After Obama-Mocking Rodeo Clown, Missouri Fair Now Requires ‘Sensitivity Training’
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A state fair’s response to the uproar over a rodeo clown’s mockery of President Obama is creating an uproar of its own.
From now on, the Missouri State Fair won’t allow any rodeo cowboys or clowns from the state’s association to take part unless they all undergo “sensitivity training.”
And that’s just part of the fallout from the Saturday incident in which a clown wearing an Obama mask held a broom descending from his backside while a voice said, “Hey, I know I’m a clown. He’s just running around acting like one. Doesn’t know he is one.”
Mark Ficken, president of the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association, has resigned.
Rodeo clown Tuffy Gessling has apologized. He told Missouri news outlet digitalburg.com that he was the one whose voice was heard at the event, and that he never meant to offend.
“It was a colleague of mine that was dressed up. I am the rodeo clown making jokes,” he said.
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Flashback: George H.W. Bush Rodeo Clown Spotted in 1994
By Meredith Jessup.
The Washington Examiner’s Charlie Spiering notes that Douglas Campbell, a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, highlighted another presidential clown’s performance in 1994:
I highlight this article only to demonstrate the rich tradition of politically incorrect rodeo clowns. . .
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…
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