Arianna: Armstrong Ranch: A GOP Bada Bing?

[deminks]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/armstrong-ranch-a-gop-ba_b_15820.html

We've only scratched the surface, but the more we learn about the Armstrong Ranch, site of the Cheney shooting, the more it feels like the GOP equivalent of Tony Soprano's joint, the Bada Bing.

CNN described the remote 50,000-acre Armstrong ranch as "a private getaway." It's the kind of place the goodfellas of the Republican crew can go to kick back, put their feet up, have a beer (or two) with lunch, talk a little business, raise a little money, make a few deals, maybe meet a girl.

Of course, at the Bada Bing the girls are strippers; at Armstrong they're the ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. But both hot spots feature quite a bit of gunplay.

According to Austin American-Statesman reporter Robert Elder, the Armstrong is "a favored destination spot for this type of Republican with social connections, a fair amount of wealth... Certainly if you have access to the vice president or other high level administration officials, corporate officials, it gives you really a unique opportunity to kind of relax, talk, and who knows what happens from there."

[rodeodance]

1. heard that the deputy got ticked off at reporters and told them to: Read

the report. was on cnn and they were asking him questions but guess he did not like the questions.

[Auntie Bush]

2. I'd like to know why no one's asking Lynne Cheney any questions.

Like- did she know they were spending the weekend with two other women?

[Oceansaway]

4. she might have known and

was glad to have his lame ass outta her hair for the week-end....

[Bluebear]

3. Yippe-yi-oh K Y!

[deminks]

5. I'm an old cowhand...

I'm an old cowhand from the Rio Grande
But my legs ain't bowed and my cheeks ain't tan
I'm a cowboy who never saw a cow
Never roped a steer cause I don't know how
Sure ain't a fixin to start in now
Yippie yi yo kayah

I'm an old cowhand and I come down from the Rio Grande
And I learned to ride, ride, ride 'fore I learned to stand
I'm a riding fool who is up to date
I know every trail in the Lone Star State
Cause I ride the range in a Ford V-8
Yippie yi yo kayah

We're old cowhands from the Rio Grande
And we come to town just to hear the band
We know all the songs that the cowboys know
'Bbout the big corral where the doggies go
We learned them all on the radio
Yippie yi yo kayah

[Sequoia]

6. That's so durn cute cowpoke!

Howdy do!

[grace0418]

7. "...fellow dove-killing enthusiast Karl Rove..."

Was there ever a more appropriate metaphor for Karl Rove, a dove-killing enthusiast?

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. With Cheney already in hot water

why did he choose this particular group of people to spend the weekend with? But what is it about this particlur cluster of aspens that connects them to Cheney? I'd really like to know.

If your ass was in trouble and you needed advice, wouldn't you gather together your closest friends? A lawyer wouldn't be a bad idea either, hence new hunting partner Whittington gets an invite. Maybe Dick's friends were telling him bad news too? Maybe Dick was a little shook up? It was starting to look like he was screwed and everyone knew it. So he had a few beers. It had been a long day. He was getting tired. He heard the sound. Bam, bam, bam.... Life suddenly turned to total shit. No wonder Cheney felt like this was the worst day of his life.