WASHINGTON THERE are two American archetypes that were sometimes played against each other in old Westerns. The egghead Eastern lawyer who lacks the skills or stomach for a gunfight is contrasted with the tough Western rancher and ace shot who has no patience for book learnin’. The duality of America’s creation story was vividly illustrated in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance,” the 1962 John Ford Western. Jimmy Stewart is the young attorney who comes West to Shinbone and ends up as a U.S. senator after gaining fame for...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/09/18/the_right_wing_is_the_stupid_party_263706.html
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