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• Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:20 AM

  A lot of time has gone by

  I do beleive that Ms. Traister is reading WAY too much into this. The issue here is not a woman's looks or a woman's aging. This is about Hillary Clinton.

  Hillary Clinton is 60. Hillary Clinton is getting OLD. I was shocked by the picture. Hillary Clinton's face came into the public spotlight when her hubby ran for president and then kind of faded into the background except for very specific events where she was professionally made-up (high profile interviews, etc...). The wrinkles are shocking because we are seeing close up that it has been FIFTEEN YEARS since the face became familiar and it changed a lot in the time that she was out of focus in the background. It is a reminder of how old we are all getting.

  However, I have to say that some of the Republican comments may not be off the mark as much as one might think. It is a stark reminder that Hillary Clinton is not the young go-getter we remember her as. It also reminds us that she is part of the same "old guard" crew in Washington. The fact that she is a woman has been helpful to her because she has been able to hide her aging better than her male counterparts. Seeing her looking old takes away something that had been a selling point of sorts. Not only is she a woman, but she is a 60 year old woman. Many people haven't thought of her that way before and it could alter some perceptions, even if it doesn't immediately kill her chances as suggested.

  Besides I have been saying since her college days that Chelsea Clinton would be the first woman president and I would hate to be wrong.

  —Dmagnificent Read Dmagnificent's other letters
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