Caption contest!; Update: Poll added!
posted at 12:36 pm on July 7, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
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I just can’t resist on this photograph. Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev meet for the first time in Moscow, and Obama offers his unclenched hand. The look on Medvedev’s face says … well, that’s what you need to tell us! Put your caption ideas in the comments section, and later this evening I’ll add a poll with either the most recurring captions or my favorites.
Update: Here’s the poll, as promised. I had to finally just stop adding entries; there’s a lot of brilliance in the comments section, though, so read through them all. This is at least a representative list. Enjoy!
Also, I failed to link back to Drudge Report, where I got this photo; thanks for the reminders in the comments section, and my apologies to Matt Drudge for the oversight.
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OFF color…. not of color.
44Magnum on July 7, 2009 at 9:57 PM
“Weren’t we supposed to put complimentary Altoids in the Presidential hotel suite?”
infidel4life on July 7, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Just beat it.
journeyintothewhirlwind on July 7, 2009 at 10:03 PM
Obama: “I looked into his ear and saw his soul. Or perhaps it was earwax.”
MaxMBJ on July 7, 2009 at 10:04 PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised the hospitality and openness of U.S. former President George W. Bush in a telegramme sent hours before meeting his successor Barack Obama.
no kidding Guess diplomat fiasco Obama can’t apologize for Bush.
seven on July 7, 2009 at 10:12 PM
Too funny.
Terrie on July 7, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Med…I thought I was going to get to meet TOTUS.
Kissmygrits on July 7, 2009 at 10:40 PM
please don’t ban me but,
“Come on, you don’t even have to reach around“
AES on July 7, 2009 at 11:31 PM
“Of course, this clown had onions for lunch.”
alliebobbitt on July 7, 2009 at 11:51 PM
You and I were on the same wavelength.
alliebobbitt on July 7, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Med: “just let me eat my waffle, would ya?”
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Obama: “So what are the prices on arugula in Russia recently?”
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Obama: “Do you want to be my friend? Do you want to play with me? I’ll share with you my new jet”
ShawarmaWife on July 8, 2009 at 12:01 AM
SUCKER!! What time is it? Are we done yet?
hopefloats on July 8, 2009 at 12:07 AM
“Private Pyle, I said choke yourself! Not with my hand dummy, YOUR HAND!”
Erich66 on July 8, 2009 at 12:13 AM
correction, got the scene wrong (damn)
“Private O’Pyle, I said choke yourself! Don’t grab my hand, LEAN FORWARD AND CHOKE YOURSELF!”
Erich66 on July 8, 2009 at 12:27 AM
This is from my teenage daughter, getting a caption in after the poll:
“Hey, he does look like Curious George!”
Susanboo on July 8, 2009 at 12:31 AM
ouch!
…can’t ban the teenage daughter of course, for the monkey reference, if she isn’t a user ;)
…wait, are monkey references off limits now, or can we play under the same rules that applied for Bush?
Obligatory caption:
“Your table is ready, President Medvedev.”
ornery_independent on July 8, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Medvedev: Yes President Palin, you are more beautiful than I had imagined. I have been waiting so long to meet you since I first saw you TV. You look gorgeous in that outfit. And I love your beautiful family. Todd is so cool, we really hit it off…
**Medvedev wakes up from the day dream**
Ummmmm who is this guy shaking my hand again?
dec5 on July 8, 2009 at 1:37 AM
Only 23 votes for “No, I don’t want a bio-fuel Hummer”?
I thought it was funny…..
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:22 AM
Medvedev: “Hey, do we still have that reset button?”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:23 AM
Medvedev: “Where’s MY Ipod, sucka?”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Medvedev: “From Russia….with ‘Shut the hell up.’”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:30 AM
Obama: “Man, that media session sure was boring. Hey Medvedev, you need a MED-ic?…..
*back slap* Oh come on, that was Letterman quality comedy! Lighten up!”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:36 AM
Seven Percent Solution on July 8, 2009 at 2:38 AM
Obama: “Telling ya, bro, if you thought YOUR wedding night was bad…..”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:40 AM
Obama: “So, a Russky and a Polack walk into a bar…”
Hawkins1701 on July 8, 2009 at 2:44 AM
Medvedev: “What’s that smell……?”
Seven Percent Solution on July 8, 2009 at 2:47 AM
What’s with that walking carpet you brought with you?
atheling on July 8, 2009 at 3:10 AM
Where’s the ON button? Here?
johnnyU on July 8, 2009 at 4:57 AM
Obama should have jerked that puppet off balance and tripped him up. ha ha
johnnyU on July 8, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Med:”Moooose und Skwerl seem smarter than theese guy”
Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Here’s my caption “we at Hotair are desperate to find anything to critique President Obama so we came up with this lame caption thing. We don’t know how to do anything else as we watch the gop imploding. First Ensign, then Sanford and finally Queen Caribou Barbie the Highest, have all let us down. So now this lame caption thing is all we have left. Obama has 60 votes in the Senate, a huge majority in the House and the gop is screwed. So it was either the caption thing or continue to bang our heads against the wall. Come back Caribou Barbie!
athensboy on July 8, 2009 at 7:15 AM
Med: Wow, you’re tall. How are you able to stand erect without a spine?
WordsMatter on July 8, 2009 at 7:28 AM
Obama may have gone to the motherland of communism for marching orders, but the power brokers, Putin and Medvedev, are holding him at arms’ length until our Appeaser-in-Chief squelches those plans for a missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic AND puts a kibbosh on Georgia’s and Ukraine’s bid to be part of the NATO umbrella.
Obama tries his old “hands-on” charm– a stunt that he pulls in the skeptical– with Medvedev. Obama thinks that touching another somehow softens them towards his point of view.
Medvedev’s response? “Can’t touch this.”
Why does that photo look like a staged positioning of action-figure dolls?
Clinton make have been called “Slick,” but Obamarx is the embodiment of “Schtick.”
onlineanalyst on July 8, 2009 at 7:32 AM
CrockObama: “Hey Med, I’ll give you Chrysler if you reign in Iran”.
dthorny on July 8, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Hi, my name is athensboy, but most people call me a troll. I’m tired of hanging out in the echo chambers of the left with the rest of the head knodders, so I decided to come over to Hotair and put my ignorance on display for all to see. You see, I love me some Messiah, he’s The One, don’tcha know. I’ve just mixed up a fresh batch of koolaid. Anyone want some? Okay, I’ve gotta go now. I have to find a tissue as I’ve been sitting in front of the computer all morning masturbating. Later dudes, and remember, YES WE CAN!!
WordsMatter on July 8, 2009 at 7:34 AM
Medvedev knows who would win in a pecs contest between Obama and Putin.
onlineanalyst on July 8, 2009 at 7:34 AM
“Hey buddy, can I get a pack of Marlboro Reds from your tray, I like Reds”.
dthorny on July 8, 2009 at 7:37 AM
So we have Russian Ken and his African-American light in the loafers looking buddy with the funny name.
Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Mostly Word,we just ignore Athens. He’s just here for the attention.
Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 7:42 AM
Hi, my name is athensboy which means greekboy which means buttboy which mean girlyboy if anyone is interested. I learned to love Barry in prison where I was a pus*yboy for Leroy and his whole crew. My favorite fun is a game called drop-the-soap…I play that in the shower. My phone number is 202-224-5641. Buh-bye.
jarhead0311 on July 8, 2009 at 8:10 AM
The “Bear Grip” says, “I’m going to crush you…”
Terp Mole on July 8, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Chickaboomer: “I’m not a real president but I play one on TV.”
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/07/im-not-real-president-but-i-play-one-on.html
StewartIII on July 8, 2009 at 9:50 AM
Obama: “How about another game of paper football?”
Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Thankyou you weak fool,I always knew Communism would win in America with losers like you and your party!
Roadking85 on July 8, 2009 at 10:39 AM
” You can trust your car to the man standing by the star, the big bright Texaco star”
Jeff from WI on July 8, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Where did I put that “Don’t overcharge me” button?
darwin-t on July 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Although I’m not a fan of athensboy, I think this is inappropriate. Win with logic and reason
Red State State of Mind on July 8, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Medvedev: “Does this fool actually think we’re going to do anything he wants us to? What a conceited jerk! Can we just get this over with? I’m not lookinnnng!”
Nalea on July 8, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Hi, my name is athensboy which means greekboy which means buttboy which mean girlyboy if anyone is interested. I learned to love Barry in prison where I was a pus*yboy for Leroy and his whole crew. My favorite fun is a game called drop-the-soap…I play that in the shower. My phone number is 202-224-5641. Buh-bye.
Arent you looking for craigs list athens boy-this is a site for real men & women of the conservative view-not liberal butt friends!
Roadking85 on July 8, 2009 at 11:30 AM
“Finally my soul mate…You hate America almost as much as I do.” – Barack Obama
DanaSmiles on July 8, 2009 at 11:35 AM
Only read the 9th page of comments and many are really funny! These two are my favorites:
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Here’s my lame attempt at humor. Recall “Men in Black II?”
Med: “I like your commie politics, but pat me on the back like that again you illegal alien bogus POTUS usurper and I’ll kick you in the groin.”
Assistant off stage: “Psst…Med…he’s a Ball-Chinnyan!”
Christinewjc on July 8, 2009 at 12:50 PM
…One little blow on the back of the arm, and your arm’s broken, see? But or course for corporate debt holders–or filthy capitalist pigs as I’m sure we both call them–I like to bring the arm around the back for a sustained effect….
Axeman on July 8, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Funny thing is, the thought crossed my mind too when I saw his name.
atheling on July 8, 2009 at 1:27 PM
You are quick to forget…falling poll numbers,and economy
that is worse after Obama took over, trillions more in debt.
Enemies who are getting stronger in a face of a weak Obama
administration…and almost 10 percent unemployment…..
Jimmy Carter 2 is your baby…so start getting used to
the hard times you voted for.
BTW YES WE CAN…..vote for Palin for President!!!!
dec5 on July 8, 2009 at 2:12 PM
There’s a real mental derangement here. Athens revels in the morally fallen (Ensign and Sanford), applauds the personal smear tactics that lead to the Palin leaving her post, and appears to believe that a one-size-fits-all Dem majority will unilaterally shepherd this country to the land of unicorns and rainbows (of course to the shagrin of us conservative idiots).
It’s sad when you think about it. There’s a profound loss of critial thinking skills here, combined with enthrallment in the pain and hardship of others.
NickelAndDime on July 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM
Thanks for that Christine! I will be sure and show my daughter your comment. She said Obama looked like Curious George the very first time she saw him on television, during the campaign, so she was just reiterating that. She turned 13 in Nov. of ‘08, so it was pretty innocent on her part.
Susanboo on July 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM
Thinking to himself, Medvedev wonders “how did I get stuck hosting this loser?”
Zorro on July 8, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Medvedev: “The President of the United States is a Ssssqqquuuiiiiissssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh……….”
Seven Percent Solution on July 8, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Iam late to this but what I think he is really thinking is. “We have already gave up on central planning and embracing capitalism, and this idiot American is a communist, and he coming here to lecture us”
Ed Laskie on July 8, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Clowns to the left of me,
Jokers to the right
….and here I am,
Stuck in the middle with you!!
babylonandon on July 10, 2009 at 8:02 AM
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