The winner:
"I am here to take my country back!"
-- Thomas Huber, Indian Land, S.C.
The runners-up:
"Sorry, you’re beyond rescue."
-- Patricia Ringle-Ratte, Charlotte
"What'll it take to get you to release all the sane Republicans?"
-- Keith Griffith, China Grove
"I've come to get our health reform back."
-- Lou Desser, Indian Land, S.C.
"I’m always glad to help extricate freedom-seeking people from oppressive forms of government."
-- Ken Irving, Kannapolis
"Did you hear the one about the political party that blew it?"
-- Steve Meckler, 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:
"It’s just a humanitarian visit so don’t go ballistic!"
"Since you don't have any beautiful journalists, what about returning health reform?"
"Why must you turn everything into a circus?"
"Glad to hear you're as healthy as ever."
"Do you ever feel like the Clinton in the room? You know, the one everyone tries to ignore but can't."
"I did not have diplomatic relations with that country!"
"You're going to use this for propaganda, aren't you?"

"I did not have diplomatic relations with that country!"
This is extremely clever! Should have been the winner.
Posted by: Ray Otstott | August 25, 2009 at 12:56 PM