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HOW PRESIDENTS GET A HANDLE AIDES REPORTEDLY TALKED BUSH OUT OF 'IMPOTUS'.(NEWS)
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The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
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March 2, 2002
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The Secret Service insists it doesn't choose the one-word monikers for presidents, like President Bush's ''Trailblazer,'' Ronald Reagan's ''Rawhide'' and Bill Clinton's ''Eagle.''
The nicknames, or radio call signs, are generated by the White House military office. They are useful shorthand for radio communications originally designed to fool eavesdroppers.
The agency won't confirm that Bush chose his label after aides talked him out of ''IMPOTUS'' (for ''I am President of the United States'').
Gerald and Betty Ford became ''Passkey'' and ''Pinafore.'' Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were ''Deacon'' and ''Dancer.'' John Kennedy was ''Lancer.'' Al and Tipper Gore were ...