the notes: President Romney looked at the German Chancellor carefully, up and... →
Calvin Trillin - “President Romney Meets With Other World Leaders”
President Romney looked at the German Chancellor carefully, up and down. “I’d say you’d go about one-forty, give or take five pounds,” he said. “Am I in the ballpark?”
Chancellor Merkel, hoping she might have misunderstood the President, said, “I believe the future of the euro will dominate…
So Calvin Trillin is one of my all-time favorite writers, and here he has written a very funny essay about Mitt Romney (Sorry All I Want Is People Jokin’ On Mitt Romney?!). He used to write this kind of thing very often, from like 1978-1991 at The Nation. I find this to be a delightful return to form. Calvin Trillin!
