Sunday, November 23, 2014

SCOTT WALKER AGAIN MOCKS A PRESIDENTIAL WANNABE'S AGE. HERE'S WHY THAT'S CREEPY.

In a New York Times story about the Republican presidential field, there's this:
To date, Mrs. Clinton, 67, has been the target of the age-oriented attacks by the younger Republicans. But some of that fire is now from within, albeit subtly. After Gov. John Kasich of Ohio, 62, mentioned 1980s-era congressional doings, when he was in the House, at a news conference here, Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, 47, shot back: "John talked about '86? That’s when I was in high school."
Walker has mocked Hillary Clinton's age on more than one occasion. He did so a couple of weeks ago:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), a possible 2016 presidential candidate, raised the subject of Hillary Clinton's age when discussing when he might run for president.

"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....
And shortly before that:
This is not the first time the potential 2016 candidate has taken a dig at Clinton's age. Shortly after the latest midterm elections, Walker told Fox News that Clinton, who recently turned 67, embodies "old" politics.

"I think the biggest loser (in the midterms) was Hillary Clinton," Walker said. "She embodies Washington. She embodies that old, tired top-down approach from the government. I think in the states as governors, we offer a much better alternative, and I think there's a number of us who would be good prospects out there."
Why is this especially creepy coming from the 47-year-old Walker? Because his wife, Tonette, is 59:
Tonette Marie Tarantino was born on October 19, 1955....

She married her first husband when she was 23, but he died of kidney disease by the time she was 30. Five years after her first husband's death, she was at a karaoke night at a barbecue restaurant when she first met Walker, 12 years her junior.... She and Walker wed in 1993....
Tonette Walker is eight years younger than Hillary Clinton -- but that means she's closer to Hillary's age than to her husband's. And Tonette Walker is only three years younger than John Kasich. (Scott Walker may have been in high school in 1986, but his wife was a 31-year-old widow.)

If Scott Walker is a 47-year-old man who mocks other people for being older when his own wife is twelve years older, how much respect can he possibly have for her?

6 comments:

Victor said...

What a pathetic and noxious waste of perfectly good 02 that sociopathic lump of humanity is!

Unknown said...

Hillary Clinton is seven months younger than Mitt Romney. I'm going to keep saying it until it finally sinks in with these people (or at least the people who report on these people).

Yastreblyansky said...

That is a remarkably ugly little detail. Forgive me for hoping Walker gets the nomination and Mrs. Walker gets sick of the treatment during the campaign. Publicly

Maurits said...

"how much respect can he possibly have for her? " asked nomoremister. And more important, at least in that world: how much respect can he possibly have for Ronald Reagan?

ladyblug said...

Unfortunately, I live in WI with this slimy pos. He is the most opportunistic, tone deaf, college drop out running for president EVER! He scares the hell out of me!

Four Bs said...

I know Hillary Clinton is not ever progressive's favorite, but the vision of the tea baggers' heads exploding when Bill Clinton returns to the White House with his rolling luggage is going to be priceless.