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Hank Williams Jr. explains his Obama comments while ?uestlove suggests he's a Holocaust denier

by Tyler Munro

It’s hardly breaking news when someone says something ignorant about Barack Obama on Fox News, but when that someone is country legend Hank Williams Jr. and that something is comparing the US president to Hitler, well… that’s kind of a big deal. A big enough deal, in fact, to have the country singer’s iconic intro pulled off last night’s broadcast of Monday Night Football.

Referring to a a game of golf between Obama and Republican John Boehner, Williams said it was like “Hitler playing golf with Netanyahu,” which was both offensive and unexpected. Naturally he’s come out to clarify the remarks, saying that he made the extreme analogy to “make a point”.

“Some of us have strong opinions and are often misunderstood,” he says in a statement released yesterday. “I was simply trying to explain how stupid it seemed to me – how ludicrous that pairing was. They’re polar opposites and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will. I have always respected the office of the President.”

Naturally the response to Williams’ remarks have been less than kind.

“Every ‘HITLER’ outburst i hear in the news shows me that people in fact do NOT know the evil Hitler committed … I’m borderline certain those who are (NOW) quick to use HITLER so carelessly, were probably part of the ’60 years ago never happened’ crew,” tweeted Roots drummer ?uestlove after news of the incident broke. [via MTV]