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Obama-mask clown gets lifetime Missouri fair ban. Just, or too harsh?
CSM.com ^ | 8/13/2013 | Peter Grier

Posted on 08/13/2013 5:08:06 PM PDT by mykroar

Missouri State Fair officials have banned for life the rodeo clown who wore a President Obama mask while facing bulls at the event over the weekend.

The clown in question engaged in an “unconscionable stunt” and will never perform at the Show Me state venue again, the Missouri State Fair Commission said Monday, in a statement. Fair officials are also reviewing their contract with the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association, the contractor responsible for hiring and overseeing bull ring clowns.

The performance was “inappropriate and not in keeping with the Fair’s standards," said the statement.

The fair did not reveal the clown’s identity.

During a bull riding contest on Sunday, the clown appeared wearing a rubber mask of the president with an upside down broomstick trailing from his backside, as if it were a tail. The audience was asked, over a public address system, if it wanted to see Mr. Obama “run down by a bull.” Many people present clapped and cheered, according to one witness, Perry Beam.

“It was feeling like some kind of Klan rally,” said Mr. Beam.

(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: clown; obama; rodeo; scarecrow; snookered
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Highlight is my comment. I know there are similar postings, but I didn't see this idiotic statement in any of the others. Where exactly are we when our leaders (and I use the term very loosely) cannot be mocked?
1 posted on 08/13/2013 5:08:06 PM PDT by mykroar
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To: mykroar

We are on down escalator to hell.

Jesus is the answer.


2 posted on 08/13/2013 5:08:55 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and mean it. See my page.)
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To: mykroar

He’ll probably end up with an expense paid vacation to Gitmo.


3 posted on 08/13/2013 5:10:14 PM PDT by SteelTrap
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To: mykroar

How many clowns have been banned for wearing a GW Bush, Ronald Reagan, or Richard Nixon mask?
Or for that matter - a Bill Clinton mask?

So what is so different about THIS president to result in such a “lifetime ban”?


4 posted on 08/13/2013 5:10:52 PM PDT by TheBattman (Isn't the lesser evil... still evil?)
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To: mykroar

Maybe there should be a movement by conservatives to avoid this fair in the future, kind of like that outdoor show at the beginning of the year. This is just way over the top, and ridiculous.


5 posted on 08/13/2013 5:10:57 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: mykroar

If only he had worn a Bush mask or Clinton all would be well, but thou darest not mock mohamed! Death to the infidel will be cried hither and yon by the race baiters, followed with only White folk may be parodied.


6 posted on 08/13/2013 5:11:35 PM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: mykroar
He should count himselves lucky.

Steve Bridges dared to lampoon Obama, and suddenly died...

...at age 48, of "a severe allergic reaction".

It's nice to have access to everyone's medical records, know their allergies and pre-existing conditions...

A life-time ban can be a very short sentence...

7 posted on 08/13/2013 5:12:56 PM PDT by null and void (Frequent terrorist attacks OR endless government snooping and oppression? Soon we'll have both!)
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They should be deported, stripped of citizenship and forced to commit suicide.

There ought to be a law against mocking the POTUS!

8 posted on 08/13/2013 5:14:35 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: mykroar

It’s starting to look like a lot of “Show Me” People believe that Barry actually IS a god. A Hawaiian or Indonesian god. It’s sad. Americans have lost their courage. Nothing left now but cowards.


9 posted on 08/13/2013 5:14:47 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Senator Foghorn says, You should never resist being raped, robbed, beat down or murdered.)
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Good grief - a bit of an overreaction I’d say.


10 posted on 08/13/2013 5:16:24 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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“It was feeling like some kind of Klan rally,” said Mr. Beam.

So Mr. Beam, when was the last time you attended a “Klan Rally”?


11 posted on 08/13/2013 5:16:27 PM PDT by Gator113
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"Many people present clapped and cheered"

OMG! How DARE people have a sense of humor!! Arrest all of them IMMEDIATELY!!! /s

"...as if it were a tail."

Is the writer implying 'monkey' here? What a vivid distortion of reality! Nice try, Peter. False depiction made by the race-baiting author. A-HOLE!

12 posted on 08/13/2013 5:16:34 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: mykroar

This bunch should be able to parley all this publicity into a fortune. I hope they do.


13 posted on 08/13/2013 5:17:08 PM PDT by DManA (pi)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Courage on tap: Go to the everlasting arms and ask for a forgiving hug.


14 posted on 08/13/2013 5:17:11 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and mean it. See my page.)
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To: mykroar

Free speech is dead and its not coming back


15 posted on 08/13/2013 5:17:31 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Typical of a fascist state. Criticize dear leader and lose everything. He will likely end up dead like Hastings, brietbart and all the rest, poor guy.


16 posted on 08/13/2013 5:18:28 PM PDT by Deathtomarxists (hillary's cankles smiled at me)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

My guess is that the idea was donkey, not monkey. But wow what are these complainers, are they witches who decry the blasphemy to broomsticks?


17 posted on 08/13/2013 5:19:02 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and mean it. See my page.)
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To: mykroar

When did US rodeo operators become Communist/Marxist?


18 posted on 08/13/2013 5:19:16 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: Gator113

That was my thought also; he did seem to have more than a passing familiarity with that, or so he implied.


19 posted on 08/13/2013 5:19:34 PM PDT by Newtoidaho
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To: AlexW

More like cowardly... this is one thing a gospel loss leaves us with. Will we let this be the end of the story? WELL I PRAY NOT


20 posted on 08/13/2013 5:20:14 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (The Lion of Judah will roar again if you give him a big hug and mean it. See my page.)
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