#POTUS CODENAME EAGLE CODE#
1: "Your Secret Service code name: 'Buttafuoco'!" And in the years since, Gore has repeatedly quipped about being so boring that his Secret Service code name is "Al Gore."ĭuring this year's campaign, Jay Leno mocked some of Sarah Palin's foot-in-mouth moments by saying: "It's gotten so bad her Secret Service code name is now 'Joe Biden.' " (Palin's code name actually was "Denali.")Īnd Conan O'Brien said this about Obama: "They say that Barack Obama has been successful in politics because he's a black man who doesn't make white people feel threatened. On David Letterman's show in 1993, Al Gore read a Top 10 list of good things about being vice president. Cregg was "Flamingo." President Jed Bartlet-the greatest fake president of our time-was known at different times as "Eagle" and "Liberty."įictionalized or real, the very idea of code names swings open the door to comedy. Then there are the fictional political characters from the long-running television show "The West Wing." First daughter Zoey Bartlet was dubbed "Bookbag," while Dee Dee Myers-like White House spokeswoman C.J. Press Secretary Scott McClellan was known as "Matrix." Kennedy buddy Frank Sinatra had his own code name: "Napoleon." Pope John Paul II was "Halo." Of course anything is a step up from the generic names: POTUS (President of the United States) FLOTUS (First Lady of the United States) and the barely pronounceable VPOTUS (Vice President of the United States).Īnd even the lesser characters in and around the White House get special names. Though not always perfectly fitting the individual, the White House Communications Agency does a commendable job generating names that carry a certain grace or gravitas, unlike, say, the meteorologists who name hurricanes. Thus Ronald Reagan became "Rawhide" and Rosalynn Carter "Dancer," Jacqueline Kennedy "Lace" and Caroline Kennedy "Lyric." In a previous news report, an agency spokesman said the names are assigned by "sheer whim." These not-so-secret names are chosen by officials at the White House Communications Agency, which was not inclined to comment on the selection process. Vice President-elect Joe Biden's security name is "Celtic." The Obama family recently received its new (and alliterative) names: "Renegade" (Barack), "Renaissance" (Michelle), "Radiance" (Malia) and "Rosebud" (Sasha). Kennedy, perhaps suggesting a Camelot theme, was "Lancer." Truman's was "General." Dwight Eisenhower was known as "Providence." And John F. The server is located at the IP address 89.38.98. Since the time of Harry Truman, commanders in chief and their families have been assigned security code names. If you enjoy playing Codename Eagle (the precursor of Battlefield games) or are interest about this game, please, join the community in discord and join the server to start playing from now Click here to access the Discord channel Click here to access the Codename Eagle Multiplayer Website for more information. Bush she wanted her Secret Service code name to be "the hot one."ĭad didn't come through for her, and the Bush twins probably got a good laugh out of it, knowing that for another four years they'd carry the awesome aliases "Twinkle" and "Turquoise." When John Kerry was running for president, his daughter Vanessa joked that if her father beat George W.