Bob and Barbara on Election Eve(Martin Green) 2024BB (Approx. 500 wds.)
Bob and Barbara on Election Eve


It was the night before the presidential election. Newlyweds Bob and Barbara had just watched the nightly television news, which said the election was a toss-up, and were preparing to go to bed.
“Well,” said Bob, “I guess we should get up early tomorrow so we can vote before the lines get too long.”
“Yes,” said Barbara. “Are you still going to vote for that awful Trump?”
“He’s not that awful. Well, maybe he is. But Kamala is even worse.”
“What do you mean?”
“She’s a California progressive for one thing. and look at what they’ve done to that state. She brags about being a prosecutor but she doesn’t say she was known for being soft on criminals. She was dead set against fracking and now she says she isn’t. She and Biden had an open border policy and now she says she’s all for the wall. That crazy guy Bernie Sanders had it right, she’ll say anything to get herself elected.”
“Well, look at Trump. He’s still saying he won the last election.”
“Yeah, that’s not too smart of him.”
“Smart? I think he’s stupid. Look at that debate. Kamala wiped him out. She was out to rile him and he rose to the bait every time.”
“Yeah, that wasn’t his finest moment. But what about Kamala? She won’t have any press conferences or answer any tough questions. Nobody knows what she really thinks or what she’d do if she gets elected. All she does is spout her canned speeches. I’m sick and tired of hearing how she was raised by her mother to be middle class whenever they ask her about the economy. At least Trump isn’t afraid to put himself out there.”
“Okay, I wish she’d tell us more about her ideas. And Trump may be out there but he lies all the time. Like saying when he was president everything was great.”
“You’re right. He does like to exaggerate. But what about Kamala? She tells deliberate lies. Like saying Trump will ban abortions. He says he’ll leave it up to the states. And she says he’ll do everything in that Project 2025. He says over and over again that he’s never even seen it. That doesn’t stop her from lying about it.”
“Hmmm. She does lie a lot. And she was Vice President all this time and the country is in pretty sad shape. Maybe I shouldn’t vote for her after all. But I could never vote for Trump. I can’t stand him.”
“I know. He is pretty obnoxious. And he’s vain as a peacock. Maybe I shouldn’t vote for him either. But I couldn’t vote for that empty pantsuit.”
“Then maybe we shouldn’t vote at all. We can sleep in.”
“Sounds good to me. Say, don’t you have an uncle who went to Canada?”
“Yes, my Uncle Rob. He went there when it was Trump or Hillary.”
“Why don’t you give him a call tomorrow?”
“I will.”

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