Could we all please stop calling him "Scooter"?

[SoCalDem]

His name is Irving Libby,former assistant to the most powerful vice president EVER.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Libby#Personal

To continue to call him "Scooter" is just another clever way to diminish his wrongdoing. I mean..how bad could a guy named "Scooter, BE?"

Probably MOST people have a nickname, but when it comes to legal or public affairs, the nickname is usually dispensed with. You don't hear other criminals referred to on tv or in the news by their nicknames unless it's some mafia guy, and then the nickname is usually used in a derisive way.



When the media uses "Scooter", one would think they are talking about a 4 yr old who got caught with an oreo mustache after telling Mom he did NOT eat the cookies.

[wryter2000]

1. True, but

As some wag pointed out, the Dukester and Scooter already have their prison names. :evilgrin:

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. The name "Scooter" reminds me of a dog with worms taking out its itch

on the carpet. :rofl:

[0007]

9. Scooter Libby is a fility diseased rat that's poops

his feces where ever he goes.

[julialnyc]

3. When I was in summer camp I knew a girl named Scooter

It was her parents nickname for her running out of the room at lightning speed whenever she was in trouble.

[shain from kane]

8. Who got her in trouble? And at camp, no less? n/t

[julialnyc]

10. It was already her nickname

She came to camp introducing herself as Scooter...... naturally people asked her why (mind you I was about 12 at this time)

[shain from kane]

11. So what was your nickname at camp? Potato peeler #1? n/t

[shain from kane]

4. Not an Oreo moustache this time. More likely a brown nose. n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. But that's what he goes by, so it makes sense to use it.

It's much more than just a nickname - it is, for all intents and purposes, his name.

Just like William Clinton prefers "Bill", so that's what we all use. No difference.

It's not only people who don't like him who call him "Scooter" - that's his most used, and I assume his preferred, moniker.

So there's nothing wrong with it.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

6. Thank you. I, for one have been shamed

since he hit the news.

[AlCzervik]

7. he looks like Caligula.

[havocmom]

12. No

[SoCalDem]

13. Well, fine.

[havocmom]

14. LOL

Gads, I do love ya :hug:

But most people wouldn't know who we were talking about if we used his given name.

[shain from kane]

15. What was the bear's name? n/t

[SoCalDem]

16. Bears don't give each other names.. they just grunt..

grrruffffrgggh was probaby his given name..but then he was not a criminal either :)