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ESPN Pulls Hank Williams Jr’s Football Song After Hitler Remark


Posted on Oct 04, 2011 @ 05:15AM - 14 comments

By Radar Staff

Are you ready for some controversy?

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr’s popular song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" made a reference to Adolf Hitler when discussing President Barack Obama on Fox News.

Are you ready for some controversy?

ESPN pulled Hank Williams Jr’s popular song from its broadcast of Monday night's NFL game after the singer famous for the line "Are you ready for some football?" made a reference to Adolf Hitler when discussing President Barack Obama on Fox News.

The controversy erupted Monday morning when Williams -- appearing on Fox & Friends --  called  the president’s  ‘golf summit’ this past summer with House Speaker John Boehner "one of the biggest political mistakes ever."

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Williams then said: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu."

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