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On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the December 6, 2004 edition of The Nation.

November 18, 2004

The AG's to be one Alberto Gonzales--
Dependable, actually loyal über alles.
Though we can't say "Viva!"
For him on Geneva
(Conventions he'd treat
As quite obsolete)
The fact he's not Ashcroft does bring us some solace.

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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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