From: Gene McAloon 

Bush is no more a rancher than I am. Because he calls his property a ranch
doesn't make it one. If a steer ever appeared on his property, he would
probably
flee in terror.

On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 10:47:33 -0400, "Steve Ewing"
 wrote:

>On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 23:49:22 -0400, Gary Britt 
>wrote:
>
>> If you own a ranch and live there, then you are by definition a rancher.
>> Provide a reference where President Bush has ever said he was a rancher
>> prior to owning the ranch?
>>
>> Gary
>
>As you know, I listen to Imus: he has what he calls a "working cattle
>ranch" that he runs for kids with cancer, SIDS siblings, and such: the
>point is that as a real ranch with cattle and horses and so on, he
>requires year-round hands to tend to the animals and do the chores,
>although the ranch has he and the kids only part of the year.   I don't
>know that Bush has, as well, but being a "windshield cowboy"
is much more
>convenient for what is at the moment essentially a vacation home.
>
>An interesting point for Imus's ranch is that it may be unique among
>"working cattle ranches" in not slaughtering the cattle: in fact, it's
>vegetarian--
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0875969194/102-5788807-1005750?v
=glance

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