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Originally Posted by Clutch Munny
If anything, the impression of GWB as a fumbling hick was a creation of his campaign team. That he is something of a dullard is something they had to play out somehow. It's far more forgivable (indeed highly endearing) to much of the American public if it's seen as a manifestation of tongue-tied honest cowboy simplicity. The spoiled, hyper-rich fratboy dullard from an Eastern seaboard Washington-insider dynasty doesn't play well in the least.
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I agree with you clutch. I lived in Texas for some time, and there is an aspect to American rural and Southern culture that tends to glorify the dullard who beats the system, or succeeds somehow. A quick scan of culture will show you examples. Barney Fife, Hank Hill ("King of the Hill" was always the number one show in its time slot in Texas when I lived there), Forrest Gump, etc.