April 14, 2008 - 3:03am
This week’s Cartoon Caption Contest
By Rob Tornoe
Tags: Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, John Kerry, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, caption contest, Obama bitter, elitist
Barack Obama is being labeled as an elitist by Hillary Clinton over comments he made at a private fund-raiser in San Francisco. Speaking of small-town Pennsylvanians, Obama said, “it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
So what could he possibly be saying in this cartoon?
Come up with a pointed caption for this cartoon and post it in the comments link below. Keep it clean (this is a family website) and keep it brief (brevity is the soul of wit). When you post, include your name and the name of the city where you live. If you wish to remain anonymous from others, simply email your caption idea to me at rob.tornoe@politicker.com. Your deadline is noon Friday.
We'll post the winner's name and caption here Saturday morning, along with several runner-ups. If you send us your name and address, we'll mail the winning writer a color print of the cartoon with the caption, signed by Rob Tornoe. Please allow at least 4 weeks for delivery.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to email me at rob.tornoe@politicker.com.
Good luck, and have fun!
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"Considering a cartoonist can draw me any way he wants, this isn't bad."
Balloon words...
Sigh... Do ALL Democrats except me seem bitter?
Two
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Presidential.
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Caption
“it's not surprising then that Hillary gets bitter, she clings to a lost campaign, a loss of power or antipathy to people who are flush with cash and superdelegates as a way to explain her frustrations."
Here it goes
"Who needs guns and religion when there's Earl Grey and gobs of campaign cash."
In retrospect, I should
In retrospect, I should have just said "fashizzle".
Or
I think I'll title my next book "I left my candidacy in SanFrancisco".
Martin from Corzinopolis
I guess I now cary the
I guess I now cary the liberal elitist torch.
Pardon me...
Pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?
cartoon
"Don't they know that I am different"
“She is a monster, too –
“She is a monster, too – that is off the record – she is stooping to anything.
“You just look at her and think, ‘Ergh. “But if you are poor and she is telling you some story about how Obama is going to take your job away, maybe it will be more effective. The amount of deceit she has put forward is really unattractive.”
"The Obama campaign “f***** up in Ohio.” Clinton beat Obama by 10 percentage points in Ohio on Tuesday.
“In Ohio, they are obsessed and Hillary is going to town on it, because she knows Ohio’s the only place they can win."
Egad!
Crown Royal and Old Styles? That girl is SO ghetto!
It's time for new candidate,
It's time for new candidate, one who understands the difficulties of the common man.
"It took a lot of union
"It took a lot of union money to persuade me to give up Columbian coffee."
Truth Detector
I like the one by Truth Detector.
I love
Aldamuzio's and Walkdown's. Martin Two's gave me a smile too.
I didn't realize
that entries weren't supposed to be funny.
Might as well give it a shot...
"I swear I'm not an elitist. For instance this isn't just normal coffee, it's an irish coffee!"
Eric from Ocean Township, NJ.
For the record
For the record, entries don't have to be funny. They can be pointed, sarcastic, and even bitter. All I ask is that you keep it clean, and try to keep it brief. Good luck!
Thanks a'latte'
Thanks a'latte' for your support
Bitter
Seeing as Tornoe likes bitter, how's this one Rob:
"Pishaw ... this coffee's more bitter than a chronically unemployed Tancredo supporting Pentacostal NRA member from Scranton".
Caption Contest
"Elitist...Liberal...Unelectable...
Just Words..." Chris (Stockton NJ)