Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Are you ready for some right-wing insanity? (Hank Williams Jr. compares Obama to Hitler.)


Apparently some things are just too far out there even for Fox News:

Country music singer Hank Williams Jr. compared President Obama to Adolph [sic] Hitler in an awkward interview Monday morning on Fox and Friends. Williams called the golf summit the president had with Speaker of the House John Boehner "one of the biggest political mistakes ever." "It would be like Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu, OK?"

Williams appeared on the program to share his thoughts on politics, but the segment got weird early on as the country music star curiously sulked with his arms crossed.

Anchor Gretchen Carlson asked Williams who he liked in the GOP race, which he replied "Nobody." A shocked Steve Doocy exclaimed, "Nobody!?"

This triggered Williams to bash Obama and Boehner's golf game and compare the president to Hitler. All three Fox and Friends anchors sat nonplussed in utter bewilderment.

"Yeah, I don't understand that analogy, actually," responded a perplexed Brian Kilmeade.

"Well, I'm glad you don't, brother, because a lot of people do," Williams snapped. "You know, they're the enemy. They're the enemy." Kilmeade was thrown for a loop. "Who's the enemy?"

"Obama!" Williams thundered.

Following the bizarre interview, Carlson disavowed the comparison of the president to the Nazi leader. "I just want to say that we disavow any of those comments or analogies that he's made, at least I'm going to say that, disavow the analogy between Hitler and the president."

If you're scoring at home, yes, Williams basically made these three doofuses (doofi?) appear rational and sane. And to their credit, they didn't play along.

Watch it below.

But before that, it must be noted that, as you may know, Hank Williams Jr. is the musical voice of no less an American institution than Monday Night Football: "Are you ready for some football!!!"

Well, ESPN, MNF's current home, pulled Williams from last night's broadcast:

While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football. We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight's telecast.

He should be pulled for good. 

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