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Obama Removed from NJ Game, Political Pair Take His Place

By pete_gallagher

A Seaside Heights boardwalk game that allowed patrons to bean a questionable likeness of President Barack Obama has replaced him with a pair of other polarizing political types.

A Star Ledger story reports that models of George W Bush and Hillary Clinton have taken over for Obama, in a move that the game's operator said was meant to show that 'we're not anti-Democrat or anti-Republican.'

Secret Service agents also reportedly scouted out the game in order to see if game operators were egging on players to bean the President or 'for patrons who expressed a desire to hurt the president.' No incidents of either type were reported.

The notoriety of the attraction has also apparently not brought in much new business either as 'most tourists point to the game stand in recognition, but then keep on walking without playing.'
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).