He really is getting old.

[jkswiss]

[Kent]

What?

What am I supposed to see besides the old guy?

[Delija]

Originally Posted by Kent

What?

What am I supposed to see besides the old guy?

LOL.....hey Sherlock....look again!


Peace,
D.

[Kent]

Originally Posted by Kent

What?

What am I supposed to see besides the old guy?

Originally Posted by Delija

LOL.....hey Sherlock....look again!


Peace,
D.

Note the little wink at the end of the old guy.....


I was just being funny.

[cucamelsmd15]

He does play it off well in the video though
John McCain Loses His Bearing With Microphone - The Jed Report

[AZXD]

Why, when I watch the video .... Do I get the impression that he might be copying George

[jmichna]

Aside from the humor topic of this thread, it has always amazed me at how much every president ages during his term in office, especially two term presidents. They really ought to take before and after photos... it is really something. These guys look pretty much spent after serving term. Some start to look younger a couple years out of office, some just get older.

Love or hate their politics, that is one tough job.

[Frenchy]

I completely agree, jmi...




Eight years later........

[AZXD]

Originally Posted by jmichna

Aside from the humor topic of this thread, it has always amazed me at how much every president ages during his term in office, especially two term presidents. They really ought to take before and after photos... it is really something. These guys look pretty much spent after serving term. Some start to look younger a couple years out of office, some just get older.

Love or hate their politics, that is one tough job.

A bad divorce can have the same results.

[Delija]

Originally Posted by jmichna

Aside from the humor topic of this thread, it has always amazed me at how much every president ages during his term in office, especially two term presidents.


.............love or hate their politics, that is one tough job.

Well, they say that stress ages you quickly. They also say that being POTUS is the hardest and most stressful job there is (easy to believe.....even campaigning is a 24/7 grind....saw John Edwards interviewed yesterday and he talked about exactly that).

I know that in my case when I found out my wife had cancer, my hair started going gray immediately. From zero gray hair to noticeable in maybe a couple of weeks.....she was ill for less than 6 months until she died. That was at the end of 1995, so 12.5 years ago. My hair has not gotten any more gray since (at least I like to tell myself that)....Still mostly blond, but pretty gray around the sideburns. (I think that's the way it goes for most men). My beard was graying in my 20s, but not a single gray hair on my head until I was just shy of 50...

I look at Bush (GW) and see how much he's aged, and I wonder what is stressful to him????

....Clinton worked (at whatever) for a zillion hours a week, and his hair turned white. Carter aged noticeably in just about every way after one term (although he's still physically active today).

Same with Ford.

Nixon not so much....guess not having a conscience helps reduce stress.

Reagan didn't seem to age a lot considering his initial age....maybe they died his hair...the guy never got gray which I doubt is natural for someone 80 years old or whatever he was....nice to be able to be left to sleep peacefully while the staff takes care of business (IIRC they didn't even wake him to tell him that we attacked Tripoli).

LBJ certainly aged in his 5 years....

Ike had no hair, so no hint on hair color, but he did have a few heart attacks while on the job.

Bush 41 seemed to hold up pretty well.....I think he was in extraordinary shape when he took office...still is for a guy his age. Barbara Bush seemed to age for the both of them.

Before Ike...that was before my memory (or birth) allows me to remember.

Scary to think what Ted Kennedy might have looked like if he ever had the responsibilities that go with the presidency.

JFK didn't seem to physically age much, but it was less than 3 years in office and was very young when elected....and despite his bad back and whatever other ailments, he stayed active. Lot's of sex probably helped.

Bobby Kennedy probably would have been like Bush 41....kept himself in great shape (and a whole lot younger to start with if he'd have made it to the Oval Office in 196. Although waking up each morning and seeing Ethyl....that could age Methuselah. I actually skied with her one time...boy, she was a scary looking woman, which was weird since it's safe to assume that at one time she was probably nice looking. But my guess is she had far more stress in her life than just about any woman I can think of (when we skied it was about 7 or 8 years after Bobby was murdered).

Peace,
D.