And, who else thinks that McCain/Palin look a little like Obama/Biden? Old white guy with white hair next to younger non-typical gender/race politician.

Unfortunately, the last time I stopped at one it was a cold summer night and I and my traveling companion were on bicycles. Drive-ins become significantly less enticing without a car.

Perhaps they could adapt to fuel shortages by leaving cars in the parking spaces and charging customers extra to sit in them?

I’ve talked to a few of the folks who are “token” political minorities in their counties, and the common thread seems just to be that it’s something you don’t discuss unless you want to get into an argument, but that they feel perfectly comfortable in their communities and they are integrated in every other way, which was (to me) pleasantly surprising.

Did you get a sense of how she came to be “politically unusual” for her locale? Have you met other people who are unusual in their home counties, and are there any common threads connecting their stories?

Sounds like you are having a great time. I can’t wait to see the play.