I'm writing a paper....

[Goldeneye]

Could someone tell me how we know Bush is afraid of horses? or is that a rumor? Thanks in advance....

[Orrex]

1. Have you ever tried to milk a stallion?

I'd be afraid, too, after that.

[Pryderi]

2. I think it's true. He has a ranch, dresses up as a cowboy, and yet I've

never seen a picture of him riding a horse. If he could ride a horse, Rove would have used it repeatedly as a photo-op.

[IndyOp]

3. Two links for you...

I went to ask.com and entered "is president bush afraid of horses?" and got:

Except Bush is no rancher, in fact he's afraid of horses. ... in the longest vacation any president has...
<http://www.literalpolitics.com/NewsDay/August/newsdayaugust3.htm>

BuzzFlash Mailbag - August 18, 2003
I live in San Antonio and the buzz amongst horse people here is that Bush is deathly afraid of horses. ... The magic words--"President Bush...
<http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/03/08/18.html>

Looks unsubstantiated to me...

Edit: To fix top link.

[Goldeneye]

4. thanks but

neither link is working...

[IndyOp]

5. Sorry - the links work now --

I swear I cut and pasted the whole link into the post, just got garbled somehow...

[enlightenment]

6. Goldeneye, if you're writing your paper for a class,

consider your sources carefully. I teach (college history) and I would hesitate to accept un-reviewed and unvalidated sources in a student paper.
Depends on what you're doing, of course, but I would suggest you use other, validated criticisms of Bush -- there are plenty of them out there!
Good luck with your paper,
E.

[Goldeneye]

8. It is for school....but its nothing serious.

I decided not to use the horse line anyway.

[enlightenment]

10. Ah! Well, in that case,

Have a wonderful time writing!
:evilgrin:

[mzteris]

7. seems to be cleansed

from the net..... references to articles no longer found.

Here's one on his NOT RIDING horses, but not that he's "afraid" - although I'm sure the wimp probably is.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/19072/

other interesting articles on topic......

http://archive.democrats.com/view.cfm?id=6687

http://villagevoice.com/news/0439,baard,57117,1.html

[SeaNap05]

9. I saw him riding a jackass

[Goldeneye]

11. testing testing 123