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Renegade, Evergreen Battle for Nomination
by Jason English - June 19, 2007 - 7:30 AM

obama_clinton.gifMy friend Rody Perez – the self-proclaimed Huguenot and presumptive Democratic nominee in 2024 – sent me this Washington Post article about Secret Service Code Names. Senator Barack Obama is ‘Renegade,’ while Senator Hillary Clinton has been ‘Evergreen’ since her First Lady days.

Here are a few other code names, courtesy of 2600.com:

  • Pope John Paul II: Halo
  • Prince Charles: Unicorn
  • Dan Quayle: Supervisor
  • Richard Nixon: Searchlight
  • Jimmy Carter: Deacon
  • Ted Kennedy: Sunburn
  • Walter Mondale: Dragon
  • Barbara Bush: Snowbank
  • George W. Bush: Tumbler
  • John Kerry: Minuteman
  • Bill Clinton: Eagle
  • C.J. Cregg*: Flamingo
  • Sam Seaborn*: Princeton
  • Zoey Bartlett*: Bookbag

*Not real people. These are characters from The West Wing, from Wikipedia. By the way, people may have had multiple code names. “Trailblazer” was also used for the current President Bush, and Prince Charles doubled as “Daily.”

See also: The Presidential Candidate Theme Music Draft

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Comments (2)

  1. Does anyone know - is there a story behind these names or are they just drawn at random from a hat?

    posted by Trena on 6-19-2007 at 11:20 am

  2. “Tumbler” seems most fitting for a man so fond of drink.

    posted by Allison on 6-19-2007 at 1:03 pm

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