Hank Williams, Jr. is no fan of the president, and in addition to ragging on Barack Obama on his new album, the country star has also slammed the Commander-in-Chief in a Rolling Stone interview.

One need only look at Hank Williams, Jr., however, if seeking an easy to attack critique of the president in popular culture and indeed, a hole in the argument of opponents of the President across the country. While Obama has his flaws and is certainly not perfect (Wall Street prosecutions, for instance, have been sorely lacking from this administration), Williams — like many other detractors of Obama — is unable to articulate a single true, accurate criticism of the man he hates so intensely.

Obama-haters like Hank Williams, Jr. often say George Bush was subject to even crueler attacks by liberals, and Bush was indeed the target of significant vitriol during his two disastrous administrations. Critics of the former president frequently pointed to his many deadly screw-ups, including two still-raging wars, a stagnant economy, the destruction of New Orleans compounded by an impotent federal response… damnit, I’m getting mad all over again.

Whereas people like Hank Williams, Jr. basically can’t stand the President for a number of tenuous and not-definable reasons that many believe boil down to “because he’s black.” It’s nearly comical if it wasn’t so tragic, to hear where Williams’ hate-on stems from, as the singer explains when asked:

“The guy is the worst. Giveaway programs, hates America in the first place, forget about the flag.”

Asked to elaborate, Hank Williams, Jr. is forced to refer to imaginary events that conservatives have “re-created inside the bubble,” as Bill Maher so helpfully described, to find a reason to despise him:

“It’s kind of obvious. I guess when you take a tour, a world tour, to apologize for America. He did that…You know, ‘We’re sorry.’ Going on a world tour saying, ‘We’re going to be even with everyone else, we only have 6 percent of the population.’”

One Twitter user helpfully clarifies the issue for Williams:

Hank Williams Jr is slamming Obama 4 apologizing 4 America. When in reality Obama is just apologizing 4 people like Hank Williams Jr.

— Gideon Klein (@GideonKlein) July 12, 2012

(For the record, the lie about President Obama’s “World Apology Tour” has been debunked time and again, a perfect example of Fox and the GOP inventing a claim about something that provably never happened.)

You know, Hank Williams, Jr.? It’s totally okay to practice dissent. It’s okay to hate the President. But hate him on his actual policies, his actual actions and his actual beliefs, not some wishy-washy assumption that because he wanted everyone to see the doctor, he’s got some unspoken vendetta against the flag.

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Country singer Hank Williams Jr. put his Obama angst to music on his new album in the opening song entitled, “Takin’ Back the Country.” The anti-Obama administration tune instructs President Barack Obama to “pack your bags, head to Chicago” and to take his “teleprompter” with him so he will “know where to go,” Politico reports. The “Old School, New Rules” album was slated for release yesterday, according to The Blaze. The legendary country music singer also croons, “You can take the change and stick it out of sight,” in his melodic messaged to President Obama.

During an interview with Fox and Friends last year Williams discussed the round of golf Barack Obama played with John Boehner and compared the outing to Hitler hitting the links with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Not long after the interview, ESPN yanked William’s song from the opening of Monday night football game broadcasts. The comment immediately caused a mound of chatter about the singer’s Obama comparison. Williams addresses that incident on his latest album as well.

“That’s the most fun I’ve had in a long time, cousin,” Williams stated after “laying down” a new song in in 45 minutes, the Boston Globe reports.

The freedom of speech debate which ensued after William’s Hitler reference reportedly reinvigorated the singer who had not released a new album in three years. The 12-song album boasts “guest appearances from Brad Paisley and Merle Haggard. William’s considers himself the winner in the ESPN fuss. Supporters purchased more than 250,000 t-shirt promoting the singer’s right to free speech and the network’s ratings took a drop after the incident, The Boston Globe reports.

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