Well I'll be hog-tied and bamboozled

Bush says he hasn’t seen 'Brokeback Mountain MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Asked his opinion of the movie "Brokeback Mountain," President Bush hemmed and hawed.

"You would love it. You should check it out," a man in the audience told Bush Monday during a question and answer session at Kansas State University.

After some hesitation — and laughter in the audience — Bush said, "I’d be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven’t seen the movie." The audience laughed some more, and Bush, who owns a ranch in Texas, allowed that, "I’ve heard about it."

Never mind the potential for positively filthy puns, nor any charges of latent homophobia/masculine insecurity–unless it’s a skillful plant from his handlers (which could very well be), hoo boy, George W. Bush just took a non-scripted question in public.