Sept. 14: The new winner

The winner:

"We went from host town to ghost town!"

-- Frieda Coviello of Mooresville

The runners-up:

"There goes the post-DNC bounce we've all been waiting for."

-- Sergio Ciccone, Matthews

"Convention's over. Showdown's coming."

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

"You look like a very blue yellow dog Democrat."

-- Phil Clutts, Harrisburg

"I guess we're back to being a Republican town."

-- Guy M. Long III, New York, N.Y.

"I expected these DNC protests to be bigger."

-- Kevin Siers, Charlotte

Thanks for all your entries. Here's a selection of some of the other better lines we received:

"There's not a blood-sucking flea or tick left in town"

 "The city is much quieter without all the fat cats!"

"Dem came. Dem left."

"How symbolic of the jobs report."

"Reminds me of a scene from an Eastwood movie."

“Oh, it’s just back to business as usual in a second-tier city.”

Comments

[suzanne & co.]

I told you it was a winner!! Congrats to Frieda, a.k.a. my & co. better known as my Mom......Loved the Eastwood movie entry alot...

[Phil Clutts]

Wish I'd thought of that. Way to go, Frieda! Now you can post as "Frieda & co." :<)