# If another piece of shit calls Bush a “cowboy”…you best be out of my shootin’ range. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341 "2003-03-18T18:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NutWrench](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nutwrench/32/20193_2.png) [@NutWrench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NutWrench)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/21 "2003-03-18T21:39:48Z")
Still, it’s kind fun to picture ol’ George with a ten-gallon hat, standing amidst the cattle, shotgun pointed whichever way he thinks EYE-RAK is, and drunkenly bellowing 'I GAWTS YALL IN MAH SITES, YOO DAMN MUSLIMS! YEEEE-HAW!" ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/22 "2003-03-18T22:09:46Z")
Can I call him Alfred E. Newman? ---
**Author:** ![CBEscapee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@CBEscapee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBEscapee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/23 "2003-03-18T23:10:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by alice\_in\_wonderland \* > \*\*Can I call him Alfred E. Newman? \*\* Somebody beat you to it! [Look here](http://supak.com/bush.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/24 "2003-03-19T00:25:06Z")
I’m ashamed George Bush is “from” Texas (for tax and “work” purposes only). I think he is a triggerhappy pistol packing Yosemite Sam. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/25 "2003-03-19T00:30:20Z")
_High noon… Dubya and Saddam square up_ Dubya: Reach for it, pardner! \*(Saddam pulls out a scud) (Dubya pulls out 300,000 marines, an air force, and 200 cruise missiles) (Saddam jumps on his horse and high tails it) (roll credits)\* ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/26 "2003-03-19T00:50:58Z")
W, when i was young, I used to call your name. and, W, when i was young, W, you always came, to tell me the inspectors have had enough time and now we bomb! Shane! George W. Shane! Come back Shane! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/27 "2003-03-19T01:01:51Z")
Stop calling me an assorted furriner, and I’ll stop calling Bush a cowboy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/28 "2003-03-19T01:03:05Z")
Heh. I can’t believe that you’re even bothering to complain about this. What pisses me off is when they start calling our President a “Yankee.” He ain’t no Yankee. I’m an old-time, flannel-wearing, dairy-cow-milking, apple-picking, rock-ribbed YANKEE, and I resent those who would apply the term to pretenders. Call him a “rebel” if you must. Those dirt-scrabblers deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![j\_kat\_251](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@j\_kat\_251](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_kat_251)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/29 "2003-03-19T01:06:20Z")
There’s sometimes a buggy… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/30 "2003-03-19T03:42:38Z")
I’ve also always thought it was weird too. I’ve always felt they were going for “Gunslinger” but people using buzzwords tend to not dig too deeply into definitions. Incidently there was an article with a similar theme at [Canada.com](http://www.canada.com/national/features/iraq/story.html?id=945ADDC3-CCA3-4E37-86AC-3FAC98A04EF7). When he says “un cowboy” please note that “un” is an article and means means “a” in French so he’s saying “a cowboy.” ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/31 "2003-03-19T05:40:35Z")
If not a cowboy, how 'bout an outlaw? GWB: Resolution? We don’t need no stinkin’ resolution. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/32 "2003-03-19T06:13:33Z")
_Crocodile Dubya_ Saddam pulls out a scud Dubya: You call that a bomb? That aint no bomb. [pulls out a MOAB] Now, THAT’s a bomb! ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/33 "2003-03-19T06:18:33Z")
“Now, isn’t that just like a dictator, bringin’ a SCUD to a MOAB fight?” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/34 "2003-03-20T05:36:17Z")
And do we have to put up with descriptions of him as an _“American”_? ::sigh:: I suppose he was born here… ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/35 "2003-03-20T05:40:05Z")
Punk-ass? Can we all agree on punk-ass? ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/36 "2003-03-20T05:43:59Z")
How about “punk-ass cocksucker”? Yeah, nobody’ll have a problem with that… ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/37 "2003-03-20T05:47:40Z")
Punk-ass is good, I’m ok with punk-ass. “Cocksucker” is insulting to people who suck cocks, though. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/38 "2003-03-20T05:49:38Z")
“Punk-ass?” Okay, I can deal with “punk-ass.” Just don’t call him a “Yankee” or a “Yank,” or I’ll have to drive up to Canada and beat up somebody just like my next door neighbor. Shows you, ya’ Canuck, you. And I didn’t put a superflous “u” in “neighbor” either, just to irritate you. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341/39 "2003-03-20T05:59:08Z")
**Diogenes** , thank you for informing me of my error. I shall refrain from using that term in the future, unless specifically asked to do so by the person sucking my cock, or the person whose cock I am sucking. I will probably also make an exception for women with riding crops whose orders specifically require use of the term, but wish it to be noted that in those situations I will use the term with full knowlege of its offensive nature and under protest. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-another-piece-of-shit-calls-bush-a-cowboy-you-best-be-out-of-my-shootin-range/162341.md?page=1)