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A Short History of the French Presidential Election

In Paris it began to look Like Jacques Chirac was just a crook, But voters voted for him when He ran against Le Pen again. Though graft is certainly a curse, They figured there are things far worse.

Calvin Trillin

May 9, 2002

In Paris it began to look Like Jacques Chirac was just a crook, But voters voted for him when He ran against Le Pen again. Though graft is certainly a curse, They figured there are things far worse.

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


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