And letâs not forget âBandarâ - which does not seem at all derogatory to me.
Kiss Up, Punch Down - the bullies coda.
Well, ole GW racked up his own share of nicknames from everyone else. âWierd, humilatingâ wouldnât do justice to that particular listâŚ
I must confess âConan the Republicanâ had me cracking up, tho.
This has less to do with the Skull & Bones â I would wager â than with basic Texas politics. You deal with a lot of good olâ boys, and the country tradition is that everyone gets a nickname.
Some personal examples: Big Rick, Little Rick (his son), Rick Paul (showed up after all the good Rick nicknames were taken), Toby the Mexican (to distinguish him from, wait for itâŚ), White Toby, Big E, Little E. It just goes on that way. Theyâre not all polite of course, even when no offense is meant. For example, more state employees call Governor Abbott âWheelsâ than probably shouldâŚ
In that vein, Brother George (âThe George who is not meâ, which probably indicates he got there first), Big George, and Little George are all pretty reasonable sobriquets.
But for that matter, most of these read like Seinfeld inspired names: Tree Man, Sit Room Guy, and Altoid Boy are basically just contextual cues not too different from thr Virgin, Buble Boy, Babu, or Soup Nazi (âYou people have a little pet name for everybodyâ).
Turd Blossom was always the weirdest. And while it sounds disgusting, âthrives amidst bullshitâ is sort of the highest political compliment you can pay.
With the thought of President Trump looming, I sorta miss the innocent blunders of this fortunate son patsy strawman G.W.
No way âFredoâ wasnât really supposed to be âFritoâ - but that would be racist.
Power to name something is ultimate magic. God gave Adam power to name all the animals.
It may have been humiliating and being a bully, but in this one case I have to hand it to W: âTurdblossomâ pretty well sums up Karl Roveâs entire existence.
In fairness, that was my nickname for him, too.
Thanks for removing all doubt that W is an idiot.
It wasnât a Godfather reference?
I thought it was a âmemory trickâ someone tried to teach an underachieving stoner they were trying to prep for politics.
And that âTurd Blossomâ was an appropriate name for the person with his arm shoved up Wâs butt using him as a sock puppet.
What I donât understand is Roveâs collection: normally anyone who deserves the nickname âThe Architectâ is someone you Do. Not. Want. to attract the ire of.
Nahgh. Heâs not dumb.
No, he was not. There are lots of dead smart fighter pilots. There are no living stupid ones. Incurious? Fine. Poorly read? Maybe. But not stupid.
Stretch is a great nickname.
Yeah, you canât really pin that one on Bush. I donât think Iâve ever heard someone not call him that that wasnât some kind of talking head on the news.
