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Rodeo fans and conservatives by the thousands rode to the defense of a rodeo clown Tuesday, less than 72 hours after he took part in a controversial weekend skit involving a masked figure of President Barack Obama.
But the passionate support did not overcome the lingering anger over the Saturday skit at the Missouri State Fair.
The president of the group that organized the rodeo Mark Ficken resigned Tuesday, blaming the groups failure to sanction the clown for his behavior.
It marked a third straight day of heated disagreement over the implications of the rodeo stunt.
Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/13/4408489/rodeo-fans-conservatives-back.html#storylink=cpy
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)Racist assholes who abuse animals and people who already hate Obama back controversial Obama skit.
Shocking.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)So did they do the same thing when Bush was President ?
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)But I doubt there were racial overtones.
IkeRepublican
(406 posts)They used it to drop to their hands and knees and bowed to it like Kali Ma in Temple Of Doom. Like those poor kids in Jesus Camp groveled at the cardboard Bush prop.
Just Saying
(1,799 posts)To be about poor race relations and guess who they blame?
Hyper-sensitivity that was on full display when the apparent Obama supporter who drew attention to the incident, Perry Beam, said it felt like some kind of Klan rally youd see on TV, as reported by the USA Today.
All of which may explain why race relations in America are imploding under President Barack Obamas tutelage.
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/08/13/bush-rodeo-clown-allowed-in-94-obama-clown-banned-forever-81479
Here's the article about the Bush mask. If accurate its from 1994 when Bush was running for Governor of Texas I believe:
http://articles.philly.com/1994-08-19/news/25842089_1_bullfighting-clowns-rodeo-arena-clown-smile
IkeRepublican
(406 posts)They have no leadership, no brains, no testicular intellect...so they go for the most juvenile feel-good tripe. I say let it happen and allow them to keep making their circling of the drain go that much faster. They asked for it by signing on with the rich who doesn't give a monkey's about them. As Ferris Bueller said, "You can't respect somebody who kisses your ass - it just doesn't work."
And now, they're reaping what they've sown. They've had it coming for a long time.
HillWilliam
(3,310 posts)"Hold m'beer and looky here" crowd. Nothing good ever followed those words.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)gopiscrap
(23,765 posts)I say we ban rodeo's
xmas74
(29,676 posts)people attacking Beam, the man who made the recording. They are threatening boycotts, attacking him personally and making threats towards him. One of the people making the threats is actually works for a police department.
proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)They're still fighting the Civil War all around where you and I live.
xmas74
(29,676 posts)To them, it's a huge sense of pride.