Caption Contest: Obama’s Gerald Ford moment
posted at 2:50 pm on February 9, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
When Gerald Ford got caught in a clumsy moment, it practically made Chevy Chase’s career on Saturday Night Live. Tom Maguire wonders whether this moment will produce the same result now:
President Barack Obama waves and learns the door on Marine One is much shorter than he is, and bumps his head slightly, Monday, Feb 9, 2009 …
Somehow I doubt that The One will get anywhere near the ridicule that Ford received for his stumbles, even if we see more of these in Obama’s future. I’d guess that Obama would handle any ribbing he’d get over this with the good-natured, self-deprecating humor that he’s displayed in the past on everything but his politics, where he tends to get thin-skinned rather quickly.
We can help Obama get a few laughs by creating our own caption for the image. The prize for this contest? The respect of your Hot Air peers, plus the potential of getting hired by SNL’s Lorne Michaels to write some of the skits they’ll run after this.
Oh, come now … you didn’t fall for that, did you?
Update (AP): A golden moment.
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“Pentagon cuts overhead”
Ordinary1 on February 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Note to Self: Put Amendment in Stimulus for larger Marine One
GatewayMac on February 9, 2009 at 3:20 PM
How does Karl Rove keep doing these thing?
DamnCat on February 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM
A Marine One pilot attempts to knock some sense into the new president….
BigD on February 9, 2009 at 3:21 PM
My head’s too big to box with God.
JammieWearingFool on February 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM
The unfortunate cost of raised expectations.
pugwriter on February 9, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Another failed Bush policy – he couldn’t even get a helicopter door size right.
ProfessorMiao on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
“Someone call ACORN…this is clearly a failure of our education system. We need to raise taxes on working Americans to fund programs for those less fortunate to teach them to duck”
PatriotPete on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Media blames Sarah Palin.
viking01 on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
The sill of Marine One’s doorway struck the President in the head, today. Secret Service agents quickly wrestled the helicopter to the ground, and it is being held for questioning.
George Orwell on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
That’s my skull! Dude, I’m so wasted!
/Barack Spicoli
Christien on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
James Brown in a dress.
TXUS on February 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
“UH UM This helo has nothing on Michelle’s righthook, UH UM OUCH UM”
That is the best though.
joeswampy on February 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM
This must be showing on some cable channel.
Loxodonta on February 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM
Longhorn Six on February 9, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Ummm, yeah. He salutes since he is the CIC.
It doesn’t matter if he himself was ever in the service.
catmman on February 9, 2009 at 3:24 PM
…that’s the last time I’m partying with Michael Phelps…
PatriotPete on February 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM
I HOPE someone CHANGES the measurements of this door!
UKFB2 on February 9, 2009 at 3:25 PM
Sign above Marine One cabin door…”Please remove messianic over-inflated ego before entering”
Wyznowski on February 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM
this isn’t the first time he’s had trouble with doors and windows.
like finding his way to the john, he needs help getting through the portals.
notagool on February 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM
You butt heads with Marine One, you get the horns.
RD on February 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Or…”Objects in door way are in fact larger than they appear”
Wyznowski on February 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
“Let me see if I can, uh, fit this chopper in my ear.”
Akzed on February 9, 2009 at 3:27 PM
“The Obama presidency…from fist bumps to head lumps…a sign of things to come?”
Liberty or Death on February 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Overinflated Ego Bigger than the Opening Door to Marine One.
Brat4life on February 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Someone teach Uber-Cool Doofus how to salute properly………
Janos Hunyadi on February 9, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Head “bump”.
christene on February 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Racist helicopters still living in the past.
exhelodrvr on February 9, 2009 at 3:30 PM
It could have been worse; try getting trown under a bus. No really, give a try…a really good try.
Laura in Maryland on February 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Well, that’s a huge noggin. That’s a virtual planetoid. Has it’s own weather system.
Mr. D on February 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
President Obama keeps his head despite economic catastrophe.
Christien on February 9, 2009 at 3:31 PM
“Better give me a lot of lumps.” (Bugs Bunny reference, for some of you old-timers.)
exhelodrvr on February 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM
And since the President is a member of a historically-oppressed class (sons of Kenyan exchange students), the heliocopter is expected to be charged with a federal hate crime.
AZCoyote on February 9, 2009 at 3:34 PM
Wyznowski on February 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Messiah’s head too big for Marine One.
faraway on February 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
“Add another Trillion for doorway reconfiguration.”
bloggless on February 9, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Stupid strike out…
Wyznowski on February 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM
We have a winner!
+100
portlandon on February 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM
“When asked about today’s head-bumping by President Obama when entering Marine One, Vice-President Biden chuckled, but reminded the Press Corps not to make too much folly out of the incident, saying, “I’m pretty sure the same thing happened to President Lincoln as well… remember he was 6-and-a-half-feet tall….”
Members of the Press Corps nodded and wrote down their notes, adding no further questions on follow-up following the VP’s comment.
jrlingreenbay on February 9, 2009 at 3:37 PM
Something must be done to stimulate the entrance to that copter or the damage it will do to his brain will be irreversible
AmericanUnderground on February 9, 2009 at 3:38 PM
metaphor for what he’s doing to our Economy
jp on February 9, 2009 at 3:38 PM
“WHAM! Wake me up before you go go”
Ordinary1 on February 9, 2009 at 3:39 PM
Rove, you magnificent bastard!
Pulchritudinous Patriot on February 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
D’oh!
Maquis on February 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Jesus Was a Community Organizer who often bumped his head, Pontius Pilate a Governor
Zetterson on February 9, 2009 at 3:40 PM
BHO Note to Self:
F*%# Marine One! Add new construction project to Stimulus Bill — Runway for Air Force One down Pa Ave.
TXUS on February 9, 2009 at 3:41 PM
“And I thought hittin’ da hayid meant goin’ to da bafroom.”
Steve Z on February 9, 2009 at 3:43 PM
POSUT musta been good for a beer – or two.
BHO Jonestown on February 9, 2009 at 3:43 PM
“hope and… OW, muther-f’in’ son of a…”
thedude on February 9, 2009 at 3:44 PM
“Like Ronald Reagan–Honey, I forgot to duck.”
Steve Z on February 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM
The fierce urgency of … Ow!
EMD on February 9, 2009 at 3:45 PM
I guess he will be blaming Bush for that one to right?
“We must uh, um, grow the size of Marine One’s entrance because uh, Bush was to short, so uh, yeah.”
TheHat on February 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM
John Kerry: Give that man a Purple Heart!
Steve Z on February 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM
“Add another billion to build a customized door… do it now, or there will be catastrophe!!!”
thedude on February 9, 2009 at 3:46 PM
After butting heads with Republicans on Capitol Hill last week, President Obama tried to do the same with Marine One today, with comparable results.
AmericanUnderground on February 9, 2009 at 3:47 PM
Liberty or Death on February 9, 2009 at 3:28 PM
This one gets my vote. Too funny!
milwife88 on February 9, 2009 at 3:48 PM
I pledge to ensure that from here on, all helicopters are modified to fit Obama’s head…just add the cost to the bailout package…
mldlalex on February 9, 2009 at 3:49 PM
“I was only 8 years old when the doorway was built, and I fit under it then!”
InCali on February 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM
Ah, head bump. I thought he was just going to do the fist bump.
funsutton on February 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM
This is your brain on stimulus…any questions?
John on February 9, 2009 at 3:52 PM
I thought it would just be his ears that wouldn’t fit.
funsutton on February 9, 2009 at 3:52 PM
ED Hill: “Terrorist head bump”.
Pasalubong on February 9, 2009 at 3:53 PM
The liberals have vested all of their money
on this idiot..
so no i wil bet you no one will dare poke fun at
the bumbling one..
jcila on February 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM
**”…and now I’ll just climb these stairs with solemn purpose… everyone’s watching… oh, yeah, lookin’ presidential, Barry… that’s it now, turn and wave but don’t smile… very serious and dignified… now just ease into the heli-KHAH SON OF A BAMA MUTHAH LOVIN’ KRAIST!!!“**
Tuning Spork on February 9, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Live from Washington, it’s D.C. Live…
right2bright on February 9, 2009 at 3:55 PM
As Grandma used to say, it ain’t as easy as it looks, getting 10 gallons of manure in a 5 gallon can.
Cheshire Cat on February 9, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Ow… Under the flying bus you go!
MrX on February 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM
“Walkin’ tall”
(as he would say it)
Oh, the satire!
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2009 at 3:58 PM
“Makin’ Michelle proud”
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2009 at 4:00 PM
“I’m a Beaver fan, not a Duck fan.”
(His brother in law is the coach of Oregon State Beavers, rivals of the University of Oregon Ducks.)
PastorJon on February 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
-Homer, The Iliad
darclon on February 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Marine One to be named “Worst Helicopter in the World” tonight on Countdown.
(Have. You. No. Shame. Sir…korsky?!”)
Planet Moron on February 9, 2009 at 4:01 PM
Where’s my Halo?
or
Damn Republicans pushed me!
VikingGoneWild on February 9, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Marine One , Obama Zero.
the_nile on February 9, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Ding ding ding, although if you’re referring to his ears then that makes you a raciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist
Tacitus_SGL on February 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM
This is NOT the door I remember… Anyone seen my bus?
Califemme on February 9, 2009 at 4:05 PM
“The President announced he will reconsider his foreign policy promises having met with early setbacks in negotiating the entrance to Marine One.”
Quickdraw on February 9, 2009 at 4:07 PM
Things keep fallin’ on my head
And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed
Nothin’ seems to fit
Things keep fallin’ on my head, they keep fallin’
But it won’t be long till happiness steps up to greet me
Things keep fallin’ on my head
But that doesn’t mean I won’t soon be able to turn the whole country Marxist red
Milton Friedman’s not for me
I’m never gonna stop the Republicans from complainin’
But I won, so to to whatever I want I’m free
Ans no outdated Constitution is going to stop me
- Baracito Obamalini
MB4 on February 9, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Executive order “Effective immediately Marine One doors will be adjusted to each new president’s hight. It is an insult to have overlooked this for so long. Idiots, all”.
Schadenfreude on February 9, 2009 at 4:10 PM
I’m too sexy for my helicopter.
PJ Emeritus on February 9, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Marine is just a helicopter, just a distraction.
Sammy316 on February 9, 2009 at 4:11 PM
If you were married to Michelle, you’d hit yo’ head too.
http://www.postersultan.com/posters/buckwheat_otay_littlerascals1a.jpg
Childhood portrait of Michelle.
Key West Reader on February 9, 2009 at 4:13 PM
Letterman had a “W” head bang on Marine 1 and the locked double doors on his top ten reasons why he’ll miss Bush. Am waiting with bated breath for Letterman’s segment with Bambi’s own head bang and his goofy attempt to open the window to the White House, thinking it was the door. Waiting. Holding my breath. Waiting.
marybel on February 9, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Movin’on up – ouch!
BHO Jonestown on February 9, 2009 at 4:17 PM
BHO: Some people say, “God Bless Marine One,” but I say “God Damn Marine One.”
TXUS on February 9, 2009 at 4:17 PM
Homer Simpson: Brain don’t fail me now!
Homer’s Brain: OK, just don’t hit me on the way out of the car.
Homer: D’oh!
Youngs98 on February 9, 2009 at 4:19 PM
Gird your loins.
bloggless on February 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM
“President Butts Heads with Defense Spending”
“Marine One: Apply Directly to the Forehead”
“It’s Bush’s Fault”
Tacitus_SGL on February 9, 2009 at 4:22 PM
I’m gonna start bustin’ skulls if you don’t pass this package.
Ouch
uniclone on February 9, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Breaking News: Marine One Gets Head Today.
Film at eleven.
TXUS on February 9, 2009 at 4:22 PM
DOOFUS
angryed on February 9, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Beat me to it!
capitalist piglet on February 9, 2009 at 4:23 PM
Obama: “That was for demonstration purposes only.”
capitalist piglet on February 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM
F*cking unsat and not welcome here dude.
hawkdriver on February 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM
Go. Away.
Now.
capitalist piglet on February 9, 2009 at 4:25 PM
This is HA worthy? Sure, W’s bicycle mishap was played over and over again but this is nothing. You guys are grasping for anything. Don’t worry. The good ones will come. He’s only human despite what the cool-aid drinkers think.
shick on February 9, 2009 at 4:30 PM
He thought it was an Oval Office window.
tuffy on February 9, 2009 at 4:32 PM
This only demonstrates how in touch he is with us. He knows our pain./sarcasm
shick on February 9, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Relax. Just having a little fun at the President’s expense. It’s only fair since he seems to be enjoying himself at ours.
Ordinary1 on February 9, 2009 at 4:33 PM
There’s no way I can fit my giant ego and my ears through this thing!
cdn.infidel on February 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM
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