this clown bit has been around for generations and i didn t think anything more of it than what we ve done 15 years ago, 10 years ago, 5 years ago, when we ve done it with bush and clinton and ronald reagan. reporter: some conservative talk show hosts who came to his defense ingreed. this is infant ile, childish. reporter: the president hasn t commented but his spokesman did. as a native missourian it s not one of the finer moments for our state. reporter: now that the dust has settled over the rodeo routiru routi routine, he d like to clear a few things up. i don t care if they re blue, white, green, polka dotted, striped, doesn t bother me one bit. reporter: he ll be at another rodeo coming up in mo mop. if president obama turns out, i d be honored to shake his hand. one more thing the rodeo clown wanted to clear up, when