“Giuliani’s Prostate Cancer Figure Is Disputed” –Headline in the New York Times
Again, our Rudy G.’s been busted. (Statistically, he can’t be trusted.) His numbers told such whopping lies You’d think he might apologize. But he’d see that as weak and vile. Apologizing’s not his style. No, being wrong ignites his powder: He’ll say he’s right, but say it louder. And so he did. Supporters cringed. Our Rudy’s tough, or just unhinged.
Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”