Why Monica? Clinton 'cracked'

[derspiess]

So, why is the middle aged (or more) Putin parading around, flexing muscles, wrestling Russian bears and other manly stuff, for the cameras? I haven't really gotten that yet. Is it not enough that he's a national leader, former chief spy of the KGB? But he has to do what he thinks is showing himself off? Something wrong with his priorities, and/or he's over compensating for something.

It's not without precedent, actually.  Mussolini did the same thing.

[Savonarola]

It's not without precedent, actually.  Mussolini did the same thing.

That's true.  Mussolini had the horse handler edited out of this photograph so he'd appear more heroic:



The handler was holding the reigns; you can see how he was edited out as sort of a blob.

[Caliga]

I assumed the horse was just a hellhorse with superheated breath. 

[The Brain]

So, why is the middle aged (or more) Putin parading around, flexing muscles, wrestling Russian bears and other manly stuff, for the cameras? I haven't really gotten that yet. Is it not enough that he's a national leader, former chief spy of the KGB? But he has to do what he thinks is showing himself off? Something wrong with his priorities, and/or he's over compensating for something.

Because all the stereotypes about Russians are true.  "Today comrades, I shall shoot tiger and save beautiful woman!  OoooRah!"

Russians do everything backwards.

[Razgovory]

Maybe if it had a saddle he wouldn't need the horse handler.

[swallow]

:squints: is that a female horse he's riding? whimp

[Barrister]

:squints: is that a female horse he's riding? whimp

They're called a mare or a filly.

Or could the horse be a gelding?

But anyways - calling it a female horse?    

[swallow]

:squints: is that a female horse he's riding? whimp

They're called a mare or a filly.

Or could the horse be a gelding?

But anyways - calling it a female horse?    

My non-excuse was I was emphasising its gender rather than age or 'treatment'. Pllus I can never remember the various labels!  So whaddya think?  Male or female?  ps  I can talk about baby ducks and baby cows too

[Barrister]

My non-excuse was I was emphasising its gender rather than age or 'treatment'. Pllus I can never remember the various labels!  So whaddya think?  Male or female?  ps  I can talk about baby ducks and baby cows too

I actually paid for a large part of my university education by typing out the night's horse racing results for the local newspaper.  Oh, the odd bits of information you can learn by doing that...

[Agelastus]

So, why is the middle aged (or more) Putin parading around, flexing muscles, wrestling Russian bears and other manly stuff, for the cameras? I haven't really gotten that yet. Is it not enough that he's a national leader, former chief spy of the KGB? But he has to do what he thinks is showing himself off? Something wrong with his priorities, and/or he's over compensating for something.

It's just a "cult of personality" thing; eastern despots/would be despots tend to like them, and at least he's a lot more subtle about it than Mao, Stalin or Kim Il Sung.

[Ideologue]

Maybe he's just proud that he's not a fat fuck or dead at his age.

[Caliga]

"cult of personality"

[DontSayBanana]

Maybe Mussolini also edited out the horse's pecker because he didn't want a bigger one in the photo.