A Demographic Analysis of the Reform Party

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the October 11, 1999 edition of The Nation.

September 23, 1999

This party's what diversity is all about:
There's no variety of wacko that's left out.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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