So the below Daily Show goodness is amusing enough, but what I found particularly disturbing is watching the before-after comparing Bush in 2003 and Bush in 2008. <\/p>\n
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People talk about how the White House ages people. You’d think that someone who was apparently so out-of-touch and blase as Bush over the last five years would show minimal impact — but the man has visibly, visibly <\/em>grown older in just a few years.<\/p>\n Now think of John McCain today … and John McCain in four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So the below Daily Show goodness is amusing enough, but what I found particularly disturbing is watching the before-after comparing Bush in 2003 and Bush in 2008. 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