*Hank Williams Jr. has gone in on both “Fox & Friends” and ESPN in a new song he recorded Friday, called, “I’ll Keep My …”
The move is in response to an interview last week on the Fox News talk show that led to the end of his association with the sports network and “Monday Night Football,” long home to his “Are you ready for some football?” theme.
He’s also scheduled to appear on “The View” and “Hannity” on Tuesday to discuss the uproar that sprung up after he made an analogy that President Barack Obama and House Speaker Rep. John Boehner golfing together was like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round.
ESPN pulled Williams’ intro from last Monday’s “MNF” telecast after the comments and the move became permanent Thursday when both sides said they’d decided to pull the spot.
Williams wrote the topical third verse of “I’ll Keep My …” when he woke up Friday morning and he and a group of players laid it down in a Nashville studio by Friday afternoon. It could be on iTunes late today or early Tuesday.
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.
Williams’ comments last Monday drew unlikely reactions with many commentators and comedians coming to his defense, claiming ESPN was infringing on his right to free speech. His defenders included the left-leaning Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar of “The View” and Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” and on the other side of the political landscape Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh.
I’m so sick of people like Whoopi and B Maher talking about violating someone’s free speech rights. The constitutions protects against the government’s right to restrict the free speech of it’s citizens. Hank William’s, Whoopi and all these other priviledged persons have the right to say whatever they want to say. However, that does not mean that corporations, individuals, or private entities are obligated to accept what they say. Every work place I have been a part of has had standards of conduct and speech to govern what is and is not acceptable. Apparently ESPN has their own. Say what you want Hank, Whoopi and Bill, but just know you will be held accountable for it!
Sure, but the same could be said for ESPN as far as being held accountable for their actions too. Don’t believe for one second they can’t be boycotted.
He is not the son of Hank Williams. That is a misnomer
