Captionary: Rachel Maddow meets Roger Ailes

By GottaLaff

What I'd have given to be at this little do:

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow and Fox News chairman Roger Ailes were among the guests at last night's holiday party for tvnewsers at the White House.

Check this out:

Greta Van Susteren blogs about meeting Maddow for the first time and about who else was there:

Jake Tapper of ABC and his wife were there (my money is on Jake for getting the job as anchoring This Week on ABC now that George has gone to GMA and Jake would be great at it)

No. Nononono. Can we get one new liberal replacement host out of ABC? Just one? Just this once? Pretty please with ratings on top?

Sorry. Back to reality. I'd drifted there for a minute.

Captionary: Bizarre Chuck Schumer PhotOh! edition

By GottaLaff

It looks like he's donning a fat suit, not a jacket:

Tom Williams/Roll Call

Sen. Charles Schumer dons a jacket after a vote to end debate on the $446.8 billion omnibus spending bill on Saturday.

It's Captionary time! Feel free to add yours in Comments.

Captionary: Piper Palin edition

By GottaLaff

Piper Palin, daughter of Gov. Sarah Palin, motions to the crowd that gathered to watch the two of them drive away from the Governor's Picnic at the close of the event in Anchorage, Alaska, on July 25, 2009.
Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News
(via)

She's as grabby as her Mother the Quitter. Maybe she's reaching for what's left of their dignity.

Your turn. What should the caption read?

H/t: Dependable Renegade

Captionary: All choked up edition

By GottaLaff

REUTERS/Stephen Hird

I can't remember which commenter linked to this, but thank you. I just got in, so I'll leave it to you to come up with captions for now.

Via.

Let's play Thanksgiving Captionary!

By GottaLaff

(Scenes from a pardon, circa 2006)

Many inappropriate lines about turkey necks and/or Pitiful Palin's oblivious presser with the turkey-slaughters going on in the background are going through my sick little mind.

I'll leave it to you to be more tasteful in Comments.

Or not. Wink.

Let's play Biden/Cheney Captionary!

By GottaLaff

"This is where Dick sleeps."

Photo: REUTERS/Molly Riley

Captionary: Gramm-pa McTongue-in-Cheek edition

By GottaLaff

LETTERMAN SPOILER ALERT: Two quotes from tonight's show at the end of this post.

Marc Ambinder posted the results of his caption contest to this photo. Here are a few of them. The two winning captions completely cracked me up. They're at the end.

"Obama's Natural Gas Proposal Leaves McCain Wretching"

"Maybe if I do my killer Grandpa Simpson impression I can pick up some of that 18-24 demo."

"What an attack of integrity looks like."

One reader wanted to make sure her submission was kept separate from her name. "anonymous, please, before I get Joe-the-Plumbered."

One reader quoted the great Satchell Paige: "Don't look back: Some crazy old coot might be chasing after you, panting, with his tongue hanging out and his clammy meat hooks reaching for your skinny ass."

Among the worst: "A chill went up Chris Matthews' leg and a kidney stone went down John McCain's pant legs."

Among the best: "I'm not Bush. You see, my friends, I only fake choking on a pretzel -- hopefully eliciting some media sympathy."

"McCain tries to steal Obama's mantle of change."

"Must ... Touch... The... One."

"John McCain reacts to the revelation of what Joe the Plumber actually does for a living."

"Yuck! Terrorist Cooties."

The runner up:

McCain's advisers had counseled against debate prep with Gene Simmons for precisely this reason.

And the winner is:

Republican nominee John McCain chokes on a ACORN at the third and final presidential debate in Hempstead, New York.

LETTERMAN SPOILER ALERT (two quotes from tonight's show):

Gramm-pa to Letterman: "I screwed up."

And one of Letterman's killer lines: "Can you stay?"

Captionary!

By GottaLaff

Knock yourselves out:

Via my pal Jeff Stein. Is it PhotoShopped, or is it for real? He didn't know.

UPDATE: Commenter JoeInGeneva answered the question.