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Hank Williams Jr. to Run for U.S. Senate
Just when you thought no worthwhile musician would ever support the Republican Party, Hank Williams Jr. comes a courtin'.After consulting with Tennessee political veterans ex-Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), the award-winning country singer famous for the hits "Family Tradition" and "Whiskey Bent and Hell Bound" is positioning himself for a Senate run in 2012, according to Townhall.com.
Mr. Williams, born Randall Hank Williams in 1949 to mother Audrey and father Hank--who nicknamed his son Bocephus for some reason--has long been a supporter of Republican causes, igniting controversy at a Colorado rally earlier this month with his statement that President-elect Barack Obama is "not real crazy about" the national anthem.
The main question, however--if Hank Williams Jr. does embark on a grueling Senate campaign through Tennessee--is the question of who will sing the theme song for ESPN's "Monday Night Football?"
I'm thinking Mike Huckabee.
B. Brandon Barker invites everyone to take the Fantasy or Football? Quiz.
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B. Brandon Barker's writing has appeared in Global City Review, The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror (St. Martin's Press), Verbicide, The Feed and online at McSweeney's. He's also the author of the novel Operation Emu. A graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, he was born in England, raised in Arkansas and now lives in Virginia.Related Articles
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Rick Morris
9:49AM Nov 26th 2008
If the south would have won, we'd of had it made!Bocephus for President!
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Duane
9:48AM Nov 26th 2008
I'd vote for Bocephus. Go Hank Go.
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(0) James Burgos
9:56AM Nov 26th 2008
I'd vote for Hank! It's time to take OUR country back!
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(0) goldman
9:54AM Nov 26th 2008
He would be a lot better than village idiot Beelzebush!
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(0) cook
9:56AM Nov 26th 2008
Finally... I wish more conservative stars would start coming out. The only problem, when they do they get blackballed from hollywood and music awards. I have for years listened to crap from the other side about the conservative side not listening to the liberal side, well finally I have seen them for what they really are. This election was repulsive the way the media salvated over Obama, and all these stars went crazy. Thank God maybe now seeing how bad it was conservatives will start standing up for something in this country? Only time will tell... Go Hank !!!!
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(0) stu k
9:58AM Nov 26th 2008
I would vote for Hank Williams Jr. for president and Kinky Friedman for vice president. I aint gonna call Hank Williams Jr. junior anymore..
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(0) nick
10:03AM Nov 26th 2008
He would be great, would like to see him run in Montana, get one of these DEMOCRATS out of the Senate.
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(0) Lionel Ripepe
10:10AM Nov 26th 2008
WITH HANK, THAT WOULD MAKE ONE HONEST MAN, IN OUR GOVT. !
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(0) Voice of Reason
10:14AM Nov 26th 2008
Progressive Radio
http://www.880therevolution.com/cc-common/ondemand/player.html?world=st
(right click...choose open in New Window)
oops...right wing wacko radio has fallen & it can't get up
listeners/voters/readers are one in the same...don't you get it? yet?
;-)
TROLLS!
your kung fu...
is NO MATCH!
for my ... LOL
*delayed lip sync*
http://www.880therevolution.com/cc-common/ondemand/player.html?world=st
(right click...choose open in New Window)
oops...right wing wacko radio has fallen & it can't get up
listeners/voters/readers are one in the same...don't you get it? yet?
;-)
TROLLS!
your kung fu...
is NO MATCH!
for my ... LOL
*delayed lip sync*
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(0) Gertie
10:14AM Nov 26th 2008
just what America needs... a nother drunken redneck politician. However, thats the kind of thing Id expect from southerners
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(0) Truth Man
10:16AM Nov 26th 2008
At least you couldn't find any skeletons in his closet. They all have been exposed by now.
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(0) Patricia
6:03AM Nov 30th 2008
Hank has got my vote!
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(0) LEON JONJOCK JAX , FLA
10:21AM Nov 26th 2008
I WAS BACKSTAGE WITH HANK JR HERE IN JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA LAST JULY - HE PLAYED 2 HOURS OF MEGA HITS !
HE DANCED AND SANG ALL NIGHT ! EVERYONE WAS STANDING FOR THE SHOW - IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF 2008 !
I HAVE BEEN A FAN CLUB MEMBER FOR YEARS . HANK IS DOWN TO EARTH , AND HAS PLENTY OF SENSE WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE SITUATIONS. HE KNOWS WHAT THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT OUT OF LIFE , PLEASURES OF FISHING , HUNTING , QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CHURCH UPBRINGING . IF OBAMA THINKS HE CAN SOCIALIZE ALL OF US , HE'S DEAD WRONG . WE'LL STAND UP AND FIGHT !
SO , LIKE HANK JR SAID - "DON'T GIVE US A REASON" !
* OBAMA WON'T GET MY GUNS OR MY VOTE !
* I BELIVE IN HANK WILLIAMS JR FOR SENATE !
* CITY PROBLEMS NEVER BOTHERED ME , I'M COUNTRY !
(SOUTH FLORIDA HAS A HANK JR CONCERT COMIN' SOON)
THANKS , LEON JONJOCK 92.1FM RADIO JAX, FLA
HE DANCED AND SANG ALL NIGHT ! EVERYONE WAS STANDING FOR THE SHOW - IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST OF 2008 !
I HAVE BEEN A FAN CLUB MEMBER FOR YEARS . HANK IS DOWN TO EARTH , AND HAS PLENTY OF SENSE WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE SITUATIONS. HE KNOWS WHAT THE PEOPLE REALLY WANT OUT OF LIFE , PLEASURES OF FISHING , HUNTING , QUALITY TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CHURCH UPBRINGING . IF OBAMA THINKS HE CAN SOCIALIZE ALL OF US , HE'S DEAD WRONG . WE'LL STAND UP AND FIGHT !
SO , LIKE HANK JR SAID - "DON'T GIVE US A REASON" !
* OBAMA WON'T GET MY GUNS OR MY VOTE !
* I BELIVE IN HANK WILLIAMS JR FOR SENATE !
* CITY PROBLEMS NEVER BOTHERED ME , I'M COUNTRY !
(SOUTH FLORIDA HAS A HANK JR CONCERT COMIN' SOON)
THANKS , LEON JONJOCK 92.1FM RADIO JAX, FLA
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(0) texweb007
10:24AM Nov 26th 2008
you go Hank all the way to the top,can't wait to see you do it
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(0) Abs
10:24AM Nov 26th 2008
Oh, man. Junior is such an embarrassment these days.
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(0) Voice of Reason
10:25AM Nov 26th 2008
hey it will only make Progressive radio funnier if he runs...
will be fun bringing him down...
tear in his beer & gum on his bum....LOL
i can't wait!
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will be fun bringing him down...
tear in his beer & gum on his bum....LOL
i can't wait!
LOL
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(0) Kim
10:52AM Nov 26th 2008
I'm from Tennessee, and all I can say is OH HELL NO!! We have ENOUGH problems here without adding THIS to the mix!!!!
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(0) Carolyn
10:30AM Nov 26th 2008
Not a country music fan, but I would vote for the "redneck" (as dear Gertie calls him)in a heart beat. He has nothing to hide because his life has been an open book unlike your terrorist loving 44th.
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
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(0) Voice of Reason
10:31AM Nov 26th 2008
and he inspires fart jokes...a two'fer!
LOL
LOL
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(0) ara9557
10:53AM Nov 26th 2008
It is time to call a spade a spade! This age of PC has taken this country down. Hank Williams Jr. is not afraid go there and I respect that. Don't be afraid to stand up to what you believe and not let the values of a few dictate the course of America. Run Hank run!
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