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This is interesting... But the way Putin is marketed in Russia is very different and very intentional.

The Russian culture appreciates a manly-man. All assertive ans strong and such. When Clinton was dipping his wick in Monica, the Russians feeling was that of impressed; this was a real leader we can associate with.

You don't think we would prefer a "manly man"? Certainly not my #1 requirement, but geez...

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We historically always liked "manly men" up until shortly after WWII. Then it turned into the age of JFK, etc.

Look how many presidents were war heroes, etc.

not as many as you think...

I acknowledge Bush I's service, but don't call him a "hero'. Same with Carter (USN). I have better luck calling JFK a war hero.

Eisenhower... Teddy Roosevelt... then you go way back to US Grant. Now, prior to Grant, we had many ... Taylor, Tyler, Jackson... Washington and Jefferson.

By the mid-19th century, we realized that the nation needed intellectual leadership. Not some ex GI.

Well, we could use a leader now.

Unfortunately, I don't see any floating around D.C.

Russians are barbarians......we are the new millenium types nowdays....Reagan was a man's man.....

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I don't know if you misread what I wrote? After the age of JFK is when the trend changed. That was largely in part due to television and people were picking candidates (ie, JFK) based on appearance rather than content.

This is an internet list, not sure how accurate it is:

Thirty of our presidents served in the military.

George Washington - Commander in Chief of Continental Army during the American Revolution.
James Monroe - served in American Revolution
Andrew Jackson - American Revolution, War of 1812, First Seminole War
William Henry Harrison - Indian wars in the NW territory, War of 1812
John Tyler - War of 1812
Zachary Taylor - War of 1812, Black Hawk, Second Seminole, and Mexican wars
Franklin Pierce - Mexican War
James Buchanan - War of 1812
Abraham Lincoln - Black Hawk War
Andrew Johnson - Civil War
Ulysses Grant - Mexican War, Civil War
Rutherford Hayes - Civil War
James Garfield - Civil War
Chester Arthur - Civil War
Benjamin Harrison - Civil War
William McKinley - Civil War
Theodore Roosevelt - Spanish-American War
Harry Truman - WWI
Dwight Eisenhower - WWII General
John Kennedy - WWII
Lyndon Johnson - WWII
Richard Nixon - WWII
Gerald Ford - WWII
George Bush - WWII

These Presidents all saw action in Wartime. The following served without conflict.

James Madison
James Polk
Millard Fillmore
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan - kept out of combat due to bad eyesight
George W. Bush

The remainder of the presidents were not in the military.

John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
Grover Cleveland
William Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Bill Clinton


Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_many_US ... ary_careers#ixzz1jq05kbXL

PS....BHO never served in the military.

I hate getting into political conversations...mostly because you can't make everyone happy and there really isn't a middle ground for safety with the exception of just keeping one's mouth frig'n shut...

...but, I don't see a need for a certain mold the pres needs to fit in. Simply, I don't think they really have the power or final decision in anything. He might sit in the nig chair but there are a lot of people pushing and making his decisions for him.