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Sports Title: Hank Williams Jr. Ditched By ESPN Over Obama Hitler Comments Having pulled his iconic Monday Night Football introduction song following his comments on Fox News comparing President Obama to Hitler on Monday, ESPN has announced that they are terminating their relationship with the country star permanently. "We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams, Jr. We appreciate his contributions over the past years," the company said in a statement. "The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue." Williams, however, claims it was his choice to leave, writing on his website: AFTER ESPN SUSPENDS HANK JR. FOR ONE-WEEK, HANK JR. DECIDES TO PULL HIS SONG FROM BEING USED ON ESPN FOR REMAINDER OF SEASON! “After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It’s been a great run.”
Appearing on Fox and Friends, Williams said that Barack Obama and John Boehner's famed golfing diplomacy, "would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu. Not hardly. In the shape this country is in?" When co-host Brian Kilmeade said that he didn't understand the analogy, Williams was non-plussed. "I'm glad you don't brother, because a lot of people do. They're the enemy... Obama! And Biden! Are you kidding? The Three Stooges." When they announced on Monday that they were pulling his intro, ESPN said that they were "disappointed" in his comments and had yet to decide whether they would use the song in the future. They pointed out that he was not an employee of the company, but acknowledged that the was closely affiliated. Williams later apologized for the comments, both through a representative and in a statement on his website: "I have always been very passionate about Politics and Sports and this time it got the Best or Worst of me," he wrote. "The thought of the Leaders of both Parties Jukin and High Fiven on a Golf course, while so many Families are Struggling to get by simply made me Boil over and make a Dumb statement and I am very Sorry if it Offended anyone. I would like to Thank all my supporters. This was Not written by some Publicist." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest I remember in the 90s they tried to replace him with a different group every Monday night and it was a complete disaster
#2. To: calcon (#1) I say keep him...do you realize what a fucked up world this would be if EVERYONE got shitcanned for one moment of stupidity... Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs #3. To: war, calcon (#2) I thank Freepers for me reading their outraged posts about this that made my afternoon coffee so delightful... "This is what economic policy in the West has become--a tool of the wealthy used to enrich themselves by spreading poverty among the rest of the population." Paul Craig Roberts #4. To: war (#2) I say keep him...do you realize what a fucked up world this would be if EVERYONE got shitcanned for one moment of stupidity... That's why I like you. You can be reasonable sometimes.
#5. To: A K A Stone, war (#4) "I say keep him...do you realize what a fucked up world this would be if EVERYONE got shitcanned for one moment of stupidity..." I'm inclined to go along with war on this one. But if Hank had the imagination, and sense of humor, that some country folk have, he'd laugh this off, write a song about it, rake in the millions, laugh all the way to the bank, and tell all those two-faced thugs to 'kiss his go to hell'! They don't want an apology for this, they live to be offended by anything, they want a person to GROVEL, and that's the one thing no man, or woman, with any sense of pride would never do. jmho!
#6. To: Murron (#5) But if Hank had the imagination, and sense of humor, that some country folk have, he'd laugh this off, write a song about it, rake in the millions He might just do that.
#7. To: Murron (#5) They don't want an apology for this, they live to be offended by anything, they want a person to GROVEL Tell that to Natalie Manes... Stay Hungry...Stay Foolish --Steve Jobs Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest |
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