Robby Bobby.
By on Apr 24th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Robby Bobby.
President Bush’s nickname for his new federal budget director, Rob Portman. Robby Bobby follows in the grand tradition of Brownie, Lima Green Bean, and Baloonfoot.
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LOL best bit is he calls Maureen Dowd “the cobra”
April 24th, 2006 at 2:12 pmI hope I live long enough to hear someone from within the administration tell us what pet names they all had for Bush behind his back. I won’t list the ones Jane and I have for him in our house. After all, this site does have rules.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:13 pmGlad to hear Bushy Wooshy has nice litle names for all his freinds
April 24th, 2006 at 2:15 pmC’mon, don’t forget Turd Blossum!
April 24th, 2006 at 2:18 pmI think it best when one is federal budget director, not to have a nickname containing the word “Robby.” Just sayin’
April 24th, 2006 at 2:20 pmWhat’s the obssession with assigning cutesy names to everything? Any psychologists here? At least he didn’t named Portman, PortAble
April 24th, 2006 at 2:23 pm#5 Good point, Zookeeper :)
Might as well just nickname him, “The Embezzler”.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:24 pm#6, I think it’s because Bush never grew up since his frat boy days. I believe that a lot of the his foibles are because he’s stuck in a frat-boy mentality.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:29 pm#8 That and the fact that he has never had to take personal responsibility or accept punishment for his own failings and transgressions of the law. Never. There’s a reason he acts as thought the law doesn’t apply to him: So far it hasn’t!
April 24th, 2006 at 2:33 pmHogan for McCain? Like Hogan’s Heroes? Sheesh.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:37 pmAs long as I can keep calling him Shit-for-Brains, it’s all fine by me.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:39 pm#10 I saw that, too! Does President Bush know how to show even the smallest amount of respect to anyone???
For you youngins out there who don’t know, “Hogan’s Heroes” was a 60’s sitcom set inside a German WWII POW camp. Since it was a comedy, the prisoners had wacky adventures all the time and, in the end, everyone had a good laugh at camp commandant Colonel Klink’s expense.
Comparing five years of torture and abuse to a situation comedy is pretty low. Why, oh why does Senator McCain continue to support President Bush? If he is doing it because they are members of the same party then, like many members of Congress, he is violating Rules of Conduct by putting loyalty to party ahead of loyalty to country.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:43 pmRobby the Robot? I imagine he must be ok with us calling him Chimpy, then?
April 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pmLong live Pooty-poot!
Yes, that’s Bush’s name for Vladimir Putin.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:50 pmAnd this comes on the day that “Kenny Boy” is in the dock.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:53 pm:) What about dicky?
R2K
April 24th, 2006 at 2:58 pmI wonder how Karen Hughes wound up with Lima Grean Bean. Those are two different vegetables.
April 24th, 2006 at 2:59 pm#18: “I wonder how Karen Hughes wound up with Lima Grean Bean. Those are two different vegetables.” – -One look at Karen Hughes and I know what comes to my mind is hermaphrodite.
April 24th, 2006 at 3:03 pmDon’t forget that oil rig down in the gulf of Mexico.
Oh, Riggy! Riggy, what kind of monstorous storm would do this to you?
Not my Riggy! No!!! Sob, Sniff, Snort.
R.I.P. RIGGY
April 24th, 2006 at 3:32 pmAbout “Hogan” — maybe the Presidense is confusing him with Hulk Hogan. My own favorite (certified so far only by inference) was calling Abramoff “Buff Guy.”
April 24th, 2006 at 4:03 pm#19 – One look at Karen Hughes and I know what comes to my mind is hermaphrodite.
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Sasquatch
April 24th, 2006 at 4:18 pmbush is very immature or he would give such names as Brownie, Lima Green Bean, Baloonfoot,Turdblosson .I have forgotten what he calls condi… Not a sign of being Adult but a sign of a Teenager in training…
April 24th, 2006 at 4:27 pmCondi is Guru …don’t think so but then again bush has her elevated.
April 24th, 2006 at 4:31 pm#22 Wasn’t she in Harry and the Hendersons? I thought I remembered that mug from some place! :)
Speaking of Karen Hughes, I was just reading John Dean’s “Worse Than Watergate” and he mentioned that the president’s supposed-autobiography “A Charge to Keep” was actually ghost-written by Karen Hughes. The Texas Observer reportedly said that the writing was so bad, they were looking for ghost-reviewers to review the book.
April 24th, 2006 at 4:59 pm#21 Maybe you’re right. Maybe I was giving him too much credit to be able to come up with “Hogan’s Heroes” reference. Hulk Hogan is more his entertainment speed. I can only hope I was wrong, or else it would say an awful lot (of awful) about this man.
April 24th, 2006 at 5:02 pm#25 – I heard Sasquatch had ghost-written that coloring book. Apparently some guy (his actual name) wrote it originally, and he was a bit too honest, so they brought in Karen Huge to sprinkle fairy dust on it and viola! “A Charge to Keep.” Little did we know it was a drunk driving charge.
April 24th, 2006 at 5:08 pm#27 You mean like, “A Charge to Keep (Hidden From the Public)”
April 24th, 2006 at 5:25 pm#28 – I bow to your superior wit, Wayne. ;)
April 24th, 2006 at 5:36 pmWasn’t Karl Rove, Turd Blossom. Ken Lay, Kenny Boy.
Do you think he is just hiding the fact he can not remember things? He was hit pretty hard during the 2000 election for not knowing names, especially of foreign leaders. It does show a lack of respect. Kind of crass.
April 24th, 2006 at 6:16 pmBut I thought joking about not finding WMD was as low as our leader could go.
Somebody kill me now.
April 24th, 2006 at 6:34 pm#29 And my appearance is much funnier than my wit. ;)
Have a good night, all. Got to leave soon if I want to check out Keith at 8PM.
April 24th, 2006 at 6:48 pmThe Vulcans (foreign Policy War Cabinet)
April 24th, 2006 at 7:25 pmRove was sometimes said to be ‘Ms Piggy’ around the ‘discreet’ bars.
April 24th, 2006 at 7:29 pm#4 is right. Turd blossom is missing from the list. I also like to call him Pig Face. But that is only because I dispise him….And his face looks like a pig.
April 24th, 2006 at 10:33 pmMy sister’s first husband (she’s had 3) was/still is named Robert. Some called him Rob, some used Bob. I finally settled on Rob-Bob. Worked for me. I like to use nicknames, but Bushs’ leaves alot to be desired. My nickname for my sister is “Waddles-O”. I have about a million for my cat. Most are of a descriptive nature. When I call her “Ya Bug-eyed FREAK”, it is usually because she is looking at me like “If I had hands, they would be choking the life out of you RIGHT NOW!!” I will cop to being a bit scared of her when she has this look, so I am trying to ‘fake her out’. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to get the bandaids.
April 25th, 2006 at 7:43 am