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"BUSH STRIPS LIBBY OF NICKNAME" ... Renames Cheney Aide "Lying Bastard" In Secret White House Ceremony

• According to a White House source, the president takes nicknames “very seriously” and therefore stripping a staffer of his playful moniker is the greatest punishment that Mr. Bush can levy on a subordinate who has found disfavor with him. “It’s something all of us dread,” said the source, whose own nickname is Chatty.
• According to Professor Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota’s School of Law, Mr. Libby’s new nickname could come back to haunt him when his case eventually goes to trial: “When you put your hand on the Bible and say, ‘I, Lying Bastard Libby, swear to tell the truth,’ that could potentially hurt you with a jury.”