Hank Williams Jr. is apologizing for using an analogy to Adolf Hitler in discussing President Barack Obama that prompted ESPN to sack his classic intro song
to "Monday Night Football." A sign of real personal growth.

On Monday, In an interview on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Williams talked about the President's golf game with House Speaker John Boehner. He said: "It'd be like Hitler playing golf with (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu." When asked what he meant, Williams said, "They're the enemy," adding that by "they" he meant the President Obama and the Vice President. Obviously, he didn't pay attention to what happened to comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the comic whose job description read: Say "Aflac" and you're done for the day. He was sacked by Aflac, the top foreign insurance company in Japan, after making at least two tasteless and insensitive jokes about the tsunami and the nuclear disaster in Japan. Oops. Turns out that Aflac gets 75% of their business from the land of the rising sun and they were not amused by the talking duck. 

By Tuesday, Bocephus was still playing offense, posting that his passion for politics and sports "got the best or worst of me." on both Facebook and his web site. But Hank tried to make nice-nice. "The thought of the leaders of both parties jukin and  high fiven on a golf course, while so many families are struggling to get by simply made me boil over and make a dumb statement," Williams said. "I am very sorry if it offended anyone."There is no word from ESPN  if the intro, synonymous with "Monday Night Football" since 1989, will be used again.