The Melody Hillary Clinton Finally Heard

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the June 30, 2008 edition of The Nation.

June 11, 2008

(As sung, by a brave staffer, to the tune of "The Party's Over")

This race is over.
You lost the delegate count.
And it was March, by the way,
When math showed his lead too large to surmount.
It's time to shut down your big machine.
So just endorse him. And try not sounding mean.

This race is over.
Well, yes, that's hard to accept.
They thought you'd win in a walk,
And who could expect a staff that inept?
It's time to stop now. We know you will.
It's time to stop now. And try stopping Bill.
This race is over, my friend.

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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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