Missouri State Fair bans rodeo clown who mocked Obama

[kpete]

Source: St Louis Post Dispatch

Missouri State Fair bans rodeo clown who mocked Obama

JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri State Fair officials have barred a rodeo clown who wore a Barack Obama mask and mocked the president from ever performing at the fair again.

Neither the fair nor the Missouri Rodeo Cowboy Association, which sponsored the event, revealed the name of the clown.

But family members of the performer, who goes by the stage name of Tuffy Gessling, said that the general public was missing the point.

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The fair, however, said in a release today that the Rodeo Cowboy Association "must hold all those responsible for this offensive stunt accountable." The fair also said if the association is to ever sponsor a rodeo again, it must first show proof that "all officials and subcontractors ... have successfully participated in sensitivity training."



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[Newsjock]

1. ... as clown signs three-year contract with Fox News Channel

Where he'll be right at home.

(Also: Not a very noteworthy 10,000th post from Newsjock, huh. I should have done better.)

[cstanleytech]

4. Considering how many clowns fox news already has working for them do they really need one more?

[muntrv]

5. You need to add a second "s" to as.

[DainBramaged]

2. missing the point

YEP HE WAS

[olddots]

3. It's not the clown's fault

Somebody wrote the script for this racist hate fest , the somebody that planned this out wasn't a hired hand for a weekend gig .
The real clowns here were the audience who thought it was good "family " entertainment .

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. This is so embarrassing.

Not just the totally inapropriate clown face but also the reaction from the crowd.

A friend said I
m over reacting. It's just Missouri!

I think the whole thing is awful. I live here and I am just floored by this.

[CurtEastPoint]

7. Poor Tuffy. His fans have started a defense FB page for his clownness...

https://www.facebook.com/supporttuffygessling

[Grassy Knoll]

8. Ah, Yes......

The birth State of Rusty the Racist.

[jmowreader]

9. When are they firing the announcer?

[Egnever]

10. My thoughts exactly

it could have been much different without his input.

[DemoTex]

11. Ass clown (Urban Dictionary)

ass clown (ás kloun) n.:
one, who, through the fault of his parents conception, is a skid mark in society's collective underwear.

[47of74]

12. My daddy would've grounded me for 10,000 years if I did a stunt like this.

Growing up this sort of disrespect towards the President was something that was just not abided in our household. Not even when it was someone of the opposing party.

[4bucksagallon]

13. From his facebook support page............

Fox Snooze will hire him all they hire is clowns. LOL!

[Left Coast2020]

23. Cluster Faux H.R. Rep interviewing moran the clown:

..."I see you have recent experience acting like an ass in a rodeo. Would you be interested in mornings since we have a clown in the 6PM slot?"

[Ian David]

14. Tuffy bites the dust. n/t

[Sunlei]

15. The lead person was the rodeo announcer!

Rodeo seems to bring out the raw worse side of people.

[proud2BlibKansan]

16. And the announcer is a school superintendent!

[e-mail] or 660-882-7474

[jtuck004]

17. I wonder if Mark Ficken, the rodeo's announcer and the superintendent of the Boonville schools,

will be announcing for, say, a school when his students try the same thing?

Couldn't very well discipline them for something he showed them how to celebrate in public, could he?

[wordpix]

22. with a super like that, who needs an education? Says he wants to "smoke Obama" - it's a gun threat

f-ing assclown, both of them

[marble falls]

18. His nonapology apology:

He really is a clown.

[No Vested Interest]

21. Sorry, Tuffy. Too late smart. nt

[Android3.14]

19. I'm with jmowreader

This sounds like a contemptuous whitewash. They won't name the clown, and they demand sensitivity training and they don;t even mention the announcer. That sounds like total horseshit to me.

[marble falls]

20. And what about the other "clown" who played with the mask's lips???

[Left Coast2020]

24. Senativity training my ass.

He needs a visit from the Secret Service.

[marble falls]

27. At the very least. I think he needs to talk to someone with his lawyer present.

[Socal31]

25. I actually saw this same clown last month in Missoula, MT.

Don't ask.

[Atman]

26. Is poor spelling a requirement to be a Republican?

Scanning through some of the posts on that page is amazing! Those people are absolute morons!

[Kingofalldems]

28. Kick this one

[kwolf68]

29. And there was never a rodeo clown with a Bush mask

First of all, why does anyone care? It's a rodeo clown for goodness sakes. Obama wasn't threatened at all. Just some jagoffs mocking him. It's not cool, but welcome to America. Free nation. And here I read the SS needs to visit the clown? Huh? There have been plenty of times where someone mocked presidents of the other party.

That first amendment thing is quite pesky.