(SNN Waco) Long seen as a paragon of soft spoken grace, on Saturday night, Laura Bush’s show was all blue. At the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, Laura showed that she could be as bawdy as the rest of them. But in doing so, did the First Lady go too far?

Did the First Lady go too far?

Now it’s good for everyone to let their hair down from time to time, but in doing so, it is important to remember the implications of the message. Commenting on her husband’s ranching skills, Laura said, "He's learned a lot about ranching since that first year when he tried to milk the horse. What's worse, it was a male horse." This statement has caused many teens to believe that it is ok to masturbate horses.

Police have been kept busy around the President’s home town of Crawford Texas. More than three hundred attacks on horses in area surrounding Waco have been reported in the last 3 days alone, up 50% from last week.

The effects on ranches could be devastating

While it can be hoped that this is a short term trend, the effects on ranches could be devastating. Buster “Clint” Stagger of the Circle K Ranch in Valley Mills says, “The horses, they’re nervous, especially around the young people. My prize stallion Liberty cringes when I touch him, and I can see in his eyes that he just doesn’t trust people any more.”

But many point out that this is just the latest in a string about allegations of horse abuse by the Bush family. These most widely held allegations are laid out in the book ‘Horse of Bush, Horse of Saud’, by Craig Unger. Prince Bandar Bin Sultan has called the allegations “Hogwash”.

posted by NewsBlog 5000  # Wednesday, May 04, 2005