“His blood runs green but his budget runs red.”
-- Erik Miller of Charlotte
The runners-up:
"Press conferences will be replaced with a Vulcan Mind Meld."
-- Brent Sheppard, Morganton
"We've decided to admit the truth: Obama was not born in the United States."
-- Kim Ballard, Kalamazoo, MI
"It's a signal to the technical staff that the teleprompter isn't working."
-- Mike Randall, Cherryville, N.C.
"Live long and prosper, so we can tax you!"
-- 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:
"The Press has already undergone the Vulcan Mind Meld."
"Someone's scrambled the channel to his teleprompter." -- (OK, these last two were mine -- K.S.)
"Yes, VulCan!"
"He just can't seem to get that 'w' thing down..."
"He is in charge of getting rid of the red matter in the stock market."
"A trillion dollar deficit is not the logical thing to have!"
"It's the new international symbol for what comes after trillions."
"He’s switched from the teleprompter to the teleporter. "
"To boldly spend where no administration has spent before!"
"To boldly socialize, where no man has socialized before."
"Before we open this up to questions, remember, Vulcans have no sense of humor."
"Share the wealth and prosper!"
" Clearly, Mr. Obama does not have as much fashion sense as his wife."
"Here's the star of the next generation!"
"Being press secretary is Treky business!"
"It's a signal to Rush Limbaugh meaning 'Talk to the hand.'"
"We thought it would help his numbers in the nerd demographic."
Please join us again Monday, May 18, for a new cartoon caption challenge.

Great Winner, also liked "Being press secretary is Treky business" too....great lines this week......wish I was a treky fan myself now I know Spoc's blood is green...you learn something new everyday...
Posted by: suzanne & co. | May 17, 2009 at 11:55 AM