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Obama’s Temper

In praise of losing it.

Calvin Trillin

June 10, 2010

His calm, say the pundits, is not the right mode. To look like a leader he’ll have to explode. The man has to demonstrate more of an id. For that there is nothing like flipping your lid. That’s right: what they say is to get Big Mo back Obama should contemplate blowing his stack. According to them, what could help him the most’ll Be some sort of sign that he’s finally gone postal.

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


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