This out-take from Fox News – leaked by the now outed mole – lifted my right eye-brow a notch when I first saw it:
Of course, I still have some strains of class resentment from my homeland, but a president who owns horses and whose wife's horse performs in dressage competitions? That's a royal family lifestyle. In case you're not familiar with dressage, The Hill helps out:
Romney personally selected the music accompanying the choreographed performance of a horse competing in an international dressage championship beginning Wednesday. Romney and his wife Ann co-own Rafalca, a highly regarded 15-year-old Oldenburg mare they have sponsored in numerous dressage competitions including this year’s World Cup Final, which takes place in the Netherlands.
Dressage is a highly disciplined form of horsemanship that can appear to look like dancing… DressageDaily.com revealed in August 2010 Romney also picked music from the soundtrack of the film “The Mission” for Rafalca's freestyle routine at the National Dressage championships.
And here is Rafalca in her dressage best:
Not exactly great positioning for a candidate campaigning for more tax cuts for the wealthy and massive cuts in aid to the poor. The top hat is a great touch, no?
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