Why Crawford, Texas?

[smirkymonkey]

I can't figure out for the life of me why the Idiot-in-Chief vacations - or even has property - in Crawford, Texas.

Between the heat, the chiggers, the endless brush and the fact that there is absolutely nothing about this place that would make it a vacation destination for even the impoverished, let alone a filthy rich member of the Bush family.

I know he needed to have a home somewhere in Texas in order to establish residency, but there must be place in the state that are vastly superior to Crawford in every way.

Also, why wouldn't he go to Kennebunkport in the summer where he'd be by the ocean and where the weather would be much more tolerable?

The only reason I can think of why he goes to Crawford, Texas is that he's a fucking idiot. What do you think?

[movie_girl99]

1. I live in Texas and why anyone would vacation here is beyond me n/t

[whistle]

2. Perfect hide-a-way for the Empire of Crime don't cha think?

[smirkymonkey]

14. Yeah, but so is Montana and it's much cooler and far more attractive

than Crawford.

[Dora]

3. It's close enough, but far enough too.

In short: isolation.

Texas is also home to a large network of corrupt politicians and corporations. He's just tending to his roots.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Oh of course

He can claim to be of the people and a real cowboy to draw people to him and all that.

[Bethany Rockafella]

4. Are there any lakes near there?.

[movie_girl99]

7. yeah we have lakes-o-plenty here n/t

[OrlandoGator]

5. It was cheap land he bought in 1999 on an old landfill site.

His handlers decided that he should have a ranch "back home" to further promote his "folksy, down-home" mannerisms. It was a campaign prop.

[Clark2008]

16. I thought it was a pig farm. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

17. I agree that it made sense during the campaign, but to spend

one's summer (albeit undeserved) vacation there is just lunacy in my humble opinion.

[Missy M]

6. To show he is just a down home, tough, no nonsense,.....

brush clearing cowboy every bit as Reaganesque as Reagan. I used to get a kick out of seeing photos of Reagan with his cowboy hat and string tie when he was at his ranch.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

8. this is the story I heard.

Not sure where & not sure if it's accurate, but dumbya lived in a gated community in Austin. When he decided to run for prez (or his handler's decided) they realized the gated community would not go over well with the little people. Hence the mad scramble to buy a farm. Funny, the Crawford joint used to be a pig farm. I find that truly ironic.

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[smirkymonkey]

19. A pig farm atop a landfill - how appropriate for the trashy little swine.

:evilgrin:

[evil eggplant]

9. Braindead locals

They were interviewing a woman who has a little store in town. She sells all kinds of chimp souvenirs, and she loves the chimp.

She believes with all her heart that the chimp is a moral guy who would never do the bad things he is being accused of doing. She willingly swallowed all the BS, despite the facts.

Everyone in Crawford seems to feel the same way.

They're all a bunch of fucking morons. The chimp is a fucking dope, too.

Maybe there is something in the water over there that fucks up peoples brains.

[Tims]

23. Not true

The local paper did not endorse him for reelection and the Mayor has openly criticized him. It may be a majority of the people in Crawford are red neck trailer trash, but definitely not all.

The ranch is just a prop, nothing more. It's not even a ranch in any real sense of the word. G-dub would probably much rather spend his vacations in Kenebunkport, but his handlers won't let him.

[MazeRat7]

11. where else can you get 1600 acres for a cool 1.4 mil ?

Complete with a couple of lakes, creeks, and rolling hills....And besides Pickles bought it. With Georgies money, even if he is just along for the ride.

Here are some aerial shots if your intersted...
Warning... this load took several minutes over high-speed cable....

http://cryptome.org/bush-ranch.htm


MZr7

[Cleita]

12. To me the nicest part of Texas is the Hill Country, which

Austin sits right in the middle of. I can't imagine him getting a warm welcome in Austin though. It's way too liberal.

Actually, Crawford is easier for the SS to protect the Chimperor. It's one of those places that anyone not from around there would stick out like a sore thumb. Considering the cheesy furniture and lack of attempt to do any landscaping around the house, I don't think Crawfordians will see a sign of the Bushes after George leaves office.

One pig ranch for sale in scenic Crawford.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Good point - it does seem rather "collapsable," doesnt' it?

I suppose he still needs to vacation there to show that he's a "real down-home" Texas cowboy.

Not that anybody's buying it.

[tridim]

13. He can get wasted and play with his plastic army men in the basement

and no one will know about it.

He's about the most boring person I know of.. Bumfuck TX is perfect for him. It's also probably easier for the SS to guard him there.

[smirkymonkey]

22. LOL!

That's a great visual! :rofl:

[Norquist Nemesis]

15. IIRC, the "Family" (read: Church) was involved

and he took advantage of it.

[rainbow4321]

18. He's not welcome in the "vastly superior" parts of TX cuz

Those are all the BLUE areas.....

Dallas, Austin, El Paso, Houston (I think a good part of it, anyway), TX/Mex borders, are all Blue...hence, he gets to stay put in the middle of no where with his fake photo ops of cutting down trees and brush.
When he does venture out of his ranch, it is to the neon red suburbs of these cities..looks good on the national news clips to make it look like Texans can tolerate his ass.

[demnan]

20. Isolation

he's so afraid to be out among the people that he retreats to a place where there aren't many.

[bmbmd]

24. You know, I don't like the man any more than you do

but I love central Texas. The climate, the culture, the cuisine, the people, the scenery-unbeatable in my book. I guess everybody's clock gets wound a little differently, but Texas takes the taco for me.

[johnnie]

25. Because..

He is true, genuine, cow-folk.:eyes:

[charlie]

26. Probably because the cheapass bastard

got a sweet, sweet deal on some digs he's eventually going to abandon anyway. Check out the ridiculous assessment on his home:

http://www.boston.com/realestate/galleries/pres_res/2.html

[Crankie Avalon]

27. For the obvious reasons, silly...

...because it's the height of symphony season down there and the big Cezanne/Pissaro exhibition is passing through.

Only Crawford fits the bill as the oasis of culture and stimulation that a beautiful mind as varied and imaginative as his happens to be be demands.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. Bush is in competition with Nixon, Reagan and his Dad

Nixon had the vast expanse of the western White House, a section of ocean front in San Clemente, California, next to the Camp Pendleton Marine Base that's now worth millions (I think the reverend Schuler lives there now, the guy with the Crystal Cathedral).

Reagan had to have the many acres of the Malibu Ranch, with its horses and trails.

Poppy of course has Kennebunkport, itself a very impressive estate.

Bush couldn't use Kennebunkport, as he is in competition with Poppy's image (although he owes everything to his father). Bush wanted a fiefdom of his own, equal to those of the other Republicans in recent times, reflecting his own nature and his roots. Since Bush has no true roots and is a plastic image, neither a New Englander nor Texan, and since he has no character but only the values of a used car salesman, he chose a fake ranch located on a landfill, in a place that has almost nothing.

I don't think Democratic Presidents have felt the need to put quite as much emphasis in their estate retreats as Republicans have, but I could be wrong. Republicans seem to think they're Louis XIVth, with their Versailles Palace in Washington and with lands, castles, and estates for summering and wintering around the country, taking their royal court with them. I don't think Clinton had a royal castle and I'm not sure about Carter and his family peanut farm.