Où sont les neiges d'antan?
Nov. 24th, 2013 06:42 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowAs far back as 2007, I recognized that Obama, if elected, would be the first President younger than me. Today, for some reason, I decided to take a look at the birthdates of the current Senate.
More than a quarter - 26 - of the current Senators are younger than I am.
"Senex" means "old".
:sigh:
(The list: Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Pat Toomey (R-PA), David Vitter (R-LA))
More than a quarter - 26 - of the current Senators are younger than I am.
"Senex" means "old".
:sigh:
(The list: Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Mark Begich (D-AK), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Coons (D-DE), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Dean Heller (R-NV), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Mike Lee (R-UT), Chris Murphy (D-CT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Scott (R-SC), John Thune (R-SD), Pat Toomey (R-PA), David Vitter (R-LA))
