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Published April 23, 2008 02:17 pm - I caught Barack Obama on TV recently, speaking from the Penn State campus in Erie. Can you vote for a man younger than you? A Robert Lebzelter column for April 27, 2009 Star Beacon I caught Barack Obama on TV recently, speaking from the Penn State campus in Erie. He seemed like a genuine guy. He was eloquent. He was concerned. When a frail veteran wanted to ask a question, Obama brought the microphone to him and gave him a hug. All politicians make promises. All have grandiose plans. But generally, Obama seems acceptable. Except I don’t know if I can vote for him. You see, I’m getting to the age when I compare my age to others. Am I old enough to have a president younger than me? I’m not talking a year or two. Obama is more than a year younger than my baby brother. He was born in 1961, the year the first president to be born in the 20th century took the oath of office, that being John F. Kennedy. Barack was little more than 2 when Kennedy was assassinated. Sorry, it just doesn’t seem right to have a president that much younger than me. Already, U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette is younger than me, although by less than a year. That’s not too difficult to take. Fortunately both U.S. senators are older than, although Sherrod Brown bests me by less than a year. Thank God George Voinovich is older than the hills. Hillary Clinton fits me more comfortably age-wise. I figure when Hillary was a senior in high school, I was still in grade school. That’s not too bad. Barack was 4. An even more comfortable fit age-wise is John McCain. He’s close to my mother’s age. He’s old enough to be my father. Now that makes a guy feel younger, to have a president old enough to be my father. The oldest woman in the world, Edna Parker, was born April 20, 1893, the same day as silent film great Harold Lloyd. If I compare myself to her, I’m not even middle age! Son Derek promises when wife and I turn 55, he will take us to Denny’s and we can pick anything off the seniors menu, for those 55 and older, and he will pay for it. 
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