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By Renee Loth | Saturday, March 8, 2008 | The Boston Globe

“…ageism may be society’s last acceptable prejudice. A survey last year by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found 48 percent of respondents were less willing to vote for someone over age 70 as president. McCain is 71. Only atheists did worse in the survey, which found broad acceptance for electing a woman (where only 11 percent would admit they were less likely to vote for a female candidate), a black (4 percent), a Mormon (30 percent), and even that bipartisan political pariah, a longtime Washington politician (15 percent)….”…BS

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