Bush looks like Hell.

[Sillyman]

This is not a personal criticism of the man, but his latest addresses before the war have been the first time I've seen him on TV in a while, and he looks like hell. You can see he's definitely aged in two and a half years. The job really takes it out of you.


Anyone else notice?

 

[Starblayde]

Same with Blair. Thinner, leaner in general, greyer

 

[Guest]

 

[Azwed]

Compare pictures of Clinton when he went in to office to pictures of him now. He looks to have aged 20 some year almost.

 

[Smiley777]

I keep waiting for Dan Rather to pass out at the newsdesk. It's gotta happen sometime right?

 

[teddybear4play]

This is not a personal criticism of the man, but his latest addresses before the war have been the first time I've seen him on TV in a while, and he looks like hell. You can see he's definitely aged in two and a half years. The job really takes it out of you.

Anyone else notice?

I'm sure he does a lot of worrying.

TB4p

 

[Sillyman]

Yeah, it tore through Clinton. I think the difference was even apparent in Bush Senior. I don't have much before/after memories for Reagan or beyond.

 

[Sillyman]

I keep waiting for Dan Rather to pass out at the newsdesk. It's gotta happen sometime right?

Dan has been looking increasingly haggard to me. Again, no personal criticism, but he seems more and more worn down.

 

[Azwed]

By the time Reagan left the Alzhimers was probably really tearing into him. Listen to some of his speechs from his first couple of years and compare them to his last couple. There is a noticeable difference.

 

[Bob_Bytchin]

Speed does that to you.

 

[Starblayde]

Speed does that to you.

I reckon it was the Soviets that did it to him. Wouldn't put it past them. Conspiracy Theory number 58

 

[Sillyman]

Speed does that to you.

Well, I say that's the look you get from being the Secret Master's Bitch for so long.

 

[Xstatic]

Well, the job of President is...

...probably the most important and most THANKLESS job in the known world. It doesn't matter what he does, someone will always be yelling 'You should have done THIS!' or 'You totally ignored THAT!' I'm sure the President does get calls of support as well - but for some reason, detractors are always easier to hear, and they're ALWAYS there...

And if you have any intelligence, it would always be nagging at you that mistakes you make could (and possibly WOULD) end lives. I don't know about anyone else, but knowing that a mistake I made got someone killed would haunt me for the rest of my life...

Then there's the physical security aspects. Sure, the Secret Service and police forces are there to protect the President - but that's because the President NEEDS protection. Would you be comfortable knowing that some whacko might kill you just for doing your job?

Not being an American, I have no particular brief for or against President Bush. There may be better people out there, and it's a statistical certainty that there ARE worse people, but he's the man in the chair...

 

[Agent99]

I don't have much before/after memories for Reagan or beyond.

Neither does he.

All of the modern-day presidents have shown rapid aging during their tenure in office. Xstatic made some pertinent points as to why.

However, RR seems to have used his Hollywood good looks to his best advantage. Despite the toll that their jobs have taken on their looks, they all have one thing in common.

Ever since the advent of television, the best looking candidates usually go on to win the election. Being telegenic is almost as critical to success as having a prolific fundraising machine.

 

[sweet soft kiss]

Neither does he.

All of the modern-day presidents have shown rapid aging during their tenure in office. Xstatic made some pertinent points as to why.

However, RR seems to have used his Hollywood good looks to his best advantage. Despite the toll that their jobs have taken on their looks, they all have one thing in common.

Ever since the advent of television, the best looking candidates usually go on to win the election. Being telegenic is almost as critical to success as having a prolific fundraising machine.

I gotta agree with you there... I don't think we will ever have a short bald guy again... the last short bald guy was Truman...

 

[cocktail42]

I gotta agree with you there... I don't think we will ever have a short bald guy again... the last short bald guy was Truman...

He was bald? - I thought that was Eisenhower. The last one may have been Jerry Ford - of course he wasn't elected.

 

[cliffchuff]

Bush is bald

Opps easy mix-up to make

 

[Imi]

Ah, where is Dorian Grey when you need him?

 

[Lancecastor]

No wonder they look like shit....just think of the sheer number and scale of the lies they tell on a daily basis!

Plus, Bush Jr was hardly a Rhodes Scholar to begin with and had never left Texass...imagine trying to run the world with daddy's snakes Cheney & Rumsfeld scooping up millions in the background while daddy's still getting weekly CIA briefings and meeting with "your" cabinet members on the side...poor junior's head must be ready to explode most of the time.

A Greek tragedy in the making, except U$ taxpayers are the ones that'll ultimately take it up the poop-chute.

"An Don K Dyke Moment", brought to you by: Lance



PS: Ooops, I forgot to say "SUV". There.

 

[sheath]

Of course he looks like hell. He's running a country at war. I can't begin to imagine what that man must be dealing with on an hourly basis.

But you just gotta love Dan Rather. He's the most human of the whole lot of reporters and such, I think.

S.

 

[Spinaroonie]

Re: Well, the job of President is...

...probably the most important and most THANKLESS job in the known world. It doesn't matter what he does, someone will always be yelling 'You should have done THIS!' or 'You totally ignored THAT!' I'm sure the President does get calls of support as well - but for some reason, detractors are always easier to hear, and they're ALWAYS there...

And if you have any intelligence, it would always be nagging at you that mistakes you make could (and possibly WOULD) end lives. I don't know about anyone else, but knowing that a mistake I made got someone killed would haunt me for the rest of my life...

Then there's the physical security aspects. Sure, the Secret Service and police forces are there to protect the President - but that's because the President NEEDS protection. Would you be comfortable knowing that some whacko might kill you just for doing your job?

Not being an American, I have no particular brief for or against President Bush. There may be better people out there, and it's a statistical certainty that there ARE worse people, but he's the man in the chair...

Two things:

1.) Thaks comes afterwards in a 100K a pop speaking tour, plus a multi-million dollar book deal

2.) The low level of being thanked actually works to our advantage, it means that we hold our Presidents to a high standard and that they're going to have to keep working to meet that.

 

[Guest]

20 words

The only President that came out of the office looking pretty much as when he went in was Richard Nixon







Oops wrong thread

 

[Topher]

Re: Well, the job of President is...

I don't know about anyone else, but knowing that a mistake I made got someone killed would haunt me for the rest of my life...

Somehow I don't think Bush's conscience is bothering him (from The Bush Dyslexicon by Mark Crispin Miller):

"Please ... don't kill me!"

- MOCKING WHAT KARLA FAYE TUCKER SAID WHEN ASKED, JUST BEFORE HER EXECUTION, "WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO GOVERNOR BUSH?" (TALK, SEPTEMBER 1999)

[caps Miller's]

Not saying she didn't deserve it (though I am against the death penalty in principle), but that was a rather callous disregard for another person's suffering wasn't it? I guess I am a hypocrite because I cheered when I heard Pat Robertson had prostate cancer.

 

[Topher]

He has shown a similar sort of insensitive humor - joking about Letterman's heart surgery on his show, for instance.