The winner:
“De Bain! De Bain!”
-- Suzanne Estro of Charlotte
The runners-up:
“Iowa didn't mean squat. New Hampshire didn't mean squat. Ummm, what's next?”
-- Roy Otstott, Charlotte
"You can't spell SCANDAL without SC!"
-- Wes Long, Cramerton
“This campaign has been going south!”
-- David Tepper, East Mecklenburg High School
“Like the Clemson football team, prepare to get embarrassed, Mitt!”
-- Brandon Swann, Baltimore
Thanks for all your entries. Here’s a selection of some of the other better lines we received:
“Just glad to be back among my people.”
“It’ll be a dark day before I lose South Carolina!”
“Isle win South Carolina or else!”
“I may not always be right, but I’m never left!”
“My opponents are Palmetto bugs!”
“Mitt, you are the Bain of my existence!”
“You media people keep putting me in a bad light!”
“I’m only in partial eclipse.”
“If I can’t win the Republican nomination, maybe I can win the Caption Contest!”
Great one, Suzanne!
Posted by: Carolyn | January 13, 2012 at 09:22 AM
Excellent! One of the best in a long while.
Posted by: D.Cox | January 13, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Thanks, turned out to be a lucky Friday the 13th for me!!!!!
Posted by: suzanne & co. | January 13, 2012 at 09:40 AM
Well played, indeed.
Posted by: Bill McGloughlin | January 13, 2012 at 09:46 AM
I told you to "keep pluggin," and by golly your "fantasy" was realized, Suzanne. :<) Congratulations!
Posted by: Phil | January 13, 2012 at 11:09 AM
'My campaign didn't sink! I like this island.'
Posted by: T. Cook | January 13, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Good one Suzanne. Isle chalk that one up for you!
Posted by: Ross Levin | January 14, 2012 at 08:38 AM