Campaign Trail: Mitt’s Horse Talk Video Leak
With the news that Santorum has dropped out of the race, the heat’s on Romney. And what better way to alienate him from the voting public than the only-for-the-rich subject of horses?
As we recently reported, Mitt’s wife Ann is a Grand Prix dressage rider whose mare Rafalca will compete under Jan Ebeling at the World Cup Final in the Netherlands later this month.
A recently-leaked video of Mitt chatting horses with Fox News’ Sean Hannity has surfaced on Gawker.
[Click here to watch the video]
ABC’s “The Note” blog has since speculated that Mitt’s horse ownership classifies him as a “rich out-of-toucher,” further elaborating that “dressage is very competitive horse riding in which the animal’s mane is often braided and the riders wear top hats and long coats.”
Often-braided manes? Really, ABC? You get paid for that research?
Whether you love Romney or loathe him, I think we all agree: As the race heats up, we equestrians must prepare ourselves for what’ll probably be one of the worst onslaughts of horrible horse puns (and ridiculous equestrian misinformation) in mainstream media history.
And if you see something, say something: We at HN will do our best to highlight, laugh heartily and bring light to all the horsey mishaps along the way.
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Where did ABC get their info? The manes are ALWAYS braided for recognized shows and only the upper level riders wear shadbellies. Jeez. Nowadays, a number of the upper level riders are trading their top hats for helmets, which is great!
Well yeah, everybody knows how expensive it is to braid hair. Give me a break. At least point out something that really costs money.
I knew I would love Horse Nation! Don’t know what I think about Mitt but I love Ann and didn’t know she was like minded!
thank god i am a canadian. i think you all should put some big ass distance between the the horse world and mr.mitt. you had better watch out you do not loose your equine insurance.
I am thankful Ann is “into” horses! Maybe our “equine friends” will have a chance to live free from their newly handed death sentence from Obama, “Horses for Slaughter for Human Consumption” Really… 80% or more of Americans are against this! I pray this law will be overturned and also all the abuse the wild horses are suffering will end as well; and all the other animal abuse. We are better than this!! I would never vote for a “person” that has openly admitted he has eaten dog and found it to be tuff and now condones horse slaughter for human consupmtion as well. When we have a new President, hopefully these abuses will end!!