List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

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Contents 1 Self 2 Family 3 Foreign leaders 4 Staff 5 Politicians 6 Journalists 7 Others 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

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 & Bones, the Yale University secret society that gives every member a nickname. His was reportedly "Temporary", because he never chose a permanent one.^[1]

Bush's nicknaming proclivity is noted enough to have attracted a variety of satire, including a New York Times humor piece,^[2] and a Doonesbury strip where "Condi" is admonished with the phrase "Careful, Brown Sugar".

Among the nicknames he uses are:

[edit] Self

• Dubya
• 43
• The Decider^{[citation needed]}
• Hammer^{[citation needed]}
• The Great Equalizer^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Family

• Poppy, 41, Old Man - George H. W. Bush ^[3]
• Bushie - Laura Bush (this is a mutual nickname) ^[4]

[edit] Foreign leaders

• Dino (short for Dinosaur) - Jean Chrétien, Prime Minister of Canada ^[5]
• Steve - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada ^[6]
• Pootie-Poot - Vladimir Putin, current Prime Minister and former President of Russia ^[7][8]
• Bandar Bush - Bandar bin Sultan, ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia ^[9]
• Landslide - Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
• Man of Steel - John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia

[edit] Staff

• Izzy, Altoid Boy* - Special Assistant Israel Hernandez (*for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail)^[10][11]
• Boy Genius, Turd Blossom - Senior Advisor Karl Rove^[12][8]
• Condi- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ^[8]
• The World's Greatest Hero - Secretary of State Colin Powell ^[13]
• Big O (current), Pablo (former) - Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill ^[14]
• Fredo, Speedy - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales^[15][8]
• Danny Boy, Dan the Man - Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Bartlett^[10]
• Ari-Bob - White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer ^[16]
• High Prophet, Hurricane Karen - Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush ^[17]
• The Blade, My Man Mitch - Office of Management and Budget Director Mitch Daniels^[18]
• Big Country - Director of FEMA Joe Allbaugh^[19]
• Brownie - Director of FEMA Michael D. Brown^[20]
• Tree Man - Unnamed forest service official ^[21]
• La Margarita - Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings ^[22]
• Brother George - CIA Director George Tenet^[23]
• Tangent Man - Chief of Staff Andrew Card^[24]
• Sweet Jan - Justice Department liaison to White House Liaison Jan E. Williams Acosta
• Tiny - Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage^[25]
• Light Bulb - National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director Andrew D. Lundquist^[26]
• The Brettmeister - Staff Secretary Brett Kavanaugh^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Politicians

• Pablo - Paul Wellstone, Democratic Senator, Minnesota ^[27]
• Big George - George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California ^[3]
• Freddy Boy, Freddo - Fred Upton, Republican Congressman from Michigan ^{[3] [23]}
• Congressman Kickass - John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York ^[28]
• Speak - Dennis Hastert, Republican Congressman from Illinois and Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ^[29]
• Big O - Olympia Snowe, Republican Senator, Maine ^[23]
• Hobbsy- [Dave Hobson], Republican Representative, Ohio
• Nellie (former), Benney (former), Benator (current) - Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska ^[30] (Daily Show, 02/28/05)
• Ellis - Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senator, New York^[31]
• Bama, Rock - Barack Obama, Democratic Senator, Illinois; 2008 Democratic Presidential Nominee ^[32]
• Quasimodo, Big Time, Darth Vader - Dick Cheney, Vice President of the United States of America ^{[33] [23][8]}
• Corndog - John Cornyn, Republican Senator, Texas^[23]
• Maxie - Max Baucus, Democratic Senator, Montana^[23]
• Ali - Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator, California ^[29]
• Frazier - Diane Feinstein, Democratic Senator, California ^[29]
• Wonder Girl - Hillary Clinton^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Journalists

• The Cobra - Maureen Dowd^[34]
• Stretch/Little Stretch - David Gregory, NBC ^[35][36][37]
• Stretch - Dick Kyle, Bloomberg News ^[37]
• Super Stretch - Bill Sammon, then of The Washington Times, now of The Washington Examiner ^[37]
• The Commissioner - George Will^[23]
• Dulce - Candy Crowley, CNN^[23]
• Factor - Bill O'Reilly
• Mikey - Mike Emanuel, Fox News ^[38]

[edit] Others

• Kenny Boy - Kenneth Lay ^[39]
• Weadie, Weadnik - author Doug Wead ^[40]
• The Englishman - Peter McMahon, husband of Dana Perino ^[41]

[edit] See also

• List of United States Presidential nicknames

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Nicknames used by George W. Bush at NNDB

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