The Faux Texan

There is a funny piece of Bush trivia in the December 3rd issue of The Texas Observer (if you aren't a subscriber spend a few bucks - it will be the best spent money for a liberal Texas political junky you can spend - published by-weekly with regular columns by Molly Ivins and Jim Hightower among others. Go to www.texasobserver.org). The quote, about the faux cowboy rancher W: "locals speak in code when they define people as either rancher or ranch owners. It's a nice way of acknowledging ranch owners aren't real ranchers. (Note to the White House press corps: Before the Bushes bought land in Crawford in 1999, the 'ranch' was referred to by locals as the Englebrecht hog farm.)"

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