Cowboy without a horse

[Point of Order]

He wore a flight suit, but he was never in combat. He talks about uniting, but he divides. He says he's making us safer, but he makes us less safe. And now...


He acts like a cowboy, yet he's afraid of horses. From TPM:

Here's another fun detail from Vicente Fox's upcoming autobiography: He says that despite President Bush's cowboy image, the man is actually scared of horses.

Fox tells the story of the two men meeting in Mexico in early 2001, in which he invited Bush to ride a large horse. Bush nervously backed away. "A horse lover can always tell when others don't share our passion," Fox wrote.

Fun fact: Bush's Crawford ranch, purchased in 1999 in order to help create a down-home image for his presidential campaign, does not have any horses.

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/09/vicente_fox_cowboy_bush_is_scared_of_horses.php

 

[Inky_Wretch]

I never have thought he acted like a cowboy. He has acted like a rancher, which is something completely different.

Even then, however, you could say he's "all hat and no cattle."

 

[Ace]

Cowboy up, Mr. President!

 

[Platyrhynchos]

I don't like horses either.
But I'm perfectly comfortable around cattle, having worked them and such.

 

[Dan Rydell]

When the history books write about Dubya, it's gonna make Jimmy Carter look like a statesman.

 

[poindexter]

How could George Bush ride a horse, when he spent every available moment licking Vicente Fox's boots?

 

[HejiraHenry]

When the history books write about Dubya, it's gonna make Jimmy Carter look like a statesman.

I wish you and I would be here to make a wager on that.

I cannot imagine anything the history books will have to say that's good about Mr. Peanut, except that his failures helped lead to the Reagan Revolution.

 

[Point of Order]

Thanks in part to Dubya, the Reagan Revolution is starting to look more like just a flash in the pan.

 

[Platyrhynchos]

When the history books write about Dubya, it's gonna make Jimmy Carter look like a statesman.

I wish you and I would be here to make a wager on that.

I cannot imagine anything the history books will have to say that's good about Mr. Peanut, except that his failures helped lead to the Reagan Revolution.

Can't argue with that.

 

[writing irish]

Liberal urbanites who have referred to W as a "cowboy" or "redneck" must shoulder part of the blame for the "Bush is a Cowboy" myth. He's obviously a prep-school douche posing as John Wayne, but all those editorial cartoons depicting W with a cowboy hat and boots just played into the Republicans' attempt to give Bush credibility with the rural Wal-Mart crowd and the Brooks-and-Dunn-listening-suburban-wannabe-cowboy demographic.

W's "ranch" is like Hedwig wearing a *****.

As for Carter, he started the "Reagan Revolution" with his supply-side economic policies, but don't let facts get in the way of the endless fellating of Reagan's corpse.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

You're right. He's frightened of horses and more of a rancher:

 

[slappy4428]

When the history books write about Dubya, it's gonna make JDV look like a humble supergenius.

 

[txsportsscribe]

LEAVE GEORGE W. BUSH ALONE!!!

 

[Tom Petty]

I never have thought he acted like a cowboy. He has acted like a rancher, which is something completely different.

Even then, however, you could say he's "all hat and no cattle."

i always thought he acted like an ignorant **** who didn't mind sending american children to their deaths so the rich can turn another dime. maybe that's just me.

 

[Lamar Mundane]

He sure stacks manure like a Cowboy/rancher.

Someone have a list of all the "progress" he's said we've made in Iraq since May 1, 2003 Mission accomplished?

Stack that on top of the $3 trillion he's added to our national debt and the immeasurable damage he's done to our reputation during his time in the WH.

A true measure of a former president - what does he do when he gets out of office? Carter - habitat for humanity
Reagan - alzheimers - can't blame him for doing nothing
GHBush - carried water for Saudis
Clinton - championed anti-poverty campaigns, Katrina/Sunami relief - done as much as possible to offset the negative W has done to our image.

 

[jimmymcd]

Seems to me the Katrina relief fund was a joint effort with Bush41, but go ahead and play free and loose with the facts as usual.

 

[Lamar Mundane]

joint effort, yeah. Daddy had to come to the rescue once again but who did the heavy lifting?

Since you have all the facts Jimmy, tell me what Daddy W did between 1993 and 2005 to better humanity?

Should I cue the crickets?

 

[Dan Rydell]

LEAVE GEORGE W. BUSH ALONE!!!

Oh, how I love the mindless shout.

C'mon in here, Scribe. Let's see what you bring.

 

[txsportsscribe]

LEAVE GEORGE W. BUSH ALONE!!!

Oh, how I love the mindless shout.

C'mon in here, Scribe. Let's see what you bring.

are you really that clueless that it has to be explained to you?

 

[Lamar Mundane]

Jimny Cricket is chirping.

Facts shouldn't be too difficult to find because we all know Daddy Bush circled the globe helping the poor, the afflicted and the oppressed. Right?

Fact is no one heard from GHB once he left office. Meanwhile Clinton has brought together leaders throughout the world to combat AIDS, malaria and children's health.

That cricket chorus is getting louder Jimmy. Please step up with the facts.

chirp, chirp.