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Will Bush's Crawford "Ranch" be put up for sale before March 1, 2010?

Settled as No

Background: Bush Drops Fake Cowboy Shtick
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120464/bush_drops_fake_cowboy_shtick/?comments=view&cID=1110305&pID=1109708#c1110305">http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/120464/bush_drops_fake_cowboy_shtick/?comments=view&cID=1110305&pID=1109708#c1110305<;/a>

George Bush bought his "ranch" down in Crawford in 1999 shortly before he started running for president. And now that he's done with politics, he is moving out of there as soon as he possibly can. The Bushes have bought a new home in a tony neighborhood (and until recently a whites-only community) in Dallas. So, what happened to retiring down to the ranch?

FYI: The ranch was a former pig farm.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

 
Forecast history %
Yes
1%
No
99%
Settled as No on Mon 1st Mar 4:15am PST

Suspend date: Sun 28th Feb 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 1st Mar 4:15am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 28th Feb 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%

Action history:

Created Sun 18th Jan 2009 3:14am PST by saadhusain
Changed Question text Sun 18th Jan 2009 6:43am PST by destry[Admin]: ... for sale before March 1, 22010?
Changed Suspend date Sun 18th Jan 2009 6:43am PST by destry[Admin]: was: "2010-03-31 23:59:00"
Settlement requested Sun 28th Feb 9:26pm PST by dieseldog: no news of bush putting the ranch up for sale before march 1st. settle as no please.
Suspended Sun 28th Feb 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'No' Mon 1st Mar 4:15am PST by destry[Admin]

Suspend date: Sun 28th Feb 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 1st Mar 4:15am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 28th Feb 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

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Comments (3)

  1 bigken1
Great question... If one reads your backup info, it really looks like the whole ranch thing was a political fairy tale that everyone, particularly the press, bought into!!! Fascinating.. I just think that Bush won't want the myth seen to be true until he cashes in, with "his view on the world" -- writing a few memoirs first...
posted 1 year ago
I hope his book BOMBS.
posted 1 year ago
  3 jake
To Conspiracy, he wouldn't want you to buy it so save your money.
posted 1 year ago

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