Al Gore is starting to look really old.

[LLStarks]

He's aging quite similarly to how Nixon did.

[sakabatou]

1. So?

[Dinger]

2. Oh

[Lex]

3. I didn't think so. Everyone ages--if they are lucky. He looked quite handsome.

nt

[kentuck]

4. I think he just turned 60?

Does he look about that?

[tonysam]

12. He's 61. He was born March 31, 1948.

He was very young when he became VP and looked it.

[wuushew]

5. What does old look like?

I thought he looked fantastic on Colbert last night.

Go to a nursing home to see what aged and infirm looks like. Al Gore seems like a normal high activity adult to me.

[SoCalDem]

6. It's very possible that he used to "touch up" his hair color

and 10 years have passed since he was in the public eye every day..people change a LOT between 50 & 60 :)

[earth mom]

7. UNREC. nt

[seabeyond]

8. the really funny. saying an OLD person looks OLD. nt

[frazzled]

16. 61 is old?

Maybe if you're 29, or 34 even, he looks old to you.
But if you're, say, 93, like my dad, Al Gore probably looks young to you.

I'm taking a little offense here. I'm 59 (two years younger than Al Gore), and I often joke about how "old" I am getting. But frankly, it's all relative, and I can still wear a pair of size 6 skinny jeans.

I guess in the end what I am saying is: you sound like you might be pretty young. It's too bad I won't be around when you are 61, to see you react to people calling you "old."

[seabeyond]

18. yes, 61 is old. lol. bah hahah. you serious. not a bad thing. it is what it is. lol

you are funny. hey.... i am working on 50. i am getting there.

i tell myself. 50. 50. 50 is old. if it was old a decade ago, it is old. not the end of the world. just old. i will HOPEFULLY continue to get older.

old is NOT a dirty word.

[frazzled]

28. No, old is anyone who is 15 years or more older than you are

(corollary: young is anyone 15 years or more younger than you are.)

My mother told me this, and the rule has served her well for 84 years. It's a moving target.

When you are 8 years old, some one who is 23 is "old." When you're 23, someone who is 38 is old. When you're 38, someone who is 53 is old. When you're 53, someone who is 68 is old. (Hell, when you're 53, someone who is 75 is old, actually.)

It's only when you get to be my dad's age, and there's no one who is 15 years older than you are ... then you're old. But he still goes to the gym everyday and works out, and can still ride 25 miles on his bicycle!

[1]

19. omg! 61 is not old. 61 is ancient...

[seabeyond]

21. but.... 59 is just middle age. lol. nt

[1]

23. i think its, like, 28 or summat. i'll let you know...

[tabatha]

9. I think he looks younger than Clinton.

[tonysam]

11. He should. He's two years younger than Clinton, but more to the point,

he didn't have major surgery like Clinton did. Clinton's surgery aged him twenty years.

[tabatha]

15. I thought he looked pretty good for his age.

I have seen worse.

[question everything]

10. Happens to all of us. Someday will happen to you, too (nt)

[Cerridwen]

13. This is my first; and possibly only; time saying this, but...

this thread is useless without pictures.

Seriously. Please show the comparisons of which you speak.

I didn't watch whatever it was you watched. I'm not sure when in nixon's life your thinking.

I'm usually pretty good at picking up what someone means, but this time...nope, can't get there from here.

[elocs]

14. Quite likely true, but how naughty of you to point it out.

Then again it is just an observation, your opinion. You didn't say that he was a bad person, simply that you thought he is starting to look really old. You are getting scolded though for daring to mention that.

[onenote]

17. huh? Nixon was the same age as Gore when he resigned and he didn't look particularly "old"

And neither does Gore. Maybe your eyes are failing you in your old age?

[LLStarks]

20. I'm 22. This is what my grandfather and dad have both said.

Also, pics.

2000:


2009:

[Cerridwen]

22. Oh, honey. Are you in for a rude awakening. n/t

[onenote]

26. you've discovered something. As people get older they look older. Its really shocking!!

[seabeyond]

27. exactly. a decade later. he looks a decade older. shit happens. lol. gosh

we have really created a society where "old" appears to be a dirty word or something.

[onenote]

29. show a picture of yourself at 13 to a 13 year old and ask them if you look really old by comparison

you're not going to like the answer. See what nine years can do?

[demodonkey]

24. Unrecommended. I am so tired of...

...ageism and hatred of Boomers on DU. And BTW, Gore, Clinton, AND OBAMA are all Boomers.

On edit: If 61 is "old" what is 91, or 101? (and yes many people live to that age and even beyond)

[LLStarks]

25. An accusation of ageism? Are you for real? Ageism implies a disdain. Where is my disdain? nt

[demodonkey]

30. Yes I am for real. I am tired of the preoccupation with...

...people's age and looks and relating those to a person's worth or ability.

It doesn't have to be outright disdain to be ageism. There are plenty of males who just looooooove women and are nonetheless quite guilty of sexism. (and women guilty of sexism too vice versa)

I'm tired of the boomer bashing on DU.

I'm tired of the notion everywhere that people over age ____ (you fill in the blank) are somehow no longer fit to make a living when they have possibly half or more of their life to live yet.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6939531

In my opinion this is a stupid thread, and I Unrecc'd it.

[ellie]

31. I would still run away with him.

There is something about that man. I could listen to him talk about wonky policy all day and night.