Some people say that any publicity is good. But, I guess the circus is thinking differently about that because they want people to stop comparing the presidential election to the circus.

According to an article in the USA Today, however appropriate the metaphor may be, the circus would like you to stop calling the 2016 election a circus. No kidding! This week Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey launched a new campaign titled "The Circus Wants The Circus Back."

The goal: to get rid of the negative association the presidential election has brought to the words "circus" and "clowns." Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson said in a press release: "Everyone from the media to the public to politicians to even President Barack Obama himself have repeatedly called the 2016 Presidential Election a circus or referred to the candidates as clowns.

These comparisons need to stop! We want to #TakeBackTheCircus to where it belongs, to the real circus, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus."

[via: USA Today]

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