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New Republic falls for fake picture of Obama skeet shooting on parody site
THE EXAMINER ^
| JANUARY 30, 2013
| BY: JOE NEWBY
Posted on 01/30/2013 2:36:53 PM PST by onyx
The liberal New Republic magazine, eager to prove that President Obama participates in skeet shooting even if Jay Carney can't corroborate it, tweeted a picture of Obama appearing to hold a shotgun while at Camp David on Tuesday. Shortly after tweeting it, the New Republic deleted it.
The reason? The photo was fake, and came from a parody website called whitehouse.gov1.info.
The site clearly says, "not the White House" on the top of the page, with the banner, "parody of whitehouse.gov."
"Nope, this is not the official website of The White House. It's a parody of whitehouse.gov," the page says at the bottom. "No person, department, or agency of the U.S. Government approved, endorsed, or authorized this site. No animals were harmed while making this website (except maybe that one time when I was a little late feeding my dog his dinner)."
Within minutes of tweeting the picture, the New Republic deleted it, the Weekly Standard said.
"OK, everyone. Apologies. Twitter sometimes leads to quick accidents," the magazine tweeted.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: fakepic; guncontrol; newrepublic; obamaskeet; secondamendment
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To: kjo
I agree with your every word.
I think we could eventually learn that he’s been a Communist mole all along.
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onyx
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onyx
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potlatch
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To: onyx
It’s a big ol’ gang, yo.
Bes’ be RESPECTIN’....
To: potlatch
Sorry, asked to have one removed.
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01/30/2013 3:51:28 PM PST
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potlatch
To: jazusamo; humblegunner; SparkyBass
LOL.
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onyx
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01/30/2013 3:52:43 PM PST
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onyx
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To: onyx
Lol, I had already asked the mod to remove one. I hate double posts!!
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01/30/2013 3:54:37 PM PST
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potlatch
To: onyx
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01/30/2013 4:28:35 PM PST
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RetSignman
("A Republic if you can keep it"....)
To: RetSignman
ROTFLOL.
GOOD to see you!!
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onyx
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01/30/2013 4:55:02 PM PST
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onyx
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To: jazusamo
This screw-up by the New Republic is hilarious.I'm stuned those dumb basses at NR aren't familiar with all of obama's crappy golf pictures. I bet most of us recognized that shot right away. And those people are professionals? Pfff.
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01/30/2013 5:30:53 PM PST
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Right Wing Assault
(Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
To: onyx
A sane person would not allow Obongo to handle a shotgun. If they did allow it for a photo op, he would not be trusted with live ammo. A man has to know his limitations, Barry.
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