List of nicknames used by George W. Bush

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Former American President George W. Bush is widely known to use nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff.

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Family

NicknamePersonal nameNotes
Poppy George H. W. Bush [1] 41st President of the United States, George W. Bush's father
Bushie Laura Bush [2] 43rd First Lady of the United States, George W. Bush's wife. Nickname is mutual.

Foreign leaders

NicknamePersonal nameOffice
Dino Jean Chrétien [3] 20th Prime Minister of Canada
Pootie-Poot Vladimir Putin [4] [5] [6] President and former Prime Minister of Russia
Ostrich Legs
Bandar Bush Bandar bin Sultan [7] Former ambassador to the United States from Saudi Arabia
Landslide Tony Blair [8] Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Man of Steel John Howard and Kevin Rudd [9] Former Prime Ministers of Australia
Juni Junichiro Koizumi [10] 56th Prime Minister of Japan
Saak Mikheil Saakashvili [11] 3rd President of Georgia

Staff

NicknamePersonal nameNotes
Big Time Dick Cheney [5] 46th Vice President of the United States of America
Vice
Rummy Donald Rumsfeld [6] 21st Secretary of Defense
Izzy Israel Hernandez [12] Special Assistant. The latter nickname was given for his role as provider of breath mints to the President on the campaign trail.
Altoid Boy
Boy Genius Karl Rove [5] Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
Turd Blossom
The Architect
Condi Condoleezza Rice [5] Secretary of State
Guru
The World's Greatest Hero Colin Powell [13] Secretary of State
Big O Paul O'Neill [14] [15] Secretary of the Treasury. "Big O" superseded the alternate term.
Pablo
Fredo Alberto Gonzales [5] [16] Attorney General
Barty Dan Bartlett [17] Deputy Chief of Staff
Bart
Danny Boy
Captain Dan
Dan the Man
Ari-Bob Ari Fleischer [18] White House Press Secretary
High Prophet Karen Hughes [19] Special Advisor, Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush
Hurricane Karen
The Blade Mitch Daniels [20] Office of Management and Budget Director
My Man Mitch
Big Country Joe Allbaugh [21] Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
Brownie Michael D. Brown [22] Federal Emergency Management Agency Director
Brother George George Tenet [6] CIA Director
Tree ManUnnamedForest Service official [23]
Tangent Man Andrew Card [24] White House Chief of Staff
Tiny Richard Armitage [25] Deputy Secretary of State
Light BulbAndrew D. Lundquist [26] National Energy Policy Development Group Executive Director
Bullets Ann Veneman [27] Secretary of Agriculture
M&M Mary Matalin [28] Assistant to Dick Cheney
HornyJonathan Horn [29] White House Speechwriter
Scrote Ronny Jackson [30] Physician to the President

Politicians

NicknamePersonal nameNotes
Bama Barack Obama [31] 44th President of the United States
Rock
Boner John Boehner [32] Republican Majority Leader, later Speaker of the House
No. 3 Nancy Pelosi [33] Speaker of the House
Big Boy Chris Christie [34] United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, later Governor of New Jersey
Jazzman John Conyers [35] Michigan United States Congressman
Pablo Paul Wellstone [36] Minnesota Senator
Pedro Peter King [8] New York Congressman
Hogan [37] John McCain [8] Arizona Senator, Republican nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election
Big George George Miller [1] California Congressman
Freddy Boy Fred Upton [1] Michigan Congressman
Freddo
Congressman Kickass John Sweeney [38] New York Congressman
Nellie [39] Ben Nelson [40] Nebraska Senator. "Nellie" was superseded by its alternative.
Benny [39]
Benator
Ellis Charles Ellis "Chuck" Schumer [41] New York Senator
Ali Barbara Boxer [8] California Senator
Frazier Dianne Feinstein [8] California Senator
Sabertooth Barney Frank [42] Massachusetts Congressman
Red Adam Putnam [43] Florida Congressman

Journalists

NicknamePersonal nameNotes
The Cobra Maureen Dowd [44] New York Times columnist
Stretch David Gregory [45] [46] [47] Television journalist formerly with NBC, currently with CNN
Little Stretch
StretchDick Kyle [47] Political correspondent with Bloomberg News
Super Stretch Bill Sammon [47] Former White House correspondent for The Washington Times and The Washington Examiner , current Fox News editing manager
Mikey Mike Emanuel [48] Fox News White House correspondent
Shades Peter Wallsten [49] Political reporter with the Wall Street Journal . Bush mocked him for wearing sunglasses inside, not knowing Wallsten is partially blind.
Panchito Frank Bruni [50] New York Times reporter who covered the Bush campaign in 2000

Others

NicknamePersonal nameNotes
Kenny Boy Kenneth Lay [51] Enron Corporation CEO
Weadie Doug Wead [52] Author
Weadnik
The EnglishmanPeter McMahon [53] Dana Perino's husband
Flies on the Eyeballs Guy Cofer Black [54] Director of the CIA Counterterrorist Center
Rosey Jack Rosen [55] Chief Executive of Rosen Partners LLC.

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