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"There's a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod, but nobody wants to come out and say they support it--and that's from Republicans and Democrats," she said.

California Dems Endorse Pot Legalization, Proposition 19 The Huffington Post News Team 2010

"There's a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod, but nobody wants to come out and say they support it -- and that's from Republicans and Democrats," she said.

California Dems Endorse Pot Legalization, Proposition 19 2010

Let's not take a wink-wink nod-nod approach to securing our rights: it makes us look weak and does not work.

Mr. Obama Disagrees 2010

Let's not take a wink-wink nod-nod approach to securing our rights: it makes us look weak and does not work.

Paul Jenkins: Mr. Obama Disagrees 2009

HOLMES: A little grin, a little wink-wink, nod-nod, we don't know.

CNN Transcript Feb 23, 2008 2008

CONAN: This was the argument put forward when Fannie and Freddie - this was last week's crisis, ancient history at this point - but when Fannie and Freddie were in danger of going under, there was a sort of wink-wink, nod-nod, nudge-nudge.

Wall Street Woes: Who Gets A Bailout? 2008

Of course, Europeans understand why Americans lie about sex, and Bill Clinton was only made more popular there because of his complicated sex life, in a wink-wink nod-nod kind of way.

Paul Jenkins: McCain: Same As He Ever Was 2008

The slurs, the innuendoes, the wink-wink nod-nod of subtle racism, the outright attacks of not so subtle racism.

Hold Fast To Dreams 2008

Bush, with the tacit approval and the "wink-wink, nod-nod" from his ideological sychophants in Congress are nothing but a bunch of enablers for a slightly crazy bully dressed up in a President's suit and mask.

Time to Reinstate the Draft 2006

I think at the end of the day, no matter how much wink-wink and nod-nod the Rover and Scooter may have put into their conversations with these gentlemen, the fact of the matter is that both Novak and Cooper thought their information was rock-solid.

Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: What Was That About “No Underlying Crime?” 2006