Bren - First, We are not talking a "character flaw", we are talking about excerpts from her comments yesterday.
Second, I addressed Peter directly, not the "left wing media".
So, I will make it more pointed, any man slamming an 80 year old woman for being "elitist and racist" for what she supposedly said yesterday (and yes, this is assuming the press even got her words correct and complete) is a bully.
If that was said about my 70 year old mother, I would knock whoever said it on his ass.