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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

2012 Pick the Winning Caption

Posted by Dan Savage on Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:16 PM

Here are the top captions suggested by Slog readers. Vote for the one you think is the best!

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Need check boxes rather than radio buttons.

Giggles aside, I noticed that Obama got right down into a crouch to meet audience members, whereas Romney was trying to stoop as little as possible. Either he had a subconscious aversion to interacting directly with the hoi polloi, or some kind of lower back pain/arthritic knees thing going on. Ann was maybe trying to keep him from toppling forward.

Posted by rob!

on October 23, 2012 at 4:37 PM

Also, I'm not one for empty symbolism (especially including flag lapel pins), but it's interesting that last night Obama was sporting a pink rubber bracelet on his right wrist for breast-cancer awareness month, whereas Romney, whose wife has actually had breast cancer and who wants to kill Planned Parenthood and its well-woman screenings as well as the Affordable Care Act, was not.

I think a whole lot more should have been said about that.

Posted by rob!

on October 23, 2012 at 4:42 PM

@1,

I imagine Ann was trying to keep Romney from having a Bob Dole moment.

Posted by keshmeshi on October 23, 2012 at 5:14 PM

Ha, I forgot about that, @3. Republicans are not the party of the upright.

Posted by rob!

on October 23, 2012 at 5:25 PM

Shouldn't Mormons only do that missionary style in a dark bedroom?

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on October 23, 2012 at 5:35 PM

"I bet Mitt that, if Rafalca didn't win a medal, I get to do this until somebody around here DOES win something!"

Posted by COMTE

on October 23, 2012 at 7:49 PM

ummm, i'm going to have to be a wet blanket and protest. i think this is rather mean spirited and unprofessional to encourage mocking an unfortunately captured moment which should never have been published. i think we sacrifice some of our credibility as the reasonable half of the population and as empathetic human beings (which we accuse the right wing of being incapbable of,) when we use these opportunities to bully. (yes, i used the word bully).

i enjoy when dan mocks people who are making ridiculous comments and politicians who make ridiculous claims. i enjoy dan almost all the time. but this situation is not one of those.

can someone back me up on this? or is everyone going to flame me as a spoilsport?

Posted by dccc on October 23, 2012 at 9:06 PM

@dccc. If I felt this was mean spirited, I'd agree with you. But honestly, I can totally see my friends and I doing this on fb if a picture like this was taken featuring some of us, and not a prominent political couple. And all of us involved would find it funny, with little embarrassment, if any. Most of these captions are not mean spirited or personally insulting, unless someone has a real sexual hangup. I don't disagree with your idea that we should treat politicians with whom we disagree decently, but I don't agree that this particular bit of fun is horribly mean.

Posted by SfR on October 24, 2012 at 4:19 AM

"He may wear the pants, but *I'M* the one on top. Always."

Posted by TechBear on October 24, 2012 at 5:16 AM

@7: "An unfortunately captured moment which should never have been published"

You know this was on TV coast to coast and everyone on the stage knew it, right?

You do know they were not actually having sex, right?

Posted by Theodore Gorath on October 24, 2012 at 8:03 AM

the joke is a bit old already.

Posted by Cassette tape fan on October 24, 2012 at 8:16 AM

@7, yeah, if this was going to go on and on and on and on, go viral, I'd agree with you. But it's a minor little blip, already forgotten by the next day.

Posted by agony on October 24, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Can someone PLEASE explain to me the round peg in the square hole? I'm totally missing something and need this one spelled out for me.

Thanks.

Posted by not usually this stupid on October 24, 2012 at 9:38 PM