I saw this yesterday on JammieWearingFool. I know... I'm behind, but I'm catching up. Anyway...
"New Jersey's 86-year-old Democrat Senator Frank Lautenberg was rushed to the hospital tonight after a fall."
EIGHTY-SIX FREAKING YEARS OLD?!? Who voted for this guy? Seriously. 'Fess up!
Look, I'm not saying the elderly (which is what Lautenberg is, to be blunt) can't contribute or still be an asset to humanity. I have an 88 year old grandmother who I dearly love. But I wouldn't VOTE FOR HER, fer gawd's sakes!
Why?
Because she's 88 years old! Not only has she reached an age where her health isn't what it used to be, but she's not exactly in touch with the needs and concerns of younger America. (There's nothing wrong with her mind. It's just that she's long past the time when she could relate to young families struggling, or had to seek a job in this economy.)
"Lautenberg would be 90 if he finished out his term."
And yet enough people voted for him that he's actually still in office. And he's not the only Senator who graduated high school with Fred Flintstone. (At one point I was starting to think they'd have Thurmond embalmed and propped in his office.) And what about Byrd? Where did they - or we - get the idea that these were lifetime positions?
Sometimes I think we get exactly what we deserve when it comes to Washington...
