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Republican Anger at Trent Lott

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the January 6, 2003 edition of The Nation.

December 18, 2002

Republicans feel anger, unconcealed,
Because Trent Lott revealed what he revealed.
They've always reassured the racist clods
By using code, festooned with winks and nods.
But now Lott's blown the gaff, for, once he'd spoken,
The world could see the Southern race-code broken.

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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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