I don't know for sure. It could be a reference to Mamie Eisenhower, wife of Ike, who would play piano by ear at parties and at family singalongs, but that may be stretching it.

Back in 1951, it was Ike Turner who, arguably, cut the very first rock'n'roll record. Rocket '88.

Wife-abuser or not, fabulous musician, and Tina is a Goddess. All hail Tina!

'Cliff Edwards (14 June 1895 – 17 July 1971), also known as "Ukelele Ike", was an American singer and musician who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, and also did voices for animated cartoons later in his career.

In 1939 Edwards played the character "Edicott" in the screwball comedy film His Girl Friday. Edwards voice was also featured in two other films that year; he voiced the dying Confederate soldier in Gone with the Wind, and, most famously, the character Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's Pinocchio. In 1941, he voiced the head crow in Disney's Dumbo.'

I love this performance.

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How can you beat someone with a slogan that goes "I like Ike".

And someone who was General of the army, a rank only used in time of War where the Commanding Officer must be equal or of higher rank than those commanding armies from other nations. And then became the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II?

"Ike is Ike and Bob is Bob Taft. Taft was a conservative and Ike was a moderate. This was an attempt by Stevenson to corrode Ike moderate credentials." - youtube commenter

Anyone else think Bob sounds like Marvin Martian?

Kick the baby (Ike?)! South Park reference.