The Message of Those Spreading Rumors About John McCain’s ‘Temperament’

The Message of Those Spreading Rumors About John McCain’s ‘Temperament’

The Message of Those Spreading Rumors About John McCain’s ‘Temperament’

Imprisonment and torture are the sort
Of things that might just drive a person daft.
So just in case that happened to McCain,

Calvin Trillin
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Imprisonment and torture are the sort
Of things that might just drive a person daft.
So just in case that happened to McCain,
Let’s stick with candidates who dodged the draft.

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


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