David Shulster:The President is losing weight over being stressed about the Presidency

[bigdarryl]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! is he talking about he just made this statement on MSNBC with that fine co-host lady

[Pirate Smile]

1. There is an article in the WP today on it and I've heard it mentioned a couple of times over the

last week or so that he is losing weight supposedly.

I'll find the article.

[bigdarryl]

2. The man works out EVERY MORNING!!!! as far as I can see he's the same size the only thing I notice

is he's a little grayer

[Pirate Smile]

5. Here is the article.

Feeling the weight of war
From Fort Hood to Afghanistan, trying times for the commander in chief

By Joel Achenbach
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 12, 2009

War and tragedy are putting President Obama through the most wrenching period of his young administration. Visibly thinner, admittedly skipping meals, he is learning every day the challenges of a wartime presidency. Health-care reform, climate-change legislation, the broken economy -- all are cerebral exercises compared with the grim responsibility of being the commander in chief.

Two weeks ago, Obama flew to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware for a surprise middle-of-the-night salute to the fallen as their bodies were unloaded from a military transport plane. He met with grieving families.

Then, last week, a gunman went on a rampage at Fort Hood, and Obama made his first trip as president to visit wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Tuesday he flew to Texas to speak at the memorial service. More families. More hurt soldiers. More grief.

Wednesday the president laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and walked the grounds at Arlington National Cemetery, talking to families who were there to visit loved ones who died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"There are many honors and responsibilities that come with this job. But none is more profound than serving as commander in chief," Obama said in a speech in the cemetery's auditorium. He then mentioned the title of commander in chief a second time, and a third ("As long as I am commander in chief . . .").

Then he returned to the White House, to the Situation Room, for another Afghanistan war council, another session to contemplate sending more young men and women to war.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/11/AR2009111127507.html?hpid=topnews

[impik]

3. He is skinny. Always been, always will be

What garbage.

[bigdarryl]

6. I think Drudge started this rumor last week but what else is new with him

his website should be called the Obama bashing report

[Cha]

38. And, we have posters on here agreeing with

drudge bc he bashes Pres Obama.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

50. You are everywhere n/t

[Cant trust em]

4. I don't know if he's been losing weight, but he's definitely got more gray.

Looks fit as a fiddle as far as I can tell.

Bush looked like a shrunken prune by the end of his 8 years.

[depakid]

22. His hair's going to look like Desmond Tutu's before too long

[vaberella]

27. oh my god...

:rofl:

[depakid]

29. Personally, I'd prefer the classic Fredrick Douglas look

but I'm not sure Obama could do the beard....

[vaberella]

35. You want me to pee on myself don't you!?

:rofl:

[waiting for hope]

43. I've noticed the gray too - kinda makes you sad

that this job ages a person really fast.

[GoCubsGo]

49. FWIW

I am about 6 months older than the President. Lately, I have been noticing more and more gray hairs, too. I'm sure some of it is stress. (For me, it's this damn, never-ending unemployment thing.) But, he is 48 years old, after all.

What really makes me sad is realizing that it's already the middle of November, and he's almost a year into his first term. How time flies. If only the Bush years had gone by this rapidly. They were so slow, it was like torture. The period between the 2008 election and Inauguration Day, was especially long. These past 9 months breezed by in comparison.

[Drunken Irishman]

7. It wouldn't surprise me if he's losing weight.

It's the most stressful job in the world.

He looks thinner, but not frail.

He's probably going to age far quicker over the next few years, as well.

[tblue]

9. They all age. Even the chimp. That was only thing that was sad about having Obama win,

how much older he'd look in 8 years. I just hope he's well. If I had that job, I wouldn't be able to eat or sleep.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. Bush said he and Laura were having the time of their lives while he was POTUS

:eyes:

Hard to believe given the carnage he helped create. :puke:

Comments like this are what compelled Vincent Bugliosi to write his book, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder". He said that he just couldn't believe that Bush would be so "at ease" with what he did in Iraq and the fact that American men and women (and Iraqi citizens) died in the carnage.

[Drunken Irishman]

17. Not just that...

But 2001 was a fabulous year for them and this was only a couple months after the 9/11 attacks. :eyes:

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Blows your mind, doesn't it?

I still can't get over the fact that 3K people perished while he was asleep at the wheel (although it took awhile for all of the embarrassing facts to come out about his inattention) and he and the Republican Party were seemingly rewarded with sky-high approval numbers and all the political capital they could ever ask for. Of course, it WAS a *fabulous* year (or at least it ended fabulously for them). :eyes:

[Politicalboi]

34. And don't forget

Bush said he and Laura had a false alarm the night of 9/11 which had them running around in the WH in their jammies. It was funny said Bush. So it's nice to know he was able to laugh and sleep after everything that happened that day.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

41. I didn't hear about that

not that my opinion of him can really sink much lower, though.

[ej510]

19. Bush lost sleep if he went to bed without someone dying.

[CreekDog]

20. Beer goggles

:shrug:

[tblue]

21. But look at his before & after photos. He aged. Or maybe it was the booze he was sneakin'.

[NatBurner]

8. that fine co-host lady = tamron hall

aka my future pseudo-celebrity babyboo

a little respect for our pending nuptials, please :)

ps:

i only added the smileyface cuz tamron likes smileyfaces (hayboo)

[goclark]

10. Is she the one that talks like she has marbles in her moutn? nt

[tblue]

12. Oh, you like that sassy thang, uhn?

She is very purdy, I must say. I was glad when she covered for Rachel one time because then I knew she wasn't one of those black Republicans who make me wanna tear my hair out. Where do they find them? They're so beautiful but they talk so CA-RAZY!

[GoCubsGo]

11. No, David....

Y'all are just getting fatter, so he only looks thinner in comparison.

[backscatter712]

13. Presidents have always aged in dog-years.

It's like Dorian Gray in reverse!

Seriously. Look at before and after pictures of any president!

[Hawaii Hiker]

26. I have an old book about US presidents (only goes up to Carter)

And they have a picture in it of FDR in 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944....And you should see how he aged each 4 years....When you see the picture of him in 1944, you'd think he was 105 years old....He died in 1945 I think at age 63..

[NYC Liberal]

31. Yep, take a look

1932 vs 1944

[csziggy]

39. Lincoln aged so badly there is speculation he had a wasting disease

Life masks of Abraham Lincoln

Early spring of 1860


February 11, 1865


http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/lincs.htm

[zbdent]

14. Good thing George W. Bush didn't worry that much ...

I mean, it didn't seem like HE lost weight during the presidency ...

[Thrill]

15. It doesn't look like he's lost much weight to me

.

[quantass]

23. People who are skinny tend to get skinnier when they get more focused in their work

I've noticed that people who are naturally skinny tend to get skinnier when they start getting more involved in their work. Food isnt a priority when they get more into their work. Obama might be this kind of person. It doesnt mean he is stressed out...it just might mean this is how he perfers to work.

[Cant trust em]

25. That's what happened to me when I was working on the campaign last year.

I was so busy I wound up skipping a lot of meals.

[impik]

24. He is still too hot for this job :)

[vaberella]

28. Girlfriend...that deserves a high-five!!!

By the way I love your posts..welcome to DU.

[elizm]

32. Damn straight!

[ecstatic]

30. Well.... I guess that's one way to avoid the ex-smoker's 15 nt

:shrug:

[polichick]

33. Skinny runs in my family too - very easy to lose too much when you're busy...

...and this president is BUSY!

Just hope he's staying healthy and keeping his immune system strong.

[Brother Buzz]

36. The White House pastry chef, Bill Yosses, needs to called on the carpet

Obama loves pie! Banana cream pie. Huckleberry pie. Fruit pies of all sorts.

Pies need to be stashed all over the place. One, two, in the Oval office, two or three in the Map Room. Dozens laid out at the basketball court. Pies need to be everywhere. Pies will put on weight.

I like pie too, and should be appointed the official pie taster for my President.

[Pirate Smile]

40. That is what I thought. I've heard him say he has to keep himself from having too much pie. Eat up,

Mr. President. Consider it a luxury of being Prez. You have to do so much of the extremely stressful work, please, at least have some extra pie.

[Cha]

45. Some people don't have an appetite when

stressing about heavyweight decisions..but, when things are more on an even keel I hope you get your official pie taster's wish:9

[Raine]

37. He probably is

soooooooooo he takes the job seriously. Why do people want to argue about it and take offense. :shrug: Shuster is only making it a statement, he's on our side, it's not like Rush said it. :wtf:

[Clio the Leo]

42. Side by Side Photos.....

One of these photos is from February, one from last week. I'm not seeing the difference and see if you can guess which one is which...

[Brother Buzz]

47. Well, both photos indicate he can eat more pie with little effect

My President and I both love pie, unfortunately he can eat more that I can afford to. :(

[Lilith Velkor]

52. The top photo shows more gray in his hair, but that could be the lighting

No weight difference that I can tell.

[Undercurrent]

53. To my eye our President looks

thinner, grimmer, and grayer in the first photo. I think it's the later photo.

[TheKentuckian]

44. My theory is much more simple...more Michelle=less "man" food

Less burgers, less pizza, less fried stuff, less hotdogs, etc and more from the garden.

Also, more regimented meals with the family and less late night carry-out containers.

[cutlassmama]

46. Doubt he can do that with all the hours he's putting in. He's a BUSY President.

Unlike W was

[TheKentuckian]

48. They claim they make a point of family time and are really living together

for the 1st time in years.

[watercolors]

51. The president is doing his job, it is stressfull!

He is not clearing brush on a ranch , or on endless vacations. WTF is the matter with the media. He has a huge weight upon him with endless problems that he did not create. Why can't the MSM give the man some credit and praise for the hard job he has, or talk about acomplishments.?