Need to know why Poppy is called Poppy. Argument going on.

[acmavm]

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[Dogmudgeon]

1. Poppy = Pop = Father

And nothing stranger.

--bkl

[truthspeaker]

2. Because he's the president's father

[roguevalley]

3. someone mentioned that its linked to heroin trade

[liberalmuse]

5. I've heard this as well...

when he was CIA, black ops was funded with drug money. It probably still is.

[freetobegay]

4. Their drug of choice for making money. N/T

[blm]

6. That was his nickname at the CIA. He oversaw the drug dealings that were

also a big part of the arms dealings operations. Part of Bush's "covert" operations over the last few decades that always manage to blowback and bite us in the ass.

[theboss]

7. I'm pretty sure it goes back to Yale

There's an article in the Yale Daily News showing Bush - as the captain of the baseball team - welcoming Babe Ruth to a game. I'm pretty sure his name is listed as George "Poppy" Bush in the caption. (We had a copy of it in my college newsroom).

Prep school nicknames have always been supremely stupid.

[Leilani]

9. Yes, it does go back as far as Yale

it may even go back to Andover.

[ET Awful]

8. I thought it was in honor of Seinfeld after Poppy peed on the couch :) n/t