Wednesday, November 12, 2008

I Wonder What My Secret Service Name Would Be

A great list of code names given to Presidents and their familes by the Secret Service.
The names are a throwback to a time when electronic communications were not encrypted, and they no longer serve a security function. Still, they give an occasional peek at the players' personalities, in addition to serving as great trivia questions.
One thing you'll notice, each family member's name begins with the same letter (a detail missed by the creators of the last 3 names on this list).
So I'm not sure if Poop, Mrs. Poop and Baby Poop would qualify.

"President-elect Barack Obama: Renegade
Michelle Obama: Renaissance
Malia Obama: Radiance
Sasha Obama: Rosebud
Vice President-elect Joe Biden: Celtic
Jill Biden: Capri
President George W. Bush: Tumbler
First Lady Laura Bush: Tempo
Bill Clinton: Eagle
Hillary Clinton: Evergreen
Chelsea Clinton: Energy
George Bush: Timberwolf
Barbara Bush: Tranquility
Jimmy Carter: Deacon
Rosalynn Carter: Dancer
Amy Carter: Dynamo
Ronald Reagan: Rawhide
Nancy Reagan: Rainbow
Gerald Ford: Passkey
Betty Ford: Pinafore
Richard Nixon: Searchlight
Pat Nixon: Starlight
Lyndon Johnson: Volunteer
Lady Bird Johnson: Victoria
Lynda Bird Johnson: Velvet
Luci Baines Johnson: Venus
John F. Kennedy: Lancer
Jacqueline Kennedy: Lace
Caroline Kennedy: Lyric
John F. Kennedy Jr.: Lark
Dwight Eisenhower: Providence
Harry Truman: General
Ted Kennedy (during 1970 campaign): Sunburn
Kitty Dukakis: Panda
Scott McClellan: Matrix
Jed Bartlett: Eagle and Liberty
C.J. Cregg: Flamingo
Zoey Bartlett: Bookbag"


Who knew Sasha Obama liked "Citizen Kane?"

3 comments:

  1. Anonymous7:59 PM

    Poop, I'll give you one guess, and one guess only at my favorite.

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  2. I don't even think you know who Scott McClellan is.

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  3. Anonymous10:12 AM

    Your intelligence knows no boundaries. I was ready to stop reading the Poop forever if you got that wrong.

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