>>>And this when Matthews talks about "the tingle in his leg" from Obama ("ooh, Wayne, my trousers are getting tight") <bg> Well, he did work for Jimmy Carter ...
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>>Now that you mentioned the name... my wife now regularly reads the comments to various news from home - as close as one can get to vox populi while sitting here - and she noticed that several posters there mention the more-to-the-right candidate as "McWayne".
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>Kind of a stretch. Is that some oblique reference to John Wayne ?

I guess so, except oblique. Probably perceived

>My own reference was to Garth in "Wayne's World" (for benefit of international lurkers

Name one.

>who might not catch Saturday Night Live on a regular basis <s>)
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>Bill Mahr has said the GOP ticket sounds like a 70s TV show title and he has dubbed it "Maverick and the MILF" <s>

Except the ILF part... I seriously wouldn't.