May 02, 2006
Fidel
Looks like shit.
And as long as I'm picking on other people's leaders:
He'll be 80 this year, won't he? That's a fair bit past the average third-world revolutionary's sell-by date.
Posted by: jacflash at May 2, 2006 02:21 PM | PERMALINKHe may be even older. I think, if he gets re-elected (probable), and if he makes it all the way through the next six-year term (unlikely), he would be the oldest person to be Senator (beating Strom Thurmond). This is a dubious honor.
Posted by: baltar at May 2, 2006 05:27 PM | PERMALINKActually, I was talking about Fidel. I don't usually file Byrd under "third-world revolutionary", though I'm willing to be persuaded to reconsider. :-)
Posted by: jacflash at May 2, 2006 06:22 PM | PERMALINKI'm not sure Byrd has ever had a revolutionary thought in his life. Yes, I think Fidel is past 80, but you'd have to check. Binky?
Posted by: baltar at May 2, 2006 10:40 PM | PERMALINKByrd - who indeed has almost certainly never had a revolutionary thought in his life - is 88.
Posted by: Armand at May 3, 2006 01:50 PM | PERMALINK