I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.

On election night 2000, I had never met then-Governor Bush, though I'd supported him for years. I believed he would be a strong, optimistic and gracious president with solid conservative principles and a big heart.

I would like to have a right not to have an opinion. I don't want to have to care about everything.

Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.

I don't think that I would always be asked about my feelings about liberal bias in the media if there wasn't any liberal bias in the media. If it was a moot question, then we wouldn't always have the discussion.

I love my right-wing friends, my practical friends, my bleeding heart friends - without all of these viewpoints, life would be pretty boring.