I truly believe Putin is trying to portray himself in the manner of Dubyah.......a rugged cowboy, fighter pilot.
Strange how the media down-played W’s natural machismo - well maybe not.
W always struck me as an enjoyable guy to go to a ball game with or maybe have a few beers at a sports bar.
Baraq is a strange duck, a race baiter with an Ivy League education, a Chicago crook but yet a guy who couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag. Rich Trumka's politics in the body of Woody Allen.