[zarodinu]

I hail from Russia and we are used to this kind of crap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7yjCaCQPO8

The idea is to convince the populace you are a politically strong leader. People subconsciously respect you more if they think you can kick their ass. For Obama it is especially important to shed off the pinko-commie-girly-man label, and be regarded as a strong and powerful leader.

[the invisib1e hand]

For Obama it is especially important to shed off the pinko-commie-girly-man label, and be regarded as a strong and powerful leader.

That's not likely.

[Kara1000]

Shedding the pinko-commie-girly-man image won’t be a cake walk. He is very feminine and very pinko.