In case you were wondering, yes, Hank Williams Jr. is a right-wing moron

By Michael J.W. Stickings

You remember that whole Obama-Hitler brouhaha last week?

Well, Williams is hitting back with a new song, "Keep the Change," targeting both Fox News (where Williams made the comments) and ESPN (which dumped Williams from the intro to Monday Night Football):

In the song, Williams, son of country music icon Hank Williams, says "Fox & Friends" hosts twisted his words: "So Fox 'n Friends wanna put me down/Ask for my opinion/Twist it all around." He finishes the verse: "Well two can play that gotcha game you'll see."

Early in the song, he says the U.S. is "going down the drain" and says it's becoming "The United Socialist States of America." He mentions keeping "Fox & Friends" and ESPN out of your home toward the end of the song.

There's really no need to get into it. Williams knew exactly what he was saying. Or, if he didn't, it came straight from his right-wing gut. Even the bobbleheads on Fox & Friends, always eager to slam Obama, more than willing to play along with Williams and those like him (because they're like him), thought he went too far. (And he went on to attack Obama as the enemy, regurgitating all the right-wing propaganda he's taken to heart and made his own.)

And -- let's not forget this -- he even apologized, sort of, for making the Obama-Hitler analogy:

His statement Tuesday went beyond his Monday statement, in which he said "my analogy was extreme -- but it was to make a point."

On Tuesday, the country singer stated: "I have always been very passionate about politics and sports and this time it got the best or worst of me.

"The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin' [sic] and high fiven' [sic] on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by, simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement, and I am very sorry if it offended anyone. I would like to thank all my supporters. This was not written by some publicist," Williams wrote.

So how exactly did Fox & Friends play "gotcha"? How did what he say get twisted around?

How exactly is everyone else in the wrong (other than him and his supporters)?

Musically or otherwise, the guy's an ignorant lout spouting right-wing nonsense -- always has been, always will be. Apparently, he's also a self-contradictory buffoon.

(Of course, ESPN should have dumped him a long time ago. After all, it's not like what he said was in any way surprising, as Jon Stewart pointed out last week. But better late than never, I suppose.)

(photo: AP, from CBS Sports)