The "B" List

The Democratic National Convention wasn't all fun and big corporate parties, or battling MSNBC anchors.

Nor was it all up on gigantic jumbo screens, or in a big stadiums with tens-of-thousands screaming and cheering.

In an exclusive, The Garlic got a look at the work of the Secret Service, as they used the convention to practice, train and test codes for a possible Obama Administration.

The Secret Service as long employed fictitious names and, at times, colorful monikers, to presidents, and their families.

And, while perpetually making advance preparations, it is a bit unusual for the Secret Service to go to such lengths, before the election.

This year, according to our sources, presented "unusual" circumstances that the agency wanted to deal with early.

"You have two names with the "B" sound," said our Secret Service source.

"In fact, it can be a hard "B" sound, particularly if you are using the names frequently ... Obama and Biden, Biden and Obama ... We felt we needed to work on it a bit, get a head start, as it were."

For example, with the entire family of both candidates around, the call went out over Secret Service radios as "Barack, Biden and Beyond" ...

When either of the candidates are with their children, or, in Biden's case, grandchildren, the call goes out for "Bam Bam and Pebbles"

When either candidate was alone, the Secret Service tested;

Busby Berklee ... Big Bertha ... Big Bounce and, Bric-a-Brac

When Obama and Biden were together; The Bagboys

Over the course of the four nights of the convention, the Secret Service ran through a bevy (see how it is infectious) of code names, monitoring how well they sounded, the ease of agents pronouncing the names and retention of the names used.

Bed and Breakfast .. 'Bama and Bidee ... Bullets and Broadway ... Brains and Brawn ... Bells and Battery ... Backseat and Backlash ... Bigger and Better ... Beesting and Beeswax ... Barge and Blimp ... Brillant and Bedazzled ... Butter and Baloney ... Baffle and Belfry ...Ballots and Ballads ...Bamboo and Ballyhoo ...Banjo and Bank Shot ...Barber and Barbecue ...Bare-Assed and Barley ...Barium and Bargin ...Baseboard and Basement... Bath and Baste...Bowling and Bawling...

Beanball and Beanbag ..Beaver and Bedlam ...Bedsore and Bedpan ...Begrudge and Belabor ... Belgium and Belching ...Bellyflop and Bellboy ...Belvedere and Beluga ...Bereft and Beret ...Besotted and Bespangled ...Bevel and Bezel ...Bicker and Bidder ...Birdie and Biscuit ...Bit and Bitter ...Blahs and Blanch ...Blathering and Blaring ...Bleep and Bleet ...Blinks and Blight ...Bloated and Blizzard ...Bludgeon and Blotched ...Blunt and Blunder ...Boast and Bobbin ...Bogus and Boffin ... Bollock and Bombast ...Bon Bon and Bonehead ...Boomerang and Boondoggle ...Boudoir and Bouffant ...Bourgeois and Boring ...Boy Scout and Bracing ...

Brambling and Brainless ...Branch and Brash ...Brace and Bray ...Breech and Breezy ...Bridget and Brimless ...Bristle and Brioche ...Brittle and Broadax ...Broiled and Broken ...Brush and Browse ...Bubbler and Brutal ...Bucket and Buddy ...Bugged and Bugle ...Bullion and Bulletin ...Bummer and Bunco ...Bunt and Burden ...Bash and Burn ...Butch and Bustle ...Butler and Buttercup ... Bulk and Brassy ...Branch and Byway ...

Following now, through the election, the Secret Service will review the test results, listening to tapes and getting reports from the agents.

When asked if the Secret Service would be running a similar test at the Republican National Convention, our Secret Service gave a bemused look, and, without confirming or denying, stated "Yeah ...right ... "

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