We wouldn't want Gov. Scott Walker's wee boyish face to be lined by stress, now would we?
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely 2016 Republican presidential contender,
reminds us of two things: He's a dick, and his party's attempts to turn Benghazi into a giant scandal have fizzled so badly that the only thing they have to use against Hillary Clinton right now is her age.
"Whether it’s two years, six years, 20 years from now, because at 47, I mean I think about Hillary Clinton, I could run 20 years from now for president and still be about the same age as the former secretary of State is right now," Walker said in an interview with the local Fox affiliate published Sunday night.
Aside from the swipe at Clinton's age—a favorite move of one of Walker's likely competitors, Sen. Rand Paul—doesn't it seem a little optimistic to think that someone who's had as many close aides indicted as Walker has will still look like a good presidential bet in 20 years?
The comments about Clinton, who is 67, came as Walker was discussing the toll of being president.
“I say this only half-jokingly, that you have to be crazy to want to be president," Walker said. "Anyone who’s seen the pictures of this president or any of the former presidents can see the before and after, no matter how fit, no matter how young they are, they age pretty rapidly when you look at their hair and everything else involved with it."
Mind you, a lot of people, whatever their jobs, do age noticeably in any given nine years from their early 40s to their late 50s. But no doubt, being president is a stressful job, and if it makes Walker nervous, he probably shouldn't do anything that would reveal him to be crazy by his own standards.
Then again, if "she's old" is going to continue to be the major attack on Hillary Clinton, Walker has little to worry about as far as facing the stresses of the presidency.