Did I say he was any better? Meet the new boss...same as the old boss. Psychopaths become president...or the SON of a VERY powerful psychopath. Whether YOU think they are or not...what you see is nothing more than a manufactured public image.

Someone earlier mentioned John Wayne as a symbol of manliness and American values.

"In reality the actor was guilt-ridden having avoided military service during the conflict, staying home with his children while other stars from Henry Fonda to Ronald Reagan enlisted.

Wayne preferred the comfort of a yacht rather than a saddle and while his on-screen kisses may have been bashful, off screen he was a sex-hungry, unfaithful husband.

Wayne’s inner turmoil drove him to extremes.

He smoked up to six packs of cigarettes a day, consumed heroic quantities of booze and food, and made harsh demands of those around him.

He often woke at dawn and roused his family because he disliked being alone.

His second wife Esperanza Diaz accused him of infidelity, violence and emotional cruelty."

But...all is not bad...

""He intended to play only men who mirrored his own beliefs, his own values,” says Eyman.

Yet while Wayne’s on-screen character was a man of constrained violence, in real life the actor was quick to apologise if his temper exploded.

From 1951 drama The Quiet Man until his death from stomach cancer in 1979 at 72, Wayne gave every cast and crew member on all his movies a personalised coffee mug as a thank-you.

On screen he was a man of action and few words, yet off camera he played chess and bridge, would quote Shakespeare and Dickens and had a penchant for Tolkien.

Fans of his Westerns never knew that Wayne collected Eastern woodblock prints and native American kachina dolls.

The son of impoverished parents who struggled throughout their lives, Wayne never lost his passion for catalogue shopping, buying gifts for family and friends until “mail-order packages would arrive in bunches, 10 or 20 at a time,” reveals Eyman"

My point? All is NOT what you see in the media...