Originally posted by Howell123George Bush called one of his associates, Micheal Brown was his first name I think, in a common quote, "You've been doing a hell of a job Brownie!"
Tony Blair: Bambi,Bliar,Poodle
George W. Bush: Dubya,43 and Shrub
Bill Clinton: Slick Willie, Bubba
Edwina Currie: Cruella and Eggwina
Michael Howard: Dracula
Ken Livingstone: Red Ken
John Prescott: Two Jags, Prezza and Luigi
Richard Nixon: Tricky Dick(y)
President #43: George W. Bush
W, often pronounced and/or spelled "Dubya" in Texas style
GW
GWB
43, or Bush 43
Bush Jr.
Bushie (also belongs to wife Laura)
Bush the Younger
Shrub (used by Molly Ivins as the title of a book)
Temporary (Bush's nickname in Skull and Bones, never altered by Bush)
Arbusto, name of Bush's oil company and the Spanish word for "bush" or "shrub" (used mostly by Al Franken)
American Nero, refering to his alleged indifference to the New Orleans disaster of 2006 and the saying that Nero fiddled while Rome Burned.
George II, implying he acts like a monarch.
Bush II
Bush fils
Uncurious George or Incurious George
The Smirking Chimp (used in the name of a well-known anti-Bush web site)
Chimpy and many variants such as Chimpy McFlightsuit
King George (with strong allusion to King George III, the monarch the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against during the American Revolution)
aWol and AWOL Bush
The Decider and Decider-In-Chief (Bush said "I'm the decider" in remarks about Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld April 18, 2006)
Resident Bush
Commander-in-Thief
Leaker-in-Chief
The Great Divider (a word play on Great Divide and Bush's 2000 campaign promise to be "a uniter, not a divider" )
The President Select (after his status as President-Elect was assured by Bush v. Gore)
President #42: Bill Clinton
Comeback Kid
Bubba
Big Dog
Elvis (his Secret Service code name)
"The first black president" (coined by Chris Rock, later used by Toni Morrison, Clinton as the First Black President, The New Yorker October 5, 1998)
42, a play on the 41 and 43 nicknames of the Bushes and Clinton's post-presidency relationship to Bush 41.
Slick Willie or occasionally Ol' Slick
BJ Clinton
The Big Creep, based on the infamous conversation between Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky
(As with Jimmy Carter, President Clinton is better known by his nickname "Bill" than by his legal name, William Jefferson Clinton.)
President #41: George H. W. Bush
Poppy
King George (allusion to King George III)
41, or Bush 41 (this and the below after his son's political rise)
Bush Sr.
Bush I
Bush the Elder
George Herbert Bush (to distinguish him from his son)
Daddy Bush
Bush père
President #40: Ronald Reagan
The Gipper - after his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American
The Great Communicator
Ronnie Raygun - a term coined in the introduction to the song Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man sung by Joan Baez and Jeffrey Shurtleff at the 1969 Woodstock Festival."
Teflon President/Teflon Ron - because supposedly nothing negative "stuck" on him
Dutch Reagan
Rawhide (his Secret Service codename)
Rockin' Ronnie, or Rotten Ronnie (depending on one's view of Reagan)
The Great Prevaricator
666 (refers to the number of letters in the name "Ronald Wilson Reagan" )
President #39: Jimmy Carter
Peanut Farmer
Jimmy Peanut
(As Carter's legal first name is "James"; "Jimmy" is actually a nickname. Carter successfully sued to be placed upon the ballot as "Jimmy" in several states.)
President #38: Gerald Ford
Jerry
Mr. Nice Guy
His Accidency
President #37: Richard Nixon
Tricky Dick
The Trickster
Gloomy Gus (law school nickname)
Richard the Chicken-Hearted (because he would not debate Hubert Humphrey during the 1968 U.S. presidential campaign)
Iron Butt (from college football team and college study where hard work, not so much talent, got him through)
President #36: Lyndon B. Johnson
LBJ
Landslide Lyndon—ironically dubbed for his 87-vote victory in a Senate primary
President #35: John F. Kennedy
JFK
King of Camelot - after the King Arthur legend, specifically after the 1960 musical Camelot
Jack
Lancer (his Secret Service codename)
President #34: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike
Alarmist Ike (so called by fellow officers in 1939, because he was sure the U.S. would be involved in a war)
Gloomy Face (while a cadet at West Point)
Great Delegator
President #33: Harry S. Truman
Give 'Em Hell Harry
Haberdasher Harry
President #32: Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
That Man in the White House
Roosevelt II
The Squire of Hyde Park
President #31: Herbert Hoover
Hermit Author of Palo Alto
Great Humanitarian
Defender of Helpless Children
The Great Engineer
Herb
Herby
President #30: Calvin Coolidge
Silent Cal
Cool Cal
President #29: Warren G. Harding
President Hardly
Babbitt in the White House (reference to a title character in a Sinclair Lewis novel)
Great Handshaker
President #28: Woodrow Wilson
Schoolmaster of Politics
Woody
Coiner of Weasel Words
The Phrase Maker
The Pacifist Professor
President #27: William Howard Taft
Big Bill
Smiling Bill
Old Bill
Big Lub (boyhood nickname)
President #26: Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy (he personally disliked this nickname)
TR
Trustbuster
Rough Rider
Roosevelt I
the Cyclone Assemblyman
the Hero of San Juan Hill
The Lion
President #25: William McKinley
Idol of Ohio
Stocking-footed Orator
The front porch campaigner
President #23: Benjamin Harrison
White House Iceberg
Kid Gloves Harrison
President #22/24: Grover Cleveland
Hangman of Buffalo
Veto President
Uncle Jumbo
Cleve
The Beast of Buffalo
President #21: Chester A. Arthur
Gentleman Boss
Elegant Arthur
Muttonchops
President #20: James A. Garfield
Preacher President
Boatman Jim
President #19: Rutherford B. Hayes
Old Eight to Seven
Rutherfraud
His Fraudulency
Granny Hayes
Veto President
Great Unknown
President #18: Ulysses S. Grant
U.S. Grant
Unconditional Surrender Grant
Useless
President #17: Andrew Johnson
Father of the Homestead Act
Sir Veto
Tennessee Tailor
King Andy
President #16: Abraham Lincoln
Honest Abe
The Rail-Splitter
The Great Emancipator (for the emancipation of the slaves)
President #15: James Buchanan
Ten-cent Jimmy
Old Public Functionary
Old Buck
President #14: Franklin Pierce
Young Hickory of Granite Hills
Handsome Frank
President #13: Millard Fillmore
His Accidency
Wool-Carder President
President #12: Zachary Taylor
Old Rough and Ready
Old Zach
Hero of Buena Vista
President #11: James K. Polk
Young Hickory
Napoleon of the Stump
President #10: John Tyler
His Accidency
President without a party
President #9: William Henry Harrison
Ol' Tippecanoe
Granny Harrison
President #8: Martin Van Buren
Machiavellian Belshazzar
Old Kinderhook (possible popularization of "OK" )
Red Fox of Kinderhook
Little Magician
Martin Van Ruin
President #7: Andrew Jackson
Old Hickory
Hero of New Orleans
King Andy
President #6: John Quincy Adams
Old Man Eloquent
King John II
President #5: James Monroe
Last of the Cocked Hats
James the Lesser
James the Second
President #4: James Madison
Father of the Constitution
Little Man of the Palace
Sage of Montpelier
Withered Little Apple-John (so-called by Washington Irving)
Fugitive President (since he was forced to flee the White House in 1814, during the War of 1812)
Little Jemmy
President #3: Thomas Jefferson
Father of the Declaration of Independence
Long Tom
Negro President - for his victory in the election of 1800, won because of the three-fifths compromise
Red Fox
Sage of Monticello
Moonshine Philosopher of Monticello
Noble Agrarian
President #2: John Adams
His Rotundity
Atlas of Independence
Colossus of Debate
Old Sink or Swim
Your Superfluous Excellency (called by Benjamin Franklin when Adams was vice president)
President #1: George Washington
Father of His Country
Sword of the Revolution
The General
American Fabius - for his military strategy during the Revolutionary War
The American Cincinnatus
Town Destroyer - used by some Iroquois
Originally posted by Howell123John Prescott: Two Shags
Tony Blair: Bambi,Bliar,Poodle
George W. Bush: Dubya,43 and Shrub
Bill Clinton: Slick Willie, Bubba
Edwina Currie: Cruella and Eggwina
Michael Howard: Dracula
Ken Livingstone: Red Ken
John Prescott: Two Jags, Prezza and Luigi
Richard Nixon: Tricky Dick(y)
Tony Blair: Brown-noser?