PERSONALLY, I BELIEVE THEY LOOK SOOOOOOO SWEET TOGETHER!

The Houston Chronicle looks at reaction to an AP picture of President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah walking hand-in-hand during a visit Monday to Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas.

While it is Saudi custom as a sign of friendship and respect among men to hold hands while walking, some folks here saw it as rather odd.

Good ol' boys tend to keep other guys at arm's length — unless they've just scored a touchdown.

The Chronicle story even asked a morning radio host about the picture:

John Walton, an arbiter of a certain Southern political correctness at KIOL/97.5 FM as part of the Walton & Johnson morning radio show, didn't realize it was a Saudi custom, but he thought it was OK for Bush to take the prince's hand.

"I think (Bush) would do just about anything to get the oil prices lower," Walton said.

Bush and Adbullah certainly looked happy and relaxed walking among the bluebonnets. Could this Saudi tradition of hand-holding catch on among men of the South?

Hmmm, go ask your daddy what he thinks.