Last month, I wrote about the myth that George W. Bush is a “rancher.” For the record, he bought his property in 1999 and all he does there is cut brush. Yet people still believe it represents his true identity, as this ridiculous question yesterday during a Q&A in Charlotte, NC illustrates:

Q Mr. President, I was raised on a ranch in New Mexico. And my heroes
have always been cowboys.

THE PRESIDENT: There you go. Thank you, yes. (Laughter.) I’m not sure I
qualify as a cowboy. (Laughter.)