Monday, October 13, 2003

Time for a pity party!

The AP's Rachel Konrad has a story on the differences between various parts of California in the recall election - As south cheers, northern California liberals mourn Schwarzenegger win. The most humorous are from the usual crop of Kool Aid drinkers in the Bay area, but this one takes the cake:
Nearly seven out of 10 voters opposed the recall in Marin County, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Bustamante received 48 percent of the vote, compared to 32 percent for Schwarzenegger.

Marin County author Anne Lamott, whose novels often depict loss, says she cried herself to sleep after Tuesday night's election. But she woke on Wednesday and renewed her liberal values.

"I will keep registering voters and taking care of the poor and sending money to the ACLU, and marching for peace, in the hope and belief that we can get our country back from the rich oil men who have sold our country out," Lamott said.
Please, don't anyone ask Anne about the cause of Paul Wellstone's plane crash! My last tin foil beanie wore out and I haven't made a new one yet.

There's a snap of the sensitive one here.