A punching bag showing President Obama as a boxer with a black eye has been pulled from a Republican Party tent at an Indiana county fair.

The Muncie Star Press reports there were complaints from some people, including a Republican state House candidate, who attended the Delaware County Fair about the punching bag, which had been on display for part of this week.

Tom Bennington, a spokesman for the Delaware County Republican Party, said one man who complained was a military veteran who thought the punching bag was disrespectful to Obama as commander in chief.

"Obama is somebody we want to defeat. It was all meant in fun," Bennington told the Muncie newspaper.

Obama won Indiana and Delaware County in the 2008 presidential election. It was the first time a Democrat had won the Hoosier State in 40 years.

The 54-inch bag, by the way, is widely available for purchase on the Internet for roughly $15-$20.

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