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truebluegreen

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3. Purchased in 1999,

Mon Jul 28, 2014, 08:25 PM

Jul 2014

1500 acres (a "hobby" ranch by Texas standards) and stocked with--I believe--about 10 cows.

"Brush clearing" was the only kind of "ranch work" he could do with his city boy background....he was afraid of horses.

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Crawford TX no longer the place for Bush sightings... [View all] Punkingal Jul 2014 OP

actually didn't Reagan retire to his ranch? dsc Jul 2014 #1

I think the point is Reagan actually was a rancher (kinda sorta) Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #6

Yes, he had owned the property for some time. amandabeech Jul 2014 #8

At least Reagan rode horses. tclambert Jul 2014 #20

GW couldn't even stay on a segway swimboy Jul 2014 #26

President Goofus, in every way imaginable. n/t amandabeech Jul 2014 #33

Now I get it dsc Jul 2014 #9

No, they retired to a mansion in Bel Aire.... Punkingal Jul 2014 #14

The only difference was that Reagan actually rode horses instead of cowering in fear of them tularetom Jul 2014 #2

Purchased in 1999, truebluegreen Jul 2014 #3

I remember reading that they actually trucked in the "brush" that he was always so buys clearing. niyad Jul 2014 #13

He became afraid of Segways, too awoke_in_2003 Jul 2014 #16

Pretzels, too. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #17

and bikes... Javaman Jul 2014 #56

Christ, he was probably afraid of cows NBachers Jul 2014 #36

LOL.... Punkingal Jul 2014 #37

I thought "everyone" knew that Bush's "ranch" was a fake...was I mistaken? CTyankee Jul 2014 #4

If by "everyone" you mean . . . gratuitous Jul 2014 #22

Whenever the media reported "from the ranch" kskiska Jul 2014 #48

Sad thing is the media knew it was fake but played along. Kingofalldems Jul 2014 #25

Image is everything. The suckers lapped it up. BillZBubb Jul 2014 #5

It was a pig farm when he bought it, iirc. nt HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #7

I just remember that big roll of hay on the trailer thinking where the fuck did.. Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #10

Stage prop, like the rest of it. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #12

haha LittleGirl Jul 2014 #19

Yes, but . . . OldRedneck Jul 2014 #27

Completely incorrect. HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #42

I've seen conservatives hold this place up against Al Gore's home as an example.... Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2014 #44

That's what I thought. A gussied up hog parlor. cordelia Jul 2014 #15

it was all props....the weed whacking....all bullshit and the media played it like a stradivarius spanone Jul 2014 #11

Order a few pizzas and strike the set Blue Owl Jul 2014 #18

I wish he'd let us SS recipients go dove-hunting there. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #21

It was a place to put him on ice -- away from the press. zonkers Jul 2014 #23

I wonder what he's going to do with that huge chunk of land defacto7 Jul 2014 #24

Paraguay. And it sits atop South America's largest aquifer. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2014 #54

Oh yeah, but the shrub-lovers passed around those pix Ilsa Jul 2014 #28

The media tried to pass off a modest ranch LibDemAlways Jul 2014 #29

They always wanted to pretend to be an "average American family"...... Punkingal Jul 2014 #32

President of Mexico says Bush afraid of horses OldRedneck Jul 2014 #30

Shooting doves? senseandsensibility Jul 2014 #38

more cool photos here SoCalDem Jul 2014 #41

I remember Fox saying that Bush walked like he had two watermelons under his arms. n/t kskiska Jul 2014 #51

Or a stick up his ass. Punkingal Jul 2014 #53

And no horses nadinbrzezinski Jul 2014 #31

Crawford was a prop. The cThe owboy hat and boots are gone too. Cheney dug out HIS old sabrina 1 Jul 2014 #34

Shrublet was as phony as they come. lpbk2713 Jul 2014 #35

I doubt that you could get rid of the, yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2014 #39

I'm surprised that Bush stayed in Texas. Major Hogwash Jul 2014 #40

No other state would have him. Punkingal Jul 2014 #50

Fake from day one. trumad Jul 2014 #43

Oh no! They must be completely taken over by brush now! tanyev Jul 2014 #45

I thought they had moved on, but then I saw this last month: n2doc Jul 2014 #46

Good grief....that article was nothing short of worshipful. Punkingal Jul 2014 #49

"...earthly paradise"? 3catwoman3 Jul 2014 #55

Can't let a thread like this go by without a link to Will Ferrell as Bush out at the ranch. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2014 #47

Time to update the documentary... PoliticAverse Jul 2014 #52

He bought ranch in 99, sold it just before leaving off #prop themaguffin Jul 2014 #57

I'd like him to be... 3catwoman3 Jul 2014 #58