Boonville school superintendent was announcer during controversial rodeo performance
– Boonville School Superintendent Mark Ficken, president of the Missouri Cowboy Rodeo Association, was the rodeo announcer during a controversial performance at the Missouri State Fair Saturday night, the association’s director Kim Spurgin confirmed to PoliticMo on Sunday.
According to an account published on the Democratic-leaning blog ShowMeProgress.com, an announcer asked “if anyone would like to see Obama,” portrayed by a masked clown, “run down by a bull.” The crowd reportedly cheered, until the “bull came close enough to him that he had to move.” According to the account, at that point the clown “jumped up and ran away to the delight of the onlookers hooting and hollering from the stands.”
The performance set off a firestorm on social media on Sunday, and Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, a Republican, and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, both called on people to be “held accountable” for the performance.
Attempts to contact Ficken on Sunday were unsuccessful.
http://politicmo.com/2013/08/11/boonville-superintendent-announcer-during-controversial-rodeo-performance/
videos of event: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/08/11/4404230/clowns-obama-stunt-at-missouri.html
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Is there no gratitude any more? I thought the highest aim of Republicans was to get rid of the state school system?
