List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

   

American president George W. Bush is famous for using nicknames to refer to members of his White House staff, politicians and reporters. Among these include:

Family

  • Poppy, 41 - George H. W. Bush [1] (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/02/12/dubbed.html)
  • Bushie - Laura Bush [2] (http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S=2243731)

Personal

  • Kenny Boy - Kenneth Lay [3] (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/bushlay1.html)

Staff

  • Boy Genius (positive), Turd Blossom (negative) - Karl Rove, Senior Advisor [4] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1053901,00.html)
  • Big O (current), Pablo (former) - Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury [5] (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/14/opinion/14WED4.html?ex=1092974400&en=ea04d3a8094f213c&ei=5070)
  • High Prophet, Hurricane Karen - Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush [6] (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/30/1080544486047.html?oneclick=true)
  • Big Country - Joe Allbaugh, FEMA director [7] (http://slate.msn.com/id/1006388/)
  • Tree Man - Unnamed forest service official [8] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,718575,00.html)

Politicians

  • Pablo - Paul Wellstone [9] (http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/02/02/senate.democrats/)
  • Big George - George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California [10] (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/02/12/dubbed.html)
  • Freddy Boy - Fred Upton, Republican Congressman, Michigan [11] (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/02/12/dubbed.html)
  • Pootie-Poot - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia [12] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2000197.stm)
  • Dino (short for Dinosaur) - Jean Chrétien, former Prime Minister of Canada [13] (http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/politics/pmpresidents.html)

Reporters

  • The Cobra - Maureen Dowd [14] (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04229/362307.stm)
  • Little Stretch - David Gregory [15] (http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/31/nmed31.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/05/31/ixhome.html)
  • Stretch - Dick Kyle, Bloomberg News [16] (http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/31/nmed31.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/05/31/ixhome.html)
  • Big O (former), Factor (current) - Bill O'Reilly
  • Super Stretch - Bill Sammon, Washington Times [17] (http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/05/31/nmed31.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/05/31/ixhome.html)

Satire

Bush's nicknaming proclivity has attracted a variety of satire, including a New York Times humor piece (http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/18/weekinreview/18MCCA.html?ex=1092283200&en=fc12a981fd00e5d5&ei=5070&ex=1080363600&en=95d1271d54b8b325&ei=5070) and the infamous Doonesbury strip (http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/?uc_full_date=20040407) where "Condi" is admonished with the phrase "Careful, Brown Sugar".

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