In an apparent effort to put the kibosh on the burgeoning “skeeter” movement, the White House released a photo Saturday of President Barack Obama shooting clay pigeons.
Image source: The White House
“President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012,” reads the caption on the official White House photo.
Obama’s remark in an interview last week that “we do skeet shooting all the time” was met with open challenges and skepticism even from the Washington Post’s famed fact-checker. TheBlaze’s Jon Seidl coined the phrase “skeeter,” in line with the “truther,” “birther” and other “-er” movements.
For all the “skeeters”: POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. bit.ly/WlDMYG
— Dan Pfeiffer (@pfeiffer44) February 2, 2013
Attn skeet birthers. Make our day – let the photoshop conspiracies begin! m.flickr.com/photos/whiteho…
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) February 2, 2013
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rightwingtunes.com
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:30amI have one question: Did Obama complete a certified gun safety course before he used a firearm? Please don’t tell me he just picked up a shotgun and started using it like a toy…Please tell me he was responsible.
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AxelPhantom
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:22pmNot a toy…..a prop. Just like the kids he used the other day and pretended to care so much about.
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HOOT_OWL
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:30amI’d like to see the paper-work for his background check .
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:29amJust thinking.. is there a date on his watch that someone can see enlarging the photo?
Then again, they may have changed the date on the watch to ‘prove’ when it was taken.
Does he always wear that watch.?. haven’t noticed
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GO-FOR-LIBERTY
Feb. 4, 2013 at 6:54amZeroed in on the watch (@ 1,000% mag.) . Could “NOT” see date or time. What could that mean?/SS
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SocialistSlayer
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:29amAnd it only took a week for them to produce this photo ! I hear the White House has a new “Quick Reaction Fabrication Team” (QRFT)
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:44amlet’s coin that.. its great QRFT.. that is spot on
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AxelPhantom
Feb. 2, 2013 at 12:14pmWhen I was 12 my cousin, who was an alternate for the American Olympic Skeet Team, taught my brother and I to shoot correctly in about an hour (but then again we had been shooting rifles for years at that point).
It is not hard to believe that the WH hired an instructor (at tax payer expense of course) to come in and “teach” the Pres to shoot a shotgun, a week later he was ready for a photo shoot. That is what they did when he didn’t know how to fetch a proper salute.
Perhaps he found the time while that Marxist group in Turkey was attacking our Embassy.
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chaplain88
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:29amComing in low and under the radar, three capitalist pig clay pigeons were stopped in their campaign of greed, terror, and oppression by our GLORIOUS LEADER!!! GLORY TO THE MOTHERLAND AND GLORY TO OUR GLORIOUS LEADER COMRADES!!!
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m14guy
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:27amWell that settles it. Finally proof. He’s a lefty.
Thats the biggest cap gun I have ever seen.
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Dkoonz
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:27amIsnt the Prez O right handed? Looks to me he is shooting left handed, or maybe he is just showing off his skills shooting both right and left handed since he does it so often.
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AxelPhantom
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:36amNo he is a lefty in all senses of the word.
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DougHuffman
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:27amHot dayum! The Lord of Flies is left handed, cack-handed. Who would have thunk it?
MOLON LABE Lord of Lies
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:27amI am actually scaring myself that my first comment the other day was that they were probably staging a photo.
Because of the pattern exhibited over 4 years I can now predict how they are going to cover the lies.
Yikes
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jeffersonian1776
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:27amDon’t you see, it’s all okay now, yall can quit worrying about them coming after the guns. I mean, this should prove how much he respects and loves the Constitution, especially the 2nd Amendment. Just carry on now, they got you covered, they will protect your right to keep and bear arms.
Obvious sarcasm here, but, that is exactly “ass”inine message that the WH is trying to convey in this image they have released for our viewing pleasure.
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JD Carp
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:26amThis is the most ridiculous photo I have ever seen! I am an avid skeet shooter and I can tell you his form is all wrong. The gun s not in the shoulder pocket which translates to a nasty bruise on the top of the arm. The level of the gun is low meaning it was a staged pic, no bird in the air. Once again the WH stages everything!
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Sergetov
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:26amHahaha, his face is totally crushing that buttstock, and with the way hes shouldering the shotgun, that was probably his first and only shot that day.
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Welcome Black Carter
Feb. 2, 2013 at 1:21pmHe was skeered…
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OldSurfRat
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:25amWhitehouse footage of O hunting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiEUDzIrEQE
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Look4DBigPicture
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:25amI’m not buying it. This could have been taken anywhere at anytime and photo-shopped. Do they really think we’re this stupid???
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:38amAnd.. they have already used their Alinsky techniques to try to demean any who question this is staged… on anyone who dares be skeptical. Now why would you have to do that unless they were getting out in front of what they knew was coming? consciousness of guilt!
Now.. our embassy in Turkey was bombed… an American is jailed in Egypt for being a Christian… there are riots in Egypt.. the economy is tanking….. there are new terrorists threats against us..etc. and the WH is speaking out against “skeeters”?
Obama fiddles (admires himself in the mirror).. while the world burns.
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FIREANDBRIMSTONE
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:25amHow about those apples teabaggers!!!!! Obama is pro 2nd Amendment!
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UBETHECHANGE
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:39amHey Einstein, the second amendment has nothing to do with skeet shooting.
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NDPINDNT
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:49amDimstone, you need to read up on the 2nd Amendment to know what it’s about.
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spudwhite
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:24amWag the dog!
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Gonzo
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:24amAre those his ‘Mom’ jeans? LMAO
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loveoursoldiers
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:24amwait.. didn’t someone here say they actually saw him at campdavid and that he was VERY uncomfortable! ( not that I believed that)
Now.. we have a very close shot ( allegedly).. can’t check to make sure those trees are really at CD or not… was he by himself? I would like to see who else is there with him.. wouldn’t you?
OMG
This is so lame
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Cabo31
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:24amThe “puff” is because it’s a ported barrel.
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ZAP
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:23amThere is no choke tube in the bottom barrel,some thing is weird
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Cabo31
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:31amUsually if you have extended chokes, you have them on both barrels, not just one… He’s shooting a little low, if it is skeet. Maybe he’s shooting 5 Stand or Trap? He wouldn’t know the difference anyway.
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vinny48
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:23amDoesn’t this remind you of every wanna be dictator showing the masses just how strong and viral they are. This guy is phony to the core.
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CanteenBoy
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:44amI think you mean “virile” but I don’t doubt that the “Skeeter-in-Chief” is carrying something “viral”.
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oldladymoonbaby
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:23amthe skeet in Oklahoma tend to fly, not run along the ground or at eye level.
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Ghandi was a Republican
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:23amNo kidding, It’s like axelhole told him “Hey, hold this and pretend your shooting at something”. Talk about a poser. Aug. 4th my asss. A staged propaganda shot to cover the executive bozo’s lie.
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Lee_in_PA
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:23amAll wrong grip even for a lefthander. I know.
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LBJDIDIT1963
Feb. 2, 2013 at 11:22amI heard he was shooting at a target of a White Guy and Eric Holder was waiting in line right behind him. Rahm Emmanuel was there but only had a baton. Look at the low trajectory, makes sense to me. Liberal Democrat is a disease.
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