Reply #42: Bush is not one of the "little people"

[Bridget Burke]

Even though he does wear lifts in his shoes.

We call The Western White House a "pig farm" because that's what it was. But Bush is too elite to actually raise pigs. Or cattle. Or anything. Even before his recent physical & mental problems, he was afraid of horses.

It's really obvious that the "ranch" is a stage set where he can be isolated from DC & pretend to be a man of the soil. Lots of rich Texans buy rural retreats--but quite a few of them actually get into it. The Bush family had quite a few years to put down Texas roots but they never really tried. A Houston hotel suite was Bush Sr's Texas address when he was President; afterwards, he & Ma Bush had a house built on a tiny lot they owned in Houston's 3rd or 4th most prestigious neighborhood. Tanglewilde is not farming land--it's just outside the 610 Loop.