Here we have a pretty normal news analysis of Joe Biden: he’s described as frank but endearing, a clown but a statesman, maybe less visible than other Obama staffers but nonetheless a valued member of the team, etc etc… SNOOZE. But! “Aides said he might go for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016. He would be 74 upon taking office, but his staff insists that’s not too old.” Well, shucks! As long as his paid employees give him the (anonymous) go-ahead, then everything should be fine. Remember how America just elected the 72-year-old John McCain its oldest president ever? Exactly. [Los Angeles Times]

Have you noticed that Barack Obama’s hair is getting grayer? Because boy howdy these days he looks like the love child of Anderson Cooper and Donna Brazile. He is aging so rapidly that soon he will be older than John McCain. [TMZ, Politico]

Everybody wants to know if John McCain is equipped to serve out a full term in office before expiring of the Old Age Vapours, so his team is assembling a squadron of doctors to vouch for his excellent physical health. This is a man who broke every bone in his body, including the little dealies in his inner ear, before having them each systematically removed and then re-inserted at a 45 degree angle in a sterile Vietnamese Torture Prison. He also had half his face cut off because of Face Cancer. MORE »

The wizards at Popular Photography bring you a horrifying glimpse into America’s liver-spotted, wrinkled, big-eared future. View this scary scary artificially aged photo of John McCain in its full-sized glory after the jump. MORE »

Matt Drudge apparently cut off the flirtacious looks of the Clinton campaign by posting this (admittedly not great) photo of Hillary yesterday and today and set off a bit of an firestorm. So, this morning I looked it up and found out that Hillary is the same age as my mom (60) and, I think, for a 60 year-old woman freezing her ass off and probably tired, she didn’t look so fabulously awful as people have implied. It’s not a flattering photo by any means (but that was the point, right, Matt?), but she looks like a cold, tired 60 year-old woman (who is possibly wearing the wrong sort of foundation/powder combo for her skin). Then fucking Limbaugh weighed in on the damn photo, wondering allowed if an “aged” Clinton could beat a hottie Romney, and I thought two could play at that game.

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