ESPN drops Hank Williams Jr. from 'Monday Night Football'

[.infamous]

ESPN has dropped Hank Williams Jr. from opening Monday Night Football tonight after Williams controversial comments today about President Obama.

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."

When asked on Fox to explain his analogy, Williams said Obama and Vice-President Biden are "the enemy."

Although ESPN has a policy about its on-air personalities getting involved in politics, Williams has said he's interested in running as a Republican in 2012 for a U.S. Senate seat in Tennessee.

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[The Guid]

Petty bullshit. Nobody in this country has ever heard of a fucking thick skin. S'not like he called him (Obama) Hitler anyway.

 

[Falcons11497]

Petty bullshit. Nobody in this country has ever heard of a fucking thick skin. S'not like he called him (Obama) Hitler anyway.

yea, he pretty much did compare Obama to Hitler
its little bullshit remarks like this that set me off
the Republicans Tea Party'ers think they can get away with them
What ever happened to having respect for the president? Bush pretty much drove this country to the ground, yet I don't recall anyone comparing him to Hitler
What the hell has Obama done thats so bad that makes him so bad that he's on Hitler's level?

 

[elcheato]

The comparison had nothing to do with making him out to be as bad as Hitler, it had to do with two leaders (Obama, Democrat and Boehner, Republican) playing golf together, that's it.. It's an extreme comparison but he isn't putting Obama on 'Hitler's level'

 

[kam.]

Are we really bringing politics into the NFL Section?

GTFO with this bullshit.. nobody cares.

 

[The Guid]

"It would be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli leader) Benjamin Netanyahu."

Does not mean Obama = Hitler. It's a simile. If anything, it's just an insensitive comment.

Regardless it doesn't even really matter in this situation. He performs a song for the opening of a FOOTBALL program. What does that have to do with any of this?

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Obviously he didn't mean it in the way they are trying to make it seem, but all I can say is I've never been a fan of the song. Just never liked it. Kinda glad it's gone.

 

[footballplaya52]

Obviously he didn't mean it in the way they are trying to make it seem, but all I can say is I've never been a fan of the song. Just never liked it. Kinda glad it's gone.

i'm with you, it was a shit song.

 

[SaintFan25]

Are we really bringing politics into the NFL Section?

GTFO with this bullshit.. nobody cares.

Thank you.