Slopped at the public trough all his life? The Texas legislature meets every two years. Do you think he sat around? He was a farmer. He farmed. He raised wheat and cotton and cows. He drove John Deere tractors and went to church on Sundays. But then for some pretentious people, farming isn’t a business. It isn’t a job. It isn’t work. His experience in farming and the farming community is what got him elected as the Texas Agricultural Commissioner in Austin — his first full-time government job. He beat the long-time incumbent Democrat like a drum. It was awesome.