Not only did Blaine come from Maine, way up in the far corner of the nation, but his home town was Mars Hill, a tiny place in the far northeren reaches of the state. I have always felt that the Continental liar jingle was meant to suggest that this hick from the sticks had so overreached himself that he thereby sullied his party's reputation throughout the land, i.e. over the entire continent.

Let me add my welcome, RMWSQFT.