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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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To: mylife
So... Is Pat Oliphant still published in the Kansas City Scar and the St. Louis POS. .......?
101 posted on 08/13/2013 7:19:47 PM PDT by calico_thompson
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To: mykroar

Reinstate the rodeo clown and ban O
for life,


102 posted on 08/13/2013 7:28:50 PM PDT by funfan
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To: calico_thompson

It is ridiculous.


103 posted on 08/13/2013 7:32:14 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: Hot Tabasco

The comments were closed because they most likely were siding with the Rodeo clown and not the O.


104 posted on 08/13/2013 7:32:58 PM PDT by funfan
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To: mylife

There’s no need to be nasty. I made the mistake of watching the original video on USA Today. Poor quality and edited. So then who got “banned for life?” The announcer? Or the clown that was wearing the mic?


105 posted on 08/13/2013 7:55:15 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: mykroar

I really don’t understand — SNL mocks the president regularly, and late night talk show hosts also make fun of presidents of both parties. Why is this one guy getting reamed for doing what clowns always do?


106 posted on 08/13/2013 8:20:27 PM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: ponygirl

I had no intention of being nasty.


107 posted on 08/13/2013 8:46:50 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: AlexW

“I have no clue as to what is racist about it. It could have been a mask of ANY POTUS.”

It could have been and has been and I don’t believe it’s racists but apparently some are afraid to mock or to not attack someone who mocks obama.


108 posted on 08/13/2013 9:08:35 PM PDT by duffee (NO poll tax, NO tax on firearms, ammunition or gun safes. NO gun free zones.)
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To: mykroar

He should have gotten a good laugh out the crowd and everyone moved on. End of story, end of rodeo.

Instead, the soap opera goes into overdrive once again.


109 posted on 08/13/2013 9:48:52 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (Democrats--the party of Evil. Republicans--the party of Stupid.)
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To: mykroar

He is welcome here in Texas, anytime.


110 posted on 08/13/2013 9:53:11 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: mylife
The members of the Missouri State Fair are waaaaaay of track...what or who is causing them to be so Politically Correct about a mask of the president...presidents have always had rubber masks for Halloween, Mardi Gras, birthday parties, costume parties....what are these silly Fair directors thinking about? That should be looked into ASAP, it ain't normal!

Give Mark Wolfe a call or send him an e-mail.

Missouri State Fairgrounds
2503 West 16th Street
Sedalia, MO 65301

Phone: (660)-530-5605
Fax: (660)-827-8160

Email: mark.wolfe@mda.mo.gov
Website: http://www.mostatefair.com/

Director: Mark Wolfe
Details on Board or Commission

Authority: RSMo 262.217

111 posted on 08/14/2013 12:14:59 PM PDT by yoe ("They Come To America" order it now: http://www.theycometoamerica.com/buy-dvd/)
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To: mylife

It was a scarecrow!

I must admit, with the broom seeming to be used to prop “it” up, it could very well BE a Scarecrow. I haven’t yet found anything definitive attesting to that.

However, if it IS a Scarecrow, it reminds of the bellowing of the Left vis-à-vis Dan Quayle and the Murphy Brown episode.

“It’s a fictional character” they shrieked, for weeks on end.

The hypocrisy is breathtaking...

It’s a fictional character


112 posted on 08/14/2013 2:33:52 PM PDT by Paisan
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To: TheBattman
So what is so different about THIS president to result in such a “lifetime ban”?

Odumbo and his sycophants have set back race relations in this country fifty years. Thinking people are tired of this sh*t! And to think, Odumbo was supposed to be the president who bridged the racial divide. As incompetent as Jimmy Carter was he couldn't hold a candle to Odumbo when it comes to incompetence.

113 posted on 08/14/2013 2:41:18 PM PDT by KevinB (A country that would elect Barack Obama president twice is no longer worth fighting for.)
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