Thursday, September 10, 2009

The Presidency Ages A Man

Glenn Reynolds, commenting on Obama's health care speech last night:
I just noticed that Obama looks a lot older all of a sudden.
I've noticed that too. This is true of probably every US president. Here are two screen grabs from YouTube.










The left is from the Democratic National Convention in 2004. The right is from Obama's speech to students earlier this week.

This is Abraham Lincoln:











The left is April 1860. The right is February 1865. Five years later the Civil War is etched in his face. Can you believe the man on the right is only 56 years old?