John McCain Explains What He Meant...

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the October 13, 2008 edition of The Nation.

September 24, 2008

The fundamentals are strong, my friends. The fundamentals are strong.
The Democrats don't go along, my friends, but they're the ones who are wrong.
Because what that word really means, my friends, is our great American workers.
So anyone saying I'm wrong, my friends, is saying our workers are shirkers.
So trust me to sort this all out, my friends. I've been in Congress the longest.
American workers are strong, my friends. And those in the swing states are strongest.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin, the author of Random House's Deciding the Next Decider: The 2008 Presidential Election in Rhyme, is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been acclaimed in fields of writing that are remarkably diverse. As someone who has published solidly reported pieces in The New Yorker for forty years, he has been called "perhaps the finest reporter in America." His wry commentary on the American scene and his books chronicling his adventures as a "happy eater" have earned him renown as "a classic American humorist." His About Alice--a 2007 New York Times best seller that was hailed as "a miniature masterpiece"--followed two other best-selling memoirs, Remembering Denny and Messages from My Father. more...
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