A friend of mine, Perry Beam, posted the following on Facebook.
Last night[8/10/13]/, Lily and I took a student from Taiwan to the rodeo at the Missouri State Fair. Just prior to the start of the bull riding event, one of the clowns came out dressed in this. The announcer wanted to know if anyone would like to see Obama run down by a bull. The crowd went wild. He asked it again and again, louder each time, whipping the audience into a lather. One of the clowns ran up and started bobbling the lips on the mask and the people went crazy. Finally, a bull came close enough to him that he had to move, so he jumped up and ran away to the delight of the onlookers hooting and hollering from the stands. We then left quickly and quietly. Lily's student is an inquisitive boy and asks a lot of questions about what he sees, and though he had never been to a rodeo he asked nothing about it, nor anything about America this time. We rode the sixty miles home in silence. In a way I'm glad. I had no answers for him.
I can't post the picture of "the clown" here. I have posted this same appalling story with the picture at
Show Me Progress.
Here is the picture.
Reread what I have bolder. Silence is not an appropriate response to this "entertainment" on grounds owned by all Missourians.
[Edited: posted the picture.]
I can't write anymore at how disgusting this is. All I want is some heads to roll.
