Presidential Secret Service Codenames

[Bucky]

Truman          ==> General

Eisenhower     ==> Scorecard

Kennedy         ==> Lancer

Johnson         ==> Volunteer

Nixon             ==> Searchlight

Ford              ==> Pass Key

Carter            ==> Deacon

Reagan           ==> Rawhide

Bush (Poppy)  ==> Timberwolf

Clinton            ==> Eagle

Bush (Dubya)  ==> Trailblazer

Obama            ==> Renegade

[nemo137]

1. Some of them I get

Scorecard referring to Eisenhower's love of golf, Volunteer maybe being a bit of black humor, Deacon remarking on Carter's religion - but Timberwolf for Poppy and Eagle for Clinton? Odd.

[Recursion]

2. Poppy took office right when the Minnesota Timberwolves were formed, maybe?

I think "Eagle" might also be a golf reference for Clinton.

Obama and JFK definitely have the coolest names, though. I heard Al Gore's was "Al Gore".

[AlGore-08.com]

5. Gore's codename was "Sundance". The "Al Gore's codename was Al Gore" is a joke Gore used to tell

back when the media used to let him tell jokes without turning them into "proof" that Al Gore was pathelogical liar:

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=6243049

[Recursion]

7. I should have known

Thanks; I used to spend a lot of time debunking defamatory rumors about Gore. I somehow missed that one.

[damntexdem]

9. And would McCain's have been 'maverick'?

Or simply 'stupid'?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

11. "CloudScreamer"

[Recursion]

12. Apparently it's "Phoenix", which makes sense

At least, if Wiki is to be believed. Which it's probably not.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Service_codenames#Presidential_and_Vice_Presidential_candidates_and_their_spouses

[Bucky]

6. Volunteer has to do with Alamo legends. Clinton's "Eagle" iirc was his choice & pure marketing

Timberwolf was leftover from Poppy's days as VP. Like most things about Bush pere, his name was random and idiosyncratic. The man seems to take pride in being off the wall, goofy without being witty, impulsive without being strategic. I'm sure he woke up on morning in 1980, looked himself lovingly in the mirror, and said "I'm a goddamn timberwolf, man," and then stuck with it.

Ford's I can't figure out, but then it might have been just a randomly selected and available code name from his days as House Minority Leader.

[Arkana]

15. They didn't call Ford "Putz"?

[Beacool]

3. Secret Service picks a letter and uses it for the entire family.

For example, Hillary's code name is Evergreen.

;-)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

10. Evergreen...I like that. Do you know Chelseas?

[Recursion]

13. "Energy" NT

[Beacool]

14. Yep

;)

[Soylent Brice]

4. not a secret anymore.

good going!!

:sarcasm:

edit: addition of sarcasm thingie just in case...

[Clio the Leo]

8. But his REAL SS code name is....

"head handles."

[theoldman]

16. How can Obama's codename be a secret if everyone knows it?

[Bucky]

19. Heh. Of course it's the service that's secret, not the code they use.

And don't tell me the Secret Service isn't a secret, because there's one right behind you right now. See?

[PopSixSquish]

17. Michelle's is Renaissance

Malia's is Radiance and Sasha's is Rosebud.

COS Rahm is Black Hawk and supposedly Robert Gibbs is Matrix which is generic for the WH Press Secretary

[Bucky]

20. In keeping with that theme, Jeremiah Wright's code name is "Ren&Stimpy"

[DainBramaged]

24. PowderedToastMan would be more appropriate

[Phx_Dem]

18. I bet Searchlight and Pass Key were disappointed with their names.

I'm afraid to ask what those two First Ladies names were. Lighthouse and Deadbolt?

:crazy:

[Bucky]

21. Yes, but calling Nixon "Flashlight and a Pair of Plyers" might have given away his real secrets

[Beacool]

23. Good one!!

:rofl:

[rasputin1952]

26. Betty Ford and Nancy Reagan, respectively...

maybe the list missed the obvious...:shrug:

:D

[Bucky]

22. Wait, I get it now! Clinton's code name was "Eagle" -- as in "spread"

Damn, those secret service guys are clever!

[RichardRay]

25. Al Gore

said that Al Gore was so boring that his Secret Service code name was...

Al Gore.

[kwenu]

27. Wait a minute...I distinctly remember that Bush's(Dubya) codename was "Tumbler." What's your source?

[Arugula Latte]

28. Let's guess Future President Palin's codename

Skankhound?
Wasilla Godzilla?
Trashtruck?
Whitesheet?

[PSzymeczek]

29. "Little Shop of Horrors (Whores)",

if Vanity Fair is to be believed.