Missouri Fair clown draws criticism for Obama mask

[JRLeft]

http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/V6DN1du0LN1vOvZvT9RJ3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTcxOTtweW9mZj0wO3E9ODU7dz05NjA-/

It wasn't clear if any action will be taken against the performers.

Perry Beam, who was among the spectators, said "everybody screamed" and "just went wild" as the announcer talked about having the bull run down the clown with the Obama mask.

"It was at that point I began to feel a sense of fear. It was that level of enthusiasm," Beam, a 48-year-old musician from Higginsville, said Sunday, referring to the reaction from the crowd that filled the fair's grandstand.

He said another clown ran up to the one wearing the Obama mask, pretended to tickle him and played with the lips on the mask. About 15 minutes into the performance, the masked clown had to leave after a bull got too close, Beam said.
Golf, Dinner And Relaxation For Obamas On Martha's …Play video."
Golf, Dinner And Relaxation For Obamas On Martha's …

Beam was at the rodeo with his wife and a student they were hosting from Taiwan. He said they were having a good time until the end of the rodeo.

"It was the usual until the very end at bull riding," he said. "As they were bringing the bulls into the chute and prepping them ... they bring out what looks like a dummy. The announcer says 'Here's our Obama dummy, or our dummy of Obama.

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-fair-clown-draws-criticism-obama-mask-004950184.html

[Recursion]

1. This may just be a Presidential thing

I know other rodeos have done that with both Bushes in the past.

[JRLeft]

2. Yeah, I read comments which said the same, but it's Mizzou so you will always second guess.

[okieinpain]

3. im not mad about it. at least it was

A real rodeo clown and not a dummy that they let the bull tear up.