The “New” Face of the Democratic Party

I was looking for this article in the archives, but this post predates Proof Positive, over at Say Anything.

From Dec 2006:

It has struck me odd for some time now, that the party of Rock the Vote has anything but a youthful visage (Pelosi’s botox notwithstanding!)

So here’s a short and by no means comprehensive list, in no particular order, of the Democratic leadership of the House and a few of those wild and crazy young Senators (and their ages):

Representative Alan Mollohan (63) WV

Representative Nancy Pelosi (66) CA

Representative John Murtha (74) PA

Representative Steny Hoyer (67) MD

Senator Ted Kennedy* (74) MA

Senator John Forbes Kerry (63) MA

Senator Harry Reid (67) NV

Senator Barbara Boxer (66) CA

Senator Diane Feinstein (73) CA

Senator Robert Byrd (89) WV

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (59) NY

Senator Charles E. Schumer (56) NY

Senator Daniel Inouye (82) HI

Senator Joseph Lieberman (64) CT

Senator Frank Lautenberg (82) NJ

Senator Patrick Leahy (66) VT

Senator Daniel Akaka (82) HI

Senator Carl Levin (72) MI

Senator Barbara Mikulski (70) MD

Senator Paul Sarbanes (73) MD

Senator Richard Durbin (62) IL

Senator Tom Harkin (67) IA

Senator Jay Rockefeller (69) WV

Senator Herbert Kohl (71) WI

Senator Patty Murray (56) WA

Senator Tim Johnson (60) SD

Senator Jeff Bingaman (63) NM

Representative Charles Rangel (76)

Representative Henry Waxman (67)

Representative Barney Frank (66)

Representative “Ike” Skelton (75)

Representative John Dingell (80)

Representative Tom Lantos (78)

Representative John Conyers (77)


Dude! Stop Bogarting the Geritol!

*Now deceased