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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBush the Younger has certainly aged.
I guess that happens.
I'll never like the guy but he sounds like a statesman compared to what we're stuck with now.
Happy Hoosier
(7,406 posts)Trump makes me almost nostalgic for that war criminal. It almost feels like a complicated plot to make people like him seem perfectly reasonable!
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)dchill
(38,556 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,534 posts)mucifer
(23,574 posts)I'm glad he's giving this eulogy
a kennedy
(29,719 posts)JohnnyLib2
(11,212 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,654 posts)In 2020, George W. Bush seems like a learned scholar.
Clinton's looking pretty old too.
calguy
(5,335 posts)My 70 years is proof no one is exempt from Father Time.
Sneederbunk
(14,308 posts)Sanity Claws
(21,857 posts)We all look older than in 2008.
I think we are getting wiser. Trump's tricks aren't working anymore.
a kennedy
(29,719 posts)mucifer
(23,574 posts)Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)Bush has aged but a lot of it is that we're not used to seeing him in public. He's led a very private life since leaving office 12 years ago, only showing up for events like this. Because of this, seeing him older is more jarring because we're used to what he looked like while splashed across our TVs in the 2000s.
This wasn't the case with, say, Bill because he's been far more public so his aging was done right in front of us - we saw it happen almost in real time so it became familiar.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,879 posts)But I haven't aged a bit in 12 years.
LiberalFighter
(51,137 posts)Which is why also when you haven't seen a past coworker or other person in a while you might not remember them.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)Looking forward to hearing from the real President.
dflprincess
(28,086 posts)With Trump it's everyone who cares about the country who is aging.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,879 posts)And I hate to think about what the portrait in the attic might look like.
dflprincess
(28,086 posts)But it has more you do with his ego being crushed than any concern for the country.
And too much Adderall and too little sleep will age a person
BluesRunTheGame
(1,621 posts)If you spend enough years doing that, youll get older.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,879 posts)That dog painting is pretty terrible. I hope he's improved.
BluesRunTheGame
(1,621 posts)...it looks like he was going for some kinda secret self portrait.
But yeah, some of his more recent efforts arent too bad.