http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/id/7056003/espn-pulls-hank-williams-jr-ready-opening-mnf Stupid analogy but that seems kind of extreme. That song is synonymous with Monday Night Football, for me anyway. I think it's disappointing that politics can get in the way of something as simple as football.
I think it's perfectly OK for Williams to say what he said ... I also think it's perfectly fine for ABC/ESPN to "fire" him as their theme music guy. Freedom's a beautiful thing.
Stupid analogy. Obama clearly lacks Hitler's work ethic. Hitler was gassing Jews and torching on the weekends instead of puttering around a golf course. Hank Jr. should have called Bush Hitler instead. That would be a career boost for him in the music biz.
Did anyone actually hear what he said? http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/showbiz/williams-football/?hpt=hp_t2 I don't see how the HELL that compares the president to Hitler, and I don't understand why Williams apologized for saying it. Go Blazers
Because the only thing that they heard was "Hitler". All you have to say is the word "Hitler" and you will see an extreme overreaction. People are so scared of mentioning Hitler or Nazi Germany that there's always a hyperbolic reaction when it is brought up. Unless it's calling George W. Bush a Hitler and then it's okay.
You guys do know what "that's like" means, right? btw, it wasn't ok when the crazies did that about Bush too. It shows a gross lack of knowledge and class imho, regardless of whether or not I agree with the person doing it or not. I don't know what the big deal is though, if I wanted to know what Hank Williams thought about the President, I'd ask the Dixie Chicks the same question. then I'd politely get up off my chair, shake their hands and leave, full in the knowledge that i don't give a shit what they think.
Espn can do what it wants. After seeing what he actually said, I don't see that he dissed anyone at all. He was making the point that Boehmer and Obama are a really odd couple.
Didn't the Dixie Chicks get in hot water for being anti-war? Anyway, the whole point of this thread was to point out that I wish ESPN would just leave the damn song alone. Who cares what the singer said, the song is old and it has been used for MNF for nearly two decades.
The Dixie Chicks were anti-Bush, not anti-war. They smeared Bush on their overseas' concerts in 2006-07. Won a Grammy during those years, and kind of disappeared afterward. Are they still around? The piggy looking one with the voice was the anti-Bush zealot. Did the other two leave the band?
I think they got "in trouble" because they said that they weren't proud of Bush being from Texas. Something that in retrospect is a very tame complaint.
huh? Are you saying that they acknowledged people hated them (for stupid reasons), or that they want people to hate them, or that the difference between Natalie Maines and Jam is that I can't Natalie Maines my dick in jam? Aaah thank you Barney Stinson!
