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This article appeared in the September 18, 2006 edition of The Nation.

August 31, 2006

ELECTIONS? HOW QUAINT

It's an unhappy commentary on our times that we got a flurry of mail from agitated readers who took Stephen Gillers's satiric "Bush Postpones 2008 Election" [Aug. 14/21] as gospel. Despite a "2008" dateline and other cues, permanent GOP government didn't seem all that farfetched to many. --The Editors


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About Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami, the author of Secret Son, is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. more...
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