The new caption cartoon winner

The winner:

"Republicans vs. Democrats!"

-- David W. White of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"My cabinet shares my vision."

-- Doug Cox, Albemarle

"The stimulus package is a monster!"

-- Rodney Robinson, Lincolnton

"I would like to introduce you to the new White House pet,  'Trillion'!"

-- Joanne Jackson Christmas, Charlotte

"In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king!"

-- from many 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:

"Here's my birth certificate.  See, I'm NOT an alien!"

"I would like to announce my latest choice for budget director."

"First there was Uncle Sam... then Rosie the Riveter.. Now folks, meet Stimulus Blob!"

"I've finally figured out a way to keep an eye on the auto industry." (Or 'deficit' or 'bankers' or fill in the blank)

"This is Blop Hope, who will be in charge of our illegal alien program."

"He's the only one I could find who's paid his taxes."

"Bailout money will be subject to Congressional oversight."

“Even he keeps an eye on the teleprompter.”

"My administration is beginning to gel."

"I'm making another guest appearance."

"As you can see, Mr. Geithner has absorbed the nation's toxic assets."

This is B.O.B.  It stands for “Bail Out Banks.”

"Bob is my latest cabinet addition...because there's always room for Jello."

Please join us again Monday, April 6, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Comments

[D. Cox]

"Geithner after absorbing toxic assets" and "always room for jello" made me laugh.

I'm unsure which of the political parties are the monsters and which are aliens.

Where are you LT? We miss your input!

[Jp]

The caption should have read, "Barack Obama, so much crap we had to start another pile."

[Jp]

Or, "In my left hand is the stimulus, standing beside me is the pork."

[NoelB]

He's a one-eyed, two armed, smiling toxic-asset eater. (with apologies to Sheb Wooley)

[DrHorrible]

"And this is Vice President J.O.E. As you can see, he has no brain."

"Turns out, you don't need one!"

[Karen]

come-on now, no naming the character "Cyblog" made it to the top choices?

[grader]

Was mine not funny enough to even make it anywhere in the list?

"The new face of US Finance: B.O.B., or Borrow One Billion"

Thoughts? Comments? Not funny at all?

[LindaS.]

I thought some of the "also rans" were much funnier than the winning caption.

[Ken W]

I agree with LindaS on this week's selection.

It's a shame that one of the guidelines is that the winner must be original and stand out from the rest of the entries.

On several occasions, the submission by "many readers" has been the best one.

[Kevin Siers]

We've only got one prize to give away, and thus, we can only have one winner. And sometimes it's very hard to rank these entries -- they're all pretty good in some way or I wouldn't put them on the site. And, yes, sorry to say, because of the volume of mail we get, other worthy entries don't make it on at all. That's why I say these are a selection of SOME of the better lines we received, because I can't list all of them. And why I offer this comments section, as another way to get more entries on the site. Thanks all for participating.

[benjamin joyner]

mine was pretty good and it didin't make it.