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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.

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

So much for the first amendment and political speech.


61 posted on 08/12/2013 4:47:31 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: marron

Now if he’d worn a GW Bush mask, there wouldn’t have been a ripple.


62 posted on 08/12/2013 4:47:48 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: tet68

Really! What happened to free speech?


63 posted on 08/12/2013 4:48:54 PM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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To: sphinx

Sure...bet you $1k it doesn’t happen.


64 posted on 08/12/2013 4:50:35 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: don-o

It’s comin’.


65 posted on 08/12/2013 4:50:56 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
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To: Nachum

Can we for Pete’s sake just GROW UP? Which Republoweenies joined on this idiocy???


66 posted on 08/12/2013 4:54:31 PM PDT by cld51860 (Oderint dum metuant)
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To: Nachum
Spectators were asked if they wanted to see "Obama run down by a bull." Many in the audience responded enthusiastically.

Heh heh
67 posted on 08/12/2013 4:57:19 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Nachum

Now if it was Nixon, Reagan or Bush he would have gotten a standing O ..... it is not nice to make fun of Dear Leader. Even those RINO’s agreed.


68 posted on 08/12/2013 4:58:00 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Nachum
Many in the audience responded enthusiastically.

This probably infuriated His Royal Majesty as much as the clown did.

69 posted on 08/12/2013 4:58:08 PM PDT by hitkicker (The only thing worse than a politician is a child molester)
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To: TurboZamboni

STAY OFF OF BRIDGES... DRIVE OLD CARS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT TRACKING DEVICES...


70 posted on 08/12/2013 4:59:01 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: TurboZamboni

STAY OFF OF BRIDGES... DRIVE OLD CARS WITHOUT GOVERNMENT TRACKING DEVICES...


71 posted on 08/12/2013 4:59:24 PM PDT by ptsal (Repubicans swallowing more kool-aide from Rove & Kristol)
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To: crusader71

“Clue #1,182 that you live in a marxist dictatorship: Any mockery of the Leader results in swift punishment / loss of professional career.”

Perhaps the clown can redeem himself by smearing a crucifix with feces.


72 posted on 08/12/2013 5:00:05 PM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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To: blueunicorn6

There is an old movie THE PHANTOM PRESIDENT(1932). In it, George M Cohan is mistaken for a presidential candidate and Jimmy Durante is his shill.

In one scene Jimmy gives his spiel outside the Presidential convention, the camera then pans to the rear end of a police horse as the horse’s butt slowly fades to a politician giving a speech.

Wonder what that meant? ;-D


73 posted on 08/12/2013 5:02:29 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Nachum

And here I could swear that SATIRE was protected free speech and thus all of those Nixon and Reagan masks and endless inanities by the “intelligentsia” (of the left!)

Obviously, what is sauce for the goose has gone rancid when applied against you-know-who!


74 posted on 08/12/2013 5:02:30 PM PDT by SES1066 (Government governs best when it governs least!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Did you read about Oprah? She wants to make a movie now about him to show “how great he is”..her words exactly. That’s exactly it: They see him as a demigod. He can do no wrong, he is the Messiah!


75 posted on 08/12/2013 5:03:09 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: Nachum

Black (even if only half black) is the new Teflon. Don’t you dare criticize a black man, even if he is a lowlife Marxist. You’ve got to keep your inner child’s white guilt under control. Political correctness rules, don’t ya know.


76 posted on 08/12/2013 5:07:21 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Senator Foghorn says, You should never resist being raped, robbed, beat down or murdered.)
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To: Nachum

What’s the difference between this and Comedy Central’s
Lil Bush?


77 posted on 08/12/2013 5:07:44 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: NotYourAverageDhimmi

West is a thug and hoodlum


78 posted on 08/12/2013 5:08:13 PM PDT by LEO1911
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To: JCBreckenridge

If we only had a web site....

Time to use commie tactics against the commies...


79 posted on 08/12/2013 5:08:29 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: Nachum

Chickenshits


80 posted on 08/12/2013 5:08:45 PM PDT by sport
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