The Javelin Has Left the Building

Gabriel Snyder 1,138 Views Mar 19, 2012

Mitt Romney picked the Secret Service code name "Javelin," after a muscle car; Rick Santroum chose "Petrus," Latin for "rock." [GQ]

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