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Barack Obama impersonator Reggie Brown performs at the Republican Leadership Conference

Obama impersonator silenced when he speaks ill of Republicans at GOP conclave

Louisiana Republicans who organized the event brought in Obama impersonator Reggie Brown to entertain the crowd. Brown, who entered to the song "Born in the USA," delivered an almost eerie representation of the president, in appearance, mannerisms and voice.

Brown began mostly with mockery of the president. As an economic elixir, he proposed building bridges. "That way, people will have something to live under -- and jump off of," he said.

He piled on a series of race-based jokes at Obama's expense. Referring to Black History Month, he said, "Michelle celebrates the whole month. I celebrate half."

On the way the presidency ages a president, he showed on screen a "before" picture of the first couple, then a photo he said was digitally altered to show what they will look like leaving office. It was a shot of Fred Sanford and his sister-in-law, Ethel, from "Sanford & Son."

On his Kenyan father and Kansan mother he said, "My mother loved a black man. But she was not a Kardashian."

Organizers gave Brown the hook once he started mocking 2012 GOP president candidates.

On Newt Gingrich, he said the former speaker's campaign is dropping "like Anthony Weiner's pants in an AOL chat room."

On Tim Pawlenty's reluctance to directly attack front-runner Mitt Romney, the stand-in president promised that Pawlenty's "spinal transplant" would be covered under federal health care reform.

Pawlenty's fellow Minnesotan Michele Bachmann was next in line for ridicule, but with her picture on the screen, a party official walked to the podium and physically escorted Brown off the stage.

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