Obama sticker in urinal draws criticism and laughs

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Updated: 9/02/2011 11:25 am
A disturbed 17 News Facebook friend posted picture taken in the bathroom of a restaurant in Bakersfield.  It shows a sticker, with a picture of the President, firmly affixed to a porcelain potty.

Some think he's a political whiz, but perhaps this isn't what they had mind.

"It's a cartoon. It's a parody. It's humor," said customer Dave Nance.

There's been a lot of traffic in this bathroom at the Rocket Shop Café.  But not for the usual reasons.  Word of the cartoon decal has brought a lot of looky loos to this loo.

"I think it's a riot because he's a public figure. He sets himself up for this kind of abuse from being who and what he is," said customer Tom Moore.

John Harmon, the owner of the Rocket Shop Café says the bulls-eye designs showed up in the gentlemen's room about a week ago.

"Why would I take them down? We get a lot of people come out of the bathroom now just laughing like crazy," said Harmon.

But some would say this the president of the united states we're talking about?

"It's a cartoon character in the urinal. If we had the president in there it would be more fun. Somebody could have put a fly down in there. Same thing. It would have been a target. And actually I think the floors in there are a little cleaner than they used to be," said Harmon.

John Harmon says he has no plans to take the decals down and he has yet to receive any complaints from his customers.  We tried to contact the man who posted the picture on Facebook but he did not immediately return our calls.
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GinaCaliLaLa - 10/22/2011 10:40 AM
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Thanks for embarrassing the USA and yourselves, story = stupid, interviews = ignorant,sticker of president of the USA inside a toilet(s) = disgraceful! This country is going downhill because of the pigs like you that inhabit it, thank you for making it perfectly clear for us ALL!

jdsusumu - 9/16/2011 12:55 PM
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Umm, why didn't you report on things like this when Bush was in office? Not only did they have these stickers but they had full sized urinals made to look like Bush: http://gizmodo.com/5070915/george-w-bush-urinal-pees-tribute-to-the-last-8-years another shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31892547@N03/3217826462/ they didn’t complain about these things!

gunwench - 9/5/2011 3:18 PM
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Where can I order about a thousand of them stickers.I have friend that travel to D.C. every week.

Questionman - 9/5/2011 11:23 AM
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A friend of mine who works with, goes to tailgates and bars with, and receives emails from, mostly white males tell me without hesitation that racism is behind everything the people he knows think about OUR President. He said these men (as well as a few women) have been referring to OUR President as the n-word since his campaign, and they've been blaming him for everything that's gone wrong with the economy and their job outlook even before the economy officially became "his." As far as many of them are concerned, this President, OUR President, can do nothing right, whether he gives in to the Tea Poisoners or not. What do these racists know about respect. They hated this guy the minute they heard of him.

Questionman - 9/5/2011 11:19 AM
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then what about the people who didn't vote for Obama because he was black, they are patriotic to you losers? How pathetic!

Luther - 9/5/2011 10:58 AM
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I think it is wonderful! "Piss on Obama!" I think I may put one in my bathroom as well!

Revelator - 9/5/2011 8:38 AM
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How is this news or journalism? I can't believe that this is featured as a top story on your site. What about the employed all over Kern County? What about the uneducated? What about the meth problem, with no plan in place to combat this menace? No, an Obama sticker in a toilet and raids on medical marijuana patients are newsworthy stories to kget with a crack team of investigative reporters constantly doing research on facebook. This is a legitimate news organization? This reminds me of news stories I routinely see on tvs in 3rd World countries. I hope you can do better than that. This type of amateur reporting is what is keeping the minds of bakersfield alienated and subjugated to non-ideas.

benny - 9/4/2011 10:57 PM
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Bkersfield is filled with people who call themselves christians, yet promote hatting on some one , around here its anyone who is not white is fare game, well let me tell u i am to and i think all u friday saturday night boozers and sunday morning worshipers need to listen to the pastor , or at least read ur bibles, there is alot in there about loving your neighbor and treating people with love, I am ashamed to be white in this trash town the same people who clame this to be a great place to raise ur kids r the same ones showing them hate, after church on sundays, ohh rasbaries.:P

DrMike - 9/4/2011 9:02 PM
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Amazing that somebody gets upset about this sticker in the toilet and call it a bullseye or target. Get your head on straight and look back a couple of years when Obama was elected and this design was on t-shirts and hats all over the place. And why is it such a big deal to this facebook person? Waited a week before even posting it and then KGET making a mountain out of a molehill doing a stupid poll about it. Let's get back to presenting newsworthy news instead of this garbage.

Aerotorch - 9/4/2011 5:00 PM
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I liked this sticker story sooo much that I have placed one in my Toilet as well I need to find 2 more for the other two toilets in the house. Love it....
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