Phony to the Core...

PHONY TO THE CORE: The "Ole Family Ranch" in Crawford is a Set Completed the Same Day the Election was Stolen

PHONY TO THE CORE: The "Ole Family Ranch" in Crawford is a Set Completed the Same Day the Election was Stolen
By Cheryl Seal
Have you seen all those article and pictures of Bush "at home on the ranch" in Crawford - the ones that imply that he is "just an ole ranch hand" more comfortable on the family homestead than in the "Big City," be it Austin or D.C.? Well, if you bought this image, you've been royally snuckered. The Bush family homestead in Crawford is nothing more than an elaborate set. The house, built in 2000, was designed to be ready for Bush to step into - like a set awaiting an actor - during the 2000 presidential election. Not only was the "ranch" created in 2000 - so, essentially, was the "town" of Crawford! Before then only about 400 people lived in the area. The Crawford Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture were formed shortly after the ranch was finished...

Anyone else see a story such as this after Grand Theft 2000? YOu gotta hand it to the Bu#es, propoganda is what they know best. Too bad they don't know much else...

[Edited on 8-8-2003 by Thorfinn Skullsplitter]

Other than that same ol' propaganda line that he stole the election (You have to give the reporter an A for towing the party line to 'nth degree) the article was an interesting one, and one that doesn't really shed new information. Even those of us way over here in Alabama were laughing at that whole idea. But it never was made out that Bush had lived there for a long time, or any time at all. As a matter of fact, I remember when they bought it and started setting it up for Bush to visit. Regardless, the idea of Shrub being a cowboy is hilarious. Reagan he ain't! And the notion of him being a cowboy isn't the only thing fake, either; he's as much a conservative as he is a cowboy!

Much the same was reported of Adams and 1600, Pennsylvania Ave.
these d**ned politicians!

But fear not: merely a nod from Her Majesty and the Brits will come to Crawford and burn it down.

lol, Estragon, we did however finally get an apology of sorts from Blair over that:

Sprinkling witty asides throughout, in one instance Blair said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., had escorted him past the fireplace where the British had burned the books of the Library of Congress in 1814: "I know this is kind of late, but - sorry," Blair said to laughter.

But, if you chaps want to burn something there's a certain family compound in Hyannisport, Mass., that I for one wouldn't miss

Bush and Blair, separated at birth? Both of them are masters of spin! But the lengths Bushes boys went to to get him in office are quite staggering!

Splendid anecdote, Bob: the Kennedy address will be passed on to the appropriate authorities in London.