Is it true that W is afraid of horses?

[Rooktoven]

Or is that just a rumor to counteract the cowboy act?

If he is...

It would be interesting for demonstrators or even just public opposition to him to start holding up pictures of horses, appearing with horses and just in general trying to remind him of horses all the time.

You know, subliminable warfare.

[MisterP]

1. Vicente Fox said he shied away from them: Chimpy then forgot his promise

about how wonderful the first non-PRI Pres in a while was

[atommom]

2. I'd be surprised if he weren't afraid of them. He's really a city boy.

[Lex]

3. Oh, he's afraid of them alright.

Otherwise, we'd have to suffer through hundreds of photo-ops with him on horseback a la Ronald Reagan.

Instead, he rides a stupid golfcart around his "ranch" (which was a pig farm up until 1999 when he bought it).

[No Exit]

48. Ahem... it's still a pig farm... n/t

[Pooka Fey]

4. Horses have an uncanny ability to judge the character of a human.

And a horse's kick can severely or mortally injure a person. George is afraid of horses for a very good reason. :-)

[Mabus]

11. Frau Blücher

'nuff said.

[Pooka Fey]

12. Who is Frau Blucher?

[LiberalEsto]

17. Character in "Young Frankenstein" movie

Everytime someone said her name, horses would rear up and scream.
Great movie, by the way

[luxpara]

24. You guys know what "Blücher" means in German?

glue - hence the whinnys from the horse.

At least that's what I've been told...

[LiberalEsto]

25. Just checked an online German-English dictionary

Blucher doesn't have a meaning in German, even with the little umlaut over the u.

Glue is Leim.

I'm so sad. Blucher=glue would have been perfect.

[LosinIt]

18. A character from Young Frankenstein.

[Mabus]

19. Victor von Frankenstein's girlfriend

from "Young Frankenstein." Remember whenever anyone mentioned her name the horses would whinny.

[Pooka Fey]

23. Thanks everybody. I get it now. Saw the movie decades ago.

[AndyTiedye]

39. ya think?

:kick:
:kick:
:kick:

[montanacowboy]

5. Scared to death

any self respecting equine would not let that pos near it - horses can smell fear a mile away, and boy are they ready for you!

[AllyCat]

20. I teach horseback riding

Whenever I have a student who is timid around the school horses, the horses start to act up (fidgeting, pawing, pretending they are going to nip, spooking for no good reason). Of course, this makes the student more nervous...and so it goes.

They are not mean. They are prey animals and fear is a good thing to be afraid of when you might get eaten by a mountain lion.

I can understand someone new to horses being afraid...but a loud-mouthed idiot on a ranch I would have thought would be a shoe-in. That leads one to believe horses "fear" might just be horse sense after all.

[napi21]

6. YES! Everything I've read says he's afraid of horses and cattle.

I think that's the hidden message behine the comments about him riding his ranch in his 4X4.

I can understand why a city boy would be afraid of livestock, but I'm surprised the real Tecans haven't caught on yet.

[smurfygirl]

7. I don't know but they say that horses

can sense evil. It could be he is so damn evil that horses try to kill him when he is around them. I guess now we can say all hat, no horse.

[Menshevik]

8. does he actually have any horses on his "ranch"?

or cattle?

or is it just acres and acres of brush for him to clear?

[seabeyond]

10. he hires horses when he needs a picture from what i understand

tis a pig farm. you dont know how these texans dont like pig farms. almost as bad as sheep, or worse. dont remember

[susu369]

21. According to Pickles - "two little horses"

From the disastrous trip bu$h* and Pickles had when they visited the queen:

"Mrs. Bush went on to say that she and the president had been pleasantly surprised to find they shared interests with the queen and the prince which had helped ease their nervousness."
-snip-
"We like a lot of the same things," she said. "We have dogs that we love. We have two little horses on our ranch. So there are lots of things, a lot of similarities that we have."

:wtf:

As a former horse owner, and from being around many other horse owners, I have never heard anyone say they owned "two little horses."

Yes, Georgie Porgie is afraid of horses (even little ones).

[AuntieM1957]

29. those miniature horses are popular

with some folks here in Texas - they are about the size of a large dog - and are raised by a group of nuns.

you know the boy is not big on precise speech -

[susu369]

32. Thanks -

learn something new every day. Little horses......

[Bozita]

44. Under the previous owner, that "ranch" was a "pig farm"

It's possible that no horse ever set hoof on the Bush "ranch."

[seabeyond]

9. yaaaaaa, lol lol little chicken sh*t boy that he is

no no dont make me get my picture taken near that horse.

but bushie boy, you are a cowboy, we need a horse

no dont make me. i am afraid, so afraid

got a saddle from mexican president. mexican president thought they would go for a ride when he was on the ranch. not.........the saddle is on tour around the nation. lol

[Cleita]

13. Didn't we often see Raygun riding a horse on his ranch?

Have we ever seen shrub on one or even standing next to one?

[hector459]

14. No, horses are afraid of Bush. They see evil spirits.

I believe this is true.

[Karenina]

15. WHO HAS EVER SEEN THAT *ASSWIPE

as an adult on a horse? CASE CLOSED.

You gotta be able to establish an HONEST RELATIONSHIP to ride a horse.

*dauphin jes be stayin' "out of harm's way."

[stray cat]

16. Is that why he only clears brush?

[KamaAina]

22. Self-hatred

If you're afraid of horses, you are presumably also afraid of horses' posteriors... :evilgrin:

[doodadem]

26. The Horse's Ass

We own three horses on our little ranch. I've ridden for most of my life. I agree that not only will you not stay seated for long on a horse you are deathly afraid of, they also will not tolerate rough/mean handling for long (see earlier thread on Bush and animal cruelty).
I don't see the point of owning a large ranch if you don't want anything to do with animals. Hmmmm......is there a parallel here with Bush owning America, but wanting nothing to do with Americans? It reminds me of the old cartoon from the wizard of Id, where Rodney the knight comes running in and says, "Sire, the peasants are revolting". The king, looking down from his tower, sighs, "I know".

[Proud2BAmurkin]

27. Yup, the AWOL coward is afraid of them.

Read a story that he is always nervous and jumpy around them. Coward.

[AuntieM1957]

28. Here in Texas we describe fake cowboys like Bush

as "all hat, no cattle"

stretch it a bit - no cattle, no need for horses

[Taxloss]

40. "All sizzle, no sausage". n/t

[leyton]

30. Anyone seen the Will Farrell spoof ad?

Where he plays Bush in a campaign ad. It's relevant to the topic at hand, I promise... anyone have the link?

[deminflorida]

33. Here ya go....

http://slapnose.com/archives/2004/07/29/farrell_does_bush/

[Pooka Fey]

41. ROFLMAO ROFLMAO ROFLMAO :-)

[donheld]

31. It is true that Horses are afraid of W

That's horse sense.

[bklyncowgirl]

34. In order to ride a horse you have to be smarter than the horse is.

Actually, as a riding instructor and trail guide i've seen plenty of big mouth aggressive guys made fools of by horses.

My guess is that a control freak like Bootsie would not like entrusting his well being to a thousand pound animal with the intellect of a three year old child.

It's bad enough his dog doesn't listen to him.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

35. Horses can sense things about people.... mebbe some horses gave

him a hard time because of what they sensed.... they certainly shied away from the tsunami well enough.... it's quite possible that horses know what 51 million repugs can't figure out... heh heh heh....

I mean, they are talking about paying attention to animals for the possibility of predicting impending natural disasters and stuff.... perhaps horses sensed that we would have a 4 year natural disaster once all the chads were in.... who really knows these things???

http://www.uwstout.edu/ur/np/2002/fea_trec.html
Sixth sense
“The horses brought out the best in Cole, and he brought out the best in the horses. Horses, or animals in general, seem to have a sixth sense that makes them aware of an individual’s disabilities,” said Butkowski.

"aware of an individual's disabilities" 'nuff said.

[youngred]

36. Several reasons point to yes

He doesn't have any on his ranch, when with Fox he refused to go near them, when Putin came to visit crawford one of his requests was to ride horses and W refused (but granted others).

from the W, who named a man who thinks Calico cats are a sign of the devil, as AG it wouldn't surprise me

[screembloodymurder]

37. Yup, all hat and no cattle.

*?

[kskiska]

38. Bill had no problem

[not fooled]

42. a REAL president

*SIGH*

thanks for the neat photo: the horse looks perfectly calm and relaxed and so does the rider.

What a contrast to the current chickensh*t.

[Pooka Fey]

43. Pretty horse. Is it just me, or should that horse get a smaller rider?

[doodadem]

45. Clinton rides again!

Oh my gosh--where'd you get this pic? Never seen it, love it!
Although the dressage enthusiast (our style of riding) in me cringes at his obviously first-timer seat position and lack of a helmet, he looks like he's having a great time and the horse does not look unhappy.
Thanks a bunch!

[alfredo]

56. There's another one of him where he looks like Robert Redford.

It shows him and Hillary on horseback. Mountains can be seen behind him.

[Runcible Spoon]

57. dressage! trained to third level here...

before I gave it up and went to college instead.. :(

[Buns_of_Fire]

46. I believe he was thrown by a horse early in life...

And mumsy hadn't even put the dime in yet!

[No Exit]

50. LMAO! But wait, maybe it's not so funny...must've been brain damage n/t

[Buns_of_Fire]

47. Oh, and about holding up pictures of horseys...

That's an excellent idea, but I'd like to add one thing: Say "Moo!" while you're doing it. Make his tiny brain explode while he's trying to figure out how they milk those critters. :evilgrin:

[No Exit]

49. Well, what're we waiting for?

Why don't we all mount up and ride into DC on Jan. 20? Wouldn't that be a kick? And I can think of the perfect theme song, too... but can't mention it online b/c... but it ends with "he was the bravest of them all".

I only advocate riding horses--I never advocate illegal actions.

[No Exit]

51. Well, anyway, we know he's not afraid of horse droppings... n/t

[No Exit]

52. This thread is fun! And... I've got it! "Bonanza"

with them riding up... George H.W. as Ben, Neil as Adam, GW, of course, would be Hoss... and then Little Jeb. And "Bonanza" had this thing where the Chevrolet logo was burned into the picture like a branding iron... we could change that to the Chevron logo.

And their house-servant-of-a-different-race... Hop-Sing Powell.

[Dees]

53. Probably depends on how much he has had to drink...nt

[apple_ridge]

54. That would explain the administrations plans to eliminate

30,000 wild mustangs. Their evil is unlimited.

http://www.theunion.com/article/20041217/NEWS/112170073/0/FRONTPAGE

[Clark2008]

55. All hat, no cattle (eom)

[burythehatchet]

58. I don't know but I do know

that there isn't a horse who wouldn't kick him in the nuts if he had the chance.

[grasswire]

59. here's a real president

[grasswire]

60. and I have to add this photo...

...also from his trip to India: