Nicknames of Alternate Presidents

The Vulture

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A lot of the presidents we've had have had catchy nicknames. George W. Bush was known as "Dubya" for his Texan accent, Reagan was called "the Gipper" for his constant and enthusiastic gipping, Van Buren was "the Little Magician." And so on.

Now what popular nicknames might we see if some of our favorite alt-presidents take office? Folks like Long, Lindbergh, Bryan, Bobby K, and Nelson Rockefeller.
 

mowque

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In my TL, Bryan gets call 'Windbag" a good bit...:p But to be honest, he had a ton of regular nicknames already.
 
Reagan was called "the Gipper" for his constant and enthusiastic gipping

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As to mentioned favorite alt-presidents:

Long is Kingfish
Lindbergh is Slim, Lucky Lindy, or -- maybe -- Lone Eagle
Robert Kennedy is RFK, or Bobby, obviously
Nelson Rockefeller is Rocky
 
Humphrey: HHH, Hubie, Hubert the Happy.
Hillary Clinton: Hillary, HRC, Hills.
John Edwards: the John.
Joe Kennedy Sr: Papa Joe, Joe, JPK.
Ted Kennedy: Teddy, EMK, Fast Eddie.
JFK Jr.: John-John.
Goldwater: Barry.
Stevenson: Adlai.
Robert Kennedy: Bobby, RFK, Bob, Ruthless Bobby, Teflon Bob.
Dean: The Screamer.
Scott Brown: Brownie, Scotty.
 
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Champ Clark - "The Champ", of course.

Al Smith - "Alfred the Great" to Democrats

Alf Landon - Ditto, but to Republicans.

John W Davis - Maybe "Jeff"; affectionately in the south, less so elsewhere.

Adlai Stevenson "The Egghead".

Dole. "Robert Dull" or "Robert Doleful".

Gore. "Gormless" or (in England) "Gorblimey".

Perhaps Mitt Romney is too contemporary to belong here, but he may be "King Solomon" in a crack about Mormon polygamy.
 
Henry Clay -- the Western Star
Henry Ford -- the Tycoon
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr -- HCL
Edward Brooke -- Steady Eddie

EDIT ADD: Lewis Cass -- the Michigander
 
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Humphrey- Hubert Horatio Hornblower
Henry Jackson- Scoop, Action Jackson
Mo Udall- Big Mo, Mighty Mo, One eyed Mo
MacArthur- Dugout Doug, Ol Yellowstain
Bob Taft- Taffy Duck/ Buck
Dewey- Little man on the cake
George Romney- President Jetson (because HE'S OUT THERE, MANNNNN!!!)
Pat Buchanan- Patty cake
Alan Keyes- Keyed, Keyless
McGovern- McGuffin
Borah- the Ol' Boar, Alice's baby daddy (please don't shoot me.)
Milton Eisenhower- New Ike
 
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