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The winner:
"Just this one, last cover-up for old time's sake!"
-- Kenneth Irving of Kannapolis
The runners-up:
"Well, I told them to shred all the incriminating evidence!"
-- Ray Ostott, Charlotte
"You sure look '08-full!"
-- Roland Marechal, Concord
"In hindsight, 2007 didn't look too bad!"
-- Douglas R. Cox, Albemarle
"Out with the old war, in with the new!"
-- submitted by several readers
Thank you for all your entries. As usual, feel free to discuss any of this in our "Comments" section. Just click the blue link below this post and add your observations, criticisms or additional captions!
Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received this week:
"After seven years, you really have nothing to hide."
"Looks like another banner year! "
"I think you've covered all your inadequacies. "
"You've exposed your political greatness. "
"I knew that old 'mission accomplished' banner would come in handy for something."
"I guess the end is almost in sight!"
“Hi George! What brings YOU to the Oval Office?”
"Gotta tell ya – it’s still better than seeing Hillary in that outfit…"
"No, George, A.D. does not stand for 'After Daddy'!"
"May old administrations be forgot."
Really liked the very last one of the better lines it was clever and covered it all for the New Year!
Posted by: suzanne | January 04, 2008 at 11:32 AM
That very last line came in past deadline, so too late to qualify for top honors, but definitely worth sharing.
Posted by: Kevin Siers | January 04, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Ken,
I was out of town so couldn't submit but I bet it would have been better than yours.....NOT! Way to go Ken, another great one!
Posted by: Ross Levin | January 04, 2008 at 01:57 PM
Only a sad, pathetic person would do this for a living but looking at your photo makes it so clear.....
Posted by: Angie | January 04, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Angieeee, angieeee, when will those clouds all disappear?
Crisp and poignant, Mr. Irving!
Posted by: Mick Jaggermeister | January 04, 2008 at 03:10 PM
Once more, Kenneth ROCKS the caption contest! Doug Cox...not you AGAIN! You guys! Happy New Year to all the caption writers (real and imaginary)! Looking forward to more fun, should be an interesting year.
Posted by: LT | January 04, 2008 at 03:19 PM
Angie baby, you're a special lady (?), living in a world of make believe !!
Posted by: Helen Ever Ready | January 04, 2008 at 03:38 PM
Great caption Mr. Irving, and a good choice by Kevin.
Angie, have you ever seen a political cartoon before? They're supposed to tweak those in power. I'll admit to voting for Bush both times, but I still thought the cartoon was funny.
Posted by: Randy Thomas | January 04, 2008 at 03:39 PM
Get your eyes checked Angie. He's hot for an old guy !!!!
Posted by: Ms. Tori | January 04, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Kevin Siers may well be the leader of the minions with a face for radio and a voice for newspaper who live quiet, sad, pathetic, but examined lives of desperation. What does it say for us the unpaid caption contributors who can't even
find work as there are no openings for Renaissance men; those who can't slice deli meat for minimum wage with rapier wit? Personally, I live in envy of anyone who can make a living by the sweat of their pen.
Posted by: Leonardo Decaptiono | January 04, 2008 at 04:33 PM
Angie's comment is Thomas Nast-y!
Posted by: Ed E. Toriall | January 04, 2008 at 05:11 PM
Happy New Year to all and congrats to all the winners, runners-up, and those who submitted the other good ones!
Kevin is incredibly creative and talented. Many of us love this contest; if you don't, maybe your New Year's resolution should be to try to be more positive and open-minded.
Posted by: CH | January 04, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Ross Levin, thanks for staying away long enough for me to sneak in and win one. I have no doubt that you would have trumped me easily. Mick, I married an Angieeee back in the 70's and the clouds never did disappear. She's a special lady indeed!LT, I look foward to enjoying your wit and humor during '08,I thank Kevin for giving all of us amateur satirists a chance to use our imaginations in a forum as public as the Charlotte Observer.Happy New Year to all of you and as they say, "see you in the funny papers".
Posted by: Kenneth Irving | January 04, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Great hook with the cover-up angle. The quality of Ken's caption submission is
unnerving.
Posted by: One of the Un-Irving | January 06, 2008 at 10:38 AM