Nobody was asking Gary Bauer such questions that day (except perhaps for pointed contrast), because the obvious hook for these questions is Bush's alleged hypocrisy.
Bush's hypocrisy was the obvious reason for the questioning.
One of the largest and most popular rodeo events in the country is held in December at the Thomas and Mack Ceter and features 10 whole days of the nation's top cowboys and cowgirls riding bulls, broncos, and roping calves.