Barack Obama has just received his new top-secret code name from the Secret Service. I know this because I've just read about it in the Washington Post. Still, the name, "Renegade," has a pretty cool ring to it. In fact, if you're 14-years-old and forming a garage band, you could do much worse than Renegade. Then again, according to Webster's Dictionary a renegade is "an apostate from a religious faith; one who deserts to an enemy or who deserts one party and joins another: a deserter."So was the Secret Service dissing Obama? Are they calling him a traitor? A sell-out? What gives? Welll, let us consider some other aliases that the guys in reflective shades have chosen over the years:
Hillary Clinton: Evergreen
Bill Clinton: Eagle
George W. Bush: Tumbler
Jimmy Carter: Deacon
George H.W. Bush: Timberwolf
Ronald Reagan: Rawhide
I guess those stiffs over at the Secret Service have a sense of humor after all. But let's keep it all hush, hush. Hey, you never know who's listening. Over and out.
Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. Interesting, I had no idea that they had code names..
I like the one for G.W. Bush, Tumbler..it is what he may as well be doing, since he hasn't accomplished anything else..
unless you want to point out the flaws, I just don't have all night..
Lisa at 4:31PM on Jun 18th 2007
2. Hillary's would have been better if it better described her, Liar, Thief or better yet Commie!
georgia at 5:18PM on Jun 18th 2007
3. There are many people that deserve code names that are fitting. Ted Kennedy: TIPSY, Jack Murtha: FATSO, Nancy Pelosi: NAPOLEAN, Harry Reid: CRAPS,
William Jefferson (Democrat from Louisiana):COLD CASH, Chuck Schumer: CAMERA HOG, Dennis Kusinich:
KNUCKLEHEAD, Fred Thompson: PRESIDENT
Rick at 5:19PM on Jun 18th 2007
4. Code names: Fred Thompson - Big Prez!
He'll make a fine President.
Jim Price at 5:44PM on Jun 18th 2007
5. Anyone that has watched a movie about the President or anyone in power that the Secret Service is watching has a "Code Name." I wonder out loud if Hillary's name has changed since her days with President Clinton? When she became a Senator she probably had the same detail and now that she is a Presidential hopeful her detail probably has been beefed up?
I can certainly see the meanings behind the names but "Tumbler" for George W. Bush what a put down ...Even the Secret Service has an opinion, I always thought that they were like Switzerland and were very neutral in their feelings. Rawhide is perfect for Ronald Ray-gun that certainly fits him.
Barnaby H. beck at 5:44PM on Jun 18th 2007
6. Rick, if you're going to write an insult or "put-down" post, get your spelling right, or it comes off as lame. Fred Thompson is anything but what he pretends to be. Do you know who he represented when he was a professional lobbyist/attorney for decades before he got into acting and the Senate? You'd be surprised and hopefully, dismayed.
Naj at 5:44PM on Jun 18th 2007
7. evergreen is perfect for clinton,she will always make sound like the grass is always greener on her side of the fence,If you believe her about anything that comes out of her mouth tne you are forever an idiot
warren kluttz at 6:09PM on Jun 18th 2007
8. Rick,
Jimmy Carter should have been Peanut Brittle
GW Bush, should be Swager
Hillary C, should be Rock Bottom
Rudy Giuliani, should be London Bridges,
John McCain, should have my name fixitman
Harry Reid . . . .IS Dingy Harry
Nancy Pelosi . . .Un printable
John Edwards, should be Lawman
Fixitman at 7:12PM on Jun 18th 2007
9.
"Thunder Thighs" Or "Piano Legs" would work well !!
W.E. Hayden at 8:01PM on Jun 18th 2007
10. It's very sad that so many Repukes are so afriad of hillary I GUESS IT"S YOU BALL LESS MEN . WHO HAVE BEEN BITCH SLAPED BY YOUR FAT NASTY WIVES
joseph at 8:01PM on Jun 18th 2007
11.
Try Witch B---h. Works for me!!
W.E. Hayden at 8:02PM on Jun 18th 2007
12. Actually the name should be "Stumbler" and should be applied to Gerald Ford. As for "Dubyah"-the name better-fitting would be "Ostrich"- because the dude has his head buried in the sand!!
pamela at 8:12PM on Jun 18th 2007
13. The Clintons, of course, Failed America. She has a better chance of incarceration that public office at this juncture.
david at 8:50PM on Jun 18th 2007
14. the clintons of course, Failed America. She has a better chance of incarceration than public office at this juncture.
David Vail at 8:50PM on Jun 18th 2007
15. Hill: POWER PIG
Hugh Jass at 10:02PM on Jun 18th 2007