Greatest Comparison of Obama to Hitler Ever
After doing this very thing, or more specifically saying that John Boehner playing golf with Barack Obama was like Benjamin Netanyahu playing golf with Adolf Hitler, ESPN has suspended Hank Williams, Jr. from doing his hideous Monday Night Football “Are You Ready for Some Football” intro bit.
As Hank Hill once said, “Hank Williams was the greatest country singer who ever lived. Hank Williams Jr. destroyed Monday Night Football.” Indeed.
Is it too much to hope for that Faith Hill turns out to be a Satanist or something and NBC kills her awful Sunday Night Football intro? This seems like a very reasonable thing to hope for to me.
Also, is everyone else as excited for Hank Jr.’s upcoming Senate bid from Tennessee?
Although Jr. did have a few good songs, especially Family Tradition (“so why do you drink and why do you roll smoke .. if I get soned and sing all night long, its a family tradition”).
Hank Williams Jr.’s MNF song is still about a million times better than Faith Hill’s weird slow talk-singing on Sunday Night Football.
It would probably be the best thing to can them both though. They’ve had the MNF song since I was a young kid. It’s time to do something new.
Will it last as long as Easterbrook’s “banning” from ESPN?
Isn’t Tim McGraw on the record as wanting to run for political office in Tennessee (as a Democrat) himself? Apparently Governor of Tennessee : terrible country singer :: marry rock star : model in the ’70s.
Later in the Fox interview with Williams, anchor Gretchen Carlson told Williams he used the name of one of history’s most hated men to describe the President.
“Well that’s true. But I’m telling you like it is,” Williams said.
That’s funny – I somehow overlooked Obama’s creation of a party-state, his tract laying out the nature of the Jewish “peril,” and his appeals to racial cleansing in order to strengthen America a stronger nation. Clearly, I need to do more research.
Clearly, I need to do more research.
I understand Glenn Beck is a good place to start.
Well he has a univeristy now so finding everything should be easy!
What’s true:
Hank Jr is too stupid to be bothered with.
Oh Loomis. Sweet, innocent Loomis.
It doesn’t matter if Williams or Hill get fired or not. There will be a Lady Antebellum or a Black Eyed Peas waiting to take their place.
The terrible songs are a symptom of the corporatization of American sports. The current Monday Night song features vocal beatboxing, for fuck’s sake. That kind of abomination won’t be destroyed until the corporate culture that spawned it loses power.
One has to hold on to the small victories.
I’m indeed fairly certain that Death Cab For Cutie will not be tapped as Hank Jr’s replacement. Though that would make a great various artists concept album: MNF themes composed by wispily earnest (or whimsically twee in teh case of Death Cab For Cutie) indie rockers.
I hope for We Were Promised Jetpacks
Semi-serious 100:1 dark horse: a mega-indie act like Wilco, Cat Power, or Jack White.
If only REM could have held on a bit longer….
Oh man, Cat Power would be fantastic. How about the Mountain Goats? Or Smog? Or, turning to a slightly different demographic, Mastodon?
Mastodon does seem appropriate. I love Smog/Bill Callahan and also older Cat Power albums (the last couple were terrible), but wouldn’t they lull the audience to sleep? Or in the case of Cat Power, to shoot heroin?
I just think that only Bill Callahan can communicate the terrifying — and yet somehow endearing — emptiness of a man staying up to watch a meaningless Rams-Seahawks game in Week 14. It’s like “River Guard”, only with hot wings.
Just like when the Obama Administration made forcing out GM’s CEO part of the bailouts deal, when you can get one of them, you get one of them.
Am I really the only one here who thinks it a bit odd that Hank Williams Jr. knows Netanyahu by name?
Really?
By way of John Hagee or someone similar, no doubt.
That did seem strange. At the same time, i don’t know how he’s played country music all these years without knowing how many is three. Between the rhythms and the different chords, i think you need to go up to at least seven.
The big question is will uberwingnut Al Micheals complain openly of political correctness and if NBC will respond.
The real question is, will the Institute of Football Preparedness take back their lifetime achievement award?
He isn’t suspended from “his bit”- they just aren’t go to play the video with him in it. He’s Hank Jr. what else would you expect him to say? He is a chunderloaf.
Maybe NBC could bring back Pink?
I’d be happy if CBS and Fox could bring back some color guys who could speak in complete English sentences and actually describe what just happened/what’s about to happen.
Looking at you, adverbially challenged, whiny Phil Simms.
Yeah, I know, unicorns and ponies for everyone.
I solved the intro song problem years ago with the mute button.
It could be worse. You could be forced to listen to the TBS announcers doing the Rangers-Rays series.
And is it me, or has Gruden dialed it down a couple notches this year?
I think Steve Spurrier ended up winning a trademark for “ol’ ball coach” and Gruden was facing legal action.
THIS GUY right here noticed how dialed DOWN Jon Gruden has been in the NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE at the color commentator position.
No, none of the games have been worth watching.
The number should have been killed years ago on the grounds that it bears no resemblance whatsoever to that which most sentient beings would call “music.”
Here’s a little wagering opportunity for those so inclined:
1. How long will it take for Hank to be compared to his martyr cousin Juan by a Fox News talking head?
2. Who’s going to be the lucky head?
3. What cushy sinecure will be created for Hank Williams?
I say (1) less than 24 hours; (2) not sure, maybe Steve Doocy? (3) Doing musical intros for Chris “Hip Hop/a>” Wallace’s show.
satanist. heh indeedy.
You guys are all worthless and weak. You would not be complaining about Hank and Faith blowing the intros to major sporting events if you, as I did, watched Vanessa Amorosi, wearing a wig stolen from Peggy Bundy, sing (for lack of a better word) the Australian National Anthem for the Grand Final last weekend. My brain told my fingers to Mute Mute Mute but my body was frozen with shock at the spectacle. She was doing your standard tent revival version of the anthem until a rabid separatist Tasmanian Devil crawled up her leg and attacked her snatch, resulting in a glass-shattering screech on the last note that shut down all the nuclear power plants on the south coast.
the horror … the horror
I get that he hates Obama, but what does he have against Boehner?
Could be his skin color.
I don’t understand, Erik: I thought you loved shitty Country ™ music. (We have had multiple arguments about this.)
Or is that only shitty anachronistic country music? Perhaps faux-authenticism is harder to spot when its origin is decades away.
It’s neither country nor music. It’s just shitty.
At least Faith Hill is a liberal. I hope her husband bites the bullet and runs against Rand Paul.
Are you talking about Faith Hill wearing black leather and singing an adaptation of “I Hate Myself For Loving You”? Because, even as someone who is a fan neither of football nor of Hill, the idea of her trying to channel Joan Jett is hilarious.
Wait….Faith Hill in tight leathers?
This has all reminded me of a mean-spirited little ditty by the Magnolias. Sample of a live version here:
http://www.myspace.com/themagnoliasband/music/songs/fathers-and-sins-52153828
Sample lyrics: “You’re making your father roll over in his grave / so die Hank, Jr.” Actually it’s pretty much just that over and over.
In fairness to Hank, he was probably thinking that Nettin’ Yahoo refers to his redneck cousin with a Basketball scholarship.