'G.O.P. Candidate, Pushed By Right, Ends Upstate Bid'

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the November 23, 2009 edition of The Nation.

November 4, 2009

'G.O.P. Candidate, Pushed By Right, Ends Upstate Bid'
            --The New York Times

The GOP's chief commissars had heard
That there was trouble in the 23rd:
Though every county chairman there had voted
For Dede Scozzafava, it was noted
That she, though certainly a high achiever,
Was not, in fact, a zealous true believer.
If any of the canon caused her doubt,
That justified their push to throw her out.
All commissars need neither rhyme nor reason.
They know that deviation's always treason.

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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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