People really shouldn't pardon this on age or era or anything else any more, after all, it's the 21st Century. People like this ought to be tagged with a sign that says "I'm a Moron" because saying this in the press is basically promoting that fact. I'm sure her kids and grandkids, if she has any, appreciate the notoriety.
In a corner booth, Biden sat down and, after a moment's conversation, planted a kiss on the forehead of Carolyn Bauer, age 89. Bauer explained afterward it wasn't such a friendly encounter."I told him I'm not going to vote for him," Bauer said. "Anybody who runs with a guy with a name like that is not going to get my vote. It'd be disgusting to get a man named Barack Obama as president of the United States. No way. I mean it . . . I'm going to vote for McCain and the lady."
"[Obama's] a Muslim," Bauer added. "He pretends to be a Christian, and he isn't, he's a Muslim."
Obama has attended Christian churches for years, and his children are baptized.