Just wanted to share a little something with you. In my Impromptus today, I talk a little bit about being a Republican in the San Francisco Bay Area. (I’m not one — I’m a Republican elsewhere — but I know people who are.) A lady writes,

You think it’s bad in San Francisco? I live in Madrid, Spain, and people here assume that, just because I’m American, I’m for Obama. One night, at a dinner party I was hosting, a guest went into my study to use the telephone, and upon entering yelled out in horror as he saw my framed 1980 campaign poster of Ronald Reagan (“Let’s Make America Great Again”) on the wall. I ran in to see what was going on and he actually spit on it! I have given up talking politics here. Thank God for the Internet and podcasts.

Well, Reagan’s used to being spat on. And so are George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Robert Bork, and some other people. I hope they have Windex in Madrid. In the meantime: May this dear woman meet some better friends.