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On General Boykin’s Comments That His God’s Bigger Than the Islam God

The general says Islam's God's so small He's just an idol, not a god at all. The man's a moderate. Yes, you can cite Much worse from zealots of the Christian right

Calvin Trillin

November 6, 2003

The general says Islam’s God’s so small He’s just an idol, not a god at all. The man’s a moderate. Yes, you can cite Much worse from zealots of the Christian right (The gang that made a lapdog of Bush One, And won the nomination for his son). From Graham, Falwell, Robertson and such You hear that Islam’s wicked, inasmuch As evil was the Prophet’s stock in trade. A worthy target of a great crusade, He was, they say, a killer and a thief Whose terroristic forces caused much grief. It’s not just that Mohammed’s God is teeny, Mohammed’s made to sound like Mussolini. From Bush, this sort of language from these kooks Produces just the mildest of rebukes. He knows from Rev. Rove he has to keep These shepherds happy, since he needs their sheep. Another Bushie pooch lies still–perhaps A different dog, but in the same old laps.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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