You mean like Ronald Reagan's cowboy image.
Who makes you the judge of what is authentic? I guess because Reagan played a cowboy in the movies that makes it authentic.
Reagan also did not become a big spending, get along... go along Senator.
No, he became a big spending, get along...go along President, who among other things raised the SS retirement age, raised FICA taxes, and reduced benefits. He also approved the first amnesty of illegals rather than confront the problem of porous borders.