Charge! Latest internet craze skewers Romney with 'horses and bayonets' (and Obama sunk Mitt's battleship)

Like binders full of women and Big Bird before them, Mitt Romney has become the target of a new string of memes from internet jokesters.
Before the conclusion of the third and final debate tonight, the World Wide Web was abuzz with horses and bayonets, a term that stole the show.
The president’s sarcastic retort to Romney's jab about the size of the Navy took off instantly on social networks and dominated online discussion of the candidates' final debate.
‘Well, governor, we also have fewer horses and bayonets... We have these things called aircraft carriers, where planes land on them,' Obama said.
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Charge: The horses and bayonets line took on new life on social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook

Meme: Before the conclusion of the third and final debate tonight, the World Wide Web was abuzz with the horses and bayonets, a term that stole the show

Face-off: President Obama and Mitt Romney share a laugh as they're introduced at the final presidential debate

He added: 'We have these ships that go underwater, nuclear submarines. And so the question is not a game of Battleship, where we're counting ships.'
Not long after, a Horses and Bayonets Tumblr page was started.

 

The remarks became comedy gold for numerous Photoshoppers, taking horses, bayonets and Battleship and cramming them into the newest online craze.

Special guests: One meme brought Big Bird back into the fray, while another invoked 'the most interesting man in the world' from the Dos Equis commercials

Making history: Romney makes a cameo in a Civil War scene, thanks to Obama's 'horses and bayonets' remark

Jokes: It didn't take long for Obama's comment to come back to haunt Romney on the internet

A meme declaring 'Obama just sank Romney's battleship' generated more than 84,000 likes on Facebook and was shared more than 16,000 times in an hour.
But it wasn't just the pranksters capitalizing on the remarks.
Democratic operatives also bought up 'bayonets' on Twitter, making the search term a promoted tweet from the Obama campaign.

Head-to-head: The debate was the final showdown between President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney

Jab: A meme declaring 'Obama just sank Romney's battleship' generated more than 84,000 likes on Facebook and was shared more than 16,000 times in an hour

Hit or miss? Internet jokesters could not get enough of the 'horses and bayonets' and 'Battleship' references

On Twitter, the hashtag horsesandbayonets quickly rocketed to the top of trending topics.
One Twitter posted: '#Horsesandbayonets lol. It's sad that debates are won and lost based on zingers, but that one was pretty good.'
Another said: 'President Obama sunk the SS Romney tonight.'