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05-06-2003, 07:16 AM
Andy Rooney says: They call my President a "COWBOY!"
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 Jack Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, Red Ryder, Gary Cooper, Roy
Rogers,
Marshal Matt Dillon, and others. Personally, I think Roy Rogers 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, but when it came, they faced it
with
courage.
2. They were always on the side of right.
3. They defended good people against bad people.
4. They had high morals.
5. They had good manners.
6. They were honest.
7. They spoke their minds and spoke the truth, regardless of what
people
thought or "political correctness," which no one had ever heard of back
then.
8. They were a beacon of integrity in the wild, wild West.
9. 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.
10. If in a gunfight, they could outdraw anyone. If in a fist fight,
they
could beat up anyone.
11. They always won.
12. They always got their man.
13. In victory, they rode off into the sunset.
Those were the days when there was such a thing as right and wrong,
something now 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 I am older, 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 cowardness 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.
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 Jack Brown, Hopalong Cassidy, Red Ryder, Gary Cooper, Roy
Rogers,
Marshal Matt Dillon, and others. Personally, I think Roy Rogers 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, but when it came, they faced it
with
courage.
2. They were always on the side of right.
3. They defended good people against bad people.
4. They had high morals.
5. They had good manners.
6. They were honest.
7. They spoke their minds and spoke the truth, regardless of what
people
thought or "political correctness," which no one had ever heard of back
then.
8. They were a beacon of integrity in the wild, wild West.
9. 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.
10. If in a gunfight, they could outdraw anyone. If in a fist fight,
they
could beat up anyone.
11. They always won.
12. They always got their man.
13. In victory, they rode off into the sunset.
Those were the days when there was such a thing as right and wrong,
something now 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 I am older, 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 cowardness 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.