[ncfool]

Time to Freep this poll. Give the old Freerepublic vote.

[bigbob]

It means that a lot of people think this President is a clown.

Easy

[CivilWarBrewing]

POORLY worded poll. Banning the masked clown was “Poor judgment”. But, you can’t insult Chairman Mao-bama in public. Won’t be long before there’s huge posters of the Fuehrer 0bama in all public places.

[SandRat]

What does the rodeo clown incident mean?

What does the rodeo clown incident mean?

Missouri is racist 15%

Poor judgement by fair officials embarrassed state 31%

It is a tempest in a teapot 54%

Votes Cast: 172

[ncfool]

It was at 116 votes when I posted it.

[Doogle]

it means the thin skinned muslim juvenile in the WH might throw a tantrum

[Obadiah]

Poll choices clearly show the bias of the ones asking the question.

[tet68]

Teapot Tempest.....54 percent.

[Travis McGee]

I voted, and commented:

I remember masked effigies of Nixon, Reagan, and both Bushes. In fact, these types of masks were frequently shown on MSM sitcoms and shows like SNL, and there was zero outrage. For that matter, effigies of those presidents were hung and burned, no outrage. But in the new America, our Dear Leader must not be mocked! Welcome to the USSA. Now shut up and be a good comrade, or the NSA might “find” kiddie porn on your computer, or your brat kid might not get that operation she needs. And no making fun of Dear Leader! Don't even MENTION his dumbo ears, or the 57 states he says he visited, or Benghazi, (where was he hiding for 8 hours while Americans were fighting and dying?) or Fast and Furious (300 dead Mexicans) or the IRS....etc....etc...

[Bryanw92]

Obama should punish Missouri by kicking it out of the Obamanation. Then, all the other red states can hire a rodeo clown and get kicked out.

[Valpal1]

It means a very large percentage of America is ignorant about rodeos and rodeo clowns in general.

I’ve worked at one of the top 3 world rodeos for 30 years. Politics and politicians have always been the butt of rural humor. Most especially if they seem citified or dandified.

Has no one ever heard of Will Rogers?

[Obadiah]

FREE THE OBAMA CLOWN!

[BenLurkin]

The pinkos are always happy to mock Americans but when one of their own gets roasted they can’t take it.

[nathanbedford]

The idea that the state should intervene on behalf of the sovereign to censor political speech, even satire, has been rejected time and again in America. By the logic of those who would impose financial sanctions for this act of satire at the Missouri State rodeo fair, what would George III have done to Thomas Jefferson for writing a bill of particulars of the sovereign's crimes in a document called the Declaration of Independence?

The article says that the Missouri State fair is subsidized by the state in an amount in excess of $500,000 a year. Presumably the state has given the Missouri State fair the power of police over the grounds and other arrangements which make affair at least a quasi governmental operation. There is no place in America for censorship on behalf of the sovereign, especially by the sovereign.

The essence of that idea was enshrined in the Supreme Court's opinion New York Times vs. Sullivan, which protected the media even when it libels those who have not even attained the exalted position of sovereign, merely because they are celebrities.

We now have in a companion thread the story of a poor Swiss shopgirl being harassed because Oprah Winfrey, with her multibillion-dollar power of the press, says she was slighted. The companion article reveals that the shopgirl says that Oprah simply misunderstood what was said, not unlikely when there is a language barrier. But the point is we have now so institutionalized African-American sensitivity that we have created a monster. The subjective reaction of sensitive African-Americans should never be elevated over the Constitution of the United States.

Black Celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and especially black presidents like Barack Obama should not be occasions for the distortion of my birthright-or yours.

Since writing the above an additional report has emerged alleging that Oprah Winfrey in 2005 made a similar complaint while in Europe coincidently just before one of her movies was to be released. The author notes that Winfrey is involved in another movie production now. The implication is that these are stunts for publicity. If so, it illustrates one more reason why it is so dangerous to institutionalize African-American sensitivity. We are pandering always to the subjective reactions of African-Americans to whatever stimulus seems to trouble them today.

When we act as a government, even through quasi governmental agencies like the Missouri State fair, to deprive people of a livelihood because we disapprove of their political speech, we are proceeding down a dangerous path. When it happened in Hollywood the left has never let the world forget it decrying for the next half-century the so-called Hollywood blacklist.

The left will never let us forget McCarthyism but we are now suffering from McCarthy in blackface.

[cincinnati65]

Option 4 - No big deal when they did the same to W.

[Sacajaweau]

big deal......free speech

[FrdmLvr]

Missouri is racist
8%
Poor judgement by fair officials embarrassed state
25%
It is a tempest in a teapot
67%
Votes Cast: 462

[Stentor]

Obama should fly the clown to Martha’s Vineyard on an Osprey for immediate trial before the Court of the Star Chamber.

[bgill]

No thanks. The poll answers are leftist.

[dynachrome]

Clowning around in Missouri. Rodeo clown poll.

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[Titus-Maximus]

It means we are becoming Zimbabwe where a person is jailed for mocking Robert Mugabe!