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Hank Williams Jr. Obama Video: Comments Cause MNF Ban Oct 3 2011

by NowPublic Staff | October 3, 2011 at 01:53 pm

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Hank Williams Jr. Will Not Appear in the Opening Credits of Monday Night Football on October 3, 2011 Because of Comments about Barack Obama. What Did He Say? Here is Video

If you watch the October 3, 2011 edition of Monday Night Football, you might be asking yourself one question: where is Hank Williams Jr.?

The country singer has been an MNF fixture for years, but he won't appear on the Oct. 3, 2011 edition of Monday Night Football because of comments he made about US president Barack Obama.

What Did Hank Williams Jr. Say About Obama?

Williams appeared on Fox & Friends and spoke about the "golf summit" between Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. Williams Jr. said it was "one of the biggest political mistakes political mistakes ever. That turned a lot of people off."

"It would be like Hitler playing golf with [Israeli leader Benjamin] Netanyahu," said Williams Jr.

He then went on to say Obama and Biden were "the enemy."

ESPN addressed the Hank Williams Jr. comments in a statement:

“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.”

Here is the Hank Williams Jr. Obama Comments Video

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Steve Rawson (not verified)

at 20:56 on October 3rd, 2011

We are all supossed to be able to speek our mind. The Bible says any country that supports Israel God will bless, and any that comes aginst her he will destroy. God stays true to his word. Americans should be a bit concerned about this. I am!!!

Kadie Berch (not verified)

at 11:53 on October 4th, 2011

I though we lived in a country free of censorship!

houston richardson (not verified)

at 05:23 on November 19th, 2011

u can bash bush or anyone else you want but as soon as u mention obama.Then thats when everyone gets upset oh no we have to be correct about this

Chris Richards (not verified)

at 16:55 on October 7th, 2011

Tell it like it is! There's a simple solution to our deficit, which is: Every billion our deficit goes up, congress, senate and the presidents pay should go down 1% until they have no more pay. Then start taking their houses, limos, etc. until they have nothing left, THEN throw them in debtors prison and call it child support to make it legal. It's time for an UPRISING to take America back before it's too late.Is this where our politicians are leading us?

MichelleP12 (not verified)

at 10:24 on October 13th, 2011

Hank just spoke his mind---a right of everyone, not just in this country, but ESPECIALLY in this country---GUARANTEED. People are making this worse than it was, especially ESPN. This country is too fixated on sports anyway. good riddance to ESPN and the best to Hank wherever he goes! And by the way, I agree with Hank on his opinion about the Prez---only that they are WORSE than the Three Stooges. It's more calculated than that. In Hitler's day, people had no rights and were ordered to turn in others (including family members) who violated the law such as speaking their mind---especially when it involved the "leader" of the country. Apparantly Hank may have proven himself correct on that instance as well............