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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 01:54 PM
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Has the President aged a decade in two years?
Edited on Thu Mar-17-11 01:55 PM by bigdarryl
Still looks the same to me except a little grayer http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/03/photos-president-obama-has-aged-a-decade-two-years-says-beauty-expert
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northoftheborder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 01:57 PM
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1. Yes. It happens to all presidents. An awesome and terribly stressful job.
Even W aged, and he didn't even understand half of what was going on, and denied being stressed about the other half. But he was.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 01:58 PM
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2. And *w went to bed at 9:00 pm. I'm certain that
Edited on Thu Mar-17-11 01:58 PM by Cleita
midnight is an early night for Obama.
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:00 PM
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3. What a load of BS.
Aged a decade? He does not look 59 to me.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:00 PM
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4. Strange that they couldn't seem to find a picture of Obama smiling like in the first picture. n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:02 PM
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5. He looks exctly the same. And when he cut his hair low and the gray wasn't as prominent,
he was accused of dying his hair. He can't win-even regarding his looks.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:03 PM
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6. His hair is definitely grayer.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 05:24 AM
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22. All guys and gals with dark hair start greying in mid to late 40s.
I think there is a mythology about Presidents aging more than other people which has come about because they are generally elected in their mid 40s to mid 50s. Amd that is an aging period for anybody.

Compared to blue collar people I've observed the political types don't age faster.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 11:17 AM
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24. My hair is getting grayer too.
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 10:06 PM
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29. Exactly right.
I'm a few months older than the President. I'm graying at roughly the same rate as him, and as much as my life completely sucks right now, I don't have anywhere near the problem with which he has to deal.
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:08 PM
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7. No, but I have.
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butterfly77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 09:01 PM
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18. +1
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:16 PM
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8. Well if he hasn't,
I certainly have. In '08, I was deeply concerned about the path this country was taking. That path is developing ruts because we continue going nowhere. To use Obama's metaphor, the rethugs certainly drove the bus into the ditch, but it is so badly stuck, that he decided to set up camp and operate from there.



Evidently the tow truck has yet to be called.
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:32 PM
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9. I dunno...the ears look a bit bigger to me.
Mainly because I don't know why we care.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:35 PM
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11. --
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vaberella Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 08:19 PM
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17. Yeah...that works. n/t
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Kennah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:35 PM
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10. Hell, I've aged a decade since last Friday
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 11:02 PM
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30. Me, too
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:35 PM
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12. Maybe not a decade but at least 5 years. n/t
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bigdarryl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:55 PM
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13. he could always do what Regan did dye his hair even though
Regan said he didn't dye his hair when he was in office LYING BASTARD!!!
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vroomvroom Donating Member (496 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 04:31 PM
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16. And here i thought he was a Perpetual 20-something -- the secret revealed :P
Who'd a thunk it?
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JTFrog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:56 PM
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14. Wouldn't anyone on the receiving end of so many rabid exclamation points? !!! ? n/t
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craigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 02:59 PM
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15. Yeah he does look years older but then again he looked older after the primaries too.
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boppers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-11 09:08 PM
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19. Blogspam. Unrec. eom
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 04:22 AM
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20. No. I heard though, that presidency makes a person age 2x as fast
So in four years, they'll age 8 years.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 04:34 AM
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21. He looks like he aged from 47 to 49
Like most people do.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 06:08 AM
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23. I don't think he looks older, but I have been concerned about the changes in appearance.
Yes, I understand, it's the most stressful job in the world, and we shouldn't give a damn what our elected officials look like in the cosmetic sense. But for the last year especially, I have been worried about the president's health. He looks ill to me, particularly because of the obvious weight loss. So I hope he is staying on top of his health care.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 04:03 PM
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25. He looks exactly the same to me. Sometimes he looks greyer, other times not.
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-11 04:24 PM
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26. He looked like he was in his early thirties at most in 2008. We should all look so good at his age.
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Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 09:18 PM
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27. ITA.
President Obama and his family all look heathy and better than average for people in this era.

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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 09:57 PM
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28. It is hard to tell given the pictures having widly different expressions
but he certainly didn't age as much as I remember Carter having aged. Carter went in looking like someone my Dad's age and went out looking like someone my grandfather's age. In reality he is between those ages.
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road2000 Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 11:54 PM
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33. Yes.
I remember Carter, too. Of all the politicians I can remember, he aged the quickest over four years -- dramatic changes. Yet today, I don't think he looks in his late eighties.
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Union Scribe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 11:04 PM
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31. Empire-building is stressful work.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-11 11:42 PM
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32. I was thinking more like three years, seven months in two years.
That's nine months in the first year, and two years, ten months in the second year.

Or maybe seven and a half months in the first year and two years, eleven and a half months in the second.

I may have counted wrong though.
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