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The Nicest Republican

Huckabee wins the prize for "Mr. Congeniality" hands down...whatever else you might say about him.

Calvin Trillin

November 1, 2007

The nice vote goes to Huckabee. No other is as nice as he. He leads a decent sort of life. He’s married to his only wife. His kids, we’d bet, still speak to him. He’s courteous, but isn’t prim. A cheerful fat man who got lean, He’s not vindictive, rude or mean. Of course, he thinks our way’s been lost: Abortion is a “holocaust” And evolution’s just a myth (The apes are not his kin or kith) And what the Bible says is true. The Earth’s not old. It’s rather new– Six thousand years, from Eve to present. He’s wacko, sure, but he’s sure pleasant.

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


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