The winner:
"Do you believe in miracles?”
-- Jim Westley of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"Ready . . . AIG . . . Fire!"
-- Noel Bankhead, Indian Trail, NC
"I inherited that puck . . . I inherited that puck . . . I inherited . . ."
-- Justin Dardani, Charlotte
"I'm glad so many of you Republicans are assisting me in my goal."
-- Lee Baber, Charlotte
"The puck stops here!"
-- from almost everyone
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:
"What the puck?" -- about a hundred of these, as well
"Many goals are within sight."
"Stimulated taxpayer response."
"The only thing to fear are goals itself!"
"This is going to leave an earmark."
"Good thing I didn't admit to never having seen a Rodeo."
"This gives me such a Rush!"
"This is obviously George Bush's fault!"
"Finally, a bipartisian effort!"
"I don’t think I’ve won over all of the hockey moms."
"Another billion would stop this."
"It's a Republican power play!"
“Bring it on!”
"Maybe I should change my goals."
"A rough rookie season."
"I should never have played the right-wings."
"Give me your best shot!"
"In this economy I encourage everyone to be as puckish as possible."
"That Limbaugh can really rally the Republicans."
"I guess it's me against the world!"
"Our party will produce net gains!"
Please join us again Monday, March 9, for a new cartoon caption challenge.
I'm surprised he was able to say anything with the pucks blocking the teleprompter.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 08:46 AM
Just like his campaign promises, he'll probably only focus on one puck.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 08:47 AM
My years as a community organizer and one-term senator obviously qualified me to become an NHL goalie.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 09:03 AM
Perhaps I should rethink my position on abandoning the European missile shield.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 09:37 AM
I HOPE none of these pucks will find the back of the net...that's my plan.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 11:09 AM
I had a defensive line, but they had to withdraw due to tax evasion.
Posted by: Justin | March 06, 2009 at 11:09 AM
If only pucks were bucks
Posted by: Rodney | March 06, 2009 at 11:40 AM
In hindsight, the winner seems so obvious, I'm surprised it wasn't "submitted by many, many readers".
Posted by: Ken | March 10, 2009 at 05:35 AM