Oh God -- the guy who posted the Obama rodeo clown video says some people stuck a broom up

[CatWoman]

an Obama parody's behind.

And the crowd jeered and cheered.

Fucking sick.

He's on with Lawrence now.

[Ian David]

1. You know the difference between them and us?

I saw Lewis Black perform live in Boston years ago.

Lewis mentioned something about Bush, and one guy in the audience yelled, "Kill him!"

The whole damn audience was stunned silent.

Lewis Black asked the heckler, "Do they keep you in a cage, and just let you out to see this show?"

Mr. Black put the asshole in his place, and the audience was right there with him.

THAT is the difference between them and us.

Anyone who calls themselves a Republican these days is almost certainly to be viewed not just with suspicion, but with fear. They are dangerous animals who should be kept in cages.

[Cha]

2. The Difference between humanity and laughing hyenas..

sorry, hyenas.

[MjolnirTime]

4. We wanted to impeach Bush. They want to lynch Obama.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

12. Yup, publicly. And the weird thing is they honestly feel that would make them winners.

[xfundy]

5. +1000

That is the most important difference.

[on point]

7. We disliked Bush for real failures like lieing us into war & torture

They dislike Obama for imaginary things like being born in Kenya, or being a Muslim

We were concerned about the country, they are concerned about their fantasy

[Baitball Blogger]

3. They definitely are not good Americans.

[sad-cafe]

6. there are some sick people

in this world.


What is it with it being okay to be this vocal about their backwards beliefs?

[Isoldeblue]

8. I said it before tonight

Since the Zimmerman verdict the racism and hate has become worse and more open. It's as if they were given permission to be open about it, hardly any holds barred.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. It became more open...

when Obama took office.

[Isoldeblue]

15. True that.

There was plenty dog-whistling. Now they are more forthright and I'm seeing a level up from that. Just visit HuffPo for a few minutes and it's horrendous. Even worse on Yahoo, for instance.

[awoke_in_2003]

17. Once I realized that Huffington is just...

anti-incumbant I stopped visiting that site. Yes, I disagree with the president on some issues, but she seems to be against any president in office at a given time.

[Isoldeblue]

20. I know! She's (AH) a joke. n/m

[sheshe2]

9. They are disgusting and beneath contempt.

Sick just sick!

[Half-Century Man]

10. The evil side of my brain says..

...this guy is going, "see, I'm not the worst one, stop picking on me".
Bottom line, I think he should apologize and fade back into the background. I don't think he deserves any punishment from anyone. A very misjudged attempt at humor blew up spectacularly in his face. That is enough.

The broom handle/ toy butt thing.....the crowd cheering a proxy anal rape of anyone, I believe is grounds for a group action restraining order.

[mindwalker_i]

13. It wasn't a broom

It was a mortgage-backed security.

[liberal from boston]

14. Obama Rodeo Clown

Watched this on The Last Word last night. Lawrence interviewed a gentleman named Perry Beam that was at the rodeo w/his wife and & a Taiwan student. He pointed out the announcer's derogatory comments about President Obama fed into crowd's response. Interesting interview--the link is listed below.




http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755883/ns/msnbc-the_last_word/vp/52740797#52740797

[xmas74]

21. A friend is friends with Perry.

Says he's real good people and that if he was offended, it was probably very offensive. He's a supporter of rural living, FFA, 4H and everything of that nature and he said this was upsetting.

I'm more than a bit mortified right now.

[joeybee12]

16. I've always loathed rodeos...a celebration of animal cruelty...

Now I loathe them even more.

[ChangeUp106]

18. Never search for #tcot on Twitter

There are some scary tweets/pictures out there. Right now they have #MockObamaDay trending. My God there are some unhinged people in this country.

[hack89]

19. Ancient rodeo clown gag

they pretend they are putting out a dummy for the bull to run over - hence the stick to prop it up. The other clowns abuse the dummy - hence the clown playing with "Obama" s lips. When they release the bull the "dummy" comes alive and runs away.

Where they fucked up was making it a racist attack on a black president.