Hank Williams Jr: "If it wasn't for the Electoral College, Obama wouldn't be president."

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME STUPID?!?!?

I think we've found our conservative idiot of the week



from the promo interview for his appearance at Sean Hannity and Don Blankenship's pro-mountaintop removal rally:

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In 2008, he supported Republican Arizona Sen. John McCain's bid for the presidency. He appeared with McCain on the campaign trail, where he sang a revised version of his song "Family Tradition," called "A McCain-Palin Tradition." When the Republicans failed to retain the White House, Williams didn't take it well.

"If it wasn't for the Electoral College, Obama wouldn't be president," he said. "Let's face it. That's the problem right there."

http://www.wvgazette.com/Entertainment/200909021040?page=2&build=cache

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Obama McCain
Popular vote 69,456,897 59,934,814
Percentage 52.9% 45.7%

[bullimiami]

1. what a regressed a-hole he is.

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. Pig-ignorant and proud of it, like a *real* American. n/t

[Deja Q]

7. Like this?

:evilgrin:

[Sheltiemama]

43. The donkey at least looks embarrassed.

[roguevalley]

68. awww. I love donkeys. Did they get him out of the hole? Maybe they

can send instructions about it to Harry Reid.

[struggle4progress]

I hear Hank Senior used t'call Junior "Bocephus," after that old wooden-headed dummy. Says

he's runnin for Senate. Bocephus'll fit in good on th'other side o'th'aisle: somebody else'll pull his strings, and somebody else's words'll come out o'his mouth

[Honeycombe8]

2. Not exactly true. Obama got more votes, period. AND more electoral votes.

So...how's Hank Jr. counting?

[Diamonique]

6. Who said he can count?

You're right, Obama won the individual vote count *and* the electoral college.

[Hosnon]

12. Not only not "exactly" true. But not true at all.

Funny that a conservative is complaining about the Electoral College considering how 2000 played out.

[LiberalFighter]

56. He's only counting the fingers on his hand that has shit on them for McCain.

[FormerDittoHead]

82. How's he counting? Maybe he was counting Obama's votes by 3/5th's.

this country needs an enema!

[Honeycombe8]

83. LOL! nt

[CatWoman]

90. lol!!!!

:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

4. If it wasn't for his daddy, he just be another drunken Republican asshole.

That is all.

[Honeycombe8]

37. Oh, wait. He IS just another Republican asshole. nt

[Diamonique]

5. If it wasn't for the presidential election last year,

Obama wouldn't be president.

Yep. Stupid.

[Ian David]

8. Shouldn't he be dead of liver cancer by now? Seriously. n/t

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. I thought he was dead.

[The Wizard]

47. He is dead

just too stupid to lay down.

[JaneQPublic]

63. LOL!

[poiuytsister]

88. Came close in 1975

He fell while mountain climbing and did a real number on his head/face. That's why he always has a beard and sunglasses.

[Skittles]

10. hey asshole, that was Dubya, not Obama

get your facts straight

[Jennicut]

11. If it wasn't for the electoral college and stolen votes, Shrub would have never ruined America.

Asswipe. Obama won the popular vote AND the electoral one. Hello....no one home upstairs.

[targetpractice]

13. Let's get rid of it then.

I'll support that idea.

[PA Democrat]

14. It should be a crime to be that stupid.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

15. more info on rally for MTR here

Hank, Nugent, Hannity and the idiots descend on our state tomorrow
http://wvablue.com/diary/4955/donapolluteza-don-blankenship-labor-day-rally-poster-unveiled

to promote this

[backwoodsbob]

75. and I get the *pleasure* of being there

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

76. i feel for you

how'd you luck into that?

[backwoodsbob]

78. company is a sponsor there

they are paying us for the day to go.Want all the coal bigwigs to see us with a big presence and all that.

They want to pay me doubletime because of labor day so I'm gonna go wave to them then go back home.Hour each way from home for about 250 bucks.

Can use the money :shrug:

[PM Martin]

16. These drunk confederate renecks are do hate intellectualism

No wonder they love Sarah Palin. :scared:
:puke:

By the way redneck, it was Al Gore who "lost" due to the electoral college.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. He's confused...if it wasn't for the electoral college, BUSH wouldn't have been president

Al Gore surpassed Bush's national popular vote total by 500,000 votes.

Obama, of course, won 9.5 MILLION more votes than John McCain nationally.

[Towlie]

18. He could be right! Al Gore would have beaten Bush and the future would have been totally different.

[StevieM]

30. Could you imagine how much better shape we would be in if Gore had been president for those 8 years?

It's a happy image, but almost depressing to think about. I still can't believe how bad a president George Bush was. Just about every single thing he did was wrong. And we'll be suffering the consequences for years to come.

I honestly believe that if Gore had won we would have a much healthier economy and a lot less debt. I won't delude myself into believing there would have been a peace agreement in the Middle East.

[AncientAtBirth666]

19. Whoa, dude.....

.....you know who totally cares what Hank Williams, Jr. has to say?


Fucking nobody!

[Pirate Smile]

20. LOL.

[DailyGrind51]

21. If it wasn't for the electoral college in 2000, we wouldn't be in this mess today!

[asdjrocky]

22. And, believe me on this one,

he's a total asshole to work with. Of all the musicians I've worked with over the years, he was, by very very far, the biggest asshole.

[PM Martin]

24. May I ask how you got the misfortune of working with

this piece of racist confederate trash?

[asdjrocky]

38. I worked in radio, sound engineering, studio work and I've been a

half assed musician all my life. I also spent a good deal of time, more years than I care to say, working int he "gentleman's club" industry.

This one goes back to I think early '90s at a county fair and the bs radio station I worked for at the time was sponsoring all of the music acts and I was doing morning drive at the time so I got to hang out and introduce all of the acts. (By the way, The Temptations were still touring then, even though I think Ottis was the only original member left, and they were a total class act.

Anyway, there was this hosted area where people who won contests could come and meet the entertainers and as always, most of the acts were very generous and kind to the people and to the staff from the station.

Of all the great people I've met over the years in show business I met two of the worse that summer. Billy Ray Crybaby (as we all called him after that) and Hiccup Williams Jr. (you can guess how he got that name.) That's all I'll say, but just take what you know, or even think you know about these two and multiply it by 10.

And here's what it comes down to in the end, for me anyway, if your brilliant then maybe you've kind of earned the right to be a jerk, but these two are nothing but talentless hacks and deserve little more than ridicule.

[muntrv]

23. Hank, that's Chimpy you're talkin' about.

[muntrv]

25. ...And if it weren't for your father's sperm, we wouldn't be hearing from you.

[Inspired]

26. I love it when these assholes make fools out of themselves. Keep on talking Hank.

[WeDidIt]

27. Hank Williams Jr. Hates Math

RANT TO FOLLOW DIRECTED ENTIRELY AT HANK WILLIAMS JR.:

No, asshole, the only reason George W. Bush became president was because of the electoral college.

Obama won the popular vote 69,456,897 to McCain's 59,934,814.

That means it was 52.9% to 45.6% because another 1,984,658 (or 1.5%) voted for somebody else!

In other words, Obama won by 9,522,083 votes!

LEarn some math you rightwing fuck!

[LiberalFighter]

58. Technically... GWassholeBush won because of the assholes on the Supreme Court.

[Va Lefty]

28. I can't say it any better than my late Grandfather

"Some people are just stupid and proud of
it.

[Sheltiemama]

42. I'd like to know when being stupid became a point of pride.

Really. My flabber is gasted.

[Pirate Smile]

65. Reminds me of Obama's "It's like they are proud of being ignorant" comment during the campaign.

[SoCalDem]

29. Hey Hank!! ole buddy

If it weren't for asshole right wingers, this place might be a nice place to live again:)

[sweetladybug]

32. How would you like to be me and have to live in a state (TN)

with alot of dumb asses like him?

[Arkana]

31. We won by over 8 million votes, so, uh...yeah, actually he would be.

[ezgoingrl]

33. He showed his a** right there.

Wow! :eyes:

[snake in the grass]

34. saved for later n/t

[grantcart]

35. So what does he think about the 2000 election

[Umbral]

36. Holy shit, get this man a microphone and a pulpit! If he wants to take down he Electoral College -

let the drug-addled no-talent red-neck have at it. It will be his best days work in years.

[Quantess]

39. Check out his subtly racist song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN-MrZ95dbU

He doesn't come right out and say "maybe Lincoln shouldn't have freed the slaves", but that's obviously the meaning.

[Tabasco_Dave]

91. WoW! That really sucks.

It's not just hidden racism, it's an awful song. I could write and sing better music than that shit.:puke:

[kenny blankenship]

40. Sssh... don't tell them that the EC gives Repug candidates an advantage

approximately equal to one mid sized state, tossed on the scales for their side that they don't have to expend any resources to win.

If they can be convinced that the election went to Obama because the Electoral College is a buncha flaming liberal pussies like all them other colleges, and they agree to get rid of it with us, then this country may not be afflicted with another Republican President ever again.

It's just fucked up enough to work!

[Captain Hilts]

41. Poor boy done got hisself all wrapped up in 'stupid'. nt

[Writer]

44. Are ya ready for a HAIRBALL??!!11???!11elevens!!1 n/t

[wroberts189]

45. Then get rid of it already ..we will win even bigger. knr nt

[indepat]

46. Remove this absurd ideological buffoon off anything associated with the NFL

or let's hope the NFL gets a good dose of what ails Beck. :P

[drm604]

48. What are you all talking about?

He's got it right. Let's join him in a new movement. Down with the atheistic librul communist fascist electoral college!

[Baltoman991]

49. Perhaps the old

burn out got his elections mixed up. If I remember correctly, it was Bush who lost the popular vote to Gore but was saved by the electoral college (and the Supreme Court).

Hank needs to keep his trap shut until he figures out what the fuck he's talking about.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

50. UPDATE - the dumbering continues...

via twitter we get this quote from the Tennesse fairgrounds in the last hour
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AaronDLuke "Obama is on my shit list! And I'll be DAMNED if my kids go to some Marxist socialist school!" -Hank Williams Jr. #fb

[Jakes Progress]

51. Inbred. nt

[Colobo]

52. What a Neanderthal.

[patrice]

53. Just believe Hank! If you can believe that 69 million is NOT more than 59 million, you can believe

that McCain is pResident.

[Lilyeye]

54. A McCain and Palin tradtion? WTF

Oh and Hank dear...Bush wouldn't have been President if it weren't for the EC you fucking moron.

[JI7]

55. Obama haters are ALL STUPID, they want their kids to be as dumb as they are

[wisteria]

57. He is a very stupid man or a typical Republican lying about the facts.n/t

[LiberalFighter]

59. The media needs to grab this and run with it. And make sure to state the facts.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

60. Can anyone get this to KO?

i see a worst person in the world segment waiting to happen

[Kadie]

61. Perfect toon for Hank Jr.

Posted in GD ...






http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=6472694&mesg_id=6475940

[IndianaGreen]

62. Obama also won the popular vote!

Bush is the one that lost the popular vote in 200. Why isn't this racist moron bitching about that?

[akbacchus_BC]

64. Well, if it were not for young enlighted people, Obama would not have been

elected President. Look at those faces, tears in their eyes and they voted for him! Racism is still alive but it is coming to an end. Thank goodness!

[Yavin4]

66. People Were Always This Stupid

It's just that the media, see internet, has gotten so large that it catches everything they say.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

67. And if it wasn't for your father's fame

You'd be a useless nobody known for nothing else but being a talentless hack

Come to think of it I can see why he likes Dubya so much -he recognizes a fellow talentless hack who only got where he was in life because of his father's name and reputation

[krispos42]

69. And now 10% of the country thinks that McCain won the popular vote.

Maybe more.


It's like... fuckin' incredible.



It's like watching the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[saltpoint]

70. I'm sure we're all terribly grateful for Hank Jr. for clearing this matter up.

In fact, why isn't he on the cable news shows offering commentary and analysis?

Dude's a genius.

[David Zephyr]

71. If Junior didn't have his daddy's famous name, he'd be the nobody he already is.

I don't believe he's really Hank Williams' son anyway.

[Luminous Animal]

74. It's nice to think that he isn't Hank's son

but when you see and hear Jr.'s son, Hank III, there's no doubt that Hank Sr. is his granddaddy.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

77. So talent skips a generation?

Hmm interesting.

Hank Jr. is part of what they in Great Britain call "the lucky sperm club".

Over here known as "Who's your daddy?"

[RamboLiberal]

72. Hey you dumbass Hank Williams

If it wasn't for the damn SCOTUS and the electoral college Dubya would have never been president. It would've been President Al Gore and this country would've been better off for 8 friggin' years!

[LatteLibertine]

73. Say what?

Obama got 54% of the young white vote age 18-29. Hopefully when some of these older racists die off they will take their hate with them.

[last_texas_dem]

79. I'm just impressed he didn't call it the Electrical College.

I mean, we are dealing w/ Hank Williams, Jr. here...

[Jackeens]

85. ROFL!!!!!

:rofl:

[ccharles000]

80. crazy

:silly:

[JVS]

81. I wonder if Lieberman would have become our 2008 candidate after being Gore's VP

[Catshrink]

84. President Gore

[Cha]

86. Who knew Hank Williams' son would turn out to be such a lying

piece of facist shit?

Fucking Facist.

[FormerDittoHead]

87. Oh, I'm not surprised, after that 'great' song "If The South Woulda Won"

Does anyone doubt that 'Southern pride" isn't code for "The White People Should Be Back In Charge"?

Someone at my local diner, every time I was there, somehow insisted upon playing that fucking song:

http://www.lyrics007.com/Hank%20Williams,%20Jr.%20Lyrics/If%20The%20South%20Woulda%20Won%20Lyrics.html

Along with that other BREAKFAST classic (yes, this was breakfast) - Paradise By The Dashboard Light. Great song to go with my morning cup - NOT.

[PM Martin]

89. That is DISGUSTING!

[TexasObserver]

92. He's fallen into one too many bottles.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

93. What a big, fuzzy sack of stupid he is....

Dumber than a sack of doorknobs.

[Whisp]

94. Hanky, go strum your dead dog on the back of your pickup

while you howl a song about your wife leaving you for a toilet seat.

what a load of stupid.
what IS IT with those people?

[TTUBatfan2008]

95. lolwut?!...

Obama won 28 states + D.C. and McCain won 22 states. Obama won 52.9% of the popular vote while McCain won 45.7% of the popular vote. Old Hank must have been hitting the bottle one too many times when he made that statement, LOL.

[KingFlorez]

96. Math isn't his strongest subject

Either that or he just speaks and has no idea what he is talking about. He stupid no matter what it is, though.

[jberryhill]

97. By Gum... He's RIGHT!

Indeed, the electoral college met on January 8, 2009 and, yes, Obama won that election.

That was no surprise, given the results from November 4, but it seems this man is something of a Constitutional scholar.

Heh.