“Bang Bang” Obama shoots himself in the foot with gun photo -- Ridiculous effort to have it both ways backfires badly on him
By: Patrick Roberts | Published Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 2:06 PM | Updated Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 2:06 PM
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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.
Read More: The assault by the left on gun rights, is an assault on womenHe 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.
Read More: Top Irish athletes restore key community buildings in Rockaways, Breezy PointCome 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.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.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.
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.
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!
Mairin67 | Feb 04, 2013, 06:29 PM EST
It's skeet shooting you Irish Central dim wit.
Smyrnian | Feb 04, 2013, 06:01 PM EST
Whole lot of nonsense.
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.
PhlutiePhan | Feb 04, 2013, 03:18 PM EST
There are reports that the photo itself was "photoshopped".
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?
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.
Oldloadr | Feb 04, 2013, 01:42 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.
Oldloadr | Feb 04, 2013, 01:41 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
stmungo | Feb 04, 2013, 10:49 AM EST
Its you who looks ridiculous criticizing the release of that picture.
handsome68 | Feb 04, 2013, 10:41 AM EST
Strange you should write "Bam Bam". I remember "Bam Bam" Bigelow from a 1994 Candid Camera experience I had with him. "Bam Bam" Bigelow was a professional wrestler with the World Wrestling Federation, I think it was called. He died a few years back, possibly from taking steroids; I think he was 46 years old. So when you write Bam Bam, I think of him. R.I.P., Bam Bam.
historynw | Feb 04, 2013, 10:11 AM EST
Slow day Roberts, or are you one of the Obama's coming to get all your guns clowns.
TheOldPerfessor | Feb 04, 2013, 09:38 AM EST
"Where are the pictures?" asks an ignorant Congresstwinkie from Goobervill,m taking a break from her actual supposed job of solving problems that face our country. If he doesn't produce them, he's hiding something, and it will be the lead story on Flak's new for months. Usually, Camp David is a respite from the camera, but I suppose that is one more rule only applying to White presidents. Thanks for keeping this non-story alive.
jfoynyc | Feb 04, 2013, 09:23 AM EST
Time to TAX all firearms and ammunition to pay the Medical expenses and the Disability benefits for victims of accidental & deliberate shootings. Much of this expense is paid today by us, taxpayers, through common coffers - Medicare, Medicaid, Insurance, etc. Just like a car - tax, insurance and tax on gas.
paddyh1 | Feb 04, 2013, 09:06 AM EST
Mr. Roberts, how very ignorant of you!!! There's a big difference between shooting skeet with a shotgun than there is proposing legislation to curb the use of assault weapons. Must be a slow news day for you.
StevieVirginia | Feb 04, 2013, 09:03 AM EST
Sometimes, the writers of stories are more ignorant then the story they are writing about. In this case we have a VERY IGNORANT writer. Who probably watches Faux News also? Never has the President ever once said he was going to take anybody's guns. He has made it clear that the amount rounds in a clip must be limited. Have a nice day nitwit.
cillowen | Feb 04, 2013, 09:02 AM EST
The 2nd Amendment was written by fearing slavers whose history of abuse we gloss over - rape of their lesser humans - their indians blacks enslaved, those who one day would have had enough. Akin to our Palestinian unfortunates of today.
Nicopernicus | Feb 04, 2013, 09:00 AM EST
Obama, school shootings, Chicago murders...take what you want for the argument., either side...Its a waste of time, and the continued cheery picking of facts, misrepresentations of mechanical objects, Piers Morgan debates even NRA nonsense is only adding to the most erroneous arguments that stupidity can contribute. You need to educate yourself, The so called assault weapons you crave to hate are no different then any average hunting rifle in the U.S. In fact the loads they fire are significantly less powerful and any one can modify anything to do anything that there nefarious hearts desire including break one of 20,0000 gun laws already on the books to commit UN-speakable acts. Everything is in existence for this to continue including 270,000,000 million firearms to choose from, owned by the significantly average. Obama can shoot anything on camera he likes, It means nothing...and has zero value too either side of the argument...The extraordinary amount of ignorance on the subject by a populous so overwhelmed with grieving for itself it cannot see the forest through the tress made of assault weapons. If you hate firearms and why not...They are pretty destructive..Its easier if you flat out hate the United States...it makes more sense as the problem is cemented in the culture...and blaming firearms because they look "Bad Ass" is all your doing.
ray bass | Feb 04, 2013, 08:56 AM EST
If Obama had had no picture, right wing-nuts (that's most of you folks) would have continued to call him a phony. Now that he has produced a photo, you more-ons admit that he is: A Phony ! (Book of) Kell Surprise ! That's why you have no credibility.
CelticQueenUSA | Feb 04, 2013, 08:52 AM EST
You make me sick! There is nothing wrong with skeet shooting but make it a human target and that is DEAD WRONG. Lay off the comments on our dear President. He is the best!
Chaytahn | Feb 04, 2013, 08:51 AM EST
What you fail to realize is that America has become the longest lasting democratic republic because we have legal protections for gun ownership. Our founding fathers realized that the biggest threat to the nation was the government itself and therefore allowed citizens to be armed. Jefferson even had a canon on his lawn and said he did not trust governments that wanted to disarm its populace. In Ireland you have a much different tradition, but do your gun laws keep the guns out of the hands of the IRA? No, bad guys will always violate the law...and guns protect people more often then they are used for improper reasons.
jflanagan | Feb 04, 2013, 08:49 AM EST
The 2nd Amendment was written to enable citizens to have protection against oppressive governments. A descendent of the Great Hunger, where the Irish were not allowed to own weapons and starved by the British, should understand the need. Look at the indefinite jailing under this and the former Administration if they BELIEVE you will attack the U.S. without any judicial proceedings. I can go on about killing innocents with unarmed drones. Maybe they'll come out with a picture of the President flying one.