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On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy

They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him from the state!" Election is the blessing he'll afford.

Calvin Trillin

July 3, 2002

They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that’s foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, “God is great! Don’t separate him from the state!” Election is the blessing he’ll afford.

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


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