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A Poem of Republican Populism

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By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the October 11, 2004 edition of The Nation.

September 23, 2004

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Our policies address the cares

Of heiresses and millionaires.

Our point of view reverberates

With folks who live behind high gates

And folks whose country clubs may lack

A single Jew, a single black.

We're backed by all the CEOs.

We waive the regs that bring them woes.

To comfort them is our intent.

Yes, though we always represent

The folks who sit in corporate boxes,

The gratifying paradox is--

And this we love; it's just the neatest--

The other party's called elitist.

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A Poem of Republican Populism

A Poem of Republican Populism

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By Calvin Trillin

September 23, 2004

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