Heh. So "Arugula" is elitist but "Dressage" is just plain folk...

[Pholus]

Hey, I can buy Arugula in the lettuce case. Dressage? Had to look it up this morning.

Another case of "it's only wrong if you're a 'D'" I guess...

[Motown_Johnny]

1. I'm wondering how the "Anglo-Saxon" thing will play in Israel and Poland.

As far as the Olympics go I just hope that the bailout he took to save the Salt Lake games becomes common knowledge.

[goclark]

2. keep kicked for answers

[lolly]

14. Or Ireland--

Not that Romney was likely to enthrall the crowds in Dublin any time soon.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

20. Anglo Saxon does sound a bit Aryan

[hedgehog]

3. I caugh t a few minutes of Morning Joe - apparently Romney is

surprised to find out that his wife owns a horse at all, let alone that it is going to the Olympics! Dressage? What's that? Stuff you put on salads?

[JHB]

28. What's all this fuss I hear about 'Massage Horses'?

[HopeHoops]

4. If arugula is criminalized, only criminals will have arugula.

[UTUSN]

5. R#7 & K for, excellent point. n/t

[bluedigger]

6. I like my Po' Boy with dressage.

Never with Arugala.

[ananda]

7. Some people like..

.. Thousand Island Dressage with their Arugula.

[Javaman]

8. Aruguala? what's this all about? nt

[jmowreader]

31. Arugula is a salad green that President Obama likes to eat

The GOP tried to paint him as an elitist during the 2008 campaign when he said he liked to eat arugula.

In the 2012 campaign, the guy who uses a whole ream of paper to print out one copy of his tax return is jus' folks.

[Javaman]

32. good lord, this is what they complain about?

well, I hope the GOP's collective colon clogs from lack of ARUGULA.

[Bellerophon]

9. Growing up

I knew a lot of 99%ers who did dressage. Wasn't my thing anyways rode western and a bit of english. You don't have to be rich to have horses and to be honest horses make you poor

[Pholus]

23. I really didn't know that term! After that much Scrabble --

I am shocked to find a common word I miss. Must be that double "s" in the middle...

[bullwinkle428]

10. Anyone hear Romney getting asked about dressage this morning on NPR?

He was all, "RAFALKA??? WHAT'S A RAFALKA? IS THAT SOME NEW KIND OF BREAKFAST CEREAL THE KIDS ARE INTO THESE DAYS?"

[hootinholler]

11. Arugula - I'm pretty sure I went there on my honeymoon.

Nice water and amazing cacti.

-Hoot

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. LOL!

Good one!

[obamanut2012]

12. Call it "rocket" like the Brits do

That makes it sound tough and "manly."

[smirkymonkey]

27. Not to mention phallic.

Arugula is actually the Italian name for the green. How can that possibly be elitist by Mitt's standards?

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Arugula is simply not Anglo-Saxon enough. Watercress is the correct choice. Endive in a pinch.

nt

[LiberalEsto]

15. I thought "dressage" was the garlicky-flavored stuff the 1% pours on arugula

and other ultra-fancy mixed greens.

Salad dressing is for the 99%

[Gregorian]

16. Prancing horse with a huge carbon footprint- OK.

In my horse person encounters, they have mostly been republican mounted. I think it's something to do with the Reagan cowboy legacy. Something like that.

[nichomachus]

17. Dressage -- isn't that what Rudy Guiliani does?

[AndreaCG]

29. You just made tears come to my eyes

I'm laughing so hard. Well done!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Dressage isn't "elitist" if done on an ostrich or killer whale.

Unless, of course, you are eat arugula while doing so.

[Arkansas Granny]

19. And for those who are keeping score,

This is elitist


This is just plain folk

[Rosa Luxemburg]

22. Arugula with thousand island dressage

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[JI7]

24. in 2004 Green Tea was elitist, the whores thought green tea was above those little people in

iowa .

[roody]

25. In N. California climate, arugula comes back every year

if allowed to go to seed. It is a survivors' food.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Careful that horse might like arugula

[riderinthestorm]

30. Dressage is practiced by virtually anyone who rides, even the common folk, even cowboys.

Its a fancy french term for "training". It's the methods and techniques to produce a more harmonious ride. Period. Some people take it to the art form that used to be required by warriors (all the dressage moves you see were once battle moves - the horse was akin to a tank in warfare). What looks like "fancy dancing" is more akin to tai chi - they are movements designed for a very different purpose. In order to keep the sport alive, they've simply strung the battle moves together into a test of obedience set to music.

But basically everyone who rides, including the plain folk, practice dressage when they get serious about riding.

Just like tai chi or fencing - its as much or as little as you make it. At the Rmoney's level, its clearly in a whole different level than the average Buck training video but they're all the same really.