Don't know him all that well, but he seems like a straight shooter.
The answer, of course, is that the straight shooter never existed.
"He was an absolute straight shooter who thought that hard work would get him to the right place."
The guy was a straight shooter all the way, with a beautiful wife at home waiting for him.
But playing it as a straight shooter brings its own array of problems.
I found him to be a straight shooter who doesn't allow politics to get in the way of good policy.
He likes to position himself as a "tough guy" and a straight shooter.
After all, this was the straight shooter who once said: "Make someone happy today.
These men looked like straight shooters, and there was something about that fellow with the gray hair.
I always thought he was a straight shooter until then.