I got nothin’ post-wise, so instead, I’ll just remark that Obama’s new Secret Service codename is “Renegade”. If it wasn’t based off of this song, I’ll eat my hat:
Joke’s on you. I don’t have a hat.
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Honest question, as I had never heard it before today—Is one of the instruments in that piece a typewriter??
Andrew, what’s the point of a codename that nobody knows?
How about a renegade… of funk? Like Chief Sitting Bull, Tom Paine, Dr. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X—they were renegades of their time and age…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCwDIq4evTM
Not having heard “Renegade” before this, I thought like Emily did. I got kids, know what I mean?
So I looked it up. So which one is Obama? Jay-Z or Slim?
Jesse, if yer in need of a chapeau, I have one fashioned out of briars and deer scat. It’s a jaunty bit of headgear, well suited to woodland wear but it must not fit me quite right (as it causes my scalp to bleed and that has led to a series of brain infections). Anyway, in a christianist gesture of post-election reconcillation, I extend it to you for your DEMONcrat usage.
Any name besides “Target” is a good name. “Renegade” is perfectly fine…
They used “Renegade” because it was the only codename they could use that fully described Obama’s badassery.
Or they found out he likes street fighting in a really camp-gay-looking leather vest.
And Michelle’s is Renaissance, and Malia’s is Radiance, and Sasha’s is Rosebud. The Obamas have awesome Secret Service names.
Renaissance and Radiance really seem to fit the respective gals.
Jesse, don’t you live in Michigan, and before that in Ohio? If you don’t have a hat, it’s only because you already ate it.
I know I’m oldie oldster here, because this is the song I thought of.
Though it’s a pretty depressing connection if you listen to the lyrics.
damn it, Jesse, now I have to go and drag out all my eminem cds and rip them.
(i did dig up his election song from ‘04 for election day this year…and this time it didn’t make me sad!)
Joe Biden’s is “Celtic.” Which leads to the question: As great as “Renegade” is, how amazing would it be to have a President and Vice President named “Ranger” and “Celtic”?
Jill Biden’s is “Capri.”
I think the great tragedy of this election is that Obama didn’t take a leaf out of Eminem’s book and make ‘Mothafucka’ the first word of his speech on election night. There’s always the inauguration, I guess…
Whole different generation of progressive here: forty-year-old me, who thought first of the Cris Williamson song.
Is Biden’s codename pronounced like the team or the ethnicity?
America, get ready for ..Thug-Nation!!!!!!!!! where the good people get fooled and the thugs rule.
“America, get ready for ..Thug-Nation!!!!!!!!! where the good people get fooled and the thugs rule.”
Larry, please get ready! None of us want you to get hurt in the massive race wars which are sure to start any minute now.
Because them Negroes are sure to use toxic clouds of Old English 800 and smoke from blunts, I suggest lots of plastic sheeting and duct tape to seal yourself into an airtight environment.
Turn the tube to Faux News and get comfy for the long haul…let’s say ‘til January 20 or so. I’m sure that will solve your problems and ours…
I’m no doubt being quite thick, but Andrew’s question was the first one I thought of too. Why bother with code names if everyone knows them? That said, I love all the Obamas’ code names. They are beautiful and fit them perfectly. I am so excited about this whole damn First Family.
@Foster I was thinking the same thing. I’m really hoping at the inauguration he’ll grab the mike and say “And now, a word from the President:Damn it feels good to be a gangsta…” ala “Office Space”.
What’s the point of a codename that everyone knows?