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What Real Straight Talk From McCain Would Sound Like...

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By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the April 14, 2008 edition of The Nation.

March 26, 2008

It's going very well, my friends.
Our triumphs now are bound to grow.
The worst five years are over, friends.
That leaves just ninety-five to go.

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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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