The secret service picks secret code names to use to refer to politicians and presidential candidates (this is a topic we’ve covered before).
Technically speaking, the names are supposed to be assigned randomly, but code names for family members are chosen to be similar (thus the four members of the Obama family are Renegade, Renaissance, Radiance, and Rosebud). Sometimes they seem almost to have hidden significance. For example, George W. Bush and Jeb Bush had the codenames Tumbler and Tripper, back when their dad was the vice president and W. had a drinking problem. When W. became president, he had his name changed to Trailblazer.
So, some of the presidential candidates have already been given secret service names. Wonder what those entirely randomly chosen names are? Happy to oblige.
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5. Bernie Sanders: Intrepid. Yep. Bernie Sanders is A Man Called Intrepid. If you think about it, the avuncular, poetry-loving, rumple-suited Sanders is the perfect cover for a James-Bond-like superspy.
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4. Hillary Clinton: Evergreen. The former first lady got her code name as part of the whole package deal of her husband being the POTUS. As usual, the First Family got alliterative names: Eagle, Evergreen, and Energy. Will she change it when she’s the POTUS? We’ll see . . .
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3. Trump: His totally random code name is Mogul. Bad guys listening in will be completely fooled and not know who the secret service is talking about, and it will be that much harder for evildoers to succeed in attacking him, I’m sure.
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2. Dr. Ben Carson: Eli. We got nothin’.
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1. John Kasich: Unit One. Who? You know, the guy who came in second in the New Hampshire primary, like Barack Obama did in 2008, George W. Bush did in 2000, and Bill Clinton did in 1992. Unit One became his name when he became governor of Ohio, so it stuck. Will he get a specific candidate code name unrelated to his governor’s code name?
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Extra! Prince Charles’ code name is Unicorn. Just sayin’
