And he may be coming to State Fair Stage near you on his "Taking Our Country Back Tour.
Amazing that the name of the tour alone might not have made the bookers a bit leary of the controversy in an election year.
via TPM:
Hank Williams Jr. played to a crowd of nearly 8,500 at the Iowa State Fair Grandstand Friday night. Following the song “We Don’t Apologize For America” a chant of “USA, USA” broke out amongst the crowd. Williams smiled, telling the crowd that he was their mouth piece, adding:
“We’ve got a Muslim president who hates farming, hates the military, hates the U.S. and we hate him!”
The cheers that followed were loud and enthusiastic.
according to The Des Moines Register,
When reached for comment Saturday, Brad Anderson with the Obama campaign in Iowa said in an email, "That type of absurd nonsense doesn't really deserve a response."
I mostly agree with the Obama Campaign that the lesser Hank does not merit a real response, but as an Iowan and an American I think the Iowa State Fair owes us better.
I posted on their Facebook page the following:
The Iowa State Fair owes all of us Iowan and even patriotic Americans an apology for Hank Williams Jr.'s despicable comments from the grand stand last night about OUR President.
And a promise never to allow him near a State Fair Stage again.
So far, there has not even been word of disapproval from Fair organizers.
I think they deserve to at very least be embarrassed. Any ideas for what can be done?
Can this be made to go viral to at least force an official response.
The Iowa State Fair marketing department can be reached at 1 (515) 262-3111 ext 204.
Their email is: marketing@iowastatefair.org
4:41 PM PT: update: The Iowa State Fair, in response to my posting on their Facebook page, posted this:
"The views and opinions of Hank Williams Jr., or any artist performing at the Fair, do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the Iowa State Fair."
UPDATES:
HuffPost has more here:
Also, a local review of the show by Des Moines Register reporter Joe Lawler. here.