I think it's what happens when you're a C-student and don't really care about other people. I get that. I am that.
Here are more than 60 nicknames given to 58 individuals by W. Not all of them are clever, but they all underscore his lack of interest in learning people's names. I get that.
- Ali – Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator, California
- Ari-Bob – White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer
- Bama, Rock – Barack Obama, former Democratic Senator, Illinois, Bush’s successor as President of the United States
- Bandar Bush – Bandar bin Sultan, ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia
- Big Boy – Chris Christie, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, current Governor of New Jersey
- Big Country – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh
- Big George – George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California
- Big O (current), Pablo (former) – Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill
- Big Time, Vice – Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America
- Boner – John Boehner, former Republican Majority Leader, current Speaker of the House
- Boy Genius, Turd Blossom – Senior Advisor Karl Rove
- Brother George – CIA Director George Tenet
- Brownie – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael D. Brown
- Bullets – Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman
- Bushie – Laura Bush (this is a mutual nickname)
- Condy, Guru – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
- Congressman Kickass – John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York
- Danny Boy, Dan the Man – Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Bartlett
- Dino (short for Dinosaur) – Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada
- Ellis – Charles Ellis “Chuck” Schumer, Democratic Senator, New York
- Flies on the Eyeballs Guy – Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center Cofer Black
- Frazier – Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Senator, California
- Freddy Boy, Freddo – Fred Upton, Republican Congressman from Michigan
- Fredo – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
- High Prophet, Hurricane Karen – Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush
- Hogan – John McCain, Republican Senator, Arizona
- Horny – White House Speechwriter Jonathan Horn
- Izzy, Altoid Boy – Special Assistant Israel Hernandez (for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail)
- Kenny Boy – Kenneth Lay
- La Margarita – Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
- Landslide – Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Light Bulb – National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director Andrew D. Lundquist
- Man of Steel – John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
- Mikey – Mike Emanuel, Fox News
- Benator (current), Nellie (former), Benney (former) – Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska
- Pablo – Paul Wellstone, Democratic Senator, Minnesota
- Panchito – Frank Bruni, reporter who covered Bush campaign in 2000 for the New York Times
- Pedro – Peter King, Republican Congressman from New York
- Pootie-Poot, Ostrich Legs – Vladimir Putin, President and former Prime Minister of Russia
- Poppy, 41, Old Man – George H. W. Bush
- Red – Adam Putnam, Republican Congressman, Florida
- Rosey – appointee Jack Rosen
- Rummy – Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
- Sabertooth – Barney Frank, Democratic Congressman, Massachusetts
- Shades – Peter Wallsten, blind reporter for the Los Angeles Times
- Shoes – Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy
- Sit Room Guy – White House Situation Room Director James P. Wisecup
- Stretch – Dick Kyle, Bloomberg News
- Stretch/Little Stretch – David Gregory, NBC
- Super Stretch – Bill Sammon, then of The Washington Times, now of The Washington Examiner
- Tangent Man – White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card
- The Blade, My Man Mitch – Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels
- The Cobra – Maureen Dowd
- The Englishman – Peter McMahon, husband of Dana Perino
- The World’s Greatest Hero – Secretary of State Colin Powell
- Tiny – Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage
- Tree Man – Bush’s unnamed Forest Services official
- Weadie, Weadnik – author Doug Weadre
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