Rodeo Clown Dressed As Obama Gets Run Down By Bull. White Crowd Goes Wild.

No one's civil right have been violated, and if this were a privately funded rodeo, there would be nothing to say about it other than it is crass and childish. BUT, this was not a private rodeo. A State Fair is funded by taxpayer dollars. It is a violation of taxpayer's hard earned dollars being used to for partisan hackery that shows utter contempt for the Commander in Chief of the United States of America and our nation. It is as UN patriotic as it gets.

Wrong again, Comrade.

The rodeo is purely private. They RENT the stadium from the state for the event. The state MAKES money from the rodeo, it does not spend tax dollars. The fair grounds are owned by the government, but the rodeo itself is a purely private venture.

The county contributes over a half million dollars to the fair. So it is not purely private. It is in fact partly tax payer funded.

Of course it is.

All these public places are. Stadiums, parks, fair grounds..

The "fee" they charge to have events is anywhere close to what they'd be charged if it were a privately owned facility.
 
The county contributes over a half million dollars to the fair. So it is not purely private. It is in fact partly tax payer funded.

See, the FAIR is not the rodeo, and the RODEO is not the fair. State and county fairs have figured out that they can offset costs by hosting EVENTS such as concerts, horse races, and rodeos. These events bring in BIG money - often not enough to cover the entire fair, but the events are money makers.
 
Well, here is a summary of the thread, so far.

1. Spectators object to a rodeo clown mocking the president. The anti-obama crowd responds, "get a sense of humor"
2. The republican and deocratic leaders in MO, ban the clown for life from appearing at state funded fairs. The anti-obama crowd now claims that it wasn't a clown, but a dummy.

I'll predict the future course of the conversation.

3. The rodeo dummy will apply for unemployment. The anti-Obama crowd will claim that Obama is taking away jobs.
4. The unemployment office will deny benefits to the dummy, based on the fact that he is not a person. The Anti-obama crowd will claim that the Democratic welfare state is racist for denying unemplyment benefits to a anti-Obama dummy.
5. The anti-Obama dummy will be offered a job as a commentator on Fox News. The Anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the anti-Obama dummy is smarter than Joe Biden.
6. The anti-Obama dummy will be fired from Fox news for poor ratings. The anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the dummy's career was destroyed by slicing and dicing recordings of interviews to make it look like the anti-Obama dummy does not have anything to say, whatsoever.
7. The republicans will nominate the anti-Obama dummy for VP. They will lose the election, and then claim that the reason was that the party is in control of Rinos.
8. The anti-Obama dummy will get a job working for Joe the Plumber, who isn't really a plumber, because he doesn't have a license.
9. The anti-Obam dummy will spend his end days sweeping up Joe's garage.
 
Wrong again, Comrade.

The rodeo is purely private. They RENT the stadium from the state for the event. The state MAKES money from the rodeo, it does not spend tax dollars. The fair grounds are owned by the government, but the rodeo itself is a purely private venture.

The county contributes over a half million dollars to the fair. So it is not purely private. It is in fact partly tax payer funded.

Of course it is.

All these public places are. Stadiums, parks, fair grounds..

The "fee" they charge to have events is anywhere close to what they'd be charged if it were a privately owned facility.

The state rents to private entities all the time. When someone rents something, it is theirs for the period of the rental.

Besides, how many private fairgrounds are there? And where are they?
 
In bad taste or not, and let's be honest, it kind of is, I think the bigger question is...



When did it become a problem to mock the President? Any President. Seems to me that sort of shit just comes with the job...
 
Of course it is.

All these public places are. Stadiums, parks, fair grounds..

The "fee" they charge to have events is anywhere close to what they'd be charged if it were a privately owned facility.

Again stupid, rodeos, concerts, horse races, etc. are all private groups putting on EVENTS at the fair - which brings in big money for the fairs.

Here is what's going on at my local fair;

Pacific Amphitheatre | Summer Concert Series - Costa Mesa, CA

And no, ZZ Top is not owned by the State of California....
 
Well, here is a summary of the thread, so far.

1. Spectators object to a rodeo clown mocking the president. The anti-obama crowd responds, "get a sense of humor"
2. The republican and deocratic leaders in MO, ban the clown for life from appearing at state funded fairs. The anti-obama crowd now claims that it wasn't a clown, but a dummy.

I'll predict the future course of the conversation.

3. The rodeo dummy will apply for unemployment. The anti-Obama crowd will claim that Obama is taking away jobs.
4. The unemployment office will deny benefits to the dummy, based on the fact that he is not a person. The Anti-obama crowd will claim that the Democratic welfare state is racist for denying unemplyment benefits to a anti-Obama dummy.
5. The anti-Obama dummy will be offered a job as a commentator on Fox News. The Anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the anti-Obama dummy is smarter than Joe Biden.
6. The anti-Obama dummy will be fired from Fox news for poor ratings. The anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the dummy's career was destroyed by slicing and dicing recordings of interviews to make it look like the anti-Obama dummy does not have anything to say, whatsoever.
7. The republicans will nominate the anti-Obama dummy for VP. They will lose the election, and then claim that the reason was that the party is in control of Rinos.
8. The anti-Obama dummy will get a job working for Joe the Plumber, who isn't really a plumber, because he doesn't have a license.
9. The anti-Obam dummy will spend his end days sweeping up Joe's garage.

I'll save you some time.

Neither CNN, nor any other media outlet, has yet to prove the validity of the story
 
Wrong again, Comrade.

The rodeo is purely private. They RENT the stadium from the state for the event. The state MAKES money from the rodeo, it does not spend tax dollars. The fair grounds are owned by the government, but the rodeo itself is a purely private venture.

The county contributes over a half million dollars to the fair. So it is not purely private. It is in fact partly tax payer funded.

then should Obama not weigh in on incidents in Cambridge or Sanford on our dime?

It shouldn't make a difference. Free speech is free speech. Just because the gov'ment contributes shouldn't mean political speech needs be prevented. Just was pointing out that tax funds were involved with the county fair when some were saying there wasn't. It's up to the folks who manage the fair on how they want to handle this situation. That seems to be what is happening.
 
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Of course it is.

All these public places are. Stadiums, parks, fair grounds..

The "fee" they charge to have events is anywhere close to what they'd be charged if it were a privately owned facility.

Again stupid, rodeos, concerts, horse races, etc. are all private groups putting on EVENTS at the fair - which brings in big money for the fairs.

Here is what's going on at my local fair;

Pacific Amphitheatre | Summer Concert Series - Costa Mesa, CA

And no, ZZ Top is not owned by the State of California....

Exactly. When I was a girl, the local fairground was the ONLY place you could see a big name performer.
 
Well, here is a summary of the thread, so far.

1. Spectators object to a rodeo clown mocking the president. The anti-obama crowd responds, "get a sense of humor"
2. The republican and deocratic leaders in MO, ban the clown for life from appearing at state funded fairs. The anti-obama crowd now claims that it wasn't a clown, but a dummy.

I'll predict the future course of the conversation.

3. The rodeo dummy will apply for unemployment. The anti-Obama crowd will claim that Obama is taking away jobs.
4. The unemployment office will deny benefits to the dummy, based on the fact that he is not a person. The Anti-obama crowd will claim that the Democratic welfare state is racist for denying unemplyment benefits to a anti-Obama dummy.
5. The anti-Obama dummy will be offered a job as a commentator on Fox News. The Anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the anti-Obama dummy is smarter than Joe Biden.
6. The anti-Obama dummy will be fired from Fox news for poor ratings. The anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the dummy's career was destroyed by slicing and dicing recordings of interviews to make it look like the anti-Obama dummy does not have anything to say, whatsoever.
7. The republicans will nominate the anti-Obama dummy for VP. They will lose the election, and then claim that the reason was that the party is in control of Rinos.
8. The anti-Obama dummy will get a job working for Joe the Plumber, who isn't really a plumber, because he doesn't have a license.
9. The anti-Obam dummy will spend his end days sweeping up Joe's garage.

I'll save you some time.

Neither CNN, nor any other media outlet, has yet to prove the validity of the story

You are behind the curve, Berry. You are still on step 2.
 
No one's civil right have been violated, and if this were a privately funded rodeo, there would be nothing to say about it other than it is crass and childish. BUT, this was not a private rodeo. A State Fair is funded by taxpayer dollars. It is a violation of taxpayer's hard earned dollars being used to for partisan hackery that shows utter contempt for the Commander in Chief of the United States of America and our nation. It is as UN patriotic as it gets.

Wrong again, Comrade.

The rodeo is purely private. They RENT the stadium from the state for the event. The state MAKES money from the rodeo, it does not spend tax dollars. The fair grounds are owned by the government, but the rodeo itself is a purely private venture.

The county contributes over a half million dollars to the fair. So it is not purely private. It is in fact partly tax payer funded.

That expenditure is for the entire fair. The rodeo is not the entire fair.
 
Well, here is a summary of the thread, so far.

1. Spectators object to a rodeo clown mocking the president. The anti-obama crowd responds, "get a sense of humor"
2. The republican and deocratic leaders in MO, ban the clown for life from appearing at state funded fairs. The anti-obama crowd now claims that it wasn't a clown, but a dummy.

I'll predict the future course of the conversation.

3. The rodeo dummy will apply for unemployment. The anti-Obama crowd will claim that Obama is taking away jobs.
4. The unemployment office will deny benefits to the dummy, based on the fact that he is not a person. The Anti-obama crowd will claim that the Democratic welfare state is racist for denying unemplyment benefits to a anti-Obama dummy.
5. The anti-Obama dummy will be offered a job as a commentator on Fox News. The Anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the anti-Obama dummy is smarter than Joe Biden.
6. The anti-Obama dummy will be fired from Fox news for poor ratings. The anti-Obama crowd will maintain that the dummy's career was destroyed by slicing and dicing recordings of interviews to make it look like the anti-Obama dummy does not have anything to say, whatsoever.
7. The republicans will nominate the anti-Obama dummy for VP. They will lose the election, and then claim that the reason was that the party is in control of Rinos.
8. The anti-Obama dummy will get a job working for Joe the Plumber, who isn't really a plumber, because he doesn't have a license.
9. The anti-Obam dummy will spend his end days sweeping up Joe's garage.

I'll save you some time.

Neither CNN, nor any other media outlet, has yet to prove the validity of the story

You are behind the curve, Berry. You are still on step 2.

link us to the proof then
 
Well, I've improved my life. And I've had a nice lunch. Now, today is hair day, so I will improve my appearance, and then get more paint for improving another room next week, and buy food to improve my health. Libs on here can sit in their own feces all day posting just as they do every day. That is the difference in us and them. Keep that in mind fellow conservatives. Our lives are better. We make them better ourselves. CIAO.
 
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In 1994, there was a ?George Bush? rodeo clown dummy | WashingtonExaminer.com

In the wake of ‘Clown-gate’ at the Missouri State Fair, it appears that professional rodeo clowns will think twice before mocking the president.

But in 1994, Douglas A. Campbell, a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer chronicled a rodeo clown even featuring George H.W. Bush.

From the report:


The big white gate flew open. The bull came out bucking. The rider flopped from side to side and the bullfighters held back, letting the bull make his moves until the rider dropped off. Licciardello crouched in a heavily padded barrel, a human target should the bull decide to charge. Hawkins waited near the barrel, holding his big inner tube. A dummy with a George Bush mask stood beside the clown, propped up by a broomstick.
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T.J. Hawkins rolled out the big inner tube, and the bull lowered his head, shot forward and launched into the tube, sending it bounding down the center of the arena. The crowd cheered. Then the bull saw the George Bush dummy. He tore into it, sending the rubber mask flying halfway across the sand as he turned toward the fence, sending cowboys scrambling up the fence rails, hooking one with his horn and tossing him off the fence.
 
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In 1994, there was a ?George Bush? rodeo clown dummy | WashingtonExaminer.com

In the wake of ‘Clown-gate’ at the Missouri State Fair, it appears that professional rodeo clowns will think twice before mocking the president.

But in 1994, Douglas A. Campbell, a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer chronicled a rodeo clown even featuring George H.W. Bush.

From the report:


The big white gate flew open. The bull came out bucking. The rider flopped from side to side and the bullfighters held back, letting the bull make his moves until the rider dropped off. Licciardello crouched in a heavily padded barrel, a human target should the bull decide to charge. Hawkins waited near the barrel, holding his big inner tube. A dummy with a George Bush mask stood beside the clown, propped up by a broomstick.
…
T.J. Hawkins rolled out the big inner tube, and the bull lowered his head, shot forward and launched into the tube, sending it bounding down the center of the arena. The crowd cheered. Then the bull saw the George Bush dummy. He tore into it, sending the rubber mask flying halfway across the sand as he turned toward the fence, sending cowboys scrambling up the fence rails, hooking one with his horn and tossing him off the fence.
 
It is all enough to make one miss the dignity of:

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