I don’t doubt for one minute that he was set up in whatever fashion you might tell me about (I didn’t see it)
I have to assume that HW Jr does not have the sophistication of always-on-air talent. Yes, he’s a celeb, and that’s great, but he’s not a talking-heads type of guy and shouldn’t tangle with them on this proposition. IMO. I don’t hold it against him, I frankly don’t care. This is playing with highly skilled folks who may or may not want to sabotage “you” (not “you”, I mean HIM) but the point is that at some level this is sitting down at the poker table with the sharkiest sharks there are. You’re not going to win. Therefore the smart play is not to play. All I am saying is that it was an error on HW’s part to allow himself to be dragged into the alley. At *any* moment, he could have said “You know, I try not to engage in political discussions, I’m just a simple country boy” or whatever.”
Now maybe this was worth it for HW, OTOH, it probably cost him in the neighborhood of $5 million to get his little jab out there.
I call this: “NPG”: No Possible Gain. When that happens, do not play.
All the post-mortem doesn’t change the fact that rightly or wrongly, he snarked himself.
I don’t think he did anything wrong. The looney left is always looking for something they can twist and that is what they did. Personally I think every conservative should leap on them with all they have every time they do it to any conservative. The only way to stop a bully is to not allow them to bully you. Walking on eggs shells, watching what you say, being afraid to say certain things is simply giving power to the bully. We have not stood together against them and that is why they have the power to take our country down the toilet like a bully takes lunch money from those that won’t fight back.
When they leaped on him I went right to Facebook, friended him and posted messages of support. I went to ESPN and sent a complaint. I went to Amazon and ordered HWJ’s music. I will not watch ESPN, will instead listen to a country boy that I agree with.
Instead of being critical of him I choose to defend him, that is what the looney left does every time- they stand together and don’t eat their own. Unfortunately it has been working for them. Minding our manners and taking care in what we say has not been working so well for us so why do we keep doing it?