Originally published as a recurring feature at the McSweeneyÕs website, Richard GraysonÕs diary wryly chronicles the hopeless 2004 campaign of an emo-loving vegetarian fiction writer, the sole opponent to a right-wing incumbent in FloridaÕs most Republican congressional district. Supporting socialized medicine, abortion rights, gay marriage and immediate withdrawal from Iraq, write-in Democrat Grayson jokes his way through a quixotic campaign to wind the hearts and minds of those North Florida voters who possess hearts and minds.
ÒA fascinating diary.Ó - Stephen Elliott