Heckuva Guy

Calvin Trillin, who has rhymed for the New Yorker, NYT and NPR is interviewed by Jon Stewart, Heckuva Job, about his new book, A Heckuva Job : More of the Bush Administration in Rhyme.

See also, a WSJ interview, Author Q&A, for more.

From his book, words from George W. Bush after he said to FEMA chief Michael Brown, "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job":

A qualified guy, I wish I had added.
Your résumé's super, even if padded.
We wanted the best to lead FEMA's forces,
And who would know more than a man who knows horses?
You saw that the storm was more than some showers,
And sent off a memo in four or five hours.
You found out that life in the Dome was not Super --
And only a day after Anderson Cooper.
A heckuva job! You know how to lead 'em.
We hope to award you the Medal of Freedom.

On Republicans:

’Cause government’s the problem, lads,
Americans would all do well to shun it.
Yes, government’s the problem, lads.
At least it is when we’re the ones who run it.

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