‘Obamanation’: Obama-Themed Parade Parody Causes Local Stir in Utah
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(Source: KSTU)
A parade float involving a man wearing a President Obama mask during an annual Fourth of July parade has caused quite a local stir in the small city of Huntsville, Utah, KSTU reports. And unsurprisingly, the accusations of racism have already started to circulate.
Some were amused, others angry to see an Obama-themed parade entry that used the phrase “Obamanation” on a license plate and featured a man dressed like the president. There was also one sign that said “Huntsville Welcomes Obama’s Farewell Tour?“ and another that read ”Ask about our assault gun plan! Call Eric Holder,” obviously referring to the failed gun-walking operation “Fast and Furious.”
City Council member Laurie Allen and Huntsville Mayor Jim Truett told KSTU the parade entry does not reflect the views of the city. Further, city officials argue the float was entered at the last minute and had they seen it, it would not have been approved.
“I don’t think we would have allowed it, in fact I know we wouldn’t,” Allen said. “We just don’t want that. It’s a family-oriented celebration.”
(Source: KTSU)
(Source: KTSU)
Truett also said he has received voicemails from people accusing him of being a racist, KTVX reports.
“I just want to say on behalf of the town council and the town of Huntsville, that viewpoint does not represent us at all,” the mayor added.
Dave Clawson, the float’s designer, told KTVX he was referring to “a very current event called the Fast and Furious scandal” and added he thinks it’s a “travesty” that people lost their lives in the flawed operation.
He also said parody floats are a yearly tradition and his design was in no way a threat against President Obama. Clawson has done parodies of former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton and well known celebrities like Paris Hilton and Michael Jackson in the past.
“I will offer an apology to no one for it,” said Clawson. “There was nothing wrong with it. We were just expressing a little political humor and that’s just fine. If you watch Saturday Night Live, you’ll see much worse every time.”
“I did see it and I thought it was cute,” one Huntsville resident said. “We live in America and we can voice our own opinions.”
But not everyone agreed.
“I think it’s probably inappropriate for the Fourth of July parade, I mean everybody‘s entitled to their own opinion but maybe that’s not the best venue to bring it out,” said another resident.
Weber County Sheriff Lt. Mark Lowther told KSTU his department called the Secret Service after some residents claimed the float represented a direct threat to President Obama.
“The Secret Service has been advised and they talked to our deputy about it,” he said.
Next year, city officials say they will be more careful about selecting parade entries.
“We don’t decide what’s appropriate. That’s up to the town, the parade organizers and the people who design the float,” Chief Deputy with the Weber County Sheriff’s Office Klint Anderson said in a statement.
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Comments (116)
Meyvn
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:59amIt’s not racist. It also reflects my views in regard to this tyrant.
Report Post »js1964
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:20amagree
Report Post »mikem1969
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:24amYou said it.
Report Post »mebrwb
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:30amAmen !!!!
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:33amI agree with Meyvn– I would like to see a national story where the people of that town are polled and tallied so America could see how much or how little the float reflects the attitude of the people. Now the comments by the City Council were purely political and spoken out of fear for any reprisals from the Ruling Class. The suggestion that the SS has been notified speaks to how very much America has lost its sense of rather tame political humor. I agree with those who have suggested that the dividing line to free speech is if it benefits the “progressives ” on the left it is accepted if it tells the truth about them then it to be condemned…even punished.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:54amBefore the 2008 elections….a band of young professional looking Mormons came to an event in my city..I thought that being Mormon..that they would have been Conservative..but they were on their own campaign trail for guess who? Barrack Obama.. It makes perfect sense..even Mitt Romney is a liberal running as a conservative…I cannot think of one issue in which they disagree. Romney did the proto type for Obamacare..supports gun control..has supported the gay movement., the Patriot Act..NDAA, SOPA. bigger government..and the New World Order.. isn’t it wonderful that Dems and Republicans have finally come together on the issues…Now is is just an issue of black or white..Islam or Mormonism..and as I understand..the Mormons are Islam sympathizers..so it is a win win situation..
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:05amWhy don‘t the race baiters stop with the rhetoric and deal with the facts and how this man is destroying our nation by giving away the store to those who don’t work for it?
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:18amOkay…I remembered one more thing that I left out..both Obama and Romney are supported by the banks…aka The Federal Reserve…and all you got out of this was the black and white issue? lol.. Perfect example of a brainwashed America.
Report Post »mils
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:21amLoved it!!!!
Funny if you say, show the truth about Obama and cronies, it’s called racism..they have used the word so much it means NOTHING…
Also agree Boehner is weak. Needs to be replaced, or keep his mouth shut and let others represent republican party.
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:37amCareful don’t want to run afoul of Dear Leader or his minions
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:40amSince Romney and Obama concurr on all issues..and since they are both funded by the banks.. which one wins the Presidency should not matter..but here is a little history and a glimpse into the future..
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJy4gSG8Q3w
Pianofiend
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:00am@ASHESTOASHES I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (or as you know us, “Mormon”), and I couldn’t disagree with you more. The true tenets of our faith are in no way alligned with the things you said. We believe in freedom and free agency, therefore our faith does not support mandated healthcare or gun control. There are members of our church that may believe in those fallacies, but they are flawed in their philosophies and cannot attribute them to what the church teaches. And we are not Islam sympathizers. We believe in allowing people to worship what they may, but in no way endorse fascist terrorists, if that is what you are eluding to. I invite you to learn what we really believe by visiting http://www.lds.org, and please stop spewing falsehoods and lies.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 10:33am@PIANOFIEND I go only by Romney’s record and of course the two Abrahamic religions. The Mormons and the Islamic religions get along fine..so what is wrong with that?..And if you look at Romney’s record as a flip flopper..then you will see how he is a liberal running as a conservative. Both are supported by the banks..look at Romney’s biggest supporter which is Goldman Sachs..a Sharia Compliant Bank..The Sharia compliant banks hold funds which pay 2.5% of every investment to organizations funding terrorism..It is my belief that 9/11 occurred for the convincing of the American people to perpetuate war everlasting.. it is my personal belief that both Mitt and Barrack are not leaders..they are just taking orders from the Federal Reserve.. The Federal Reserve in my estimation is the leader of the world..hence..the NWO..the UNITED NATIONS.. And as for your beliefs..I have a relation who is a Mormon and several friends..how fortunate for that you believe that Jesus was just a man who became a god and that your worthy high priests who are just men will become gods of their own planets when they pass from this world..and I also have heard about the “Mormons End of Days Prophecies and the White Horse Prophesy”.. I personally believe and stand on the scripture of the Holy Bible only..and would never believe in man’s fairy tales..
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:07amHow come it was not racist when Bush was the one being attacked by the left.
Report Post »Jesus-loves-Johnny
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:12amMy 2 cents….[leave JESUS out of my statement]…. ["OUST"] this TYRANT “right now” for TREASON of which their’s AMPLE enough evidence out there that if some responsible person out there would just take an “inteest” in Justice and bring the charges foward this imbecile an secret member of the Muslim BrothaHood would be turned out and shown for the TRUE TRASH that he always has been since his “POT HEAD” day’s as a do nothing teenager….! Never worked a day at any kind of laborious job ever in his life, no wonder he couldn’t DUNK the basketball…..! Now we know why he wasn’t even scouted as a NBA player like all his other teamates were….! POS, ["LYING POS"] for a POTUS….! Everytime I painfully see his lips moving I have to date seen a quiver of TRUTH come out of his mouth! Body language EXPERTS will redily tell you he has SERIOUS CREDITIABILITY ISSUES that (I feel) are tied directly to his child hood with a white mother from Kansas chasing after Black Radicals with Communists backgrounds living in the “real world” and figuring out quite naturally that what he was seeing as “normal” from his contempories as a lad was confusing the heck out of his mind because their parents in most cases wern’t mixed and all busted up and were not indoctriniated with the Communist line of repression, subjection and institutional control over body and spirit! Very TROUBLING TRAITS to have in you growing up and then you hold some office of TRUST above all the POTUS…! Chu
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 11:26amWere the floats compliant with event rules? We recently entered a float in our city parade and the rules were very strict.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 1:49pmThe town condemns the act to save it’s butt, but I call it FREE SPEECH!!!!
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:08pmDitto for me too. I do not believe there is such a thing as coincidences. When the word abomination was created as a word by a man of the cloth I’m sure, God must have inspired the guy to do so knowing the trying times we live now as a warning to us all, but of course, we didn’t adhere to the warning. :)
Report Post »hacker2000
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:16amOh really!! i guess i must have my Sunglasses on WATCHING this, because i really don’t see blacks Hispanics and other ethnic minority GROUP INVOLVE in this MESS, but then again you wouldn’t see any minority groups at a KKK parade which this have all the makings off .But then again should we be surprise look where it took place.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 6:40amSounds (and looks) like like fun to me Just a typical liberal reaction. If you can’t find a legitimate reason to critisize, hollar racism. The sheriff reporting to the Secret Service was over the top. Now some poor citizen who was having some fun will catch hell because Sweet Old Barack can’t stand the parody.
OMG Nov 6, 2012
Report Post »historyguy48
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:54amComrades! How horrible a thing to do, you might hurt Dear Leaders feelings, he does have feelings you know, and then he might put on his Seal Team Six outfit and erradicate the entire town, kind of like what the NAZI’s did when an officer was killed by the resistance inWW2.
Report Post »Next this racisist city will don the uniforms and parade around as SA! Kind of like what Obama’s private army in the state department does!
No wonder Americans are building tunnels into Mexico so they can flee!
Yeah_Buddy
Posted on July 10, 2012 at 1:52pmYeah, now the whole town is on Obummer’s kill list.
Its funny as p00 though.
Report Post »Val_Dragon
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:54amhttp://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dmJtaOO2etc
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:31amI like it and I think Obama has earned it. Its mild compared to some things liberals have been saying about Bush. Its not racist in the slightest bit either. If Obama is a big enough boy to be the prez, he’s big enough to take the criticism, however it is manifested.
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 7:34amJust because liberals did it to Bush, does not make it right for us to do it back to them. I for one, think this is a little ridiculous. Were better then this. This was on our nations birthday, and we have a bunch of hooligans trying to be funny by dropping down to the liberal level, rather then just celebrate the day for what it is.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 8:50amWe ae not better than this, it was funny not threatning.
Report Post »The Mayor and the Sherriff don’t have two balls between them.
TX .338 L Mag
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:26am“City Council member Laurie Allen and Huntsville Mayor Jim Truett told KSTU the parade entry does not reflect the views of the city.”
Absolutely Spineless!!
Report Post »Czarthur
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:25amThe mayor of Huntsville is a pathetic, snibbling weak character who shouldn’t be leading anything much less an entire town. The people of Huntsville Utah obviously got it wrong when they elected this schmuck. Do your homework next time folks so you don’t elect a boob like that again.
Report Post »More people need to call out Obama and Holder for their complicity in the murder of US Federal Agents in the Fast and Furious Scandal. All for the sake of trying to undermine our Constution and deceive the American people in order to create an assualt weapons ban in the US and take away our 2nd Ammendment Right. This needs to be in the media day and night and in Obama’s face day and night for the rest of this election and his life.
KarinS
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:25am@georgiejo:::: You are absolutely correct!!!!
Report Post »IOWAGIR
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:02amWith such a subject…Obama, The Float could have been much more in your face. This float was done in good taste. Can’t belive they called the SS about it. Way to waste more tax payer money.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:18amWatch the tape
Report Post »The black guy says its not racist.
Liberals truly have no sense of humor….
Wait Didn’t they hang Sarah Palin in effigy in 2007?
Oh yeah in California and the guys said it was “ART”
OMG 2012
checkbeck
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:58amWho would have ever thought that we live in a time, when talking about our president that we would have to whisper when disagreeing with his acts because someone may hear and then think you are a racist. My gosh, I find myself doing this especially when I’m at work. And he’s at the top of the list for black history month for our kids to be proud of, they probably don’t even know who Allen West is.
Report Post »coolbabe
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:44amEven though I agree with the commentator below, who meant that “chill, the right would judge the leftists for doing shallow humor, too”, I do want to point out that, first, they make fun of conservatives and it’s far worse then an “Obamamobile” and, second, I‘m pretty sure that conservatives don’t call cops saying that the sky is falling and that there is an immediate security threat. I wonder if those folks who dared to make fun of the “dear leader” have now been put on a no fly list and are on an FBI and secret service watch-list. Even if conservatives have to take things with a cool head more often, the ones who do have a problem and need to see a doctor for paranoia are those on the left side of political spectrum… Either way, the fight for this country is on: please check out 714-project d o t c o m and join in prayer on July 14th. When 7 million (the goal) people are praying, there should be and will be results.
Report Post »TexasKnight
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:32amThreat?
Report Post »OMG, you have to be kidding me.
I guess I will be getting a visit from the secret service soon too, cause I want B.O. gone asap.
The new definition of a threat to the president….I am waiting to see Romney locked up too, after all he is spending alot of money to get rid of B.O.
That said, I think it is in pretty poor taste for a 4th of July parade.
Legal-check.
Protected speach-check.
Smart for a 4th of July parape-Uncheck
tropolis
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:02amI dont think its a big deal but you guys need to be honest with yourselves.
If this was somebody dressing like Reagan or Bush you would be saying how shallow and pathetic the left were for doing something like this.
Report Post »TexasKnight
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:28amUh, the article did say they had done the same kind of parity for Bush and Clinton.
Report Post »Bernard Gui
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:31amNever seen the parades with people wearing the grotesque Reagan and Bush masks?
Report Post »This is as American as apple pie! Calling the Secret Service? Geeeessshhhh.
Cavallo
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:05amYou must not mock Dear Leader.
Report Post »scrapadapolis
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:27amWho cares what color! This man and his people are taking my freedoms.No race here,socialism has no color,Just an adgenda.You guys should also look at the color of Sorous,Piven,Polosi.These people are white.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 5:01amWho cares what YoMamma’s truth police think? Where were all these hurt feeling when Libs talked openly about shooting Bush.
Report Post »Arc
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:20amWhen the leader of a Free Constitutional Republic, publicly attacks a media source, attempts to establish a class struggle environment , and clearly states his objective to fundamentally change the US, that clearly isn’t a parody of anything good for the nation.
Yet when the American citizen addresses that ludicrous intention, he/she is vilified and in some cases is labeled a “ racist ” and is placed under Secret Service scrutiny, the stage is being set for the abolishment of FREEDOM by such a subjective leader, . I contend the liberal left progressive Democrats have adopted the “ thin skin ” of their President.
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:16amNo surprise. If Obama said, “The moon is made of cheese,” and you disagreed… the Obama fanatics would say, “You‘re a racist if you don’t believe the moon is made of cheese!”
Report Post »Think about it. That’s exactly what they do. If you disagree with him (in any way and on any issue), they simply label you a racist and then they leave it at that and they believe they’ve won the argument.
I think the opposite. I think that they’re so completely fixated on race that they are unable to see that they are the true racists
pamela kay
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:45amI like the bumper sticker….I am not racist, I don’t like Biden, Pelosi,Reid,Chu, or Holder either. I have to wonder if it were reversed and this was a theme against Romney what the media would do?
Report Post »Disgusted_in_CT
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:02amI think it’s probably inappropriate for the Fourth of July parade, I mean everybody‘s entitled to their own opinion but maybe that’s not the best venue to bring it out,” said another resident.
Funny thing, there is another article about kids mocking Romney cutting someone kids hair back in high school.
Report Post »And of course everyone loved that one and no complaints.
F. them, so tired of progessive liberals and their bull.
Shifty6
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 9:06amIf it were Romney, Bush, Palin, Bachmann, Palins daughter, basically any conservative, that is FREE SPEECH. That is AMERICA. You watch this will get air time on the main networks, and they will simply ask, “is the TEA Party going too far?“ or ” does this need to be looked into further?” Meanwhile Holder is dropping illegal guns to cartels out of the back of Air Force One, and it doesn’t even get 15 seconds to even tell the public it happened, let alone ask about an investigation.
Report Post »Truthmonster
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:27amDo you know how dangerous this is?!!! I wonder how many sheepish simpletons gulped down Kool-Aid when they saw this? Folks you have to remember the psychosis of the liberal mind. On second thought drink up dummies.
Report Post »burnteye86
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:13amThis is why the framers of the Constitution made freedom of speech the very first “right” in the Bill of Rights. They knew there would be people who would want to silence descent and try to shut people up. These Obummer supporters are, simply put, anti American.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 6:09amThat depends on what you mean by American. The America before or after June 28th? Before or after it was set in stone that we are a fascist autocracy?
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:08amNotice that Fast and Furious is being totally ignored by the left leaning media? Eric Holder is the one and only Attorney General ever to be found in contempt of Congress, and the left leaning media merely yawns. Holder does have his “special suit” of being Black that allows him to do whatever he pleases, just as Obama has. Seems that being Black or Brown means that actual Laws are only for White People.
Report Post »wdittgasn
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:34amIf you disagree with a black politician it can ONLY be because you are racist, not at all because they are destroying our country and you want it to stop!
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 4:09amLarry Elder, who happens to be a Black man and a Conservative/Libertarian, has written about the “Black Suit of Armor” – where just the fact of being born Black, gives that person “special” privileges in today’s world of Progressiveism. The Progressives may believe that they are making some kind of progress, but it’s all really just a lie. Their agenda is to “punish” human success. Their agenda is to make every human the same, except for them, of course. Americans are expected to pay for the failed societies of Africa, or South America because they weren’t as successful as Americans. Obama is completely stuck on this ideology of American power and influence must be reduced or voided, so that emerging or developing Nations become the dominate force.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:08amIf you make any, and I mean any, criticism of Obama, you are automatically labeled a racist. It’s the perfect formula to create a dictator. If you complain about Obama declaring Martial Law and having jackbooted thugs kick down your door, then you’re obviously a racist. If you complain about Obama suspending the Constitution, then you’re a racist. If you complain about Obama opening up FEMA gulags to his dissidents, then you’re a racist. If you complain about Obama confiscating your property, then you’re a racist. If you complain about Obama canceling all elections for the next 50 years, then you’re a racist. And funny thing is, Obama knows that 97% of the whites out there are so scared of being called a racist that he knows he can get by with doing the above. He knows whites will do anything not to be called a racist. Even if it means giving up your house and becoming homeless so your house can be donated to a “less fortunate” minority, he knows they will do it. Even if it means turning in your guns to your local police station, he knows whites would bring their guns in wheel barrels in order not to be called a racist. Yes, whites have been trained (indoctrinated) very well. We are ripe for a dictator.
Report Post »ricckky
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:03amHey–Voteright–I couldn’t have said it better!!!!!–These Spineless Rino ass h—s need to go along with the liar in charge. Boehner is the biggest failure that ever came down the pike. I wonder if these idiots know what real conservatives think about them. Our Country is at stake this time. This is no game. Don’t they know this? I hope it’s not too late
Report Post »rsanchez1
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 3:01amIt doesn’t take very many brain cells to throw around the race card.
He Black
Report Post »He White
He White Make Fun He Black
He White Racist
He White Bad
He Black Good
VoteRightDammit
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:50amWhy is it OK for Obama and his operatives to lie, cheat and steal … and to say whatever they think will spin well about Romney, the GOP, the tea Party, and America …
But when NORMAL people do the same about the socialists everyone feels they must apologize.
I’m just SOOOOO sick and tired of the Boehner, lilly livered, weak kneed supposed conservatives.
Grow a spine, you idiots.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:49ami thought the fast and furious scandel was perfect ,,,the progressives may think theres nothing there…but the real americans who actually think know different…great float..
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on July 9, 2012 at 2:45amawe a lil fun poked at the president is americana…not racism….lol…
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