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Cowboys
It used to tick me off when the Muslim detractors in the Middle East, or the
socialist detractors in Europe, Hollywood and others called our President a
cowboy, but the more I think about it, the more glad I am that he is. When I
was a kid, cowboys were my heroes. Well, I mean the ones in the white hats,
not the black hats, who were the bad guys. There was Tom Mix, Buck Jones,
Johnny Mack Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, Red Ryder, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, then
later Marshall Matt Dillon, and others. Personally, I think Gene Autry could
beat 'em all up, and then sing a song afterward to his girlfriend. He was my
favorite.
What were common attributes of these legendary cowboys? Here are a few:
1. They were never looking for trouble.
2. But when troubl came, they faced it with courage.
3. They were always on the side of right.
4. They defended good people against bad people.
5. They had high morals.
6. They had good manners.
7. They were honest.
8. They spoke their minds and they always spoke truth, regardless of what
people thought or "political correctness," which no one had ever heard of
back then.
9. They were a beacon of integrity in the wild, wild West.
10. They were respected. When they walked into a saloon (where they usually
drank only sarsaparilla), the place became quiet, and the bad guys kept
their distance.
11. If in a gunfight, they could outdraw anyone. If in a fist fight, they
could beat up anyone.
12. They always won. They always got their man. In victory, they rode off
into the sunset.
Those were the days when there was such a thing as right and wrong,
something blurred in our modern world, and denied by many. Those were the
days when women were respected and treated as ladies, because they acted
like ladies. Now as a senior citizen, I still like cowboys. They represent
something good -- something pure that America has been missing.
Ronald Reagan was a cowboy. I like Ronald Reagan, who was brave, positive,
and who gave us hope. He wore a white hat. To the consternation of his
liberal critics, he had the courage to call a spade a spade and call the
former Soviet Union what it was -- the evil empire. Liberals hated Ronald
Reagan.
They also hate President Bush because he distinguishes between good and
evil. He calls a spade a spade, and after 9-11 called evil "evil," without
mincing any words, to the shock of the liberal establishment. That's what
cowboys do, you know. He also told the French to "put their cards on the
table" (old West talk), which they did, exposing their cowardice and greed.
The Arabs are wrong. In the old West, might did not make right. Right made
right. Cowboys in white hats were always on the side of right, and that was
their might.
I am glad my President is a cowboy. He will get his man. Cowboys always do, you
know.
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