Just think how bad its gonna look when they show romney's horse prancing in the Olympics.

[Solomon]

Whooo eeee. Incredibly bad timing. Every "strength" is now a weakness with this guy. I don't see how he's gonna make it past the convention if he gets that far.

Poster boy for the rich leech lifestyle. Can't help of thinking about all the poor souls who lost a living so this guy can show off a prancing horse. I think others will be thinking that too when they see that horse.

Ba ba ba bad.

[Motown_Johnny]

1. and we know he got a $77,000.00 tax cut for his horse last year

That will play into the narrative nicely.

[emulatorloo]

11. Awesome!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

2. I wonder what it costs to send a horse over there and board it

for however long it remains in the competition.

[shraby]

5. That's probably deductible as an expense.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. I don't know much about the Olympics and even less about dressage

but unless the horse wins some kind of purse from the Olympics committee, are there any earnings from which to deduct expenses?

[Solomon]

15. good point. hobby expenses aren't supposed to be

deductible. And if he wins something, he's only supposed to deduct as much as the winnings and no more.
Now I'm wondering how he got a deduction in the first place. Is dressage a business? Seems more like a hobby to me.

[jmowreader]

19. Dressage is a business...

if you breed and train dressage horses.

The Romneys, so far as anyone can tell, just have this one horse out there prancing around and don't do any of the other things that dressage people use to earn money to feed themselves.

[aquart]

21. Well, there's the other drugged-up horse they sold.

That cost them a few bucks in cash atonement.

[lonestarnot]

8. Nothing extra, just strap him to the roof of his jet.

[calimary]

10. ROFL!!!!

My horse won't let me vote for romney! (Not that I have one, but my dog has certainly let me know that!)

[Gregorian]

12. Hahahaaaaaaaaaa

That deserves a round of applause.

[Arugula Latte]

14. Photo courtesy of DUer Earth First

[Hoyt]

16. That's funny.

[lonestarnot]

17. There see he's done it before, why change now.

[Marie Marie]

3. And the truly amazing thing is that he is not even embarrassed about it.

Plus hard to keep up a tough guy image when your hobby is a dancing horsey. Can you just imagine how fast they would call Obama a pussy if this was his thing? I guess we slobs just don't get it.

[Motown_Johnny]

24. Hell, he is proud of it. Free publicity. Just shows how out of touch he is.

I can't wait until the animal rights people start talking about how bad that shit is for the animals.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. You mean like this?:

[sadbear]

9. “And horse prom is black tie motherf*****s.”

[Solomon]

6. It's gonna provoke a lot of commentary.

None of it good for Romney.

[lonestarnot]

7. He better give bushitler a call and see if he can share his under a rock space. He's certainly

going to make it onto an embarrassmitt mint can.

[n2doc]

18. If it goes like a typical olympics, viewers won't see much if any

The horse events are usually buried while the bigger events are hyped. You have to go to the internet to watch them mostly.

[pinboy3niner]

20. You can bet cable news will show sidebar clips of Rafalca competing

You may even get some new cartoons out of it.

[CTyankee]

22. This could be the perfect payback for the Kerry windsurfing ad where he

is seen surfing to the right and then to the left, with the "Blue Danube Waltz" being playing behind it. The Dems, I hope, will use the same damn music whilst showing the prancing, dancing dressage horse.

THAT would be delicious, in your face, cold, hard revenge...

[pinboy3niner]

23. +1

[CTyankee]

27. I'll betcha the Blue Danube Waltz is in the public domain...

[Quantess]

26. And so much easier, too.

Windsurfing is kinda cool, and a lot more normal than riding a fussy, prancing, ballerina horse.

[adigal]

25. I wonder if the commentators will talk about the tax write-off n/t

[targetpractice]

28. Romney's took the horse talk off the table...

...with some lame excuse that it was an unfair attack on Ann's Multiple Sclerosis therapy.

I'm sure they don't want to talk about dressage, animal abuse, the fraud, etc... But, they want a gold medal!

[flamingdem]

29. But no worries we'll keep it on the table and out of the stable

as long as we can stand it anyway

[myrna minx]

30. The DNC took it off the table. Move On et AL has made no such promises.

I think the American Public should be be well informed about what a Romney-esque tax deduction looks like.

[riderinthestorm]

31. All costs are paid by the USOC. Honestly I think its the wrong message to ding any American Olympian

The expenses for the rMoney's horse have been paid by a private Olympic committee for a long time already and will continue to be paid just like any Olympic athlete.

Supporting the Olympic athletes, even this horse, is the right thing to do. Obama will come across as FAR better if he takes the high road and gets behind the team - all of the team.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, dressage is not a rich man's sport - virtually anyone who rides utilizes dressage from the poor kid on the Pine Ridge reservation to Kali the DU rancher. Its an ancient battle skill like fencing and is preserved by the rich guys at the highest levels to the benefit of all, like fencing or poetry. At its base however, its the improvement of a horse and rider's communication skills and harmony.