Mondale too old?

Walter Mondale, age 74, is being criticized in some Republican circles as being too old. E.g. Limbaugh: (emphasis added)

Anybody who thinks that Frank Lautenberg or Walter Mondull are going to serve full terms if they are elected next week, is probably smoking some of the marijuana that was intended for these patients in New York. Their ideology is as old and obsolete as the dinosaurs. I'm not saying anyone should get over confident, but just look at who the other side has to go to for help. It's absurd to vote for these two cadavers just because they the letter (D) next to their names.

But what about this guy? (From NYTimes)

The new board overseeing the accounting profession got off to a troubled start today when the members of the Securities and Exchange Commission split bitterly over the qualifications and competency of the board's new leadership. They voted 3 to 2 to approve formally the selection of William H. Webster, the former director of the C.I.A. and the F.B.I., to head the new board.

The three Republicans on the commission and Republicans in Congress hailed Mr. Webster ...

How old is Mr. Webster? Well, he was born on March 6, 1924, making him 78 today.

Note: Links to Limbaugh tend to go bad after about a week.


posted by Quiddity at 10/29/2002 12:12:00 PM