The More It Changes, The More It Is the Same

Then ...

... and now:

Then ...

... and now (actually 2009):

I don't mean to make a big deal out of this. (Unlike this blogger, who harumphed that it wasn't "appropriate," and that there "ought to be a bit more gravitas when you meet the president, I think. Maybe I'm too stuffy.") Still, the continuity ought to be noticed.