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List Of Nicknames Used By George W. BushAmerican president George W. Bush is famous for using nicknames to refer to journalists, fellow politicians, and members of his White House staff. His nicknaming proclivity is noted enough to have attracted a variety of satire, including a New York Times humor piece and a Doonesbury strip where "Condi" is admonished with the phrase "Careful, Brown Sugar". Among the nicknames he uses are: Family Personal Staff - Boy Genius (positive), Turd Blossom (negative) - Karl Rove, Senior Advisor http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1053901,00.html
- Big O (current), Pablo (former) - Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/14/opinion/14WED4.html?ex=1092974400&en=ea04d3a8094f213c&ei=5070
- High Prophet, Hurricane Karen - Karen Hughes, Special Advisor; Director of Communications under Texas Governor George W. Bush http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/30/1080544486047.html?oneclick=true
- Big Country - Joe Allbaugh, FEMA director http://slate.msn.com/id/1006388/
- Tree Man - Unnamed forest service official http://www.guardian.co.uk/bush/story/0,7369,718575,00.html
Politicians - Pablo - Paul Wellstone Democratic Senator, Minnesota http://www.cnn.com/2001/ALLPOLITICS/stories/02/02/senate.democrats/
- Big George - George Miller, Democratic Congressman, California http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/02/12/dubbed.html
- Freddy Boy - Fred Upton, Republican Congressman, Michigan http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/time/2001/02/12/dubbed.html
- Congressman Kickass - John Sweeney, Republican Congressman, New York http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/108076p-97662c.html
- Pootie-Poot - Vladimir Putin, President of Russia http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2000197.stm
- Dino (short for Dinosaur) - Jean Chrtien, former Prime Minister of Canada http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/politics/pmpresidents.html
- Nellie (former), Benney (former), Benator (current) - Ben Nelson, Democratic Senator, Nebraska http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/senator.name.ap/index.html (Daily Show, 02/28/05)
- Ellis - Chuck Schumer, Democratic Senator, New Yorkhttp://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/newyork/features/10291/index1.html
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