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US President Barack Obama makes his way to board Air Force One on January 1, 2013 at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Obama is returning to Hawaii to continue his vacation which he interrupted to deal with the “fiscal cliff” crisis.
Yesterday this caption appeared on local CBS-DC under the photo that is the subject of our first 2013 Tatler Photo Caption Contest.
Don’t you just hate it when your vacation is interrupted by an emergency?
Well so does Our Beloved Leader since he is “just like us.”
But now, since Congress has built some temporary guard rails around the “fiscal cliff,” President Obama can continue his Hawaiian vacation at the cost of an extra $3 million — in addition to the $4 million already spent, bringing the total cost of his family vacation to over $7 million.
Since you are overjoyed to read how Your Leader is spending your tax dollars, we will use this occasion to rewrite the CBS-DC caption with a more creative flair.
For 2013 contests, the same 2012 rules apply that were inspired by our friend Dylan Byers of Politico, “be nice and stay classy because the media is watching.”
Then, as stated in the last contest of 2012, “the need to repeat these rules every contest acts like a guard rail preventing you from falling off the creative cliff.”
As a result, I was mocked by “Scottch” one of our snarky caption contest participants who questioned my rules by commenting, Staying classy? Guardrail? What guardrail…….lol.
Well Scottch, if you don’t like the current rules, than please submit some new ones for this year.
Good luck to all who enter and you have my permission to fall off that creative cliff if you find our guard rail too confining.
Finally, because of complaints that some of you often miss the winner’s post from the previous contest, it will be repeated in the next contest.
Apparently, we read now that one of our repeat winners, “RockThisTown” has declared war with his comment:
Resolution for 2013: Dethrone cfbleachers and become King.
Watch out, for this signals future contests could get a tad nasty.
$7 mill vacations to Hawaii are the type of vacations the middle class is taking through their representatives.
I got more taxes and no spending cuts, leading to unsustainable deficits that’ll bankrupt this country. And the political atmosphere in D.C is toxic. Yes, my work here is done.
Fist America, then the world!
“Whew, I’m tired. I’ve certainly earned another 7 million dollar holiday since it’s such tough, tough work fixing things so the little people will be too poor to take their pathetic, cheap vacations.”
After a long weekend of posturing and sniping, Obama heads back to Asia for some much needed R&R.
Fist Bump to the Republicans for crumbling under my awesomeness.
How does that salute go again? Wait, it needs to be a little heiler (veiled reference to Nazi Germany)
See, this is how high I can get Boehner to jump!
1)100+ rounds of golf and $7 million dollar vacations, this President sure has figured out the secret of loungevity.
2)“Obama is returning to Hawaii to continue his vacation which he interrupted to deal with the “fiscal cliff” crisis.” Whew, for a moment there I thought a guy who can’t get a single vote on his budget proposals and hasn’t passed one for over four years wasn’t going to come to our rescue.
3)Hey, I got all excited …someone said Obama heard about the fiscal cliff and was going to drop over.
4)He deserves it, say the American people. Just the other day his approval rating was 54%…or what we like to call, The Incredible Doctored Poll.
“Little do they know, I call it ‘Ayres Force One’.”
“Even taxiing down the runway, this plane goes above my pay grade.”
“I wish this stiff right arm of mine was as flexible as me after the election.”
“I really wish this plane had two left wings.”
Take that scanner away are I’ll give you this fist.
“Black Power!”
“New Black Power”
“Yo, Arsenio!”
“Power to the sheeple!”
“Jack Kennedy never did _this_ !”
“Hmmm, maybe during the next National Anthem…”
“I think I’ll have the Marines start saluting me like this.”
“Romney could never pull this off, ’cause I’ve got the grimace!”
Iv’e got a fist full of change, and a pocket full of dreams.
I hope Biden don’t screw things up while i’m out of the states.
A)Obama practices his punching technique as he prepares for the lead in the sequel to Jackie Chan’s “Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow” movie.
B)I hit the taxpayers in the gut like this…I just can’t look at them when I’m doing it.
C)Guess which hand holds the Obamacare waivers?
In about five minutes you can kiss my jet stream,P.J.
I think they like my impersonation of an iron fist’ed ruler,
listen to that applause.
They think I have got a cramp in my hand, and i’m going to see a specialist
I’ll sign that foreign aid bill when I return,
and then well discuss that Sandy flooding thing.
Not bad, less than two months into my second term and already two vacations.
Every time I fly Air Force One, the cabin is full of hot air.
Americans can’t afford to buy bread? Let them eat cake,which they can easily afford if they’re on food stamps. Working class people will just have to spread the wealth around. Meanwhile, back to the beach.
When the going gets tough,
the tough gets going.
A) Forward!
B) I feel like I’m forgetting something. Do I have my clubs?
Yes, Mr. President.
Did you guys put Joe back in his safe room?
Yes, Mr. President.
Was there something I needed to sign?
Still punching above my weight.
“Oh, they said, ‘Fiscal Cliff.’ I thought they said, ‘Make a fist that is stiff.’”
You put your right fist in
You put your right fist out
You put your right fist in
And you shake it all about
You spin a lie ‘bout Benghazi
and to a dictator you bow on down
That’s what it’s all about
“I’ll punch someone if I don’t get another Nobel Peace Prize.”
1) A couple of days of AWESOMENESS in Washington, now back to doing what I was born to do!
2) THIS is what awesome looks like!!
As soon as I get my other arm up I’ll fly there myself.
Now where did I put my halo?
“Whoa! For a second there, I thought I was stepping off a cliff . . .”
Heir Fores! Won.
“Is Kenya on the way to Hawaii?”
After many real ones, Obama delivers a symbolic right hook to America.
“Wait a second, the red carpet is supposed to go all the way to my seat!”
The Prince of Wails boards his Royal Aircraft.
“Is this where Hillary tripped & got a concussion?”
“There’s not a liberal Air Force One or a Conservative Air Force One. There’s my Air Force One.”
“Is there anything left I can blame Bush for?”
“Tell Boehner not to cut my spending on fuel, especially if we’re in the air!”