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   ahab said, 4 months ago

   Americans sacrifice their children at the “Altar of Unrestricted Weapons.”
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   masterskrain said, 4 months ago

   “Save the Skeets!”
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   AlexanderTheGoodEnough said, 4 months ago

   Thought so. It was obvious from that photo that our POTUS is a charter member of the Save the Skeets Foundation. PULL! Yah sure…
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   ruff said, 4 months ago

   Not up to Oliphant standards.
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   emptc12 said, 4 months ago

   It seems to me there are Oliphant cartoons that rely on artistry for their impact, and those that rely on his sardonic story-telling skill. This one has some of both, but the various expressions of the supporting characters are what’s most amusing. I clipped his cartoons from the papers long ago, and I probably would have clipped this one to save it. What was Obama thinking when he allowed that photo to go out? The stunt literally back-fired like in a Yosemite Sam scene.
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   Godfreydaniel said, 4 months ago

   The “advisor smartasses” aren’t eating skeet so much as crow…………
   @emptc12
   I think Oliphant at his worst is better than most political cartoonists at their bests (whether I agree or disagree with the point in question being irrelevant) simply because of his COMBINATION of artistry and his story-telling skill. I’ve often thought that he could’ve been very successful as an animator, whereas I can’t think of any other political cartoonists who could’ve combined the point with the developing story, the way Oliphant can.
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   then00b said, 4 months ago

   If you want to make fun of people shooting guns, how about the man who shot his friend in the face?
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   dtroutma said, 4 months ago

   At Ft Benning, the Army trap and skeet team was based. I shot with them a couple times and at first they didn’t like my “form”, but I didn’t miss any clays. One of their coaches then pointed out that function is more important than “form” sometimes. But down south is where there seem to be a lot of clay eaters, so maybe that meal is more in keeping than Pat intended??
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   AlexanderTheGoodEnough said, 4 months ago

   @dtroutma

   Ah-huh. I bagged some of them skeets in my day. Boy howdy, they’s some mighty good eatin! Yes siree Bob! Taste like squab!
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    Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago

    @dtroutma

    Maybe if you didn’t spike the rifle every time you hit one they might have approved of your ‘form’?
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    pirate227 said, 4 months ago

    Got the GOP eating crow.
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    Uncle Joe said, 4 months ago

    Oh, good lord! Who cares about Obama’s skeet shooting form or how often he actually shot?
    
    This is a sideshow.
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    themadhackermatt said, 4 months ago

    he actually has pretty good cheek weld in that picture.
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    edinbaltimore said, 4 months ago

    Ima I actually like your comment! Gives me a great visual! Maybe that’s how so many hunters get shot getting in/out of their tree stands?
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    ReasonsVentriloquist said, 4 months ago

    @then00b

    Good point for a n00b! ‘;-)
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    The whole thing is stoopid. First as if the act of shooting a gun makes one’s opinions about curtailing the ability of shooters to murder 30,000 people per year in this country more cogent.
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    Then that"Once in a while" and "All the time’ are equals.
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    Then that there must be proof offered that such shooting ever happened (and that the “fact” that there haven’t been photos circulated proves that it never happened)
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    Then that there was “proof” offered.
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    Then that instead of just saying “Oh, ok.” the right doubles down AGAIN.
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    None of it makes any of the 26 at Newtown nor the 30,000 others killed each year by guns any less dead!
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    Nor will it stop any of the 30,000 in 2013 that will be killed any less dead either!
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