Saturday Morning TobyToon – Caption Contest #1


Bush Tax Cuts

This is the first of what I hope will become a weekly occurrence – a caption contest for the Redstate readers. I will be aiming for Saturday mornings around Noon each weekend, and will leave it open through Sunday night. A winner will be chosen from all the suggestions, and the speech balloon will be filled in with the best caption.

Have fun!


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"Heck, I always hoped the Democrats misunderestimated your ability to change." nt

ColdWarrior (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:20PM EDT (link)

CW

In 2012, will YOU become a “voting member” of the Republican Party in your precinct?

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Captions x 6

fastrock Sunday, December 19th at 9:56AM EDT (link)

The buck didn’t stop at your desk, but they will continue goin’ to all Americans!
or
Dude, the cameras are rolling, take off the Mickey Mouse hat
or
Look up & follow the teleprompter.
or
You say bipartisan – Tea Party says “We Won, You Lost!”
or
Ya gotta sign it or not – Voting ‘present’ is not an option
or
I know, you are all ears!!!

 
 

Don't blame me! Oh, wait...

reggie1 Saturday, December 18th at 12:22PM EDT (link)
 

Or...

reggie1 Saturday, December 18th at 12:24PM EDT (link)

By all means, yes, please do start calling them “The Obama Tax Cuts”! And good luck in 2012!!

 

"The more things CHANGE,

bcochran1981 Saturday, December 18th at 12:26PM EDT (link)

the more they seem to stay the same.”

You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time and liberal voters every time.

 

hmmm

linda01 Saturday, December 18th at 12:29PM EDT (link)

Here… Use *MY* pen.

 

OK, I'll give it a shot.

TNJim (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:37PM EDT (link)

“Gee, I never thought YOU’D be the one to start missing me!”

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It could be worse...

merryj1 Saturday, December 18th at 12:43PM EDT (link)

…they could be calling it the Obama tax hikes.

 

"Miss me yet?"

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:51PM EDT (link)

nt

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

That's a tough one to beat.

Moe Lane (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:53PM EDT (link)

But…

“I won.”

Better yet..

bcochran1981 Saturday, December 18th at 12:55PM EDT (link)

“I win.”

You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time and liberal voters every time.

 

That is a fearsome contender

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:45PM EDT (link)

And even shorter than mine.

If I were going wordy, I was thinking “Still haven’t found the EASY button yet, have you, kid?”

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

'welcome to the Ditch..'

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:24PM EDT (link)

$, I bow at your greatness...

itrytobenice (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 2:57PM EDT (link)

You, Moe and EPU are spectacular.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.


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I think Moe takes the palm.

redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 7:36PM EDT (link)

Was that what you had in mind when you created the ‘toon, Toby?


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Sorry, I didn't see your question...

TobyToons (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 8:16PM EDT (link)

Actually, I drew it without any caption in mind. Next time I’ll have to think one up and see how closely the entries are to what I was thinking.

“A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men… Yet these nonentities, by the intellectual laziness of men in general… are generally obeyed as a matter of duty [and] assumed to have a kind of wisdom that is superior to ordinary wisdom.” -H.L. Menken

 
 
 

How about.....

knitwit (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:36PM EDT (link)

Mission Accomplished!

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”–Nathan Hale
Compromise: The art of giving to your enemy that which he is not powerful enough to take.

 
 

Walking on water is fun until the ice melts.

gekster (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:55PM EDT (link)

They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.

We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway

I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”

 

Just sign the terms of surrender

tedglover (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:58PM EDT (link)

here, here, annnnnd here. You can use my pen.

People sleep peacably in their beds at night because rough men stand at the ready to do violence on their behalf. –George Orwell.

 

Let's see, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo, and now my tax cuts.

janis (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 12:59PM EDT (link)

Betcha you wished you were married to someone nice like Laura, too.

That's gonna leave a mark, janis! nt

nessa (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:00PM EDT (link)

“If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams

Contributor to Unified Patriots

teh twitter

Let's hope so, nessa.nt

janis (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 3:04PM EDT (link)
 
 

5!

Erick Brockway (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 2:27PM EDT (link)
 

My little effort

Patricia_C (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:00PM EDT (link)

“Yeah, I heard how you signed that children’s book you wrote, “Of Thee I Sing” for that school library.Odd you wouldn’t sign one for that little boy though…Anyway, I thought you might like an autographed copy of my Tax Cuts Bill to take home with you in 2012.”

“Even when you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

 

Changing my entry to...

bcochran1981 Saturday, December 18th at 1:02PM EDT (link)

“You won, but I win.”

You can fool all of the people some of the time, some of the people all the time and liberal voters every time.

 

Caption for Toby

texasgalt (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:12PM EDT (link)

Just sign to claim your inheritance. You can keep the pen, too.

Twitter Button from twitbuttons.com

 

"Barak, I told you that even good lies will only get you so far."

ArchTriumph (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:30PM EDT (link)

“Barak, I told you that even good lies will only get you so far.”

I like the contest Toby…

Reality’s Sylogism. Unflappable, Unashamed, Unabashed, Unapologetic.

 

MY ENTRY

Rhymes With Right Saturday, December 18th at 1:31PM EDT (link)

So, will the media start calling them “the Obama tax cuts for the wealthy”?

Blogging at http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu

 

"Did you want this pen or a hammer for the nail in your political coffin?"

ArchTriumph (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:31PM EDT (link)

“Did you want this pen or a hammer for the nail in your political coffin?”

Reality’s Sylogism. Unflappable, Unashamed, Unabashed, Unapologetic.

 

"No, Barry, you can NOT sign my name to it." -nt

H (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:32PM EDT (link)

Like! -nt

E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:47PM EDT (link)

Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO

 

for the Win!

speciallist (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:57PM EDT (link)

5

 
 

Well Barack...

GISAP (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:34PM EDT (link)

…looks like you misunderstimated the American People!

Be not afraid

 

He He He He

izoneguy (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 1:34PM EDT (link)

He He He He He He He He
He He He He He He He He
He He He He He He He He
He He He He He He He He
He He He He He He He He

Those who had once simpered: “I don’t want to destroy the rich, I only want to seize a little of their surplus to help the poor, just a little, they’ll never miss it!” – then, later, had snapped: “The tycoons can stand being squeezed; they’ve amassed enough to last them for three generations” – then, later, had yelled: “Why should the people suffer while businessmen have reserves to last a year?” – now were screaming: “Why should we starve while some people have reserves to last a week?” – Atlas Shrugged

 

My try

gwalt Saturday, December 18th at 1:49PM EDT (link)

” Alright, alright already. I’ll keep helpin ya for the next year or two. Jest quit yer whinin’.

“A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered”. –Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries (January 27, 1982)

 

Keep this up Barry, and you will have enough

grandma Saturday, December 18th at 1:56PM EDT (link)

material to write your memoirs: Nightmares from my father.

 

How about. . .

msctex (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:10PM EDT (link)

“OK, you can call it “The Obama Tax Cuts” if you give me some credit for
your. . .Never mind.”

 

How about...

fleefis Saturday, December 18th at 2:12PM EDT (link)

Ladies and Gentlemen, we got him!

 

Caption

anacreon (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:22PM EDT (link)

So when you sign this, will you blame the economic recovery on me too?

www.downstateiladvocate.com

 

one more entry

vamoose Saturday, December 18th at 2:46PM EDT (link)

“Looks like I am the change you’ve been waiting for.”

 

What?

Rusty_S (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 2:54PM EDT (link)

What? You want me to speak at the press conference too?

 

Another entry

Patricia_C (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 3:43PM EDT (link)

“Funny ain’t it? You even sign everything with your LEFT hand… Cracks me up every time.”

“Even when you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.”

 

How's this?

hampa (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 3:50PM EDT (link)

You have to sign it to find out what’s in it.

 

I know it hurts, Barack, but everyone in all 57 states

throwback59 Saturday, December 18th at 3:50PM EDT (link)

appreciates what you are doing. Even the corpsemen.

 

Ok, Ok Barry!

schooky Saturday, December 18th at 4:54PM EDT (link)

I´ll sign it for you, but you have to keep a signed copy of my book ¨Decision Points¨ on your desk in the oval office.

 

So your pen doesn't work, either?

6eorge Jetson (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 5:58PM EDT (link)

Here, you can use mine.


Click to see full size image

 

Deja vu all over again.

renny (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 6:22PM EDT (link)

I think Yogi Berra said that first.

 

So Barack,

wolfeman Saturday, December 18th at 6:35PM EDT (link)

Does this mean I get to ride up front with you now, or do I still have to keep ridin’ in the back seat?

 

"How 'bout we grab ol' Joe

kestrel (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 6:39PM EDT (link)

and have an ethanol summit in the Rose Garden?”

 

Crediting Bomb-Throwers & Hostage-Takers

russonline Saturday, December 18th at 7:17PM EDT (link)

You gotta give credit to those Republican bomb-throwers and hostage-takers. They sure know how to craft and advance a tax package that more than 70% of American voters absolutely love … while improving YOUR poll ratings.

 

You flubbed on the Clinton template

redneck_hippie (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 7:27PM EDT (link)

First you boomf an intern, and THEN you screw over your party. Oh, I see…you’re afraid of Hillary, too. Heh heh heh


Activists Taking Action: Unified Patriots

 

Come on now, it's not hard. B...a...r...a...c...k......

chbroussard (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 8:13PM EDT (link)

nt

 

I have two

scarlos (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 8:17PM EDT (link)

#1 “Don’t worry Barry, you can try to wreck the economy again next year”

#2 “Reality’s a B!tch, ain’t it?”

Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise

 

Hey Barack, to save time....

fpete13527 (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 8:28PM EDT (link)

…..why don’t you let me send you over my full agenda to sign for the next two years. Bill and Hillary can announce each one.

 

"Ya know Barry, more and more, its like

Tbone (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 9:18PM EDT (link)

I never left”

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 

"Now ya know what the Dubya's for." -nt-

CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 10:30PM EDT (link)

Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)

soli Deo gloria

 

"You can't spell "win"...

Jack_Savage (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 11:24PM EDT (link)

…without a Dubya.”
or
“A funny thing happened while you were on your way back from the golf course.”
or
“You can use this pen. It’s the only thing around here that doesn’t leak.”
or
“Look at it this way – at least you don’t have to throw a baseball anywhere.”
or
“And you thought the only elbow to the mouth came in basketball games…”
or
“So your dog’s not the only one in the White House that rolls over.”

5 5s

gekster (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 11:32PM EDT (link)

very good.
cleaning keyboard now. :)

They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.

We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway

I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”

 
 

*chuckling*

pamela1631 (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 11:32PM EDT (link)

At least you don’t have to turn your head and cough this time.

This republic was not established by cowards; and cowards will not preserve it. ~~Elmer Davis

I am stone forged from the fires of creation into flesh ~~Pamela1631

The greatest civilization is one where all citizens are equally armed and can only be persuaded, never forced.~~Maj. L. Caudill, USMC (Ret.)

 

"And a Merry Christmas to you, Ebenezer!" -nt-

CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Saturday, December 18th at 11:39PM EDT (link)

Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)

soli Deo gloria

There are a lot of good ones here, but I think

The_Gadfly (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 7:30AM EDT (link)

that given the season, you won.

 

Good one.

acat (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 2:36PM EDT (link)

Both seasonally appropriate and about the right tone.

Lots of good stuff in Dickens…

Mew

——
self-portrait

Caveat Suffragator

 
 

ok... buncha really good ones here already...

anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 12:22AM EDT (link)

“Ok, I’m only gonna show you how to do this one more time…”

“Just a guess here young fella but I think this pen will get more good done in a few seconds than all the rest you’ve tried in the last two years.”

“Are you still ticked that you can’t blame Sarah Palin for this?”

“What did you expect, a Rose Garden?”

“Remember, pointy end down…”

All due respect for Patsy Cline:
“craaaazy….craazy for thinking we loved you…”

The next two with appropriate Beatles music in background:
“Yesterday… all my troubles seemed so far away…”

“I really don’t wanna hold your haaaaaand… I reeeeeeealy dooooon’t”

And finally…
“Merry Christmas Mr. President!”

Razz Etc!
“Best Poker book written ever!!!” – Author’s unbiased opinion…

How about

The_Gadfly (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 7:25AM EDT (link)

“Remember, pointy end of the PEN down…”

 
 

One for my tweeps..

speciallist (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 12:30AM EDT (link)
 

"I'm honored to see you redistribute my wealth." -nt-

CincoSolas_del_Bronx (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 1:05AM EDT (link)

Those dreading urbanization should remember that though the Kingdom of God first appeared in a temporal Garden, at the end of the book it is established in an eternal City. (paraphrase, James M. Boice)

soli Deo gloria

 

Checkmate. -nt

SusanAnne Hiller (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 1:19AM EDT (link)

~SusanAnne
@susanannehiller on Twitter

5 another good one.

gekster (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 1:22AM EDT (link)

I got to clean my keyboard again. :)

They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.

We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway

I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”

 
 

Weren't you talking about an exit strategy?

averagevoterdotcom Sunday, December 19th at 8:58AM EDT (link)

Weren’t you talking about an exit strategy?…

 

Obama's Surrender

BigGator5 (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 9:43AM EDT (link)

“Sign on the dotted line, Emperor Hirohito!”

Educated (About The Issues Facing Us Today), Dedicated (To Making A Difference), And Highly Motivated (To Getting Things Done)
@biggator5

 

Just sign it "Bush III".

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 10:35AM EDT (link)

That’s what your base is calling you now.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 

The legal way you write it is:

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 10:38AM EDT (link)

“On behalf of William Jefferson Clinton by Barry Obama, his Attorney in Fact”

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 

How about

Shoebox (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 11:40AM EDT (link)

“This is a big F&*%ing deal!”

 

Barry, you should have called me first .....

fpete13527 (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 12:11PM EDT (link)

…instead of Lady Gaga and the Dems

http://bit.ly/hvsNQf

 

Danged if you do

MNConservative (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 12:51PM EDT (link)

and danged if you don’t. Hehehe.
$14,000,000,000,000 in debt and its just getting worse. Hehehe.
You’re screwed buddy!

 

Ok, I'll give it a stab...

belcatar (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 1:38PM EDT (link)

Never let a Hostage Crisis go to waste, Mr. President.

Does this mean we don’t have to ride in back anymore?

And I thought the twins were petulant.

Come on out to the ranch after the election, Mr. President. I don’t think you’ll be so busy then.

Well all right! You finally got it in “D”!

Cheer up, Mr. President. They didn’t like me either.

Yes, we can!

At least you never said “Read my lips.”

 

hee hee...I call this my "hope and change pen".

barleycorn (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 3:48PM EDT (link)

hee hee…I call this my “hope and change pen”.

 

OK. I guess I'll make the official ending time

TobyToons (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 8:07PM EDT (link)

9pm on Sunday night. I will go over all the captions, and post the winning entry (along with some runner-ups) on Monday morning.

Thanks for taking part. I laughed a lot with these captions.

“A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men… Yet these nonentities, by the intellectual laziness of men in general… are generally obeyed as a matter of duty [and] assumed to have a kind of wisdom that is superior to ordinary wisdom.” -H.L. Menken

 

Nancy couldn't make it.

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 8:18PM EDT (link)

She was late for her staff Christmas party.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

 

I hear the pen is mightier than the sword

Michael Dugas (Diary) Sunday, December 19th at 10:20PM EDT (link)

But if you still want to try falling on it …be my guest.

OR

Mission Accomplished!

Intro to Federalist Papers; section 5;
paragraph 4.
“…dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the zeal for a firm and efficient government.”

Remember: A Citizen on the dole is a Liberal Vote at the Polls.
END ENTITLEMENTS!

Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum !

 

I have to vote for...

merryj1 Monday, December 20th at 6:21AM EDT (link)

“You can’t spell ‘win’ without a dubya.” Great line!