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OCTOBER 26, 2008 1:12AM

Open Call Caption Contest: Obama

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Uh,........"Duck Soup?"
Wish I could, but more clever minds will follow.

I love it though!
I meant Obie Road
"Here Comes the Sun"
Sometimes "The Fifth Element" is not just a movie, but change itself
Follow me, follow you...no, wait. That was Genesis.

I will follow. Shit. Sorry. U2.

Got it.

Why Don't We Do It In The Road!
Come together, right now, over me.
Thank you, ePirddy. I love it and all the captions fit to a T.

Good to see...

"What a sweet dream came true today..."

rated and really loved!
Indecision time on a single choice, it's either, "Hit the Road Jack" or "Baby You Can Drive My Car."
Back again just to mention that the picture of Obama seems to be taken from his solitary and sorrowful walk around his grandmother's apartment block. There is no joy that is not dashed with pain in life.
"Wistful words of wisdom --Let it be, let it be!"
"Somethin's Gonna Change Our World"
It was him walking around in Hawaii, but I did not know from when although I tried to find out.

It showed him in flipflops walking around like a normal guy. Something that I needed to energize my desire to try and help him win.

I had perceived him as being aunemotional, and dispassionate. But after seeing this, I made the connection that he is essentially Hawaiian and that compared to the attitude generally pervading Island life, (I live in a coastal village) he is a real firebrand.

It made me like him better.

I am wicked evil with the photoshop if I don't like you and similarly good if I do! I had a little help with this one to get it done in a hurry, but the concept is mine.

I also learned a LOT about photoshop getting it done.

My caption:

"Who will lead the leaders of peace love and understanding?"
E, I love this. Please feel free to exercise your new-found expertise on us! The picture is really emotinally evocative.
If he is the Walrus, coo coo ca choo, can he get the Scientology vote?
Great image.

I hesitate to add to the several perfect captions already submitted..but how about:

"All We Are Saying Is Give 'Smart' A Chance.
At first I was going with "Across The Universe" or "The Lonf And Winding Road" but those were just too obvious.

So, going outside the box, I offer two:

"I Will Follow Him"

"The Leader of the Pack"
Or, how about:

"Pete Best, Eat Your Heart Out"
"Well, you know, we all want to change the world."
O-bla di, O-bla da, Life goes On, BAA . . .
It's really strangely moving, I agree.

I can't top "Here comes the sun."
Love it! Very creative, E!
"You say you want a revolution, well you know - we all want to change the world"
"The Fifth of Whiskey Beatle"
Twix in the vending machine across the street.
"The Long and Winding Road" leads to change.
Midwest, and Greg...props for the concise distillation, and the whiskey reduction that followed!
on a less facetious note, "You say you want a revolution, well....." is my favorite.
Come Together. We Can Work It Out.
Or, of course...

Imagine Change
"Baby, you can drive my country...."
"Don't Let Me Down" (Lennon is right behind Barack).)

"The Long and Winding Road."
"We all live in a yellow submarine" for when you get that sinking feeling.
"Revolution"! "You say Obama revolution, well you know...We all want to change the world."
O Bla Di, Obama, life goes on... :-D Ok, I'm having too much fun!
"I'll get by with a little help from my friends."
The Walrus Was Palin? Clearly I have nothing, but this has really fun and funny commentary.
"Obama Revolution" Lyrics by Lennon, McCartney and Randolph

"Obama Revolution" Lyrics





You say Obama revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me you are the solution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you're talking more destruction
Don't you know that you can count us out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right

McCain claims he is the solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see your plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
You'd better ask your wife instead
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We must repair it first instead
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You've been a part of it , it's dead
But if you go carrying pictures of forty-three
You ain't going to make it to where you want to be
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
Ummm, how bout "More Popular than Jesus?" :P

(No, I do not for one second think either the Beatles or Obama ever will be... jeez, maybe I shouldn't post this. "Obama thinks he's more popular than Jesus! Let's show him!!!")
e,
This is a great idea and an entirely too clever photoshop piece. Huge props to you for both.

My humble offering: “Now there is a way to get back homeward” (re: “Once there was a way to get back homeward” ... doggerel I know but hey, I was always a Stones fan).
Respectfully, ePriddy: I don't understand
this at all. Obama LEADING the Beatles?
Can't Obama stand on his own?
It seems like every great person/s
that ever was has to have Obama
in some way attached to them.
Just how special can one person be?
"Sarah buys Paul's Shoes."
"Just let me hear some of that Barack and Roll music." Ok, I'm a post hog. I'm done. :-D
Dakini, he is in the lead because of the extreme difficulty in making him ofit in any order.

The road on the right had to be widened.

And I think he is a rather forward thinking man, and so in this instance, for once, he fits right in.
"One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind!"

Obama-Biden '08! Yes We Can & Yes We Will!! Go vote! Make history!!
Great job on the PS Elizabeth! Love it, well done.

I have to think a bit more about a caption.

Although, I'm surprised that even in this fun post that there is a harping on Obama, viewing him through a lens of great antipathy instead of just enjoying this fun post the way it was intended. "I don't understand" indeed.
"You may say that I'm a dreamer,
But I'm not the only one..."
Magical Mystery Tour?
Ah! Finally a picture of group with the drummer before Ringo.
The sole of Paul's shoes are actually thinner than mine...
Well, I guess I'm a little more cynical than the rest, so I'll be the outside-the-box guy, here. I think it's a good PhotoShop job, but I don't see the comparison, myself. Obama, in my opinion, is not on a par with the Beatles, and certainly not with John Lennon. So, my idea for a caption here might be "Sacrilege", or perhaps on a slightly more generous note, "Dream On".

I did give it the thumbs-up, though... ;-)
"Change the world wasn't quite ready for...redux."
The reason that Obama is "so special" and why this photo works so well is that it taps the hopefulness we have not felt since the 60s, since the Kennedy brothers. Obama is transformational.

I vote for Donna's pick of "Here comes the sun", altho I really loved Greg's new lyrics for revolution very very much!
Awww thank you Steph. The "43" reference instead of Bush isn't a great fit. But I typed it verbatim on the fly from my anxiety riddled, un-rested brain. :-)
Ron Paul is dead....Ron Paul is dead....Ron Paul is dead....
The Beatles said, "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the loooove you make."

Can you please tell me how that differs form this saying which as you know, Mr. Biden, is from Karl Marx: "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
Liz, shouldn't you have typed that backwards?
A shout out to my husband on the photoshop. I learned about a lot of selection tools and the extract tool to do this.

Next go round I will be able to do it without assistance. I had the idea to take a picture of McCain and Bush and only change it by switching their heads or maybe just their brain areas and see it anyone notices.

But I decided it was too subtle.

Coo coo cujoo.