No matter our diverse political views and convictions, we all can agree that this year’s presidential campaign is hard to believe, even with constant 24/7 advertisements, panel discussions, SNL (the saving grace and tonic to get us through), yard signs (which thankfully I can’t see), mailers, newspapers, the internet, and what I like to call “The Home Invasion”.
Like most people, we don’t use our landline, and have only kept it because it’s cheaper to bundle our internet, cable TV and home phone and pay one fee for the three. Ridiculous, right? Now here’s where things get a little squirrelly. My husband and I have always watched Celebrity Apprentice which starred one of the candidates. We really enjoyed the show and would have continued tuning in . . . I don’t think I need to review what has transpired to cause NBC to seek another host. But at the time, it was entertainment and in addition to watching the famous competitors, we were surprised and impressed by Donald’s three grown children. They grew up quietly and became successful in their own rights and they have their own families now.
With all this being said, it was a surreal moment to hear this woman’s voice on our home answering machine:
Ivanka Trump called us. Of course I realize she didn’t actually punch in the digits that would send her voice into my kitchen, but in the land of the weirdest presidential race in history, there she was. I know firsthand that we are not our fathers nor are we responsible for the sins of the men who created us. I would have rathered she was inviting me to a girls night and my husband would have loved the offer of a date. Politics make strange bedfellows and equally weird phone calls too!
