Former
American president George W. Bush is widely known to use
nicknames to refer to
journalists, fellow
politicians, and members of his
White House staff. His penchant for bestowing nicknames may come from his experiences with
Skull and Bones, the
Yale University secret society that gives every member a nickname. His was reportedly "Temporary", because he never chose a permanent one.
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Family
Foreign leaders
Staff
- Big Time, Vice – Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America[7]
- Rummy – Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense[8]
- Izzy, Altoid Boy – Special Assistant Israel Hernandez (for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail)[12][13]
- Boy Genius, Turd Blossom, the Architect – Senior Advisor Karl Rove[7][14]
- Condy, Guru – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice[7]
- The World's Greatest Hero – Secretary of State Colin Powell[15]
- Big O (current), Pablo (former) – Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill[16]
- Fredo – Attorney General Alberto Gonzales[7][17]
- Danny Boy, Dan the Man – Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Bartlett[12]
- Ari-Bob – White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer[18]
- High Prophet, Hurricane Karen – Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush[19]
- The Blade, My Man Mitch – Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels[20]
- Big Country – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh[21]
- Brownie – Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael D. Brown[22]
- Brother George – CIA Director George Tenet
- Sit Room Guy – White House Situation Room Director James P. Wisecup
- Tree Man – Bush's unnamed Forest Services official [23]
- La Margarita – Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings[24]
- Tangent Man – White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card[25]
- Tiny – Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage[26]
- Light Bulb – National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director Andrew D. Lundquist[27]
- Horny – White House Speechwriter Jonathan Horn[28]
- Bullets – Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman[29]
- M&M – assistant to Vice President Cheney Mary Matalin[30]
Politicians
- Bama, Rock – Barack Obama, former Democratic Senator, Illinois, Bush's successor as President of the United States[31][dubious – discuss]
- Boner – John Boehner, former Republican Majority Leader, current Speaker of the House [32]
- Big Boy – Chris Christie, former United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, current Governor of New Jersey [33]
- Pablo – Paul Wellstone, Democratic Senator, Minnesota[34]
- Pedro – Peter King, Republican Congressman from New York[10]
- Hogan[35] – John McCain, Republican Senator, Arizona[10]
- Big George – George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California[3]
- Freddy Boy, Freddo – Fred Upton, Republican Congressman from Michigan[3]
- Congressman Kickass – John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York[36]
- Nellie (former), Benney (former), Benator (current) – Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska[37] (Daily Show, 02/28/05)
- Ellis – Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer, Democratic Senator, New York[38]
- Ali – Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator, California[10]
- Frazier – Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Senator, California[10]
- Sabertooth – Barney Frank, Democratic Congressman, Massachusetts[39]
- Red – Adam Putnam, Republican Congressman, Florida[40]
Journalists
Others
