Renaissance
Michelle Obama’s Secret Service code name is Renaissance. Very cool.
Her husband’s codename is Renegade, and the kids are Radiance and Rosebud. More codenames can be found here and even more here.
At first, I thought it was odd that they would give all of the family members names that start with the same letter. Wouldn’t that be confusing? Not to keep dwelling on The West Wing, but Eagle and Bookbag didn’t start with the same letter. But looking over these lists, it looks like they do it with every administration. Both Bush families have code names that start with T, probably because W’s name was a holdover from his father’s administration.
It makes you think of what you’d want your Secret Service code name to be. I know what I’d want mine to be, if Michelle Obama didn’t already have it.
November 12th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
I also hate it when reality interferes with my blind devotion to all things West Wing. Do you think CJ is jealous that no one is stuck with Flamingo?
Do you think the secret service got the memo that the Obamas are all about change. I mean – an American renaissance on the arm of a renegade (cue Stix song) to usher in radiance and a budding rose. Who knew codenames could be so poetic?
November 13th, 2008 at 12:55 am
Welcome, Annie!
Thanks for bringing Flamingo into the mix. I was going to include the scene from the show where CJ learns her code name is Flamingo, but I couldn’t find it on YouTube.
I agree that most of the code names are poetic, but Renegade? Isn’t that like a Maverick? Hey, do you think that would have been McCain’s code name?