Hank Williams Jr. out on Monday Night Football
I guess someone reported him to:
Did the White House make a phone call? I don't know, they probably didn't have to. But I do know this is the same president who took the unprecedented step of firing the CEO of GM before it became government motors.
Ask yourself this. Are you ready for some video?
Anyone remember this. A movie depicting the assassination of George W Bush.
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Media coverage... shock, outrage?...no it was zilch!
Think about it for a moment. What would be the MSM reaction to a movie depicting the assassination of one Barack Hussein Obama?
How about from these cast of characters:
Al Sharpton
Maxine Waters
Jesse Jackson
Jay Carney
Charles Rangel
Nancy Pelosi
Van Jones
The Pope
Michael Bloomberg
The population of Kenya
Hollywood Elites
Chris Matthews...
well you get the picture.
Was it the proper thing to do to compare Obama with Hitler? Probably not. Karl Marx would have been more appropriate.
But I guarantee you if he said the same thing about Bush when he was president he'd still be singing. In fact the MSM would have showered him with accolades and admiration for his avante-garde logic.
Was it the proper thing to do to compare Obama with Hitler? Probably not. Karl Marx would have been more appropriate.
But I guarantee you if he said the same thing about Bush when he was president he'd still be singing. In fact the MSM would have showered him with accolades and admiration for his avante-garde logic.
Hank Williams Jr. out on Monday Night Football
BRISTOL, Conn. October 6, 2011 (AP)
Are you ready for some football? Hank Williams Jr. isn't anymore.
The country singer and ESPN each took credit for the decision Thursday morning to no longer use his classic intro to "Monday Night Football."
The network had pulled the song from the game earlier this week after Williams made an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama on Fox News on Monday morning.
"After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision," Williams said in a statement to the Associated Press. "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."
But ESPN's statement said: "We have decided to part ways with Hank Williams Jr. We appreciate his contributions over the past years. The success of Monday Night Football has always been about the games and that will continue."
The network said it informed Williams of the move Thursday morning.
Regardless of whose decision it was, one of sports' and entertainment's most visible partnerships is over. The song had been a "Monday Night Football" staple since 1989 and survived the game's switch of networks from ABC to cable a few years ago.
The song is based on Williams' hit "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight." The lyrics were changed each week to reflect the night's game.
ESPN will no longer have access to the music or words because Williams owns the publishing rights, the master recordings and the song.
Williams' statement on "Fox & Friends" comparing a golf game between Obama and Republican Rep. John Boehner to an outing featuring Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went viral after ESPN announced it would pull the intro late that afternoon.
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