Williams apologizes for Hitler-Obama analogy

[struggle4progress]

4:36 p.m. Tuesday, October 4, 2011
The Associated Press

Hank Williams Jr. is apologizing for using an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama that prompted ESPN to pull his classic intro song to "Monday Night Football."

Williams said in a statement posted on Facebook and his website Tuesday that his passion for politics and sports "got the best or worst of me."

In an interview Monday on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams, unprompted, said of Obama's outing on the links with House Speaker John Boehner: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."

Asked to clarify, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant Obama and Vice President Joe Biden ...

http://www.ajc.com/sports/williams-apologizes-for-hitler-1193930.html

[catbyte]

1. i.e. he sobered up? pfffffft.

[Dawson Leery]

2. And we are to believe this Bull Connor is sincere?

[chelsea0011]

3. "his passion for politics and sports"....that's an apology?

Sounds more like he was doubling down.

[tgearfanatic234]

7. Indeed.

[wilt the stilt]

4. apologizes= loss of income

amazing how that happens

[Champion Jack]

5. "classic" ?

That lame no talent asshole has been ridin' his daddies name recognition his entire life.
Fuck off Hank jr. you jumped the shark long ago.

[dtexdem]

6. He had himself some HANKering for some Monday Night Football.

At least to be featured in its intro. ;-)