An Explanation of Karl Rove's Confidence About the Midterm Elections

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the November 20, 2006 edition of The Nation.

November 2, 2006

It's possible that Rove has got a plan
To keep Republicans from being buried:
Announcing that they've foiled a bombing plot
By two gay Muslims who had just got married.

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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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