Its over played for sure and abused, in some cases - those who play it are the true racists, the issue of race wont immediately enter your mind if you are really a non-racist. (And you dont need to be White to be racist either, people seem to forget that)
Another reason I hate race card abusers, they damage the credibility of REAL victims of racism.

Anyway I dont really know much about this Hank Jr, but who he is is'nt really important - its ridiculous he lost his job over one stupid vague comment. The punishment doesnt fit the crime. A slap on the wrist would have been more than sufficient.
I heard what he said and my god -if people find that offensive, they should try watching an episode of Southpark, it will have them throthing at the mouth! :D

I think it was a stupid thing to say but no one ever accused Hank Jr of being smart.

Was there malicious intent in his comment? No.

I think some people are taking what was said too seriously and applying a meaning that was not intended.

Makes me think if there were other reasons for them wanting to fire ole Hanky.

Maybe Gretchen thought he was being a slimey creep and complained from Fox which meant ESPN could drop him for the political advocacy, being a slimey creep and being a pillock.

For not being so smart his new song about this, is a number 1 hit. You can keep the change.

Its amazing how many copies you can shift....when you are giving the song away free.

That would mean the song would have to be racist, because people couldn't just play the song because they agree with it. So.... how is the song racist?

There is nothing at all in the lyrics about race, color, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

Or is it just that anything that is "anti-Obama" is automatically racist?

Hank Jr is overrated anyway!

Hank Senior and Hank III are the real shizzle! :up:

I think he was referring to playing the race card, not playing the song :know:

Ohhhhh ok. Because a number of folks (locally) have said the song is racist, so I may have misunderstood.

@Haplo: Are you sure those folks were English speakers? :DL

Obviously the lyrics changed over the years, but I checked out the '89 version and the 2011 version and couldn't hear any racist reference. Maybe it's a hidden message when you play it backwards :haha:
And those people should certainly tell it to Cindy Blackman who played drums in this vid of the song.

Dedicated to ABC/ESPN care of Mr. Williams.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUOVv...eature=related

(an even better country star than Hank.:rock:)

I am interested in how you can equate being smart with having a number 1 hit that is being given away for free?

I was not aware that the two had anything in common.

I guess he could give it away, after all the money he made on the interviews about this, I like the song, I think it is pretty catchy, if anything good came out of this the Tea party got a rally song and a new hero. espn, evil socalist propoganda network. Like Hank said there are other networks that carry football, and that it, is his song, so I think we will see him on Fox. So Are You Ready For Some Football ????????????????????

It must be a very interesting world that yubba lives in.

It's pretty smart to give away a song for free if you:

- want to spread it and have as many folks as possible listen to it
- want to get public opinion on your side
- want to claim that you have a No.1 hit

:know:

Yup pretty nice here in Florida, got the liberals on the run [they ran through the bushes they ran through the brambles, and they ran through places a rabbit couldn't go], but will be heading for the liberal hell hole, New York State for my annual deer hunt, too see how small of a deer I can get, this time on the family farm. Time to get back in the woods and bust some caps, also time to sharpen the guns and clean the knives. Welcome to my world, And a Country Boy Can Survive, another great Hank Jr song.:O::O: