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“Bang Bang” Obama shoots himself in the foot with gun photo -- Ridiculous effort to have it both ways backfires badly on him

Posted on Monday, February 04, 2013 at 07:07 AM

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Barack Obama shooting "skeet" at Camp David (Getty)

It is Barack Obama’s “I didn’t inhale” moment when he looks silly, dumb and plain stupid.

I’m talking about the picture of our president shooting off some kind of gun at Camp David and pretending he is somehow on the side of gun owners.

He’s not and he knows it and so does the world.

Some clever(?) PR guy wanted it both ways and released the old photo of the president skeet shooting, whatever that is.

I’m surprised “Bam Bam” Obama went for it. He should have smelled a fake a mile off.

He was doing well taking on the gun lobby until that moment, standing up to them, pushing for legislation, having his Vice President gather the evidence for a big move.

Now he has cheapened his own standing by this silly trick.

Obama doesn’t need to kow-tow to gun owners, especially not those defending the crazy assault weapon line.

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He needs to present a clear and viable alternative to how guns are licensed or not licensed in this country and seek to legislate accordingly.

Instead he has given the NRA an opening that they must have enjoyed enormously given the dreadful state of their own public relations these days and their downright semi-deranged spokesman Wayne LaPierre.

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Come on Mr. President, you know better than to play a pretend game where you have a foot in both camps.
It is a sure fire way, excuse the pun, to ensure that you lose ground and respect in both camps.

So put the gun away and get back to the reality that you want to do better on guns and that most of the country is solidly behind you.

That should be good enough “Bang Bang” -- and fire that PR guy who told you this was a good plan. See more: Irish News Blog , US president , Irish Democrats , Irish in US Politics

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Getlin2 | Feb 05, 2013, 10:25 AM EST

Am I the only one who noticed that he is shooting left handed but wearing his watch on his left wrist. Left handed people I know wear their watch on their right wrist. Picture is probably a phony, just like him.

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jamieLM | Feb 05, 2013, 10:08 AM EST

Don't be ridiculous. Skeet and target shooting are not the same thing as shooting a person.

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RedBranch | Feb 04, 2013, 08:37 PM EST

Well it always worked for Sinn Fein and he's even got a Nobel Peace Prize under his belt!

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Mairin67 | Feb 04, 2013, 06:29 PM EST

It's skeet shooting you Irish Central dim wit.

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Smyrnian | Feb 04, 2013, 06:01 PM EST

Whole lot of nonsense.

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kaydog1 | Feb 04, 2013, 04:09 PM EST

Here's hoping that he's actually pictured "shooting skeet" off the top of Harry Reid's head. If not, then I guess Obama's clearly as incompetent at the sport of skeet shooting as he is at managing the US' Economic and Foreign Policy. HINT: Mr President, you fire at the clays when they reach the top of their thrown arc. You're welcome, Sir, and remember, the end of the shotgun with the little hole in it ALWAYS points away from people.

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PhlutiePhan | Feb 04, 2013, 03:18 PM EST

There are reports that the photo itself was "photoshopped".

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EphraimKibbey | Feb 04, 2013, 02:15 PM EST

Nice o/u, but what brand. Good left handed stance. Low "bird" going away or did he wait too long on a high one?

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Oldloadr | Feb 04, 2013, 01:44 PM EST

dallas75216 - Assault "rifles" are already illegal to own. Assault "weapons" are a construct of the US congress circa 1994. The shotgun photo op (he is obviously not shooting anything) is about the condescending announcements that come from the left about how libs don't want to interfere with shooting sports... yet.

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Oldloadr | Feb 04, 2013, 01:42 PM EST

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dallas75216 | Feb 04, 2013, 01:04 PM EST

you lost the election Roberts, elections have consequences. This issue is about people having assault rifles. You can have your shotguns, your handguns and your one shot rifles.

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McNamara31 | Feb 04, 2013, 12:21 PM EST

Whatever "adviser" told Obama to release this picture, is an adviser that should not be listened to. Stupid photo... Based on what is going on in our country at this time it helps neither side.

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Scrivner | Feb 04, 2013, 12:13 PM EST

P{atrick, you said, " Some clever(?) PR guy wanted it both ways and released the old photo of the president skeet shooting, whatever that is." I can't believe that a cosmopolitan man like yourself is not familiar with skeet. Have you tried it broiled with a garlic rosemary sauce? Or sauteed in a red wine reduction? I would really like to see you sink your teeth into one before go critical again.

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cillowen | Feb 04, 2013, 11:04 AM EST

Many of the 25,000 Irish slaves on St. Kitts died from tropical heat, disease, or overwork. Any Irish caught trying to escape was branded FT for Fugitive Traitor on their forehead. Other slaves were whipped, hung by their hands and set on fire, or beaten over the head until bloody for anything the English considered provocation. Over 150 Irish slaves were caught practicing Catholicism and were shipped to the tiny uninhabitable Crab Island where they were left to die of starvation. Of the Irish who managed to stay alive under these drastic conditions and their descendants, many were eventually shipped from the West Indies sugar plantation to the new English settlements in South Carolina.

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