Republican Bonding

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the June 9, 2008 edition of The Nation.

May 21, 2008

While speaking in Israel our very own Caesar
Said he who would talk to Iran's an appeaser--
Like Chamberlain, say, when Hitler was met.
(Although not like Nixon and Mao's chat, we'd bet.)
Obama's that guy, said McCain right away,
Allowing the Democrats' planners to say,
When push comes to shove and when shovecomes to push,
We'll all be pronouncing his name as McBush.

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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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