Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:22 PM

kpete (38,868 posts)

Guardian Headline--Ann Romney's horse fails to win dressage but avoids offending British

Ann Romney's horse fails to win dressage but avoids offending British
Rafalca, owned by Mrs Mitt Romney, was impeccably behaved and well received by Olympic equestrians in Greenwich

Never for a second during her seven-minute performance did a hoof stray dangerously mouthwards, nor did she do anything at all to offend or upset the host nation. From the moment she entered the Greenwich Park equestrian arena at 12.15 on Thursday afternoon, the most famous political horse since Caligula toyed with making a consul of Incitatus seemed in her element.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/02/ann-romney-horse-dressage-medal?newsfeed=true

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Guardian Headline--Ann Romney's horse fails to win dressage but avoids offending British (Original post)	kpete	Aug 2012	OP
Hahahahahaa, this is funny!	Lasher	Aug 2012	#1
That's hilarious.... n/t	hlthe2b	Aug 2012	#2
FAIL (R). As usual. Soooo Republican	Berlum	Aug 2012	#3
Fine, but how much am I going to have to shell out for a can of Rafalca?	DCKit	Aug 2012	#4
Oh my	Berlum	Aug 2012	#5
OMG, Paris Hilton as a pony!	DCKit	Aug 2012	#6
We paid $77k for that?! nt	ecstatic	Aug 2012	#7
Well that horse sense for ya.	turtlerescue1	Aug 2012	#8
But but but .. There's still the beam & floor ribbon-thingie exercise	SoCalDem	Aug 2012	#9
One wonders what is the psychological attraction to a sport	Shankapotomus	Aug 2012	#10
Good for the horse!	LeftishBrit	Aug 2012	#11
So another rMoney fail - they couldn't teach a horse to fart on command.	HopeHoops	Aug 2012	#12
Cheeky Brit writer, lol	pinboy3niner	Aug 2012	#13

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:23 PM

Lasher (20,462 posts)

1. Hahahahahaa, this is funny!

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:24 PM

hlthe2b (47,248 posts)

2. That's hilarious.... n/t

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:35 PM

Berlum (3,667 posts)

3. FAIL (R). As usual. Soooo Republican

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:11 PM

DCKit (18,189 posts)

4. Fine, but how much am I going to have to shell out for a can of Rafalca?

My doggies are hungry, and I've got to bribe the pitbulls at daycare! Damn rappers.

And when is Elmer's coming out with their "Rafalca" line of glues? My little darlings can't be the last ones to have it.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:18 PM

Berlum (3,667 posts)

5. Oh my

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:42 PM

DCKit (18,189 posts)

6. OMG, Paris Hilton as a pony!

Don't take what I wrote seriously. A lot of my friends are horses and other animals... just not the groundhog that's made my life a living hell and ate all our peaches off the tree. That one has to go.

Surprisingly, there's a recipe for woodchuck in "The Joy of Cooking". The second she crosses between me and nothing vital....

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:43 PM

ecstatic (18,598 posts)

7. We paid $77k for that?! nt

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:46 PM

turtlerescue1 (1,013 posts)

8. Well that horse sense for ya.

Too bad Rafalca cannot teach it to MittTheTwit.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:51 PM

SoCalDem (99,661 posts)

9. But but but .. There's still the beam & floor ribbon-thingie exercise

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:52 PM

Shankapotomus (2,294 posts)

10. One wonders what is the psychological attraction to a sport

that requires the exertion of so much control, down to it's every move, over another sentient being? I wonder if the Romney's regard their personal staff and help as nothing more than puppets on a string.

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Thu Aug 2, 2012, 05:36 PM

LeftishBrit (29,611 posts)