Irving Lewis Libby = I.L.L.

[Stephanie]

"ILL"

No wonder he goes by the child's nickname "Scooter."




I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, left, is driven to his house by an unidentified man, Friday, Oct. 28, 2005, in McLean, Va. Libby, who resigned today as Cheneys chief of staff, was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, false statement and perjury on charges related to the leaking of classified information which revealed the name of a CIA officer's identity. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/051029/480/vahg10110290223

[MADem]

1. Actually, his first name is just IRV, I-R-V, no ING!

But he still is an ILL boy, at that

[Stephanie]

3. How he got to be called Scooter >

"White House Letter: Novelist in Chief of Staff's Clothing"

by Elisabeth Bumiller (February 18, 2002)

The New York Times
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A1EFF355B0C7B8DDDAB0894DA404482

Mr. Libby will at least talk about his nickname, which he got the day his father watched him crawling across his crib and joked, 'He's a Scooter!'

'I love it,' said Mr. Libby, 51, of his nickname. 'There is a tendency in Washington for people to take themselves a little too seriously, and it's pretty hard to take yourself seriously when your name is Scooter.'"

[CottonBear]

2. You'd think that his parents would've considered the initials. n/t

[bloom]

5. I know - that's like rule #1... eom

[TallahasseeGrannie]

4. He definitely looks more like

an Irving than Scooter. But on the other hand, what grown man looks like a Scooter?

[the_spectator]

6. ILL is cool, I like "Scooter Fibby" though! /nt

[Gabi Hayes]

7. I. Lewis Libby.....as in "I, Lewis Libby, do solemnly swear"

he's going to be doing a lot of swearing in the not too distant future