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Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign

The party knows he has some faults, But what he has they need: That's schmaltz. And what he doesn't look is French. So Bubba's coming off the bench.

Calvin Trillin

October 28, 2004

The party knows he has some faults, But what he has they need: That’s schmaltz. And what he doesn’t look is French. So Bubba’s coming off the bench.

The Democratic base can’t wait To listen to their Bill orate And prove that he is still a mensh. They welcome Bubba off the bench.

He is their knight who feels their pain– An empathetic Charlemagne. And they’ve forgiven him that wench. So Bubba’s coming off the bench.

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


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