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Now They’re Just Trolling

Today’s big story is about a gun …

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That is the President of the United States skeet shooting in August 2012.  The photo was released by the White House because certain people on the Right had questioned whether the President lied when he said during a recent interview that skeet shooting was done “all the time” at Camp David.

When I first read via Twitter that the photo had been released I rolled my eyes:  most people already believe what they are going to believe.  Except maybe Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler who originally withheld judgement at the end of one of the stupidest articles you’ll read.  After a whole lot of mocking and some “anonymous sourcing” Kessler has graciously upgraded the President’s claim awarding it a “Geppetto Checkmark.”  Woohoo!

But serious journalism aside (!) it seems the White House is simply trolling folks now:

davidplouffe 2:19pm via Twitter for iPhone

Day made. The skeet birthers are out in full force in response to POTUS pic. Makes for most excellent, delusional reading. #whereistrump

Dan Pfeiffer ‏@pfeiffer44

For all the “skeeters”: POTUS shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David on Aug. 4, 2012. http://bit.ly/WlDMYG

It is funny and it is sad at the same time.  We have gotten to the point where every single thing this man does is called into question.  And the “liberal media” jumps on it instead of giving it the mocking it deserves:  

jayrosen_nyu 6:04pm via Web

The news site I want would say: This is too stupid to pay attention to. You may safely ignore it. If anything changes, we will let you know.

Of course, Kessler tried to justify his position by saying that several readers raised questions about the claim.  Interesting though that no one is questioning Joe Biden’s claims about hunting.

Kessler and other “serious” journalist types feed this stuff and then wonder why people mock them and then get all butthurt on Twitter.  Yet he and others keep doing the same damned thing.  If they’d stop looking stupid we’d stop laughing at them.

But I’ll leave you with this bit of funny:

pourmecoffee 3:14pm via TweetDeck

Examined Obama skeet photo all day and from smoke pattern can say with confidence there was a second shooter, probably Rev. Wright.


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21 comments

  2. bubbanomics

    What else did Obama not do… Michelle should check the marriage certificate. Those kids may have been stolen from someone else at birth.  Is Obama even real? I think he is a hologram constructed by George soros. That hugging dude was a set up like the moon landing.

    And stop calling me copper top!

  3. bill d

    I have shot 1,000s of skeet over the past 25 years or so and hearing some of the conspiracy theories from the self described “knowledgeable and responsible gun owners” crowd is just downright skullf*ckingly stupid.

    Makes me think that a vast number of those people wouldn’t know a shotgun from a hand grenade.

    Oh how much longer must we put up with idiots getting equal time for equal time’s sake?

  5. Rashaverak

    WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)-The White House’s attempt to portray President Obama as a gun user may have had unintended consequences today, as a newly released photo of Mr. Obama firing a rifle at Camp David set off a panic of gun buying across the US. [….]

    http://www.newyorker.com/onlin…

  7. Chris Blask

    of course it gets used.

    The only thing left to talk about is how ridiculous the Skeeters are making the GOP and the LaPierre wing of the NRA look. This is bound to be a net benefit for the President – which I imagine is what the White House staff realized – by further distancing the lunatic fringe from the majority. We have enough gun owners here to validate that.

  8. rodentrancher

    Further proof he’s a hardcore left winger . . .

    snark aside, I hadn’t realized he was a lefty til now. But then, aren’t leftys over-represented among presidents?

  9. LabWitch

    and more like idiots than even i thought they could.  

    i shoot skeet (not as well as i used to) but it’s a fun sport, it’s skillful and i’ve no problem with my President shooting skeet and wanting to regulate military assault type rifles, license guns, more and better background checks, more responsibility, and more classes for anyone who wants to buy a gun.  also limit the number of rounds a clip can contain.  no problemo.  i think internet gun sales and ammo sales should be flagged, because the colorado theatre shooter suddenly bought cases over the net.  you can buy cases, but, questions should be asked.

    i think this makes him look good and proves he’s no hypocrite nor is is out to take away your guns.

    let the skeetbirthers scream on.  the day is coming, laws are going to change and become more stringent.  don’t like it?  take your guns and move to an island where we know you are and can keep the heck away from you.  then, at the end of five years, we’ll check to see how many of you are left alive after you’ve taken out every little aggression with your big fat guns.

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