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The winner:
"I chose an ordinary, unassuming mutt, just like me."
-- David Scovill, Mooresville
The runners-up:
"He's a gift from the media. They've always lionized me."
-- also David Scovill, Mooresville
"Cleaning up after Congress is above my pay grade!"
-- Jesse Rogers, Charlotte
"'Bailout' is really growing fast!"
-- Wayne D. Thurman, Lancaster, SC
"Yes, I canine!"
-- Lee Baber, Charlotte
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:
"Heel, Rahm, heel!"
"Heeling the economy will be my first pet project."
"There's certainly a legacy of dogs in the White House. Let's see...there's 'Rex', 'Millie', 'Buddy', 'Barney', and, oh yeah, 'W'."
"There was some strange exchange problem with the pound."
Just as a puppy can be more of a challenge than a gift, so too can assuming the presidency.
"This is one mess I am about to get into."
"And you thought the Bushes at the White House reeked before…"
"In fact, we're vetting Hillary for State right now as we speak."
"Our new White House pet, we named her 'Deficit'."
"No wonder Mr. Bush was so eager to turn over the reins."
"At my White House there will be two types of reporters - the quick and the dead!"
" I’m delivering on my first big promise to a special interest group, my daughters!"
"I like my dogs big and my government even bigger!"
"I sure hope we don't have to vet this one."
"Why did I ever the the girls that they could have any kind of dog without preconditions?"
"It looks bad from here. I hope we can get this thing turned around."
"Now I'm ready for the right-wing media."
"He looked a lot tamer when he was George Bush's economy."
“We went with a dog the size of my ego.”
"Everyone's talking bulls and bears, and I inherit an economy that's a dog!"
Please join us again Monday, Nov. 24, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
A bit offensive to say the least (Obama is bi-racial) which is surprising for the Observer...
Posted by: JEC | November 21, 2008 at 12:27 PM
Offensive? I thought it was pretty clever, actually. The line is taken from Obama's own self-deprecating joke, about getting his girls a "mutt like me", with the caption writer putting his own spin on it to make it a comment on Obama's media-aggrandized image.
Posted by: Kevin Siers | November 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
No one asked me; however I believe a hyper-allergenic Dalmatian puppy would be excellent for the Obama family.
Posted by: ash | November 21, 2008 at 12:56 PM
I thought all of the winners were very clever this week.
Posted by: Carolyn | November 21, 2008 at 02:02 PM
To the person who thinks it's offensive, I say watch or read the news. "...Our preference is to get a shelter dog, but obviously, a lot of the shelter dogs are mutts like me"--Barack Obama at his first post-election press conference.
Posted by: Ken W | November 21, 2008 at 02:30 PM
A couple weeks ago we had someone that thought the caption chosen was offensive as well. This week was a play on a quote by Obama and the other was not even directed towards Obama. Its a shame that folks loose all sense of humor when it comes to a person of color. The comedians have been talking about this ever since the election. Lighten up folks. Its this kind of stuff that keeps it going.
Posted by: Mel | November 21, 2008 at 05:29 PM
These aren't even funny
Posted by: Michael | November 21, 2008 at 06:32 PM
Honestly, the only one I laughed at was, Yes, I canine.......
Posted by: suzanne & co. | November 23, 2008 at 09:10 AM
And once again Kevin chooses a lame winner. Kevin you must be a big fan of the jokes in Reader's Digest.
Posted by: Dr. Seuss | November 23, 2008 at 08:07 PM
Reader's Digest just pays cash for those joke submissions, we get Kevin's artwork.
Seuss, how did you know Scovill had injured his leg?
Posted by: Doug | November 24, 2008 at 02:19 AM
I liked the winner! Very good, David Scovill. Then again, I HAVE a sense of humor.
Posted by: Sam | November 24, 2008 at 06:20 AM
Actually, I chose the caption based on a quote by Obama and it was meant as a complement. Here is a dog portrayed as bigger than life and Obama's comment is he's an ordinary unassuming mut like himself. He is downplaying the signifigance of the historic moment and his own accomplishment. He doesn't see the dog as anything but ordinary although others, including the media, see him as special.
Posted by: David Scovill | November 25, 2008 at 08:41 PM