Three of the Ten Republican Presidential Candidates Don't Believ

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the May 28, 2007 edition of The Nation.

May 10, 2007

They think that Darwin's got it wrong:
God made us all. Pow! Just like that.
It could be worse. We still don't know
How many think the Earth is flat.

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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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