If you had no other information to judge the merits of an issue except for the thoughts expressed by someone like Hank Williams Jr., I’d suggest embracing the exact opposite of whatever Hank says. By doing so, you’d have a damn good chance of being on the informed, intelligent side of the issue.
If anyone epitomizes redneck ignorance, it’s this guy. Ugly stupid is the only way to describe it. And now he’s gone and blown his gig with Monday Night Football by opening up his mouth.
After ESPN dropped Hank Williams Jr. from opening Monday Night Football tonight after Williams’ controversial comments Monday about President Obama, the singer now says he was “misunderstood.”
Says ESPN, in a statement: “While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize he is closely linked to our company through the opening to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”
Williams, perhaps best known for his “are you ready for some football?” lead-in to ESPN’s Monday Night Football, Monday compared this summer’s so-called golf summit between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner as “one of the biggest political mistakes ever.”
As Williams put it on Fox News’ Fox & Friends: “It would be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli leader) Benjamin Netanyahu.”
Williams was in good company as he blabbered away with the Fox Morning Morons.
Wow. As I said, ugly stupid. And there’s talk that Williams has aspirations of running for a 2012 Senate seat in Tennessee. Nice. He’d have no problem fitting in with the other Republican clowns in Congress.
Hank Williams Jr. and the maniacal, venom-spitting, bigoted, hate-filled and terribly misinformed Ted Nugent are Republicans. In the simplest of political worlds, that’s all you need to know to be able to differentiate between the two political parties. Really.
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I live in Nashville yet I am no fan of country music, I prefer the performances of our wonderful orchestra in our world class Schermerhorn Symphony Center. The music (?) of Hank Williams Jr. is an embarrassment when compared to that produced by guitarist John Johns or any other of the instructors at the Blair School of Music.
Hank Jr. is absolutely devoid of talent and would never have gotten off the ground if it hadn’t been for his famous father. I can stand neither his raucous voice nor his less than inspired lyrics about such important issues as getting drunk, songs with great titles like “All my Rowdy Friends are Coming Over Tonight.” I suppose that his recent statement should come as no great surprise considering the source from which it came.
Charlie, if you’re willing to move north, I’m willing to contribute to a fence at the Mason-Dixon. I am embarrassed that people like HWJr call themselves Americans.
If Jr. ran for President, I have no doubt he’d get Tea Party support. Sad state we’re in nowadays.