Dogfight The 2012 Presidential Campaign In Verse (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
One can gather from the poems collected here that the 2012 campaign was far more about the Republicans than the Democrats. With the Democratic nominee not in doubt, I guess that makes sense. But that also puts everything that the administration does subject to scrutiny as a campaign issue, and that scrutiny is not applied here.And no need to ask which side Calvin Trillin favored. All Republicans are slashed, Obama gets a pass. OK, that first debate is remarked upon as being a sub-par performance on Obama's part. That's about it. But Trillin does get in some clever zingers regarding Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann. But I found no mention of Joe Biden, positive or negative. Interesting. Calvin Trillin’s recap of the 2012 presidential campaign in poetic form was quite interested and at times, I found myself laughing aloud and reading excerpts to my partner. Mr. Trillin’s political leanings are quite clear and little space is actually devoted to the incumbent president, but the Republican primary provided too much fodder for humor to not include the missteps of Perry, Bachmann, Gingrich and the like. An entertaining and pretty quick read that I would recommend to liberals and moderates as well as conservatives who didn’t take things too seriously.
What do You think about Dogfight The 2012 Presidential Campaign In Verse (2000)?
A clever and poetic way to look at the 2012 campaign. lots of laughs.
—hottiefee
love the election in verse! The primaries were delicious.
—Book
Clever, but not nearly as entertaining as I had expected.
—littlemisspurrfect123
