There was a vote for Jeff Sessions. Now that would have been interesting.

An alternative interpretation comes from A Dictionary of Catch Phrases (Eric Partridge, 1986). Edward J. Flynn (1892-1953) was a New York City political boss who became a campaign manager for the Democratic party during FDR's presidency. Boss Flynn's "Democratic Party machine exercised absolute political control over the Bronx.... The candidates he backed were almost automatically 'in,' and he himself permanently so," Partridge comments.

Now we have the beginnings of a theory. "In like Flynn" starts as rhyming slang in New York, helped along by the prominence of Boss Flynn. NYC draftees spread it among the troops nationwide with the start of World War II. The phrase gets a boost when the well-publicized travails of Errol Flynn in 1942 give it a double meaning. But its innocent origin allows Cecil's mom to use it without being scandalized.

Just one thing. We have no evidence that "in like Flynn" was used anywhere prior to November 1942.

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read...

Pelosi doesn't cry as often (might be because her facelift was pulled too tight and her tear ducts are closed off, who knows?). Or could it be that B's hours in the tanning bed leaves him so warm that it's only sweat running down his face?

I think the "Boss Flynn" story of the D machine in the Bronx to be a more likely origin.

I wonder how many voted "present?" Enough of them and we could have ended up with Pelosi.