Palin's Secret Service Code Name (WAPO- The Trail)

[chill_wind]

Sarah Palin
Palin Code Name: 'Denali'


By Anne E. Kornblut

GREAT FALLS, Mont. -- The Secret Service has selected a fitting enough code name for Gov. Sarah Palin: "Denali," same as the Alaska national park and preserve famed for its mountain peaks and wildlife.

Perhaps even more perfect is their code name for former oil slope worker Todd Palin -- "Driller." McCain and Palin have made drilling for oil a central part of their platform, so much so that "Drill, baby, drill!" is now a regular McCain-Palin rally chant.

The names aren't exactly state secrets; although the Secret Service doesn't advertise them, the names are generally symbolic, with the service relying on more sophisticated methods to safeguard protectees. McCain is "Phoenix" and his wife Cindy is "Parasol." Sen. Barack Obama is codenamed "Renegade," while his wife, Michelle -- in keeping with the theme of selecting code names for spouses that begin with the same letter -- is "Renaissance.''

Sen. Joe Biden's handle remains unknown, though he has joked he's so boring it could just be plain old "Joe."

link:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/10/palin_code_name_denali.html?hpid=sec-politics

[Dangerously Amused]

1. That must be a typo. I'm sure it's not "Denali" but "Denial."

[MidwestTransplant]

10. Denial is a river in Egypt

[AZBlue]

2. Denial, denali.......hmmmm......

[1Hippiechick]

5. LOVE the pix in your signature line.... n/t

[gauguin57]

3. Renegade and Renaissance vs. Phoenix and Parasol?

I can't even comment.

Not to mention calling someone's husband "Driller" ... well, yeah, he did ... at least five times. Ba-da-bing!

[chill_wind]

4. LOL! I know. "Parasol".

[gauguin57]

7. I'll bet the parasol costs at least $30,000.

We wouldn't want a trashy parasol with our $313,000 outfit and our lovely pink cast.

[chill_wind]

14. It does evoke a certain blind helpless tripping around behind

the man of the family and his friends, comfortably insulated from the elements.

[provis99]

6. sounds like the Secret Service has a sardonic sense of humor

What was the code for Bush? Windshield Cowboy?

[beac]

8. Back when his dad was Prez, it was 'Tumbler'--

a clever double entendre referring to his ever-full glasses of Jim Beam and the problems in locomotion they caused him.

[Muttocracy]

17. Tumbler! wow. nt

[chill_wind]

9. "Renegade," & "Renaissance.'' I LIKE that.

[TooRaLoo]

15. Agreed. Fitting!!

[davidpdx]

11. Joe's code name should be Deleware

[1corona4u]

12. You mean....

Delaware? Or did you mean; dee-le-wear...?

[WheelWalker]

13. I think Joe's should be "The Guy" and Jill, "The Gal"

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

16. It's a park in Alaska

[Eurobabe]

18. I thought her code name was 'Sarin'

her husband's could be Sulfur.

[Alter Ego]

19. I do like "Renegade" and "Phoenix".

The President becomes "Eagle", right?

[gimberly]

20. Lips Dick. Sarah Lips Dick.

sorry.