PICS- ever wonder why they madeW out to be a "rancher" and not a "farmer"?

[underpants]

President George W. Bush helps a worker plough a field with a hand tool as Yedugiri Sandinti Rajaskhara Reddy (R), chief minister of Andhra Pradesh State looks on during a tour of the Acharya N.G. Ranga Agriculture University in Hyderabad, India, March 3, 2006.

[liberal N proud]

1. Quick snap the picture, now get that damned thing away from me

[zbdent]

4. "and get the garden tools away from me too . . ."

[Dhalgren]

2. What a clueless goober...

[hippiechick]

12. I couldn't have said it better myself!

What a freakin' simpleton he is. Not to mention, embarrassment. :(

[BlueManDude]

14. That about sums it up.

[electropop]

3. Why the hell is that guy giving him a pickaxe?

President Doofus needs to be kept far away from sharp objects.

[zbdent]

5. jeez, at least Whittington was 30 feet away

sorry, 30 yards away . . .

[pointblank]

13. He was probably hoping he'd choke on it. nt

[HereSince1628]

6. "Kickers" are heroic kknights, plod-crunchers are slaves to dirt

Herders are better than farmers since Cain and Able.

[11 Bravo]

7. "Brokeback pig farm" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

And looking at the pictures, I'll bet the jug-eared little prick smirks in his sleep!

[underpants]

10. These are bound to be web classics

Just like the CLASSIC shot of W mugging it up when the big red Mongolian door wouldn't open.

[Solly Mack]

8. because they wanted to call him a planter but felt it too revealing?

so they settled on rancher...

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. I love the people in these photo ops

they are so subtle and polite while they make a fool out of the chimp.

[Robeson]

11. Just another Potamkin Village photo op set up for our Czar....

...this guy is nothing but a stage prop for corporate America.

[Ilsa]

15. Old prejudices...re: rancher vs farmer

An old disparaging remark for farmers was "clod buster". Seems like a gentle, passive activity versus the rough and routy rancher who has to ride and drive the herd. Farmers may also be perceived as receiving govt subsidies, whereas people don't speak that way about ranchers. Excellent marketing plan, even though either way is a lie.

[underpants]

16. BONUS photo!!!!

[Sadie5]

19. I'll just bet that the Chimp is Soooo, happy

Gets to wade in all that manure. Gets his shoes coated with the thick stuff he likes to dish out. Haven't heard of him clearing brush lately. Guess he put a few more minimum wage workers out of business. He was keeping the Gardner's busy for a while there, as fast as they planted the 'shrubs', Chimpy cut them down.

[donco6]

17. Both are ridiculous attributions.

I've known plenty of real ranchers, and they work their butts off. Bush hasn't known a day of real work in his life. I define real work as, "Doing something you don't want to do, but you have to do."

[spanone]

18. He's too stupid to be a farmer. He'd starve to death.

[genie_weenie]

20. Being a Rancher Evokes John Wayne, Farmers are

who John Wayne had to save

Post #6 and #15 are right on the moo-ney, as well.

Didn't he graduate from Yale? How can DUers say Chimp is dumb? Chimps are some of the world's most effetive hunters and they use tools! Of course, I think we should check if * has an fully opposable thumb...

[WinkyDink]

21. How about:: "Bush cares less that this is a WOMAN who must plow fields

by HAND to earn a few cents."

[blindpig]

22. So that he wouldn't be confused with a vegetable?

No, that can't be right, he's still left with that horse's ass problem.

spellcheck is my friend

[Coexist]

23. Aren't ranchers supposed to ride horses?

Never seen him mount up yet.

[ThomWV]

24. Because the Marboro Man ain't no Sodbuster

Rove and image.