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Any guess who Matthews is primarily based on?

posted 8 years ago by kbp-25959
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Quayle and Gore both have a bit of a lisp going on, which is placed into the character, but then he does really stupid stuff so I'm giving the edge to Quayle except his running mate likes to do a lot of jogging so that puts me back in the Clinton-Gore relationship. I'm just gonna assume he's an amalgamation of the 2, maybe even with a little 80s George Sr. in there i.e. falling while bowling and while talking about Reagan said "We've had some sex."

[–] paulr03 8 years ago

Actually I'd say VP Ford.

[–] kbp-25959 8 years ago

Because of the golf or was Ford just that clumsy?!!

[–] McCartney42 8 years ago

Ford was just that clumsy! The best stumble he did was when he was coming down the stairs from Air Force One. Lol

[–] thaumielx72 7 years ago

Quayle and Gore are not ex-presidents.

Oskars problem with Eli is not her ambiguous gender, but her ambiguous humanity.

[–] kbp-25959 7 years ago

No but they're both Vices which he starts the movie as.

[–] thaumielx72 7 years ago

Fine.

But they are clearly ex-presidents for most of the movie.

Oskars problem with Eli is not her ambiguous gender, but her ambiguous humanity.

[–] kbp-25959 7 years ago

Are you mixing President Matt Douglas with Ted Matthews, President Haney's vice?

I figured Douglas was a Clinton-Kennedy because he was a Dem and womanizer. Kramer's a bit of a wild card. He could be Bush, Ford, or Nixon.

[–] thaumielx72 7 years ago

Seriously?

One is supposed to be Clinton, the other is W. Bush.

I know the movie predates W Bush, nut that could be his father.

Oskars problem with Eli is not her ambiguous gender, but her ambiguous humanity.