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White House publishes
photo of Obama shooting

Washington Examiner [DC], by Byron York

Original Article

Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/2/2013 10:41:56 AM

In response to skepticism of President Obama’s statement that, “Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time,” the White House has released a photo of the president firing a shotgun. Former top Obama campaign aide David Plouffe linked to the photo in a tweet that read: “Attn skeet birthers. Make our day — let the photoshop conspiracies begin!”
Headline corrected by Staff.

Comments:
Oh sigh. skeet birthers?? Those morons in the White House act like immature teenagers. This is the entire article with the pathetic photo.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Johnny Angle, 2/2/2013 10:48:06 AM     (No. 9154157)

From the warnings at the bottom of the photo release it is obvious that Barry doesn´t trust NBC either.


Reply 2 - Posted by: Keekng, 2/2/2013 10:48:17 AM     (No. 9154158)

Why are the muscles of his left arm all tensed up, that makes no sense.


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: ruready?, 2/2/2013 10:48:41 AM     (No. 9154160)

PULL !!! my leg.


Reply 4 - Posted by: GoodGrief, 2/2/2013 10:49:41 AM     (No. 9154163)

As a skeet shooter, this looks like he´s shooting "clays on a stick."


Reply 5 - Posted by: jntsrgn, 2/2/2013 10:50:45 AM     (No. 9154169)

Holding it by the barrel and aiming like a rifle? Sure he does this all the time.


Reply 6 - Posted by: melanie, 2/2/2013 10:50:53 AM     (No. 9154170)

Not good to have his cheek folded over the stock. Might lose a filling.


Reply 7 - Posted by: DARling, 2/2/2013 10:52:28 AM     (No. 9154173)

Shouldn´t the gun be aimed at a slightly higher angle?

That was a practice shot, obviously.

Too bad they didn´t grab a shot a split-second later of Obama knocked on his Mom Jeans-clad rear from the recoil.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: GOPJihad, 2/2/2013 10:53:11 AM     (No. 9154174)

He´s shoots more awkwardly than he throws a baseball.

There are some people on a range you fear just by their manner of handling their firearms, the sort of person you keep looking over at firing point because you fear they are going to shoot you or themselves by accident. This is a photo of what that person looks like.


Reply 9 - Posted by: kate318, 2/2/2013 10:56:48 AM     (No. 9154184)

God, how I long for the days when adults were in charge.


Reply 10 - Posted by: tivadoc, 2/2/2013 10:58:25 AM     (No. 9154186)

Poor form, no shooting jacket or shell box. He looks uncomfortable and appears to be aiming nearly straight out which is pretty low for clay birds. Someone who knows a lot more about shotgun shooting than I do can probably point out a whole lot more. All that being said, no photoshop required, the thing speaks for itself. Reminds me of his baseball throwing skills and bike riding pictures.


Reply 11 - Posted by: Mercedesops, 2/2/2013 11:01:09 AM     (No. 9154197)

I am a USMC Rifle Expert (12th award) and Obama s off hand position shows that he is a novice shooter. The gun butt is too high in his shoulder,his posture is wrong and he is over gripping. If this is the best photo they can find he must really be a bad shooter. He shoots like he throws balls. Sick to golf Barry,.
Btw don´t buy wonderful brand pistachios after they paid psy to do their Super Bowl commercial. I guess they too want to see dead US soldiers.


Reply 12 - Posted by: WhamDBambam, 2/2/2013 11:01:47 AM     (No. 9154199)

Has his Kevlar mom jeans on for the occasion, I see. Might not want to have the butt ride so high up over his shoulder.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: nevernaught, 2/2/2013 11:05:30 AM     (No. 9154209)

Doesn´t Putin do this type of stuff all of the time?


Reply 14 - Posted by: Safari Man, 2/2/2013 11:07:23 AM     (No. 9154215)

So he really is a Marx-man.


Reply 15 - Posted by: pickle1, 2/2/2013 11:13:00 AM     (No. 9154230)

ROTFLOL.


Reply 16 - Posted by: NorthernDog, 2/2/2013 11:16:39 AM     (No. 9154237)

Is it a Daisy Red Rider BB gun? Be careful - you´ll shoot your eye out.


Reply 17 - Posted by: pinger, 2/2/2013 11:17:32 AM     (No. 9154239)

When Neil Armstrong died last August, the White House published a photo of Obama standing after dark looking skyward at a crescent moon. It was captioned "Obama remembers Neil Armstrong by gazing at the moon." There was a silhouette of a helo rotor and a couple of bodyguards or whomever nearby. Lost is the fact that when Armstrong died, it was during a waxing gibbous moon. Anyone who isn´t skeptical of every last thing that this White House flushes or shovels in our direction is either living in a cave or is a Democrat.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: K620, 2/2/2013 11:20:54 AM     (No. 9154250)

I´m guessing Marsha´s challenge is still on.


Reply 19 - Posted by: Laurie, 2/2/2013 11:51:32 AM     (No. 9154300)

Post of the day #14...bravo!


Reply 20 - Posted by: TexasHillCountry, 2/2/2013 11:52:19 AM     (No. 9154302)

Obviously NOT familiar with handling a shotgun and I bet the shell he is firing is a blank.


Reply 21 - Posted by: Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 2/2/2013 11:58:22 AM     (No. 9154314)

Gun? Bong? Your call!


Reply 22 - Posted by: cgood, 2/2/2013 12:02:44 PM     (No. 9154323)

Must be some low flying skeet... baby skeet fresh out of the nest. Tasty, though.


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Scottyboy, 2/2/2013 12:04:12 PM     (No. 9154327)

"Be veeeewy, veeeewy quiet.....I´m hunting Sasquatch"
"Do you want me to shoot her now, or wait until we get back home? "
"Shoot her now!, Shoot her now!"

BOOM! . . . .


"Your despicable ....."


Reply 24 - Posted by: BaseballFan, 2/2/2013 12:07:59 PM     (No. 9154336)

"See? He is SO a regular guy! So there!"

- David Plouffe, trying way too hard to make Obummer look relevant.

Some great posts in this thread... #14 LOL.


Reply 25 - Posted by: JHBoatwright, 2/2/2013 12:10:31 PM     (No. 9154347)

What´s that smoke spurting out about 3/4 the way up the barrel?
Is it being used to indicate wind speed and direction?
This photo needs to be cleaned up a bit more.
Also, modern powders leave very little smoke.
Are we sure that this is not an air gun?


Reply 26 - Posted by: Laurie, 2/2/2013 12:12:18 PM     (No. 9154349)

Completely believable if they´d said he was shooting at the economy.


Reply 27 - Posted by: dman, 2/2/2013 12:22:06 PM     (No. 9154370)

:-)


Reply 28 - Posted by: MissMann, 2/2/2013 12:29:32 PM     (No. 9154388)

I know all of us here get this as just another case of 0bama´s fibs in a long line of lies and obstructions.

But, surrounded by liberals, I see this as another case of the 0bamiacs setting up yet another "controversy" that ended up making his opponents look small and snarky. This is the face a large segment of the population sees of 0bama´s opposition: petty and unserious.

Meanwhile, 0bama is systematically destroying our beloved country. Let´s start ignoring this small stuff and stay focused like a laser on two or three things that are vitally important.


Reply 29 - Posted by: Jethro bo, 2/2/2013 12:50:04 PM     (No. 9154440)

Where can I get a recoiless shotgun like Dictator Obambi is shooting?


Reply 30 - Posted by: Shelgeyr, 2/2/2013 1:03:25 PM     (No. 9154466)

"Hello!" he lied.

To prove skeet shooting you need to SHOW skeet shooting. No skeet? Didn´t happen.

Show me the video on YouTube.


Reply 31 - Posted by: redwhite&blue2, 2/2/2013 1:03:31 PM     (No. 9154468)

LIARS!!!


Reply 32 - Posted by: Don´s Thought, 2/2/2013 1:18:26 PM     (No. 9154500)

I understand the smoke from the end of the barrel, but in all of my days shooting, I do not remember smoke from the side of the barrel, too.


Reply 33 - Posted by: udanja99, 2/2/2013 1:22:32 PM     (No. 9154510)

All this shows is that everyone in this WH is unbelievably thin-skinned and juvenile.


Reply 34 - Posted by: rocket-j-squirrel, 2/2/2013 1:28:59 PM     (No. 9154519)

Agreed, #32...unless he had one ´o them 17ga. assault shotguns with a flash suppressor and gas ports. I think I see the hardware for a tripod mount and a 3x9 variable wide field scope...and I think that model comes equipped with the lower barrel to double as a MANPAD.

The only thing ´´real´´ about this guy is the misery he inflicts on our daily lives.


Reply 35 - Posted by: woodsto sea, 2/2/2013 1:31:09 PM     (No. 9154522)

The smoke is the giveaway that it´s fake. Of course he could be shooting some fancy blackpoweder shotgun that only he owns. The plume of smoke off to the right?? Who makes a ported over/under shotgun???


Reply 36 - Posted by: Distorted, 2/2/2013 1:34:29 PM     (No. 9154525)

He´s a skeet shooter just like he is a bowler.


Reply 37 - Posted by: ketchuplover, 2/2/2013 1:41:24 PM     (No. 9154537)

I have never seen anyone shoot skeet with the gun aimed horizontally.

BTW -- the WH sure got their pic and anticipated responses out: Fast and Furious, didn´t they?


Reply 38 - Posted by: Italiano, 2/2/2013 1:43:04 PM     (No. 9154539)

They probably had to air-brush the, ahem, "wet spot," from the crotch of his jeans.


Reply 39 - Posted by: Italiano, 2/2/2013 1:49:29 PM     (No. 9154549)

At least he didn´t tell tales about "crawling through the brush on his hands and knees" hunting skeet and sporting clays like that idiot traitor Kerry did in 2004.


Reply 40 - Posted by: noproblems, 2/2/2013 2:00:52 PM     (No. 9154569)

quick, we need another distraction


Reply 41 - Posted by: Kurto, 2/2/2013 2:01:14 PM     (No. 9154572)

...and it only took them a week to ´find´ the picture. (obviously staged and probably taken this week)

Also, no unofficial photo-shopping permitted...


Reply 42 - Posted by: CaptainLibra, 2/2/2013 2:05:25 PM     (No. 9154580)

I can much more easily picture Moochie or one of his little darlings, the sturdier one, shooting skeet than I can Jughead. Bring on Marsha for a shootdown.


Reply 43 - Posted by: rocket scientist, 2/2/2013 2:56:20 PM     (No. 9154641)

If it´s one thing I have learned from the Obama regime, it´s don´t believe anything you see or anything you hear.


Reply 44 - Posted by: NYbob, 2/2/2013 3:14:08 PM     (No. 9154667)

That is an awfully big shotgun for such a little man. The vertical smoke is from small holes drilled into the top of the barrel or ´porting.´ It helps to soften the recoil and counter barrel rise. If you wonder how useful that is for this type of shooting, you would have to ask the owner, because I would bet EVERY dollar I have and every one I could borrow that that man did NOT purchase it for himself. He took a shot for the cameras and that is the last time he will fire that 12 gauge with low recoil shells. So arrogant, so full of himself, he can´t imagine how anyone would look at him and know instantly that he has yet to go thru a box of shells. Hint, Mr. President, shouldering a 12 gauge that way will give you a bruise, and you lean INTO it. BTW, if this guy is shooting a launched target, he is about as accurate or as late to the game as he is on anything.


Reply 45 - Posted by: Rafter, 2/2/2013 3:27:36 PM     (No. 9154681)

So... #38...
would that be a "shotgun wetting"... ?

Obie WON Kenya-Obie has flunked his "shotgun vetting" ...
according to the posts on this thread.

#14, that is one of the best! A gem!


Reply 46 - Posted by: Rafter, 2/2/2013 3:34:07 PM     (No. 9154688)

Staff - in view of the pertinent topic of enduring importance... and a classic photo...

& in view of the impudent impertinence best exhibited by #14´s classic quip & others...

Must Read for everyone´s Sunday pleasure?


Reply 47 - Posted by: thewarden, 2/2/2013 3:43:10 PM     (No. 9154697)

Oh, he´s so manly! Gack. My male kitten is more macho than this fraudulent girlyman sissy. Love the jeans, Barry...


Reply 48 - Posted by: Beca, 2/2/2013 3:43:12 PM     (No. 9154698)

This adm is like dealing with kindergarten children. So juvenile.


Reply 49 - Posted by: snakeoil, 2/2/2013 3:45:55 PM     (No. 9154703)

Take that Wabbit. Shows promise. Needs to have Dick Cheney drop by and deliver some pointers.


Reply 50 - Posted by: Rafter, 2/2/2013 4:10:52 PM     (No. 9154727)

Forgive the additional... but...

The hysterical significance of this photo is... Never Before...

Even in the case of Billyboob Klintoon...

Have we had a live action photo of an incumbent president getting his gun off.


Reply 51 - Posted by: pineledger, 2/2/2013 5:27:59 PM     (No. 9154803)

Do you think they printed and rescanned this before putting it out on the web?

22, my reaction exactly. And low-flying skeet made my day and is the real give-away.


Reply 52 - Posted by: Captain Howdy, 2/2/2013 8:00:28 PM     (No. 9154986)

How´s this for a pay-per-view. Obie and Putin in a cage fight. At least Putin exudes a semblance of manliness.


Reply 53 - Posted by: rolfnader, 2/4/2013 9:37:28 AM     (No. 9157171)

Now,now all you racists.! Byron (who probably has never been in the same room with gun) warns us that we have to believe this photo or we can ´t go Georgetown cocktail parties with him.



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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —

Is going gluten-free
healthier for everybody?

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The Week, by Staff    Original Article
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Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but they can be dangerous if not done right. What is gluten? It´s the spongy complex of proteins, found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley, that gives elasticity to dough and allows it to rise. When flour is moistened and either kneaded or mixed into dough, gluten molecules form an elastic, microscopic latticework that traps the carbon dioxide produced when yeast ferments, causing dough to inflate like a hot air balloon. Baking hardens the gluten, which helps the finished product keep its shape. Wheat — and gluten — is ubiquitous in the American diet.

Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th
anniversary in Havana, Cuba

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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad    Original Article
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for


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