Amy Davidson ponders dressage and Ann Romney's Olympian horse, Rafalca:
The potential reward for the Romneys is that voters will come to think of Ann Romney as a matronly Kerri Strug. The danger is that they will be haunted by a vision of a First Lady wearing a top hat in the Inaugural parade, riding through Washington on a high-stepping horse. None of this is Rafalca’s fault. The horse is on our team, as Americans. It would be churlish, knowing nothing else about horses—and let’s admit that most of us don’t—to boo him. But we shouldn’t let ourselves be bullied into waving little Rafalca flags, either.
The Romneys reported a business loss for the care of Rafalca that added up to some seventy-seven thousand dollars. This may be entirely within the rules, but it’s a reminder of how the tax code is full of pleasant surprises if one is rich, which remain invisible if one is not.
Earlier Dish on dressage here and here. Colbert captured the awkwardness perfectly, of course.
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