The american electoral process (What does the author’s language reveal about his tone toward the American Electoral College system? What rhetorical strategies does he use to justify his perspective?)

Saved in marigolds, what do the following lines from the passage mainly reveal about lizabeth? suddenly i was ashamed, and i did not like being ashamed. the child in me sulked and said it was all in fun, but the woman in me flinched at the thought of the malicious attack that i had led.