Comments on: The Cowboy And The Patrician

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:55:30 +0000

Sniff, sniff… Aw shucks, right-thinking Texans wuv me

By: ~Neophyte Pundit~

~Neophyte Pundit~ — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 13:01:49 +0000

Carnival of Pre-Presidential Debate Posts
Here are the Pre-Presidential Debate analyses of many bloggers. Thanks to all who have submitted your thoughts, I hope you can all send me a post-Debate response as well. La Shawn Barber: La Shawn Barber’s Corner The Cowboy and the…

By: Mitchell

Mitchell — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 12:55:23 +0000

Andy- you know the drill. Texas is a state of mind. Come home when you can! Bush ROCKS!

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 03:14:34 +0000

hehehe.

Here’s a question to bonafide Texans: Can I still refer to myself as a Texan, albeit expatriated Texan? IIRC, I wasn’t banished nor exiled, didn’t ever renounce the Yellow Rose, I’m just residing amongst furriners.

I got there as quick as I could, stayed as long as I could. Although for the past decade plus, I’ve been away, I still dream of Texas — particularily East Texas and DFW.

I also had a younger brother and sister follow me there and they’re staying put. And even all my best friends live in Texas.

Long live the Lone Star State!!

By: Two Cents

Two Cents — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:54:06 +0000

Ruth & Richard,

Heck, many of us Texans from less “rigorous” climates are willing to grant an extra year’s Texas residency credit for every year spent in Midland or Odessa! And triple points for marrying a Texan. Especially one like Laura Bush. I’ll never forget the look on his face when he said in New York, “And we love our First Lady!” And the return look in her eyes was priceless. There’s a bumper sticker that says, “I wasn’t born in Texas, but I got here as quick as I could.” That pretty much says it for me.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 02:44:06 +0000

don’t know about the “Bush lied” routine, but Krugman sounds a little envious because he knows his guy is an elitist patrician from New England who can’t possibly match Bush in manliness, at least in the opinion of the American people (and me).

The patrician was on a boat dodging real bullets, even though he only received “minor” injuries. What dream world do you live in where a born again recovered alcoholic whose wild childhood (his words) ended at 40. In may part of the country those guys are called rummies, in some states they call them governor.

By: Bendan

Bendan — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 01:17:35 +0000

Manly? Think The Bird Cage.

By: Ruth H

Ruth H — Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:31:59 +0000

Richard,
I am a Texan… I was born in Oklahoma but as we TEXANS are fond of saying, I got here as soon as I could. that means 1942, I was 6 years old. Nobody would call me an OKIE and get by with it now. And even at my age, an old lady, I like his swagger!
It is real, it is Texan through and through. And so is his accent. We don’t sound like southeners unless we come from east Texas, GWB is from WEST TEXAS. Good Grief Charlie Brown, give it a break.

By: Wallace-Midland, Texas

Wallace-Midland, Texas — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 04:08:16 +0000

little bit incongruous to call GWB a Texan

The Bush family has been official residents of Texas for over 50 years…..part of that time living around the corner from me. I think 50+ years qualifies one to take the title of Texan.

By: Jim R

Jim R — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:29:05 +0000

Jack has got to be running out of material. This article is soooo juvenile. Someone please pass him a tissue.

By: Ric Locke

Ric Locke — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:28:07 +0000

George Bush was born a blueblood New Englander, and spent his early years in the dissipative pursuits of the members of that tribe who have nothing to do. (Blueblood New Englanders have contributed a lot to this country, but not all of them are so responsible — like other groups.)

When he decided to turn his life around and become a contributor, he was living in the middle of a culture that differed greatly from his native one and put a premium on self-confidence growing from responsible behavior. So he adopted that culture and the outward symbols of it, not because it is “better” in any objective sense but because it’s different — and to a man trying to change his life, it’s important to be in proximity of symbols different from what he had known previously.

He still doesn’t have the Texas twang down all that well, but he projects the rest of it very nicely in the opinion of this Texas native. The “swagger” is simply the natural walk of a man who is certain of his center and confident of his own strength. It is, in fact, the way my neighbors walk, and perhaps I do as well (I rarely watch myself.) If you find it offensive, I pity you your accustomed cringe.

Regards,
Ric Locke

By: noah

noah — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:29:55 +0000

actus, remember to chew well before you swallow that. and wash it down with your koolaide. that will hit the spot just right, guarenteed.

By: actus

actus — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:00:35 +0000

“Richard Hall, hahaha, that is so funny. Yeah, I can just imagine President Bush standing in front of a large mirror walking back and forth practicing his pseudo texan “swagger””

He learned that those new england ways don’t play well in texas when he lost his first political campaign.

By: actus

actus — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:57:45 +0000

“elitist patrician from New England who can’t possibly match Bush in manliness, at least in the opinion of the American people (and me)”

Plenty of people think dubya is also a new-england blue blood, son of the same new england schools as kerry. In fact, he’s got the more elite harvard over kerry’s boston college. But facts aren’t meant to get in the way of myths and stereotypes.

By: ratso ferrari

ratso ferrari — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 16:47:51 +0000

It’s normal for Paul Krugman and the NYT’s to look down on a cowboy, after all they love the “girly-man” type of guy.