We'll always have Baghdad. . .

I suppose the passage of time will help diagnose more conclusively the causes of my helpless endearment to the President; but here's what I know: John Wayne wouldn't have done anything different at that press conference in Iraq and he would have had a script. Being a cowboy should never have become a bad thing.

I can't recall who sings them but these are some fine lines from the forbidden genre:
"I should have been a cowboy
I should have learned to rodeo ride
I'd be wearing my six-shooter
Riding my pony on a cattle drive

Stealing the young girl's hearts
Just like Gene and Roy
Singing those campfire songs
I shoulda been a cowboy"