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Oh my.From Jason Horowitzs profile of Georgette Mosbacher a prominent Republican donor and her behind-the-scenes sister:
At the convention, they could be seen bickering outside exclusive donor powwows (Dont be upset, Georgette pleaded with Lyn outside a brunch organized by billionaire Paul Singer. It was an honest mistake.) or giddily relaying how Ann Romney, for whom Georgette has served on the host committee for several fundraisers in New York, privately reacted to Democratic attacks on her dressage-competing mare. (My horse has more style and more class in its hoof than they do in their whole deal, Lyn recounts.)
Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)Is she okay?
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)She really said that?!
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)It's always hard to tell
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)PDJane
(10,103 posts)Just another privileged white woman who needs new material.
Spazito
(50,387 posts)ANY horse's ASS has more real class than Mrs. Romney.
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)n/t
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)She is as clueless as her husband.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Even as a pampered competition horse wearing a $200 pair of shoes....
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)Honestly though, she may not even "know" that about her horse. I know that seems weird but at the level she rides, its quite possible her grooms do all the work.
She may only ever see its cleaned, polished, well shod hooves and never encounters the "icky" stuff.
I presume she was inferring that Dems are full of shit, but thought I'd make sure Ann really understood her insult.
bigtree
(85,999 posts). . . under Ann's horse's hoof. Precious.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)between this and Mitt tanning to attempt to appeal to Latinos on Univision if this is the Onion or not.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Or do you call your horse a she/her or he/his?
IT?
alsame
(7,784 posts)its owner too. This woman is just vile, she makes Lynn Cheney look warm and fuzzy.
librechik
(30,674 posts)with hay, grooming or training. It's a real American Horse, not a victim, even though it's of Arab extraction."
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)Romneys wife, Ann, who calls horses her passion in life, has an investment in them, including Rafalca, valued at as much as $500,000. The couples tax returns classify Ann Romneys pastime as a business that lost $77,731 in 2010, rather than a hobby, and as a passive investment instead of one they actively manage. Each of those decisions has tax consequences.
The Romneys tax deductions for their investment in Rafalca emphasize the distinction in the tax code between hobby horses and the horse business. Hobby expenses are harder to deduct than business expenses. Its a difference the Internal Revenue Service tries to enforce and one that some horse owners try to cross when they see their care-and-feeding bills, said Dessa Bergquist, an accountant at Eide Bailly LLP in Golden, Colorado.
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-27/romneys-have-tax-deduction-with-olympic-hopes-on-rafalca
If you or I keep a horse and never make a dime doing so, it is a hobby and we pay every cent of the costs with taxed dollars.
Anne Romney, tax cheat, mooch millionaire, she gets a subsidy from you and me. She Bilked It.