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Mo. State Fair bans rodeo clown who mocked Obama
yahoo ^ | 8/12/13 | David Leib

Posted on 08/12/2013 4:19:02 PM PDT by Nachum

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fair on Monday imposed a lifetime ban on a rodeo clown whose depiction of President Barack Obama getting charged by a bull was widely criticized by Democratic and Republican officials alike.

The rodeo clown won't be allowed to participate or perform at the fair again. Fair officials say they're also reviewing whether to take any action against the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association, the contractor responsible for Saturday's event.

The entertainment during the bull riding contest featured a clown wearing a mask of Obama with an upside down broomstick attached to his backside. Spectators were asked if they wanted to see "Obama run down by a bull." Many in the audience responded enthusiastically.

Numerous Missouri officials denounced the act after video and photos were posted online. Some Democratic Missouri lawmakers suggested Monday that there should be financial consequences for the fair.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: bans; bho44; clown; discrimination; fair; fired; humorlessdems; missouri; mocked; obama; rodeo; state
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To: Paladin2

My gramma used to kick my and my cousin’s butts for ‘bull riding’ the beef calves.

I guess steers could sorta be considered transgendered.

:)


151 posted on 08/12/2013 7:17:07 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Rocko

Only in Amerika. Don’t piss off the dictator!


152 posted on 08/12/2013 7:20:01 PM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: Paladin2

Now at 2602 “likes”.

Gotta love it.

:)

The won’s minions love social networking.

Wonder if they’ll love this?


153 posted on 08/12/2013 7:21:22 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Salamander

Well, truth be told, we were most concerned with avoiding the cow pies and heading down to jumping the fence to get to the “swamp”.(wetlands for the younger generation)


154 posted on 08/12/2013 7:33:24 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Salamander
"..being ribbed for our pleasure..."

That's GROSS....(based on a demented mind..)

LOL

155 posted on 08/12/2013 7:36:14 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Nachum

His Arrogance’s ego bruises easily. Luckily for him, his sniveling spineless lackeys were there to save the day.


156 posted on 08/12/2013 7:37:55 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The only growth industries left under Progressives are government and poverty.)
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To: Salamander

LOL! Ba-da-bing!


157 posted on 08/12/2013 7:38:09 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: Salamander
"I guess steers could sorta be considered transgendered."

LOL

That's EXACTLY my point.

158 posted on 08/12/2013 7:38:30 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Oprah wants to be the next Leni Reifenstahl. It’s her Heil deer Fuehrer film.


159 posted on 08/12/2013 7:54:07 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: Nachum

I remember someone else that got a similar reaction for posting a charactiture ...

Theo van Gogh


160 posted on 08/12/2013 8:02:26 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Paladin2

Consider the source.

;D


161 posted on 08/12/2013 8:08:42 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: headsonpikes

;-]


162 posted on 08/12/2013 8:09:16 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Don’t criticize him or even walk in his general direction for 50 feet because evidently that gives him the right to smash my face and head in and if I defend myself then I am a racist and Obama will even declare he could have been his son.

You know last week I went to Google maps and went to the area that whole Trayvon Martin thing occurred, the went to street level. You cannot believe how short a distance Zimmerman supposedly “followed” Martin. That is the whole basis of liberals argument, that Zimmerman shouldn’t have followed him as if Zimmerman followed him for 15 miles. But he didn’t! He followed him at the most one block, if you consider he lost sight of him, he probably followed him about 50 feet at most! So they are basing their whole argument on a guy just walking in the same general direction as a black man. And from this they excuse Martin trying to smash Zimmermans head in? It amazes me how the media just buries all this stuff.


163 posted on 08/12/2013 8:20:26 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Salamander
If the "source" isn't you, then all fun/hilarity/humor is moot. ;-)

(Still funny though - FR rocks, in general).

164 posted on 08/12/2013 8:24:03 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Sadly, that came straight out of my own demented little mind.

[there’s lots of iffy stuff locked away up there...I don’t even go near it after dark]

;]


165 posted on 08/12/2013 8:30:13 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Salamander

It’s good that we are more than a few weeks from the autumnal solstice then. :-)


166 posted on 08/12/2013 8:35:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Salamander
equinox.

(My bad.)

167 posted on 08/12/2013 8:37:10 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

We just passed Lughnasadh.

I’m still blaming that for my behavior.

:)


168 posted on 08/12/2013 8:44:43 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Salamander
If your dog(s) buy into it, I'm good with it.

LOL.

169 posted on 08/12/2013 8:51:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Nachum

What are they afraid of?....


170 posted on 08/12/2013 8:57:07 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: nathanbedford

BTTT


171 posted on 08/12/2013 9:35:43 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: Paladin2

They believe everything I say.

[suckers]

;D


172 posted on 08/12/2013 9:54:18 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Rules for radicals.

Ridicule is an unbeatable tactic.

If people start widely laughing at The Won, he’s sunk.


173 posted on 08/12/2013 9:55:33 PM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: Nachum

174 posted on 08/12/2013 10:02:39 PM PDT by Prole
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To: Intolerant in NJ
Why couldn't the clown have put up his hands and asked the crowd, "Are you not entertained?"

Worked for Russell Crowe...

175 posted on 08/12/2013 10:22:13 PM PDT by EinNYC
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To: a fool in paradise
I'll see your pic of Tricky Dick and raise you with the real deal.


176 posted on 08/12/2013 10:28:01 PM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: Salamander
LOL,

The dogs know...(true dat).

U can't fool me....

177 posted on 08/12/2013 11:30:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2
Love the idea...and the commercial. An inside joke among the rest of us, but at least the laugh is on them. Mockery and ridicule is something that the left/muzzies think only they can apply. Let's turn the tables and give them a big application of same...they hate being mocked and ridiculed.

“Hey Mohammad, GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS!”

178 posted on 08/12/2013 11:58:41 PM PDT by itssme
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