Obama has already changed the war trajectory for the mid east ... to the benefit and advantage of the muslims. It all could well boil down to a attempt at the final solution in their eyes.

All thanks to the Obama, muslim pResident of the US of A!


37 posted on 10/04/2011 6:28:27 PM PDT by himno hero (Obamas theme...Death to America...The crusaders will pay!)
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To: laweeks

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38 posted on 10/04/2011 7:00:42 PM PDT by fkabuckeyesrule (So how did Charlie Weiss get to be on Dancing With The Stars?)
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To: the_Watchman

If Williams has said that it was like Netanyahu playing golf with Hitler,rather than the other way round no one in the commie media would have peeped.


39 posted on 10/04/2011 7:01:08 PM PDT by John Valentine
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To: South40

Never apologize. It's a sign of weakness.

Captain Nathan Brittles


40 posted on 10/04/2011 7:29:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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