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Obama Claims to Aim at Skeet, but Some Wonder if He’s a Straight Shooter [SKEET PHOTO!]
NY TIMES ^
| 2/2/2013
| PETER BAKER
Posted on 02/02/2013 8:17:00 AM PST by varyouga
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To: varyouga
...the rest of the story
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:33:13 AM PST
by
frankenMonkey
(this space for rent)
To: yldstrk
I was wondering about that. I don’t shoot skeet but I always thought it was those clays flying high in the air, so he should be aiming much higher than what is shown. Which looks like regular target practice.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:33:54 AM PST
by
rabidralph
(http://www.cafepress.com/westernwis)
To: varyouga
How convincing.
What if I said, “I go camping all the time. Here is A picture.”
Or
“I go fishing all the time. Here is A picture.”
Or
“I go bowling all the time. Here is A picture.”
What does all the time is GOLFING. There are countless pictures available of that
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:34:46 AM PST
by
Rebel_Ace
(Tags?!? Tags?!? We don' neeeed no stinkin' Tags!)
To: darkwing104
“shooting paper targets of his enemies”
**********
LOL. Good post.
To: P.O.E.
My reaction too.
The gun is parallel to the ground. Unless those skeets are about 6’ or less in height, he ain’t gonna shoot many of them.
[Usually, one would see the gun aimed up in the air, as that is were those varments fly.]
[[Anyone who believes that that photo was not staged for political propaganda purposes could probably be receptive to buying ocean-front property in Lincoln, Nebraska.]]
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:36:23 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: varyouga
Boy it’s a good thing someone didn’t accidentally drop a shell of a lesser caliber in there before our fearless leader loaded his piece and pulled the trigger.
In a cartoon setting he’d look like Buckwheat, but in a natural setting he’d be hard to look at.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:39:33 AM PST
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: varyouga
He’s not good enough to hit an outgoing clay.
To: varyouga
"Can I git me ah huntin' license heah?"
- B. H. Obama
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:40:51 AM PST
by
JPG
(Stay strong.)
To: varyouga
LOL.
The NRA is inside Obama’s OODA loop.
To: varyouga
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:41:30 AM PST
by
IbJensen
(Liberals are like Slinkies, good for nothing, but you smile as you push them down the stairs.)
To: frankenMonkey
You can't do that!!!!!
The White House also warns all you mischievous internet types to not mess around with the picture:
"This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House."
from this FR thread: Don't 'Shop me Bro - White House Warns: Don't Photoshop Obama Gun Pic
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:42:06 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: varyouga
Actual skeet shooters carry a supply of shells ... in their jacket pocket or in a pocket around their waist. Pretend skeet shooters don’t need additional ammo because they will only be taking one shot for the camera.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:43:16 AM PST
by
layman
(Card Carrying Infidel)
To: frankenMonkey
Uh oh. You done it now. There’s gonna be a knock at your door and your computer’s going to be confiscated. The regime has declared that mucking with the photo isn’t protected by the 1st amendment.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:43:24 AM PST
by
Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: varyouga
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:44:28 AM PST
by
navysealdad
(http://drdavehouseoffun.com/)
To: varyouga
Something seems wrong about the way he is holding this rife. Doesn't it seem to be too high against his shoulder? The recoil from a shot would be absorbed into the top of the shoulder bone rather than the meat of the pectoral muscle. Just doesn't look like someone that is a shooter. IJS'in...
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:44:45 AM PST
by
Bull Man
To: varyouga
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:45:06 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
To: varyouga
This is a staged photo. He is no more shooting skeet in that photo than he is playing tennis. Look at the tension in his arm muscles...is this the stance of someone accustomed to shooting a gun?
To: The Cajun; xzins
Stock seems to be a tad high on the shoulder, just saying. That was my first thought as well. Fire off three or four rounds with the stock in that position and I supsect you will not be using that shoulder for the rest of the week.
Also did you notice that he is firing almost parallel to the ground? Aren't skeet tossed into the air? Whatever he is shooting is no more than about 10 feet off the ground.
Also shouldn't a skinny guy like Obama be wearing a shoulder pad? He's just wearing a polo shirt.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:51:30 AM PST
by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
To: headstamp 2
The Picture was probably taken the day before it was used.
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:53:26 AM PST
by
Venturer
To: varyouga
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posted on
02/02/2013 8:53:30 AM PST
by
The Louiswu
(Torpedo the Constitution and full speed ahead!!!)
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