.... By now, of course, you know that I'm writing about this subject because a hard-working rodeo clown, Tuffy Gessling, wore a rubber mask of Barack Obama, or whatever his name is, while performing at a rodeo in Missouri. In the current climate, this is a mortal sin. I didn't even know they have rodeos in Missouri (and they may not after this), which is not really the west, but the home of nesters, sodbusters, and, no doubt, sheep-men, descendants of would-be westward-bound pioneers.

Who gave up. ...