So, what have we learned from the Crazy Rancher Guy saga?

You have undoubtedly heard about Cliven Bundy of Nevada, who refuses to pay federal grazing fees for, um, grazing his cattle on federal land. When government agents, acting on a court order, tried to remove Bundy’s cows, they were met by armed resisters. The agents wisely withdrew rather than risk bloodshed, and the resisters declared victory.

This was Bundy’s happy time. He was a star on Fox News, where his new friend Sean Hannity asked him probing questions like:

“How far are you willing to go?”

“How far are you willing to take this?”

“What would happen if they came in the early morning hours one day to your ranch?”

Bundy’s job was to say things like: “Just come on! We’ll take you on!”

A careful listener might have deduced that this was not the sharpest hoof in the herd.

But he was the man of the moment. A Fox News correspondent announced Bundy was “a folk hero.” Senator Dean Heller of Nevada called for hearings on the behavior of the federal agents. A congressman from Arizona drove to the ranch to pay tribute.