Why didn't Bush keep his prediction about his fabulous ranch in Crawford?

[young_at_heart]

It was made out to be "the place of his dreams" and who can forget all that brush cutting. It's so obvious that it was a useful tool to copy Reagan. I lived in Calif. when Reagan was governor and president and can vividly remember the Reagans' visits to their ranch for many years. I believe that in his case, the ranch was real. Like so many other aspects of Bush's life, the Crawford Ranch was nothing more than a stage prop. Here's an interesting and telling quote from 2001!

"I know a lot of you wish you were in the East Coast, lounging on the beaches, sucking in the salt air," he told reporters in 2001. "But when you're from Texas -- and love Texas -- this is where you come home. It'll be the house where I live in for the rest of my life. I like my own home, and I don't mind the heat."

I still find his (and Laura's) phoniness disgusting!

[Initech]

1. It's all about image.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Because he's a fucking liar, that's why...

I find their phoniness disgusting too.

Good riddance to them!

x(

[elehhhhna]

37. THANK YOU. He's not even "from Texas".

[Amerigo Vespucci]

40. ACTION photo of the "from Texas" pretzeldent in his pre-"from Texas" years

:-)

[SpiralHawk]

38. "Smirk." - xCommander AWOL (R)

[Raster]

46. My Dear California Peggy...

...my thoughts exactly!

Happy New Year!:hi:

[baldguy]

3. Because it was a stage set.

"I'm not a cowboy, but I played one on TV."

[JoePhilly]

41. Ding ding ding!!

No more calls, we have a winner!

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. All hat no cattle. Fucker bought it before the election, sold it after he was done presidentin'.

So far as I remember, anyway - pretty sure he bought right before he ran for president, or soon into his run.

And, of course, as soon as he was no longer POTUS, that house went bye bye so he could move to the city.

Why ANYONE in the entire world would think that psychotic pile of lying shit is anything but, is beyond me. His fakery is so fucking obvious, you'd think even a teabagger could see it.

[madmax]

5. The rusty little tractor, bales of hay

just props for the 'newz people' to stand in front and spread the bullsh... er ah, manure around. :mad:

[Sal Minella]

6. I distinctly remember, after Laura said on a morning TV show that

she believed Roe v Wade should NOT be overturned, she was banished to the "ranch" and the DC press was told she had gone to Crawford "to prepare the President's home for his retirement."

[Raine]

7. I feel kind of sorry for Laura

I think her life must have been a living hell. I hope it's better for her now that they're out of the Whitehouse.

[Kali]

19. meh she usually looked like she had some good prescription meds going on

[tavalon]

24. Yep, her drug of choice was one of the benzodiazapines

Her husband and MIL favor the liquid in a bottle, she prefers the pills. Hell, I would be drugged out if I were her. Yuck.

[Sal Minella]

20. Can you IMAGINE having Bar Bush for a M-I-L????

Dear goddess, I was not fond of Laura, but NO woman deserves that.

[Jamastiene]

8. It was a pig farm before he bought it.

All staged just to make him look all countrified. I'd like to see him actually muck a stall...or even ride a horse. Yeah, right. Like that ever happened.

[pearl]

10. I couldn't help but notice

how elated the reporters covering the President in Hawaii were. A big upgrade from Crawford.

[NNN0LHI]

12. One of the cable hosts here in the US made a point that her reporter in Hawaii ...

... was wearing a suit from the waist up only. He had on shorts and sandals below the waist.

Kind of funny.

Don

[Demoiselle]

15. He was afraid of horses...

At least I remember hearing that a few times during the Bush years. And we certainly never saw him on or anywhere near a horse, that I can remember.
Some rancher.

[Journeyman]

31. Ever since "the incident," Mr Bush has shied away from the ponies. . .

It happened his first year as Governor. Concerned about the impression his non-riding would have with Texas voters, his Staff decided it’d be best if they staged a photo-op on a horse. They picked out the steed they thought best for the novice rider, and two of his aides helped him into the saddle. No sooner was he seated, though, when the horse bolted, took off with no warning whatsoever. Mr Bush clung bravely to the reins, and tried to wrap his legs tight around the haunches, but the speed of the horse, coupled with the wild motion of its galloping, threw Mr Bush from the saddle.

To the horror of all the witnesses, Mr Bush’s foot became ensnared in the stirrup, and though he crashed hard to the ground, he was trapped and drug helplessly behind the charging steed. Some of the younger aides moved quick to help, but it was hopeless -- the galloping beast rushed ahead, and Mr Bush bounced wildly behind, his arms flailing helplessly, his head and shoulders repeatedly smashed on the hard ground beneath the thundering hooves.

It seemed for a moment that all was lost and Mr Bush would be pounded to death before his horrified Staff. Shouts of anguish and despair arose from them all and the end seemed inevitable, but all the hubbub alerted the Wal-Mart manager, who stepped outside and pulled the plug.

And so, you can understand, ever since "the incident" Mr Bush has shied away from the ponies. . .

[Kali]

43. I would have liked to have seen that.

Needs to happen to him on a weekly basis, I think. Too bad it would be cruel to intentionally scare a horse regularly by having that idiot fall off and get dragged by the foot.

[tblue37]

45. It was a joke--notice that the Wal-Mart manager comes out and pulls the plug

on the--little mechanical carousel--horse.

[Demoiselle]

47. Oh you sneaky person!

You had me going until the magic word "plug."
Teehee. Thanks.

[Sal Minella]

36. I remember a photo of W, from waist up, with horses behind him,

shown from shoulders up.

It was one of those White House release photos and didn't look photoshopped, but word got out that W was standing on the edge of a road for the photo and the horses had been hobbled and chained to stakes just over the rim of the ditch, which would have explained why they seemed so low behind him.

I looked through several pages of Google images, but that photo isn't there.

I know I didn't imagine it.

The man was afraid of horses. He definitely watched a horse show (in Saudi Arabia or somewhere) from behind a heavy glass window -- he and his Arab sheikh buddy host were on the inside of the glass wall, while those ferocious four-footed vegetarians were safely on the other side.

[tavalon]

25. He's afraid of horses

Those of us who lived through his governorship knew he was "all hat, no cattle." long before he foisted himself on the world stage.

[NNN0LHI]

9. Remember the "set" they had for the media to report in front of located miles from the "ranch?"

Looked like something straight out of Green Acres.

Don

[LibDemAlways]

13. They tried to pass off a modest ranch hand house on the

property as the chimp's house. Nothing could have been further from the truth. The real house was large, sleek, modern, had a lavish pool area, and was never photographed. You can see an overhead view on Google Images. It's palatial.

[Flubadubya]

11. "But when you're from Texas --

Bwahaha... even that's a lie. Kennebunkport is a LONG way from Texas! :puke:

[hobbit709]

14. It was never a ranch. It used to be a pig farm,

[northoftheborder]

18. "ranch" Ha

Definition of "ranch" is: area of land where animals are grazed; cattle, sheep, goats, horses, exotic deer, etc.. As far as I know, there never were any animals of any kind, except their pets; that's why Shrub had to keep the "brush" cut, there were no animals to keep things "grazed". Heh! All of above comments true: just a sham for the gullible press and public. I knew they would end up in Dallas, that was their home before they had to come to Austin to play Guvner. Their house they built was never shown on TV. I saw an architect's rendering of it in the paper; it is very modern, yet modest and simple in design; I have no idea how big it is, couldn't tell from that one elevation. I would love to tour it, (not because it is owned by the most disgusting president in my lifetime,) but because it supposedly was very "green" in it's design, and adapted to the climate and topography.

[tavalon]

27. Trust me, he never cut a lick of bush except for the cameras

I know there is a joke in there, just beggin' to be said.

[sendero]

34. Reminds me of an anecdote..

.. from a coworker who lived in Midland back in the 70s/80s.

Georgey boy lived there too, trying to find oil in Texas. He never succeeded but he managed to run several companies into the ground.

According to this coworker (who BTW I was reluctant to talk to him about this when he first said he lived in the same town as Bush and everyone knew Bush.. I thought he was a wingnut and was about to explain what a genius he was)...

anyway, he talked about various dumb shit Bush did (mostly alcohol related) and how everyone in town hated him and was glad when he was elected governor just because they would finally be rid of him :)

[UTUSN]

16. K&R #2, thanks!1 n/t

[young_at_heart]

26. You're welcome!

My daughter said something about how phony Bush's ranch was earlier today and I couldn't get out of my mind how easily he was able to get away with yet another deception.

[spartan61]

17. Even bush's Texas drawl was phony.

Why was he the only one in his family to talk "Texan?"

[Clyde39]

21. How many "reporters" bought into the lie?

How many failed to notice the enormous hypocrisy? How many just ignored the whole thing? It's important because it speaks to the nature of the man in the Oval Office for eight long years. "The emperor has no clothes" is not strong enough to define this person.

[MilesColtrane]

22. Now he's going to have to "clear brush" in his North Dallas suburban McMansion.

And by "clear brush" I mean drink himself into a coma.

[tavalon]

28. Yep, clear brush for sure

I was actually surprised that he even went back to Texas. He's as Texan as a three dollar bill.

[tavalon]

23. Are you saying the Kennebunkport Cowboy is a fake?

Duh.

Guess what? His accent is faked, too. The only thing that's real with that character is his solidly low IQ.

[jmowreader]

29. It wasn't just a tool to copy Reagan

The Bush people went out and found the worst place in the world--hot, dry, UGLY, not really compatible with human life--and built a huge Western White House on it. The reason it was so shitty was to discourage the press from covering his all-too-frequent vacations.

[young_at_heart]

30. I don't want to think they were that capable of anti-Americanism

But, I guess you are absolutely correct---he wanted the reporters to hate their assignment and went out of his way to make their lives miserable. That begs the question, why did they whitewash so many of his horrible "policies". He was given a pass over and over.

[jmowreader]

32. Republicans can do no wrong, I guess...

Certain members of "The Press" make quite a bit of money--I can guarantee I'm not in that group, but I'm doing okay. People who make a lot of money liked Bush because Bush likes tax cuts.

[tanyev]

33. Exactly.

He probably got a kick out of watching the reporters' misery while standing inside nursing a cold one.

[CTyankee]

35. Can someone tell me why NOBODY in the MSM EVER pointed out that the "ranch" was a set?

Only a few journalists wrote about it, but you NEVER heard the major players in the press talking about it on TV.

Was there some kind of "agreement" that they couldn't reveal what the "ranch" really was? I mean, was it a state secret, or something?

[Octafish]

39. The Little Turd from Crawford lied America into two illegal, immoral, unnecessary & disastrous wars.

That little turd is lucky he doesn't live here, along with his lying, thieving, mass-murdering, warmongering, treasonous cronies.

[proud2BlibKansan]

42. They trucked in the brush he cleared

Saw it when I was in Crawford with Camp Casey. Talked to the truck driver. He had a shipment of brush headed to the ranch.

I was always stunned that reporters never covered this. Gotta love our media! LOL

[lonestarnot]

44. Image? ROFLMAO!

:rofl: A turd herder is a turd herder, no matter the location, so fuck him.