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Bush's Western White House revealed: George W. opens the doors to his Texas ranch
The Daily Mail ^ | 7-8-14 | Joshua Gardner

Posted on 07/09/2014 3:55:59 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic

Former U.S. president George W. Bush recently opened the doors to his gorgeous Texas ranch to reveal rooms where he once hosted world leaders and where he now bides his time painting them.

Bush gave a tour of the Crawford home he completed just after becoming the nation's 43rd president in 2001 to Architectural Digest for the magazine's August cover story.

It's a rare glimpse at the sprawling property where Vladimir Putin once rode shotgun in Bush's pickup and where the younger of W.'s twins, Jenna, held her intimate 2008 wedding.

George and Laura Bush have retired to Dallas, Texas since the president's eight years in the White House, but spend considerable time in the tiny prairie town of Crawford at the so-called Prairie Chapel Ranch.

'We wanted the house to fit into the landscape,' the former first lady told AD.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: architecturaldigest; bush; crawford; prairiechapelranch
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Bush's Western White House revealed: George W. opens the doors to his Texas ranch where Jenna was wed and where he now seeks artistic inspiration

1 posted on 07/09/2014 3:56:00 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Looking forward to seeing his portrait of cindy sheehan.


2 posted on 07/09/2014 4:04:51 AM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Set up bunks for the kids coming across the border on his ok; Obama’s Hyde Park mansion, too.


3 posted on 07/09/2014 4:05:08 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Way more “green” than Algore’s place.


4 posted on 07/09/2014 4:16:02 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: gusopol3

Yes, I was thinking the same thing.


5 posted on 07/09/2014 4:16:32 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Who gives a Rats ass. Just another political elite that wants to destroy America for the rest of us.


6 posted on 07/09/2014 4:18:01 AM PDT by cp124 (Government is value subtracted.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Lovely house. I love the floor to ceiling windows.


7 posted on 07/09/2014 4:26:10 AM PDT by randita
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To: clearcarbon
"Looking forward to seeing his portrait of cindy sheehan."

Here it is...


8 posted on 07/09/2014 5:44:36 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: SamAdams76
yep. But AlGore doesn't care.

Nice place. I bet with all that glass, it's hard to keep cool in a Texas Summer. He can afford the AC bills, though. :-)

9 posted on 07/09/2014 6:05:18 AM PDT by wbill
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To: afraidfortherepublic

..I visited Ronald Reagan’s ranch—I don’t need to see anything else...


10 posted on 07/09/2014 6:15:27 AM PDT by WalterSkinner ( In Memory of My Father--WWII Vet and Patriot 1926-2007)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

I am amazed ranches even started around there. This is the most rock infested soil I have every seen. Every year more rocks ascent from below.

I spent some time outside the gate of Bush’s Ranch, I got to see were farmers had plowed, and over the years had stacked rocks into walls.

But what is amazing is that there are twice as many rocks showing in the plowed ground just waiting to be added to a wall.


11 posted on 07/09/2014 8:45:45 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Held my nose to vote.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Good. Move the illegals there.


12 posted on 07/09/2014 10:18:04 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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GW Bush ranch photos from over the years;

https://www.google.com/search?q=gw+bush+ranch&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=9Xy9U7XJH4KVyATh5oKYCA&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=941&bih=651


13 posted on 07/09/2014 10:36:37 AM PDT by deport
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

From Waco west it gets rockier with every mile. The ranches in the west had to be huge because it takes 100 acres or more to feed one cow. Down closer to the Texas Gulf Coast , in a good year, you can have one cow to 6 acres.

The Bush’s ranch is only 1600 acres, that is not very big if you are actually going to raise cattle. But I don’t think that was George Bush’s plan.


14 posted on 07/09/2014 5:57:22 PM PDT by Ditter
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