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Boom Sound 416

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110. When I posted originally
Wed Aug 14, 2013, 05:28 PM
Aug 2013

I didn't know about the lips thing

Thanks for not reading any of the above posts and just ringing in with the !!!

That said there is something to the fact the "accomplice" received no punishment or admonishment

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Hopefully he explains it when he's hired at FOX news. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #1
That's lol-able Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #2
May get flamed for this, but I don't know If it was "racism" in the portrayed sense. Socal31 Aug 2013 #3
Yes I agree with the ban too. Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #5
and just what has to happen for you to figure out something is racist? BainsBane Aug 2013 #105
The Obama mask was not present. Socal31 Aug 2013 #108
What do you mean the mask "was not present"? BainsBane Aug 2013 #109
My original post was based off of an experience I recently had. Socal31 Aug 2013 #112
Okay BainsBane Aug 2013 #113
There are many layers to this story. Vinnie From Indy Aug 2013 #4
"It WAS racist when the other clown played with the lips on the mask." Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #10
I have a friend who actually saw it. xmas74 Aug 2013 #31
Do you really need to ask that question? theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #6
uhh, yes Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #11
Surely theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #16
You may put it to a vote Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #18
Uh-huh theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #19
What? Don't call me Shirley? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #20
The "where a Bush mask" was most revealing in the original OP n/t HangOnKids Aug 2013 #44
Oh, you got me! Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Aug 2013 #46
This message was self-deleted by its author HangOnKids Aug 2013 #50
I know the feeling BainsBane Aug 2013 #106
a racist unfunny clown spanone Aug 2013 #7
Racist. nt madinmaryland Aug 2013 #8
It was absolutely racist. I mean what more do you need. The clown making the lips boble, the crowd EV_Ares Aug 2013 #9
i can back and forth on these points Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #12
Would anyone have thought to do this with a Bush mask? Clinton? Scootaloo Aug 2013 #15
I think people would Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #17
rodeo hijinx DustyJoe Aug 2013 #30
Patrick Swayze would have n/t RZM Aug 2013 #35
You mean something like this thetonka Aug 2013 #59
Are you seriously asking that question? oberliner Aug 2013 #104
Missouri is the home of Todd Akin and Roy Blunt..... lastlib Aug 2013 #13
That's fair, I'm just not ready to lump an entire state under their rock Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #14
Who said anything about an entire state? BainsBane Aug 2013 #119
And you finally got to me Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #121
You're not keeping up BainsBane Aug 2013 #122
Oh I saw it Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #123
So "you finally got to me" BainsBane Aug 2013 #125
Well you didn't respond to the substance Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #127
Substance? BainsBane Aug 2013 #131
Done Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #133
He was a republican Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #21
Bircher! I hate those trees as well Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #22
Thanks for the catch! Blue Idaho Aug 2013 #23
Racist. Doesn't the frogmarch Aug 2013 #24
Honestly I didn't know about the lips thing Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #25
Fox News Will Be Giving This Clown His Own Weekend Show iloveObama12 Aug 2013 #26
All of the above. MotherPetrie Aug 2013 #27
Well, lets face it. The Dixie Chicks were run off the radio for less. n-t Logical Aug 2013 #28
They certainly were. Hekate Aug 2013 #38
Just one question canonfodder Aug 2013 #29
How was it racist? n/t Skip Intro Aug 2013 #32
If the jiggling of the masked clowns lips was the racist act, 1KansasDem Aug 2013 #33
indeed Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #36
He's a racist. Iggo Aug 2013 #34
Absolutely mick063 Aug 2013 #37
Yes, from the face mask to getting a broom handle shoved up his... back, it was racist to the core. Hekate Aug 2013 #39
I don't know PD Turk Aug 2013 #40
It was racist, plain and simple. Jamastiene Aug 2013 #41
Racist nt steve2470 Aug 2013 #42
Of course he is a racist Egnever Aug 2013 #43
Oh this is interesting! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #47
Enough to keep you here I guess Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #51
Yes I love a good mash up! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #52
Yes, indeed theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #61
Indeed! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #65
happy to help! Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #66
Keep Helping! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #71
i think we found the president of my fan club Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #74
Kewl story bro! Rex Aug 2013 #75
... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #79
Hey didn't you get the memo....DU is a public forum HangOnKids Aug 2013 #81
thanks, Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #82
I Hijacked Your Thread? HangOnKids Aug 2013 #84
if i'm so repulsive Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #85
They go outside? Who???? HangOnKids Aug 2013 #88
... Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #92
No luck, eh? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #99
I didn't alert on your post Boomer HangOnKids Aug 2013 #116
Now you're just making it too easy Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #117
Keep Going Boomer HangOnKids Aug 2013 #118
Most hatred and mockery of Obama is not racism, same as with Bush or Clinton Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2013 #48
That's how I've felt Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #49
Why he did it is immaterial - what it looked like is racism liberal N proud Aug 2013 #53
the latter may be true, but Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #54
Perception is 9/10's liberal N proud Aug 2013 #55
fair enough Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #57
Oh yeah, I recall all those times people wore Bush masks while the crowd shouted CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #56
According to the OP HangOnKids Aug 2013 #58
so this is an example of what my point is Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #60
If they had you'd be claiming that wasn't racist BainsBane Aug 2013 #139
Rrrrriiigghhht Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #141
My friend's band in college was called "Kill Whitey" tridim Aug 2013 #86
What was the name of their album? Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #93
I don't even know if they had an album, maybe just singles? tridim Aug 2013 #96
HAHAHAHHA JI7 Aug 2013 #62
thanks for the compliment Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #63
Just a clown rl6214 Aug 2013 #64
Well Rush probably doesn't think it was racist. Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #67
Cheers! Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #70
Lots of Clowns In The Thread! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #73
Giants look like zombies out there. No energy. Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #87
They are in a funk for sure! HangOnKids Aug 2013 #90
I understand everyone's distaste for it. Inkfreak Aug 2013 #68
The clown is a racist piece of shite jasond54231 Aug 2013 #69
Seems to be racist. meanit Aug 2013 #72
he certainly had to assume some kind of backlash Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #76
Seriously? This is what you want your 15 minutes of fame to be over? Rex Aug 2013 #77
dare i ask Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #80
A one hit wonder? BainsBane Aug 2013 #120
I'll take that bet! Rex Aug 2013 #128
what's the over-under BainsBane Aug 2013 #129
I don't know...I will probably lose this one. Rex Aug 2013 #132
the clown is a racist POS Mosby Aug 2013 #78
It's central Missouri, there is a real good chance he's racist, homophobic, and a complete moran. tridim Aug 2013 #83
it might get a little batty out there Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #89
KC and St. Louis are fine. Some say Columbia isn't too bad either. tridim Aug 2013 #91
I'd say a racist and a stupid fucker gopiscrap Aug 2013 #94
Where the RW is concerned, I always assume racism until proven otherwise. And I'm white. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #95
He was playing to his audience... KansDem Aug 2013 #97
Given your name Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #98
I live in one state and work in the other... KansDem Aug 2013 #100
At a bare minimum, he was playing to his racist audience. Dawson Leery Aug 2013 #101
You can't be serious? BainsBane Aug 2013 #102
Bullshit. Even the head of the state Republican party, to his credit, admitted Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2013 #103
When I posted originally Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #110
You didn't bother to read the newspaper before posting this BainsBane Aug 2013 #140
Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #142
"where a Bush mask" oberliner Aug 2013 #107
It's a typo, Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #111
You can edit it oberliner Aug 2013 #114
Apologies Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #115
Ansolutely no question, it was racist. I can't Raven Aug 2013 #124
It's a honest question and I thought worthy of a thread Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #126
Oh, really. theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #130
Read the thread Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #134
I think it's a fair question... lame54 Aug 2013 #135
He was belittling Obama. proud2BlibKansan Aug 2013 #136
Agreed Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #137
White middle America hates President Obama because.. DCBob Aug 2013 #138
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