Calvin Trillin, responding to Daily Show host John Stewart's impish description of his new book in verse on the 2008 election Deciding the Next Decider, joked, "You made me feel like one of those guys who's done the Palace of Versaille in beer cans." No, John Milton he isn't.
Trillin is a comedic writer with a gift for light verse. And it was clear from last week's Daily Show interview that he understands that his latest project--chronicling ...
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George Allen: He fit what’s often valued by the right, Quite cheerful, Reaganesque, and not too bright. Al Gore: Some said that if the presidential glimmer Was in Gore’s eyes, he’d try to get much slimmer Barack Obama: Experience was what he seemed to lack. And to be frank, they pointed out, he’s black. … And foreigners, from Rome to Yokohama, Were cheering an American: Obama From this vote they were willing to infer We aren’t the people they had thought we were. And Lady Liberty, as people call her, Was standing in the harbor somewhat taller.
