Posted on 08/30/2004 7:06:16 AM PDT by blue_thunder
It used to tick me off when the Muslim detractors in the Middle East, or the socialist detractors in Europe, Hollywood and other cesspools of America called my 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, the black hats were the bad guys.
There was Tom Mix, Buck Jones, Johnny Mack Brown, Hopalog Cassiday, 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 girl friend. 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 it 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 spoke the 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 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 do, you know.
- Anonymous
Well, now I'm grown up and it's cowboys and Muslims. Guess who will win?
There is more truth in this than most people will realize.
More than they can handle, actually.
The code of the West.
Muslims, Europeans and liberals don't get it.
And quite frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Yee Haw!
http://www.zanegreysws.org/zgwsread.htm
I hadn't read it before.
Also consider how many "cowboy" actors were respected Republicans. Whether it was Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood... and even Robert Mitchum and Charlton Heston made westerns.
I believe that Roy Rogers was as well (but would need help on the other cowboy stars).
all I got was "page not found" could you check your URL and repost or Freepmail me the link, I'd like to see it. thanks
I don't know why you would have gotten that error message.
The url is http://www.mypresidentisacowboy.com
Just cut and paste into your browser's address bar.
Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Tim McCoy, Gary Cooper and yes, Roy Rogers, were all staunch conservatives. I think Warren Oates may have been one as well. In one interview, he was incapable of using the word "liberal" without prefacing it with the words "weirdo pinko".
DID you register last week just to promote your website?
I'd have accepted your post had you been involved in our movement longer than one week. But since the TIMING IS SUSPICIOUS, that makes you suspect IMO.
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