Oh, you're so terrible, they said. How dare you monsters make fun of something as classic and elegant and beneficial as horseback riding, they said. There is nothing mockable about dressage, Ann Romney's fancy horse sport, they said. Well, they can turn on their Olympic daytime coverage right now and see for themselves. Dressage is happening live, and it is weird.
The Atlantic Wire has conclusively proven that it is 100 percent okay to make fun of Ann Romney's fancy horse sport, dressage, but the time for mockery has passed. It's the first day of dressage at the Olympics, so we must now celebrate the beauty of Rafalca.
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Reporters are not allowed to even see Ann Romney's fancy dancing horse Rafalca—much less whisper an interview to her—before she competes in dressage at the Olympic Games on August 2.
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