"Teflon George", how about using it in public, marketing the concept?

[RaulVB]

I've read this few times already and I like the concept because it points out that he is a criminal and also it is connected to John Gotti's "infamous" story.

I think we should use it when talking about "*" with people.

[KaliTracy]

1. wasn't this term used for Reagan too?

"I don't remember. I don't recall. I have no memory of anything at all."
--Peter Gabriel

[rumpel]

2. "aging" teflon according to a recent report is poisonous

[rumpel]

3. Some links on the above:

THE SILENT KILLER
By Joanie Doss

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The San Antonio Zoo in Texas lost 21 birds in an outdoor aviary awhile back. Their death was caused when the birds gathered by lights that the zoo had installed so that the birds could warm themselves in an outdoor aviary. The bulbs had been coated with Polytetraflouethylene. Phillips standard red heating lamps have a coating of Teflon. The FDA now requires that bulbs be given a Teflon coating as a shatter shield when used around food. If you are planning to use a light to help warm a brooder or keep a sick bird warm, look it over carefully and read the box to see if Teflon has been used. If it does not have a box or does not say it has a special coating, check the bulb itself. The Teflon coated ones have a bubbly or cloudy surface. They may use one of the other brand names for Polytetraflouethylene so remember that just because it doesn't say Teflon it doesn't mean that it is safe to use around birds.
http://www.theaviary.com/teflon.shtml

and

When the Teflon wears off
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The particular pony that I am grabbing onto is a little-noticed warning issued last week about — ta da — Teflon. George Bush's own EPA announced that even low-level exposure to a chemical in Teflon might pose a risk to human health.

Well, I figure it this way: If Teflon is losing its Teflon image, can the Teflon presidency be far behind?

Once upon a 1980s time, Ronald Reagan was dubbed the Teflon president because nothing stuck to the Gipper. Today, Bush makes Reagan look like Velcro.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2002156161_goodman21.html

EPA charges DuPont hid Teflon's risks
U.S. orders study on health perils of key chemical
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501180271jan18,1,1986717.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

and with that nighty night!

[NationalEnquirer]

4. They used that with Reagan.

Did it "stick"? I dunno, just kinda lost its effectiveness after that I thought..

[L. Coyote]

5. Liar George == in stark contrast to George Washington, n/t

[TalkingDog]

6. Unfortunately the name GEORGE

is too friendly...too goofy.

While George Walker is more formal, it still seems easy-going.
And Teflon Bush is humorous. So I think you might have to try again.

Since I have no idea which John Gotti story you are talking about, there is a chance that other people are not familiar with it either.

[RaulVB]

8. The Italian-American mobster (John Gotti)

Indicted many times was finally put on jail because another mobster gave away his name to the authorities.

[ROH]

9. It wasn't a story by John Gotti...

it was John Gotti's real life "story":

John Gotti (1940–2002) (also known as "The Teflon Don") was the boss of the Gambino family, New York's largest mafia family, and one of the most feared.

I think many people have heard of "The Teflon Don".

[k8conant]

7. How about "Brazen Bush"?

:nuke: