Evans’ Rag

Vol 6 Issue 7

*Quercus rubra – photo by* Katja Schulz CC BY 4.0

It’s that time again. Every four years we get to yell at each other. My naïve belief that we were done with Trump after 2020 was about as off base as it could be. And it still doesn’t seem conceivable we’ll be put through more of his gyrations.

It’s not the traditional way to choose a president, but here’s what I’m going with this go round: Which of these two would you rather be your next door neighbor?

Kamala has been through four years alongside Joe Biden. Before that, she was a public prosecutor, then Attorney General, not executive functions, but far from being unfamiliar with why a functioning government is important. Would she make mistakes? I expect so. Would I agree with everything she does? I expect not.

Though she’s welcome in my home any time. I’d get her busy in the kitchen with D and I. I imagine there would be loud talk about politics, and louder laughter, happy at being alive and sharing a meal.

There’s a house across the lake—we can see it when the leaves are down. We toured it during an open house back when it was owned by a national Democratic lobbyist. The house was an art gallery he used for entertaining guests. I don’t believe he and his girlfriend lived there. Entering one bedroom, I was struck dumb by three larger than life photographs of stark naked teenage girls, girls you might see at the mall, nothing special other than they wore no clothes. They stared at you like they were embarrassed by your entering the room, victims of pornography by humiliation. Art, you know.

I was very happy I never found myself in the same social setting as this lobbyist. Even passing him on the street, once I knew his taste in artwork, would have been difficult. He’s since moved, so there’s no danger in that.

Of course, Donald Trump would never want to live in our neighborhood. The houses aren’t grand enough and there’s nary a golden escalator in the lot. That would be the first clue. Even the estates in Great Falls wouldn’t satisfy that man’s outsized ego. Though we do visit the restaurant, L’Auberege Chez Francoise, in Great Falls.

If you wouldn’t want to have Trump as a neighbor, why would you ever want him as your president?