Monday Night Football pulls Hank Williams song

[Dreamer]

Hank Williams Jr's.song 'Are you ready for some football?' has been pulled from Monday night football after he compared Obama and Boehner playing golf, to Hitler playing Netanyahu.

Extreme, perhaps bad choice of words.. but apparently people dont understand "analogy" anymore.....



http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/10/03/espn.williams.ap/index.html

Williams released a statement through his publicist, saying: "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. 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."

ESPN did not say whether the intro, synonymous with"Monday Night Football" since 1989, would be used again after this week's Colts- Buccaneers game.

"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," Williams' statement continued. "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."



Dale

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[scottm4211]

Lions are 4-0

 

[greg334]

Simple solution - boycott football.

Lions?

Didn't they do this a few years ago too?

 

[witness23]

Hank Williams Jr's.song 'Are you ready for some football?' has been pulled from Monday night football after he compared Obama and Boehner playing golf, to Hitler playing Netanyahu.

Extreme, perhaps bad choice of words.. but apparently people dont understand "analogy" anymore.....

Did ya happen to catch the video???

If not, here ya go, enjoy.

My favorite part:

"OBAMA!!!!!!"

 

[RLENT]

The video is interesting - if only from the perspective that it shows the degree of disdain, disgust, and contempt that HWJ has regarding speaking with a bunch of shallow and banal corporate media twits .... and that's toward ones which (arguably) might be more politically close to him than most others might be .....

He was utterly disgusted with the setup for the "interview" from the get-go - obviously being annoyed with the midget twit's (Brian what's his name) comment that HWJ might "know a little bit" about politics ....

The Midget seems to be utterly unaware of how such a characterization might be slightly offensive to the interviewee .... but he's at least bright enough to know that things have gotten off to a bad start ..... even if he can't quite place his finger on exactly why that is ......

The over-the-top adulation and hero-worship that follows by Doucy (?) confirms and cements HWJ's sneaking suspicions that he's been "set up" to appear on stage ... with a bunch of mindless morons ...

I suspect that there may be much that HWJ and I might disagree on .... but our opinions of some of the media probably ain't one of them .....

Hard to believe actually watch this crap and/or consume a steady diet of it.

 

[Turtle]

Simple solution - boycott football.

Solutions are usually created to solve some problem or another, but for the life of me I can't figure out what problem this simple solution would solve.

 

[layoutshooter]

Simple solution - boycott football.

Lions?

Didn't they do this a few years ago too?

They were not one with the "Swartz" then. The "Swartz" is with them now.

Why boycott football? I could care less what they do. I watch the game if I can stay awake, other wise, I don't. It is ONLY entertainment.

 

[tbubster]

Simple solution - boycott football.

Lions?

Didn't they do this a few years ago too?

They went 4-0 in the pre season then lost every regular season game that year only team in the history of the NFL to do it.No boycott football.Boycott ESPN since they seem to be the ones against free speach.

 

[Tennesseahawk]

Solutions are usually created to solve some problem or another, but for the life of me I can't figure out what problem this simple solution would solve.

Roger Goodell.

 

[muttly]

The video is interesting - if only from the perspective that it shows the degree of disdain, disgust, and contempt that HWJ has regarding speaking with a bunch of shallow and banal corporate media twits .... and that's toward ones which (arguably) might be more politically close to him than most others might be .....

He was utterly disgusted with the setup for the "interview" from the get-go - obviously being annoyed with the midget twit's (Brian what's his name) comment that HWJ might "know a little bit" about politics ....

The Midget seems to be utterly unaware of how such a characterization might be slightly offensive to the interviewee .... but he's at least bright enough to know that things have gotten off to a bad start ..... even if he can't quite place his finger on exactly why that is ......

The over-the-top adulation and hero-worship that follows by Doucy (?) confirms and cements HWJ's sneaking suspicions that he's been "set up" to appear on stage ... with a bunch of mindless morons ...

I suspect that there may be much that HWJ and I might disagree on .... but our opinions of some of the media probably ain't one of them .....

Hard to believe actually watch this crap and/or consume a steady diet of it.

A total misinterpretation and mischaracterization of this interview. Totally.

 

[AMonger]

HWJ's mistake was characterizing the spread between Obama and Boehner as being wide. Ideologically, they're not all that different. One's from socialist party A and the other's from socialist party B. One wants taxes to be a little higher and to have absolute power domestically; the other wants tax to be a little lower and have absolute power internationally. Not all that different. Mostly matters of degree.

Ted Nugent makes a good interview. Libtards can't bully him. His wit and intellect are sharper than theirs.

 

[aristotle]

I find myself liking Fox News Channel less and less as time goes by. Once upon a time, I believed FNC gave conservatives fair coverage. Lately, it seems FNC has decided it is in their best interest to curry favor with all the wrong people. All grown up now and full of arrogance, FNC is moving away from the conservative base. Time for some enterprising folks to start up a new channel. Here's an idea: build a new cable channel out in the heartland, far away from New York City. I can't stomach much more of these Northeastern types looking down their noses at Fly Over country. Why should NYC be telling the rest of us which priorities matter? Yet again, it's the tail waggin' the dog. Distancing ourselves from the Northeastern mindset would be refreshing.

 

[Pilgrim]

Something that not many people realize is that Ol' Bocephus is not the sharpest knife in the drawer to begin with - and he's always had a problem relationship with John Barleycorn and other demons of a chemical nature. Any TV crew that invites him for an interview should know what they're dealing with, and that's probably why we don't see him very much as a public personality. Why the FNC put him on live early in the morning is beyond comprehension - he's a known loser. Just another sad story of a guy that could be a mega-star if he could stay sober, because he's great when he's clear-headed.