Or is this author an outlier with terrible taste?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/20/is-it-a-bit-fishy-that-i-fancy-vladimir-putin?CMP=soc_3156

I just don't get it. He is an old man with a wrinkly torso. I bet I could take him in a fight! Is it because of his power and status?

How about other dictators/revolutionaries/leaders?