One Possible Explanation for Surveys Showing That Rudy Giuliani May Not Win His Own State

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the February 11, 2008 edition of The Nation.

January 23, 2008

Familiarity with him means dreading
The day that Rudy's hand's upon the rudder,
For he's vindictive, credit-hogging, petty--
The Bully Dork. To know him is to shudder.

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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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