Developing: Pakistani Plane Escorted by UK Fighter Jets — 2 Men Arrested

Doc Thompson’s 24-hour radio marathon, ‘#24forok,’ continues until 9 am ET — Listen Live!

Politics

Fox News Source: Obama ‘Couldn’t Have Been More Uncomfortable’ Skeet Shooting at Camp David

Jan. 30, 2013 8:46pm Jason Howerton

Source Says President Obama Rarely Goes Skeet Shooting at Camp David

US President Barack Obama (Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

President Barack Obama’s claim that he and his guests at Camp David “do skeet shooting all the time” has been met with a great deal of skepticism. Well, now an anonymous source who claims to have been to the retreat a half-dozen times with the president says Obama rarely ever goes skeet shooting and when he did, he was “awkward” and “uncomfortable” for the commander-in-chief.

“The only time he shot skeet was for President’s Cup,” the source, who asked not to be identified, told FoxNews.com. “I was there. He stayed for about five minutes, and couldn’t leave fast enough.” The President’s Cup is a shooting competition tradition involving the presidential Marine guards.

The source said Obama has only gone skeet shooting a couple of times at the most. It’s “very hard…especially for someone not used to guns,” the source added. “He couldn’t have been more uncomfortable.”

A friend of the source also remembered Obama skeet shooting at Camp David very early in his first term, FoxNews.com reports.

In an interview with a former staffer at The New Republic, Obama was asked if he had ever fired a gun. This is how he responded:

“Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time…Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there. And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake.”

Since making the remarks, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) have both challenged Obama to a skeet shooting contest. Additionally, Abbott invited Obama to go hunting down in Texas as the president claims he is now a sportsman.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney was unable to back up Obama’s claim with any kind of proof.

“I’m not sure how often he’s done that…because when he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs,” Carney said.

“There may be (a photo),” he added, “but I haven’t seen it.

The New Republic was actually duped by this fake photo of Obama skeet shooting, which it initially promoted as genuine. Within minutes, the site took it down and realized the mistake.

Featured image via AP

Benghazi, IRS, AP...What's next? Only TheBlaze TV offers the truth from Glenn Beck, Andrew Wilkow, and Real News from TheBlaze. Get instant access and a free trial here.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (118)

RDavis49
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:01pm
This is so typical of this Socialist/Communist Democrat to lie like this…. You “Useful Idiots” democrat Obama followers are being used soooo bad and you’re too stupid to even realize it. You want so hard to believe in this ******* that you are totally willing to place yourselves in denial as to his lies. You’ve got to be the most pathetic human beings on this planet. Even natives in the deepest jungles of Africa know this communist is lying to you. Grow the hell up…………

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- RDavis49
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:05pm
  I apologize for my language but the sort of utter stupidity you liberal socialist/communist democrats are displaying before the American public makes me sick to my stomach and mad as all get out.
  
  Report this comment
- NewMedia
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:15pm
  I’m sorry, but you could never convince me that Barack Obama ever went skeet shooting. Did you see this guy throw a baseball? C’mon….skeet shooting. No way! That would be like Al Gore saying he worried about his carbon footprint. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABfZi7PPFSU
  
  Report this comment
- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:19pm
  Davis,
  They keep pushing their agenda because they think there’s a ‘social utopia’ at the end of it and a free paycheck. Then they can sit on their collective ass all day smoking dope and drinking beer. Your words don’t effect them at all.
  
  Report this comment
- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Right, and Joe “Scabby” Scarborough thinks the greatest threat to the 2nd Amendment isn’t Obama, the Liar in Chief, it is the NRA. What the hell is wrong with our nation?
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/joe-scarborough-thinks-extremism-from-the-nra-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-2nd-amendment/
  
  Report this comment
- SUNTZU
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Ar uh you er sure e this is uhh er the end ah the er ah thing er bullettt ah comes out off
  ah weres Dick at uh er he knows.
  
  Report this comment
- banjarmon
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:47pm
  Hey BHO… look down the long black hole to aim and use your toe to pull the trigger!!!
  
  Report this comment
- kenboo1
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:56pm
  Is there anything he wont lie about??? Birth Certificate anyone???
  
  Report this comment
- scarydave
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 12:11am
  He’s uncomfortable skeet shooting because his wife has his nuts tightly tucked away in her purse. Barack Obama, maybe we should we call him “President Girlie-Man”?
  
  Report this comment
- Phattdad144
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 5:43am
  what I don’t get is why the lie. He does not have to run for election anymore. And him claiming any affinity for guns will only piss off his base. I guess one you get to a point of lying so much that you wouldn’t recognize the truth if it bit you in the A**.
  
  Report this comment
- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 10:54am
  lol What do you get for insulting people who will never and have never come to this website with the exception of a few people? Does it make you feel big or something?
  
  Report this comment
- 00100111
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 11:03am
  Why apologize? You said nothing incorrect.
  
  Report this comment
- Maji
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 2:00am
  Davis, don’t worry man. Sad to say I was once like you
  ( still am sometimes)about things I have said about Obama
  What’s really sad is most of which is true.I’m sorry for what he’s done to America most of all
  
  Report this comment
- jettson
  Posted on February 1, 2013 at 9:20am
  They should have invited Dick Chainy Now that would make history
  
  Report this comment
powedj
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:57pm
Obama rides his pink girly bike with a bell on the handlebar.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- TIMEBOMB
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:09pm
  I’m always riding something or being ridden.
  
  Report this comment
- CatB
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 1:05am
  Don’t forget his Hello Kitty bike helmet.
  
  Report this comment
Advection
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:55pm
Wait, you mean he lied?! You’re saying that mister obama lied?!

This is racism. Open and shut case.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:51pm
No surprise there. Have you ever seen the man-child throw a ball? I think he’s the woman and Michelle wears the pants. Give the gun to Sara Palin and let her school you on how to act like a man Obama. What a *****!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- kaydeebeau
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 7:23am
  I think it is quite obvious O never had a real manly, fatherly influence in his life to teach him how to do “normal american kid things” like throw a ball, shoot a gun, toss a football, ride a bike, tell the truth, have honor, integrity etc.
  
  Thankfully I have a Dad – married to my mother (still) who taught me to play baseball, football, hunt, shoot and many other things – that I can definitely do better than O -
  
  Report this comment
- G-WHIZ
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 11:27am
  Justlike Pres-Hilly with her wife, BillieC. … .
  
  Report this comment
13th Imam
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:50pm
It wasn’t skepticism, it was full out roaring laughter

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
sparkyrules
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:38pm
What a world.

http://www.startribune.com/world/186294692.html?refer=y

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186782/Obamas-slumdog-brother-Meet-hopeless-drunk-Nairobi-shanty-town-U-S-Presidents-BROTHER.html

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:38pm
He is not like a shooter, he’s more like a catcher….

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:35pm
Barry is very uncomfortable with everything. He is a girl trapped in a boy’s body, and living in a country where he hates: Traditions, religion, constitution and people!!!…..and you can add he hates his wife, his dog and his rented children…..he only loves his inner girl, watching videos of drones killing people, dude on dude sex, trashing your constitution and cocaine…..

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
jasonsmommy
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:34pm
Of course he is uncomfortable.Sorry (ladies) Skeet shooting is a man sport. Obama is a girl he wears grandma jeans and throws a baseball worse then my 6 year old.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
PlanetReality
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:34pm
Does he even visit camp david???
MY PAYCHECK never seen a poltical family travel the world on a NO PRODUCTIVE ECONOMY as this one!! !
THE PEOPLES CHOICE WHAT A SLAP IN THE FACE!!!!!

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
hannah
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:29pm
I read somewhere today Obama has a 60% approval rating, ya right. If he does it’s coming the dumbest of the dumb. The only people who would like him are people who live on welfare and get food stamps who have a grade one education. The lame stream media helps to keep the dumb dumb and the ignorant ignorant. Any one with a functioning brain hates obozo,s guts from his curly head to his big flat feet.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Metallicat
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:48pm
  I also heard that 90% of gunowners support Obamas plans for gun control. Their skewing the polls by polling demographic areas that support Obama or making up their own statistics to lead the public to believe we should all jump on the bandwagon and agree with the rest of America and Obama.
  
  Report this comment
- Gary S
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 1:57am
  You can add my stupid college age granddaughter to that list. She just voted herself to be a slave in exchange for free birth control pills.
  
  Report this comment
Metallicat
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:25pm
Obama is uncomfortable with guns and skeet shooting because he hunts game with a golf club and a dog whistle.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
spfoam1
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:24pm
Of course he was uncomfortable. If he broke a nail he would be forced to use the autopen.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
lel2007
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:18pm
I dispise obama. So he doesn’t shoot, so what? Lots of men don’t shoot, so what?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- earache-my-eye
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:31pm
  He lied about it fool.
  
  Report this comment
DZ-015
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:16pm
Skeet? I thought he was a snipe hunter.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- MisterSarcastic
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:15pm
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snipe
  
  Our dad’s obviously lied to us.
  
  Report this comment
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:14pm
Obama needs to be called out on each lie, cover up, distortion and spin he has used over the last four years. We have the media questioning him about skeet shooting and we still have no solid answers on Benghazi and Fast and Furious to this day.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- drs1969
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:29pm
  Anything to prop up an empty suit. Operation Bury Benghazi.
  
  Report this comment
DougHuffman
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:11pm
Lord of Lies, Lord of Flies

MOLON LABE chickenshit.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Apexduck
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:46pm
  I think the term is Beelzebub (Lord of the Flies) !
  
  Report this comment
barber2
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:08pm
But, folks, what is REALLY important today ? How are Michele’s bangs ?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- RTFM
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:16pm
  Bangs? More importantly. Did you see her arms?
  
  Report this comment
- Bodacious_Boedi
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:19pm
  If he hasn’t grown up around guns..not used to firing them…he’s more apt to be the flaming liberal he is and want to do away with them. He’s an American citizen but light years from being an American. He’s more dog sucking Indonesian than he is all American.
  
  He doesn’t understand this country and his Handlers know this.
  
  Now, anymore snarky remarks?
  
  Report this comment
TheHalfrican
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:06pm
Ask him what choke and what size shot he prefers, the truth will then come out.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- 13th Imam
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:59pm
  Chicken and long and thin
  
  Report this comment
LakeHartwellSailor
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:02pm
This is how he responded:

“Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time…Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there. And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake.”
———————-

The man is certainly slick with his words. He alludes to his participation by using the word “we” in the first sentance; but that could mean he rides in the golf cart over to the range with his guests. But apart from that, the rest of his statement does not even hint that he engages in skeet shooting “all the time”. He may have given skeet shooting a try; but probably got knocked on his **** from the recoil; and thus, avoids it like the plague.

But, he is obviously hedging his bet, so to speak. If he does that with the “small stuff”….is it that far fetched that he would do that with the “Big Stuff”….like Benghazi, Fast & Furious, ObamaCare, need I go on?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Restored One
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:11pm
  @Lake, I thought the same thing…”We”. He means the collective “We.” Just as long as he is there, then he can take credit for doing it. Ugh.
  
  Report this comment
- I_AM_HARRISON_BERGERON
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:23pm
  His use of “we” is extremely telling as he almost invariably uses “I”, “my”, “mine”, or “me”.
  I’m curious about why he said “Not the girls”. I consider that to be quite sexist to be honest. Not so much in an overt way, but in a way that hints toward ones core beliefs… Probably the closest he has come to honesty in decades.
  
  Report this comment
- OBAMANATIONOFDESOLATION
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:30pm
  A spin on one of his previous statements – ‘We’ didn’t go skeet shooting by ourselves. He being the president provided the range, guns, and ammo… hmmm … I wonder if there were some mexican drug lords invited over?
  
  Report this comment
- OBAMANATIONOFDESOLATION
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:31pm
  @Harrison – you shouldn’t jump so high when Obama’s got a shotgun in his hand.
  
  Report this comment
- Apexduck
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:45pm
  Why not the girls? I thought women could do anything a man can do? My daughter is 11 and she can shoot rifles, shotguns and pistols quite well. He obvoiusly feels his girls are not smart enough or capable enough to handle a fire are safely. Too bad he is such a narrow minded male chauvist. I train women to shoot twice a year at my gun club via the NRA Women on Target program. Women are quite capable of shooting all types of firearms well and do excel at skeet shooting.
  
  Report this comment
- Slice_Of_Life
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:02pm
  exactly Apex, As a young girl I recall my father taking me hunting with him from the time I was 5 years old. When I turned 10, I received my FIRST shotgun to take on said hunting trips. I’ve kept my appreciation, and respect, for various calibers and types of weapons that I have collected through the years. Yes, it was an inappropriate sexist remark made by Mr. Executive Order & current occupier of the WH-but I have very low expectations of what may be puked out of his mouth-that way I’m never disappointed!!!!! Since big brother/big sis moniter posts-I will leave it at that on all accounts. =)
  
  Report this comment
- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 10:27am
  Drone Boy gets his cookies off with drone kills. Drones don’t have a nasty shoulder hurting recoil.
  
  Report this comment
gyro
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:58pm
ok I cant come up with anything better that what *Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra* just posted
Its to perfect

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Patriottoo
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:57pm
The official Obama skeet shooting photo proof has been found!

http://www.screencast.com/t/O3EZPnMQ

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- FedUpAlready
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:14pm
  Problem with that photo is Obama is left handed, and , he’s holding the weapon righty. But, other then that, it looks just about right!
  
  Report this comment
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:55pm
Firearms are a masculine pursuit, and men raised around firearms are not uncomfortable with them, even if they’re handling a new model of firearm. Ladies have picked up firearms as well, and done quite well with them. That the President is “uncomfortable” says a lot about him, given his lie of going skeet shooting all the time. The man is the biggest pansie I think that has ever held the office of POTUS.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- gyro
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:00pm
  he was “awkward” and “uncomfortable” for the commander-in-chief
  equels Hes a woose
  
  Report this comment
- ktmrider1
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:02pm
  he’s not a pansy, just a left wing loon that hates the constitoution and everything that America was founded on
  
  Report this comment
- jamestoms
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:06pm
  Yes him and Pelosi
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:11pm
  @KTMRider
  
  No, I gotta stick with “pansy” on this one. The man wears mom-jeans, pastel shirts and bicycle helmets, he has no idea how to actually handle firearms, he is dominated by his wife and clearly henpecked by her, he’s catty and passive aggressive and in all ways typifies the snarky little pansy in school that was just begging to be taken out behind a barn and stomped into the dirt.
  
  Report this comment
- henryKnox
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:16pm
  I would put my money on Greg Abbott, even though he is a paraplegic, against Obama any day.
  
  Report this comment
- dublinthewagons
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 10:50pm
  He is uncomfortable @ the range. He keeps trying to retrieve the clays. Where is dick cheany when you need him?
  
  Report this comment
- wowjustwow
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 11:28pm
  Firearms are a “masculine pursuit”…I guess if you are sublimating the gun for your package. Is impotency a problem? Guns don’t make you a man…never will.
  
  Report this comment
- GhostOfJefferson
  Posted on January 31, 2013 at 8:52am
  Oh poor Wow, trying to pretend to understand psychology on the internet. I suspect you have to look up what sublimate meant before you posted. Wikipedia is your friend! :)
  
  Report this comment
civilwarcometh
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:54pm
He may not shoot skeet but he’s one he!! of a Marx-Man….http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/30/cair-leader-to-run-for-seat-on-new-york-city-council/

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- LakeHartwellSailor
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:03pm
  Nice, I will be sure to use that in the future if you don’t mind.
  
  Report this comment
- barber2
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:10pm
  CIVIL: Marx man : the perfect Obama description ….
  
  Report this comment
- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:21pm
  I heard Harpo still won’t talk to him.
  
  Report this comment
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 8:51pm
He was as uncomfortable holding a gun as Rosie O Donnell is giving someone a hernia check.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- stopprintn
  Posted on January 30, 2013 at 9:00pm
  With a greasy ball bat I’m sure!
  
  Report this comment

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.