No more 'Are you ready for some football?!'

[Anonymous]

I'm just glad to see that Hank Williams Jr. is being held to the same standard and receiving the same treatment that also happened to everyone who compared Bush to Hitler. Fair is fair, after all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Poor Hank Williams Jr. They won't use his song on the intro to Monday Night Football because of comments he made on tv. He was referring to a June golf game with Obama and Boehner on the same team. They were going against Biden and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Hank said it was "one of the biggest political mistakes ever." Asked what he didn't like about it, Williams said, "Come on. That'd be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu. Not hardly."

Ok, maybe not the most savvy comment, and not one that a PR department would put out. However, why is it such a big deal? He was just stating that he thought the pairing didn't make sense. It's an opinion. Are all Hitler jokes off limits now? I guess we'll have to slam The Producers... When I first read the story, I thought it would be about Obama caddying for Boehner or something to that effect.

Sort of agree with you and I'm not only Jewish but a big Obama supporter (I know, typical left wing bleeding heart liberal). First of all, ol' Bo Seefis is probably not a rocket scientist when it comes to commentary and media spin in the first place. And the only person you can compare Hitler to and still remain politically correct is well, Hitler. He didn't mean Obama is Hitler and certainly it was a stupid comment (see above) but, yes, in this country we are definitely overly sensitive when it comes to media comments. It's OK to think it, just don't say it. On the radio.

Overall, Stalin was a lot worse than Hitler.

Does that have any bearing on this? Or are you just trying to defend your particular fave?

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just glad to see that Hank Williams Jr. is being held to the same standard and receiving the same treatment that also happened to everyone who compared Bush to Hitler. Fair is fair, after all.

List, please?

No need to be comprehensive, but it would be good if you could provide some famous people, so your comment made some kind of sense.

[Anonymous]

Too bad they don't just get rid of football and put something entertaining on Monday nights.

[Anonymous]

MNF has been marginalized onto ESPN now, so it's easily avoided if it's not your thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too bad they don't just get rid of football and put something entertaining on Monday nights.

You mean there is something else you would like ESPN to show on Monday nights? Maybe bowling or extreme shuffleboard?

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

TheManWithAUsername wrote:
Fairly or not, I already associate country music so strongly with bad, simpleminded politics that the song actually already bugged me - not that I would turn off the show in protest or something, but that I would like it a teeny-weeny bit less.

The cure for that is Steve Earle, particularly, his album "The Revolution Starts Now".

Yeah - Steve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem of analogies is that everyone wants to know who is who. Not a problem for me, but some people are touchy touchy.

In any case, I never could stand the song. In my mind there is one and only one proper intro to MNF. Listen and tell me it doesn't make you ditch that middle school history assignment and grab a seat next to dad on the couch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHxGU4T6hhw&feature=youtu.be&t=25s

Hell YEAH!! THAT is what MNF needs again! Classic!

[Anonymous]

Off and on country music fan here. I used to like Hank Jr despite his politics. The guy can write and play! But I haven't followed him in years so I don't know how the years of drinking have affected his abilities. But this has just gone beyond the pale. The video makes it clear that this was not a simple slip of the tongue. He brought up the golf game and he had clearly been thinking about the analogy. He probably thought it was clever.

What makes me happy is that someone asked his son, Hank III, about this and he said he didn't know why anyone would bother asking his dad about politics. The only person worthy of talking about politics and music, according to him, is Jello Biafra!

I want to put in a plug for country music, especially alternative country (like Steve Earle, Todd Snider, or James McMurtry). There are some great writers and performers out there. Sometimes they're quite liberal. Often they're not but I can usually appreciate their art in spite of it. But I am so over Hank Jr. now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MNF has been marginalized onto ESPN now, so it's easily avoided if it's not your thing.

MNF was on Channel 20 when the Redskins played 2 weeks ago. I don't know what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

MNF was on Channel 20 when the Redskins played 2 weeks ago. I don't know what you're talking about.

Only because the local team was playing and ESPN sells the rights to a local channel so that people who don't have cable can watch it. Every other week, it's on ESPN, whereas it used to be on ABC until 2006.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem of analogies is that everyone wants to know who is who. Not a problem for me, but some people are touchy touchy.

In any case, I never could stand the song. In my mind there is one and only one proper intro to MNF. Listen and tell me it doesn't make you ditch that middle school history assignment and grab a seat next to dad on the couch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHxGU4T6hhw&feature=youtu.be&t=25s

Hell YEAH!! THAT is what MNF needs again! Classic!

OMG! THAT SUCKS! It sounds like the Henry Mancini Orchestra. Feel free to start flapping your arms in the air and lurching around the room like a spastic ostrich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

MNF was on Channel 20 when the Redskins played 2 weeks ago. I don't know what you're talking about.

Only because the local team was playing and ESPN sells the rights to a local channel so that people who don't have cable can watch it. Every other week, it's on ESPN, whereas it used to be on ABC until 2006.

Oh.

[Anonymous]

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm just glad to see that Hank Williams Jr. is being held to the same standard and receiving the same treatment that also happened to everyone who compared Bush to Hitler. Fair is fair, after all.

List, please?

No need to be comprehensive, but it would be good if you could provide some famous people, so your comment made some kind of sense.

You're really going to make me dig up a list of the Hollywood people who said such things about Bush, but whose careers are still just drifting along swimmingly? Fine, but I can't get to it until later.

[TheManWithAUsername]

Anonymous wrote:

TheManWithAUsername wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm just glad to see that Hank Williams Jr. is being held to the same standard and receiving the same treatment that also happened to everyone who compared Bush to Hitler. Fair is fair, after all.

List, please?

No need to be comprehensive, but it would be good if you could provide some famous people, so your comment made some kind of sense.

You're really going to make me dig up a list of the Hollywood people who said such things about Bush, but whose careers are still just drifting along swimmingly? Fine, but I can't get to it until later.

Great - I'll watch for it.

But remember: it's "compared Bush to Hitler," not "said such things." If you're going to move the goalposts, just save us time and revise your original statement now.