Tidbit from Hotline Convention Alert re Secret Service code names...

[flpoljunkie]

Code Word Kerry

Convention Daily reports that the Massachusetts "scanning community" -- turning its ample eavesdropping skills on recent law enforcement radio chatter in and around Boston -- believes it has learned John Kerry's Secret Service code name: "Minuteman." The scanners believe that "Speedway" is John Edwards's code name (North Carolina's NASCAR world could be the inspiration), and "Mahogany" is what they've gleaned for Teresa Heinz Kerry.

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Whether this is accurate, who knows?

[jeff30997]

1. In NewYork...

The code for W will be Clouseau one.:evilgrin:

[soothsayer]

2. Why would they call her mahogany?

Not "57"?

[democracyindanger]

4. I think

mahogany comes from Africa

[Rowdyboy]

3. I also heard "minuteman and "mahogany" also

And mahogany is a very high-quality and expensive wood so that doesn't sound bad.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. That Was A Movie With Diana Ross And Billie Dee Williams....

Billie Dee Williams played an aspiring politician....

[flpoljunkie]

6. Who were the Minutemen? Answered.

http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/special/art01.htm

Although the terms militia and minutemen are sometimes used interchangeably today, in the 18th century there was a decided difference between the two. Militia were men in arms formed to protect their towns from foreign invasion and ravages of war. Minutemen were a small hand-picked elite force which were required to be highly mobile and able to assemble quickly. Minutemen were selected from militia muster rolls by their commanding officers. Typically 25 years of age or younger, they were chosen for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength. Usually about one quarter of the militia served as Minutemen, performing additional duties as such. The Minutemen were the first armed militia to arrive or await a battle.

Although today Minutemen are thought of as connected to the Revolutionary War in America, their existence was conceived in Massachusetts during the mid-seventeenth century.