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note to self
Sep. 24th, 2004 08:12 amDear self: In re our monolog in the shower this morning. I do believe I have hit upon the proper epithet for Mr. G.W. Bush, thanks to the pioneering work of Dan "Ugly John" Carver. As I will recall, U.J. succinctly defined it in talking about cowboys, years ago in AZAPA. Basically, real cowboys wear boots for their work, which tends to get excrement on them. Your drugstore cowboy, on the other hand, has to look around in the street to find some excrement to get on his boots before going to his destination.
It's perfect. It seems a bit underutilized, too, with 1830 hits on Google for Bush "drugstore cowboy," and a lot of those have to do with the movie Drugstore Cowboy. What better term for a fake poseur like Bush? It's nice and Rovian too, in that it strikes at a supposed 'strength' and highlights the difference between him and the people he uses -- people who mistakenly believe he's "one of us." Sorry, folks, you've been lied to.
Drugstore Cowboy. All hat and no cattle. Someone offer him a ride on a horse and watch what he does.
It's perfect. It seems a bit underutilized, too, with 1830 hits on Google for Bush "drugstore cowboy," and a lot of those have to do with the movie Drugstore Cowboy. What better term for a fake poseur like Bush? It's nice and Rovian too, in that it strikes at a supposed 'strength' and highlights the difference between him and the people he uses -- people who mistakenly believe he's "one of us." Sorry, folks, you've been lied to.
Drugstore Cowboy. All hat and no cattle. Someone offer him a ride on a horse and watch what he does.
