Candagrams: The Reader Submissions

Chris Wilson — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:36:00 GMT

After we posted a series of anagrams for each of the presidential candidates yesterday, several reader wrote in with their own submissions – most of them far superior to what Wordsmith.org’s Anagram Server could produce. (Score one for humanity.)

James Kushner (“Jerk Has Menus”) points out that, before H. Ross Perot, we had a real gem in Ronald Wilson Reagan ("Insane Anglo Warlord"), and after him George Walker Bush ("We Go Berserk. Laugh!").

Benjamin Holt (“Lent Him Banjo”) suggests for Rudy Giuliani: “I, urinal id guy.”

Tariq Alvi, whose lack of a 'u' to accompany his 'q' has defeated Wordsmith, suggests the following:

Hillary Rodham Clinton = Non-Chill, Harm Adroitly
Barack Hussein Obama = Beam, aka Brash Cousin
Willard Mitt Romney = Weird Man To Try Mill

Zach Sherwin (“Hazers Winch”), a Boston based comic, posted this anagram-themed rap on YouTube a few weeks ago.

The winner of the official user submitted Candagram contest (prize: a new hobby), is Benjamin T. Kallen (“Belt 'em, lank ninja!”), who produced these.

Hillary Rodham Clinton = Hi, darn ol' chilly matron!
Barack Hussein Obama = Run amok, ace! Bash bias!
Willard Mitt Romney = Wry lad, no term limit
John Sidney McCain = Join in, chancy Dems!
Fred Dalton Thompson = Heft! Drop tons, old man!

We are, as always, humbled. Think you can top it? Email us.

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Chris Wilson — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:04:00 GMT

The medal for best political anagram of the 2008 election is ripe for the picking. (That throne has has been empty since the abdication of H. Ross Perot -- aka "Short Poser" -- and, before him, Spiro Agnew -- or, "Grow A Penis.")

In keeping with the tradition begun by our colleague Timothy Noah (aka "Ho, a Tiny Moth!"), we ran the candidates' names through Wordsmith.org's Anagram Server and came up with these gems for each presidential hopeful (aka "Spiteful Headline Pro.") Where there were slim pickings, we cheated and added a middle initial.

Republicans
Tom Tancredo	"Not Democrat"	"Mottoed Narc"
Duncan Hunter	"Uncharted Nun"	"Nude Narc Hunt"
Mitt Romney	"Memory Tint"	"Mime, Not Try"
John S. McCain	"No Cinch Jams"
Fred Thompson	"Morphed Fonts"	"Depths of Norm"
Rudy Giuliani	"Gaudily I Ruin"
Mike D. Huckabee	"Beaked Emu Hick"	"Emcee Bud Khaki"
Ron Paul	"Our Plan"	"Oral Pun"

Democrats
Hillary Clinton	"Chilly Lion Rant"	"Tranny Chill Oil"
Barack H. Obama	"Macho Bark: Baa"
John Reid Edwards	"Red's Wonder Jihad"	"Nerd Jihad Dowers"
Bill Richardson	"Shrill Bard Icon"	"Brain Chill Rods"
Joe Biden	"Be Joined"
Christopher Dodd	"Ditch Herds, Droop"	"Torched Dish Drop"
Dennis Kucinich	"Chick Undies Inn"	"Nine-Inch Dick, U.S."
Mike Gravel	"Me: Viral Keg"	"A Veg Milker"

Got a better anagram for one of the candidates? Email us.

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