Some political analysts in Malaysia say it is Mr. Abdullah's attempt to overcome a too-nice-a-guy image that has led in part to a political crackdown that is under way now.
She had a bit of a tough guy image, but that was let down a bit when she always dived behind the sofa at the Dr Who theme music.
It's easy, people say 'sportspeople with a good guy image' – it's not an image with him, he's actually one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.
It is easy to see sportspeople with a 'good guy' image but it is not an image with him.
Walker, the son of a minister, came from modest circumstances and cultivated a regular guy image, with jokes about his $1 sweater from discount retailer Kohl's.
Vice-President Joseph Estrada, who wants to become president and revels in a tough guy image, is likely to relish the Spratlys issue.
Well, The Los Angeles Times says Mr. Obama is trying harder to cultivate a regular guy image, something Mrs. Clinton's been able to do quite well, says Jodi Kantor of The New York Times.
He strives for "total discipline" but can be prone to curious public statements (declaring his 19- and 21- year-old daughters "available" in his victory speech ); he has fashioned a "nice guy" image while sometimes offending ( saying, for instance, in 2001 that lesbians having children was "not normal").
Green is seen as rugged and manly, without the unreliability of red or the just-a-friendly-guy image that blue can give.
Non-funnyman Maher dredged up a textbook-perfect bad guy image storm for Obama; a storm chock full of racial stereotypes, and the terrible finger pointing by much the public and the GOP at Obama for the BP catastrophe.
His campaign notes in a news release that each ad in the series "will open with Brown inside the cab of his truck, made famous in the 2010 special election as a symbol of his 'regular guy' image".
