Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news during August 25 - 31. Here are some examples of a news stories that could be used:
This Friday, Republican John McCain surprised everyone by naming the first-term Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. This election will definitely be interesting - it will bring America either its first black president, or its first female vice president.
Democratic National Convention brought many historical speeches. Oprah said she cried her eyelashes off listening Obama's acceptance speech.
Hurricane Gustav is gaining strength and may become another Katrina-like catastrophe.
In the Creator's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link:
[URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL]
Keep the BLACK as is, replace GREEN with the link, and replace the RED with the news story title.
[ browse best gallery pictures ] [ browse this contest gallery in high resolution ] Tag funny pix newsaugust Jackpot: 1st place: $5, 2nd place: $3 , 3rd place: $2 , 4th place: $1 Started: 8/29/2008 5:00:00 PM, Ended: 9/1/2008 6:00:00 PM
The first thing that popped into my head when I saw the news "McCain chooses Palin", on Yahoo was a "mental" picture of "Michael" Palin as Mr. Gumby from Monty Python. I had never even heard of Sarah Palin. I think this pair I've created in Photoshop is a much better team in the bid for the White House anyway. My Brain hurts!
Biden is OK, but he’s just not Hillary Clinton Scrappy Joe from Scranton, sensing a lack of personality would hurt against Palin, goes for the full Hillary CHANGE.
Democrats leave Denver with Nagging Doubts about their candidate's viability in November. Especially now, with Sarah Palin's nomination.. the Democrats, by stressing identity politics for so long, are now set to be hoisted on their own retard.
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Create images of something that happened in the news during August 25 - 31.
