# Great political names. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2000, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722 "2000-12-15T09:02:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/21 "2001-10-09T13:42:37Z")
How about unfortunate names? New Hampshire has a representative (I think it’s NH and I dunno if he’s a senator or what) named **Dick Sweatt**. IIRC, he pronounces it “sweet”. ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/22 "2001-10-13T00:46:18Z")
Actually, it isn’t the names that do if for me. What I like is the incredibly bad hair of British Labour Party leaders. The fact that Tony Blair doesn’t have incredibly bad hair only shores up my argument that he shouldn’t be in Labour at all. ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/23 "2001-10-13T00:54:34Z")
Golda Meier Konstantin Chernyenko Yuri Andropov (can you tell a guy by that name used to head the KGB or _what?_) And, the grandaddy of all tough-guy-former-military-right-wingers… Bo Gritz! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/24 "2001-10-13T02:40:57Z")
Lon Nol – The most palandromic leader. Senator Reed Smoot – Immortalized by Ogden Nash: “Senator Smoot Republican, Ut. Is waging a war on Smut.” ---
**Author:** ![Gregor\_Samsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@Gregor\_Samsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gregor_Samsa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/25 "2001-10-13T03:13:34Z")
**Matthew Coon Come** , National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Bboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bboy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/26 "2001-10-13T04:04:17Z")
George Stephanopoulos – always makes me think of Big Bird’s ‘invisible’ friend. ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/27 "2001-10-13T04:19:03Z")
Monica Monica – candidate for congress in Louisiana John WorldPeace – candidate for gov. of Texas Jesse “The Mind” Ventura Bob Stump Byron “Low Tax” Looper Rahm Emanuel – Oh Rahm, oh Rahm, Emanuel shall run for thee, Chicago I-L (sung to the tune of "Oh Come, Emmanuel) “Grandpa Al” Lewis Jeff “Skunk” Baxter (almost a candidate for congress in CA) George Stephanopolis (might be your next president!) Dale Bumpers Al Quie (“what’s it all about, Al Quie?”) George McGovern (inspired Newt Gingrich to coin the phrase “counterculture McGovernics”) Gunn McKay Ronald “Red” Dellums Lenora Fulani (not to be confused with Lola Falana) Hattie Caraway Barry Goldwater (a.k.a. AuH20) Richard J. Daley Dixy Lee Ray ---
**Author:** ![goonhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ebca7d/32.png) [@goonhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goonhead)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/28 "2001-10-13T04:51:19Z")
I liked this thread so much, I had to post again (call me a political junkie) John Sununu (and John Sununu, Jr.) George Condodemetraky Fred Tuttle Maurice Hinchey Alphonse D’Amato Hale Boggs Roman Hruska Michela Alioto – nice ring to it Jim Florio Romano Mazzoli Henry Hyde John Dingell Tom DeLay Birch Bayh Jim Traficant (possessor of the worst hair in politics) Kweisi Mfume Zell Miller John Waihee Larry EchoHawk Paul Laxalt Roberto Mondragon Mike Synar ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/29 "2001-10-13T05:03:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by goonhead \* > \*\*Jesse “The Mind” Ventura > \*\* Jesse’s real name is James Janos, and he signed his oath under both names. IIRC, he never formally changed his name to Jesse Ventura. My vote is for W. Lee O’Daniel, governor of Texas. Not notable for his real name, but his nickname was “Pass the Biscuits Pappy” O’Daniel. He owned a flour mill in Ft. Worth. He was the only man to beat LBJ. Robin ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/30 "2001-10-13T05:24:01Z")
**matt\_mcl** , I’m surprised you missed my favourite, and personal friend: Hunter Tootoo (tootoo is also a word used in our family for a girl’s pink parts) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/31 "2001-10-13T05:48:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Pipeliner \* > \*\ ***Matthew Coon Come** , National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in Canada. \*\* Not to mention the candidates in the election prior to the one who elected him: **Ovide Mercredi** and **Odelia Opikakiw.** ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/32 "2001-10-13T06:02:09Z")
We’ve got a bloke in Aussie politics called **Denver Beanland**. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/33 "2001-10-13T09:30:50Z")
Finnish parliamentarian (and influential man in National Coalition party), Ben Zyscowicz. There’s a name that just rolls off your tongue. ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/34 "2001-10-13T10:36:38Z")
What, not **one** of you could think of **Dan Quayle?** OK, I guess he was pretty forgettable. We shouldn’t forget Bishop Desmond Tutu, who, while not a politician, was at least a very political figure. b. ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2001, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722/35 "2001-10-13T11:54:22Z")
There is (was?) and Irish politician named **Dick Spring**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-political-names/45722.md?page=1)