by Mark Silva
Only his hair-dresser knows for sure.
And President Barack Obama's barber says the first head is going gray naturally.
"Forty-five days to a grayer you,'' goes the lede in the Washington Post dispatch about the graying of the president, taking note of something that many of us have noticed as well: Obama, 47, is going gray. (See the photo here, taken this week by the AP's Ron Edmonds.)
"The gray, it's not a whole lot, but he has a few strands," Zariff, a Chicago barber who has tended to Obama's head for 17 years and uses only one name, tells the Post's Philip Rucker. "It's quite normal for his age group."
""Seniors, listen up. I'm getting gray hair myself," Obama had joked at a campaign stop last spring. "The gray is coming quick," he told supporters a few months later in Colorado. "By the time I'm sworn in, I will look the part."
It happened so quickly, the Post notes, that the blogosphere is "abuzz'' that perhaps Obama was playing with hair-dye.
No way, Zariff testifies - "100 percent for sure.''
It happens to the best of them, of course - the aging of the presidents. Look at the way Obama's predecessors looked arriving in office. Look at them leaving.
Still, 45 days is pretty quick.
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"Obama going gray: '100 percent sure"
Trying to clean up the incompetent mess left behind by eight years of the BushCo crime family in the White House and ten of the last twelve years of Republican congressional majority insanity, will do that do a guy.
Posted by: Mullah Limbaugh = Leader of the Greedy Oil Party | March 5, 2009 5:10 PM
That is just a trick of the light.
I've had the same lighting problem for decades.
Posted by: ornery | March 5, 2009 5:15 PM
I trust Fred Sanford more than him, anyway.
Posted by: Jeff | March 5, 2009 5:18 PM
Wait 'til the DOW hits 3500 and Russia invades the Crimea- plenty more gray to come- he's going to age all of us.
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Posted by: Reaganite Republican | March 5, 2009 5:20 PM
Hmm. I'm pretty sure most of the grey is due in part to Hillary.
Posted by: Crispek | March 5, 2009 5:46 PM
Hmm. I'm pretty sure most of the grey is due in part to Hillary.
Posted by: Crispek | March 5, 2009 5:48 PM
Speaking of turning grey - Congressional Republicans are now less popular than the Communist Chinese are:
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http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/03/hu-jintao-or-sarah-palin.html
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Posted by: Beam Me Up, Scottie! | March 5, 2009 5:59 PM
I am sure you would gray if you were not standing up for what you promised for 4 years.
dishonest staff on taxes
He said line for line,
no earmarks
Posted by: Betty Wimbs | March 5, 2009 6:04 PM
I''ll opt for a full head of gray hair !!!!!
Posted by: al | March 5, 2009 6:13 PM
Too bad BHO; you are losing your youth.
Lots o stuff 'sides being prez can age you;
1. Sweating out a draft notice
2. 25 years swing shift in a steel mill
3. kids
4. Any job on the railroad
5. 8 years of Bush
6. 12 years of Republic control of congress.
Posted by: C.Morrisā | March 5, 2009 6:22 PM
Good one, "Aunt Esther" jeffy.
Posted by: Flo | March 5, 2009 8:04 PM
Who cares?
There are more important things to read and discuss than this.
Posted by: griece | March 5, 2009 8:31 PM
Implementing Socilaism will do that to you.
Posted by: Terry | March 5, 2009 9:53 PM
I guess his hair is now going thru "FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE"
VJ Machiavelli
NO MORE SCHUMER
NO MORE PELOSI
Posted by: VJ Machiavelli | March 6, 2009 2:09 AM
The tasks you face are overwhelming. Your intensions to keep your campaign promises are honorable. I am a retired person and your decisions will affect me for the remainder of my years. I have complete faith and confidence in you and what you're trying to do. Keep up the good work. You're a breath of fresh air. Thank you
Posted by: Antonio | March 6, 2009 2:57 AM
"It happens to the best of them, of course - the aging of the presidents. "
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Except for Nixon, somehow. The man fed on power like a vampire feeds on blood. He didn't start looking old until AFTER he was out of office.
Posted by: Op109 | March 6, 2009 9:15 AM
This is actually big news....most of the idiot college kids voted for him because he seemed young, hip and cool! Once the gray hair sets in and he slows down on the basketball court...he's just going to be a old black guy who can play basketball and the guy who ruined this country's economy!!
Posted by: Joe | March 6, 2009 10:13 AM
And Joe is an idiot high school kid; or is it college dropout?
Posted by: gladys | March 6, 2009 8:09 PM