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TM99

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4. Looks like it became a witch hunt.

Reply to Sherman A1 (Original post)

Mon Aug 26, 2013, 03:03 PM

Aug 2013

“I didn’t think anything more of it than what we’ve done 15 years ago, 10 years ago, five years ago, when we’ve done it with Bush, Clinton and Ronald Reagan,” said Gessling.

If he has done it with all of these Presidents, he was acting no differently than a comic sarcastically attacking a sitting president in a routine. In other words, this was a form of protected speech, and he should not have been fired for it.

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Rodeo clown who mocked Obama at Missouri State Fair speaks out [View all] Sherman A1 Aug 2013 OP

He's surprised that people think he's a douchebag? shenmue Aug 2013 #1

If he actually did the same thing to Bush and Clinton pscot Aug 2013 #2

As far as I'm concerned, the broom made it unconscionable. Shrike47 Aug 2013 #3

Looks like it became a witch hunt. TM99 Aug 2013 #4