Hank Williams Jr. Likens President Obama to Hitler, Renders Even Fox News Panel Speechless
Are you ready for some insanity?
When Hank Williams Jr. stopped by Fox & Friends this morning to discuss politics (absurd in itself), few could have imagined the views that the country music singer and longtime voice of Monday Night Football espouses.
Williams described this year’s “Golf Summit” between President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner as “One of the biggest political mistakes ever.” Sadly, that was Hank's high water mark for intelligence:
When the co-hosts asked Williams to explain, he offered this scintillating insight: “Come on! Come on! It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu!”
To the Fox News panel's credit, they were clearly dumbstruck, turned off and unsure of how to respond to such an outrageous comment in a live interview.
Still, you have to question the wisdom of having this guy on your show in the first place. You can't find an intelligent conservative voice to talk politics?
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UPDATE: ESPN has yanked Williams, saying in a statement: "We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast."
UPDATE #2: ESPN has fired Hank for good. He dubiously claims he quit, citing a violation of the First Amendment, which is just a ridiculous statement. Either way, he's out.
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December 11th, 2011 10:45 AM
This is way better than a brick & mortar eastlbihsment.
November 11th, 2011 10:48 PM
You liberal idiots don't know what you're talking about all he said was that Barack Obama playing golf with Bohner was like hitler playing golf with neytanyahu because Obama is way left wing and bohner is right wing who are people who usually hate each other like hitler and a Jewish person playing golf (Netanyahu) get the fucking point Hank jr. Isn't a moron you people are the morons for not understanding what he meant
October 7th, 2011 1:25 PM
@danny cool story bro.. its funny how u wrote a whole thing but dont know crap about what u were talkin about. Hank wrote a whole song bashing george bush and horrible he was. But i guess only racist rednecks would know that right?
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October 7th, 2011 1:07 PM
i think that espn is stupid for letting him go... i think that hank had every right to say what he wants.... i personally dont look down on hank but i do look down on espn now... i think that this world is in the dumps i think that there wasnt enough resarch done when the president was chosen to be in office and i think that this world has come down to everyone lieing so what is different if the president is doing it... i feel bad for the military familys and i feel bad for this world.. but i dont think that a country singer like hank should be let go for stating his opionion... so what he is famous... who cares he has a heart and he breaths the same air... he is no better than anyone else he is human if anyone else would have said this they wouldnt think nothing about it... you all are overreacting and it is crazy all i got to say is GO HANK!!!!!!
October 7th, 2011 12:39 PM
@ Danny: You call him a "redneck" and a "loser," but look at your post. You have no capitalization and your sentences run together, which tells me you are a loser pencil-neck, who's stupid to boot. Go fuck yourself and your ugly mother.
October 7th, 2011 12:36 PM
Way to get what he said wrong, Big Media douchebag. To take your stupid logic to its conclusion, you should be outraged that he compared Boehner to Netanyahu, since you hate Israel. Oh wait, you hate Boehner too, so nver mind. He didn't say BO was Hitler or Hitler-like, although both ARE socialist tyrants. He was simply saying that it would be as silly for Hitler and Netanyahu to play golf together as it was for those stupid Republicans to play golf with THEIR polar opposite. I always suspected you Big Media types were dumb, now I know.
October 7th, 2011 12:10 PM
its funny ho none of these red neck losers had anything to say when bush was slowly bringing the country down to its knee's lmao instead of speaking on all that he was doing that was pointing america in the wrong direction loser like the redneck country bama voted bush in to office a second time smh and he totally destroyed the economy to where everyone felt it but high powered criminals such as himself. But the first year obama was trying to set in motion bills to slowly get america back on its feet the way it as when clinton was in office losers like this redneck "boycotted" his speeches.look at rush limbaugh before obama even got started he was tryna get ppl to not go out and look for work so obama's plan for out of work citizens can get jobs will fail statically smh these ppl try and act like race has nothing to do with but you here these same idiots being quoted using names(hitler)and words that associates with a racist person or a racist remark only idiots feel america isn't raci
October 7th, 2011 11:30 AM
@pennie ur a dumb c, his dad dying when he was 5 has nothing to do with not liking obama and the fact that u would go that far for obama is pathetic. F obama why does he deserve respect to the point that we cant voice our opinions? He is not above the constitution. @zlister i love ur last comment, i couldnt have said it better myself.
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October 7th, 2011 1:31 AM
@ sue, whatever, if America is soo racist then why the heck did Osama typo..*b win the freakin election? Americans are more accepting nowadays even though racism still exists. This really pisses me off, why is the "president" being put above God? Seriously everyday God's name is used in vain, he's insulted, oh but no one says anything about that. I'm not bringing religion into this cuz idk what God you believe in but that's not the point. The point is, is he's being praised and defended and so on... He's idolized, it's pathetic. And btw whatever happened to the "I'll bring back home the troops a few months into my term in office"?? I feel bad for the wives, mothers, sons and daughters of these people. Oh but O doesn't care he's out vacationing and having fun. I bet he forget that there even is a war!! I'm sorry but I'm not putting this guy above God.
October 6th, 2011 4:20 PM
Heck, if anyone at all should be offended, it should be any surviving (and admitting to that fact) family of Adolf Hitler...and I s'pose Nazi's that are still kicking might could be offended too.