[TXBlair]

Ok, I have to admit that I skipped over most of the article because the premise was so stupid. That said, I don't know how much time the author has spent here in Texas, but she has obviously bought into the old cowboy stereotype. You see, cowboys are only reserved and humble when the cows are armed with nothing more than never-ending supplies of manure. Granted, this is fairly rare, but when the cattle use weapons that they aren't even supposed to possess, and when they commit homicide bombings against other cattle, the cowboys suddenly become very aggressive and determined. They know that these evil cattle must be removed at virtually all costs. Perhaps these are the cowboys after whom President Bush has modeled himself.

[homeagain balkansvet]

Susan Faludi deserves to be forcibly married to a minor Saudi Arabian bureaucrat. As his fourth wife. I'm sure her father could get at least a camel in trade. Maybe even two.

[CyberAnt]

I think this poor woman has waaaaaay to much time on her hands.

[NYCVirago]

The media, including Faludi's pals at the Times, have done more to foster the "Bush is a cowboy" slogan than anyone else.

[sunshine state]

I tried to read this. God, my head hurts.

[WFTR]

This one should have been tagged with a "barf alert." What the idiot "writer" has completely ignored is that President Bush didn't start this fight, but he's working hard to finish it. I've written a rant for a month now about this topic and put it on my own site at It Didn't Start Last Night. Those who aren't tired of hearing it can check it there. Once one realizes that her premise is nonsense, the rest of this prattle falls on its back.

WFTR
Bill

[pawdoggie]

That's an awful lot of psycho-babble just to make one invalid point.

[WestTexasWend]

I'm sure Susan met a lot of cowboys during her stints at the Harvard Crimson, New York Times (copy clerk), Miami Herald, Atlanta J-C and the San Jose Mercury News. Oh, and the San Francisco bureau of the Wall Street Journal...lots of guys in chaps in S.F. (Check out her bio at Encylopedia Britannica's "Women in American History"...says it all.)

Those who believe Susan knows cowboys must also admire the military genius of the French and moral superiority of the Germans.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Yep. It's the latest talking point.

[MarkL]

Dear Susan,

In regards to your assertion that President Bush in not a "real" cowboy: Well, Duh!!! How many "real" cowboys graduated from Yale, Received an MBA from Harvard, and flew jets, rather than riding horses.

You really do need to get a life...

Mark