Posted on 10/29/2003 12:37:24 PM PST by HarleyD
SENATOR ZELL MILLER OF GEORGIA, the nation's most prominent conservative Democrat, said today he will endorse President Bush for re-election in 2004 and campaign for him if Bush wishes him to. Miller said Bush is "the right man at the right time" to govern the country.
The next five years "will determine the kind of world my children and grandchildren will live in," Miller said in an interview. And he wouldn't "trust" any of the nine Democratic presidential candidates with governing during "that crucial period," he said. "This Democrat will vote for President Bush in 2004."
Miller, who is retiring from the Senate next year, has often expressed his admiration for Bush. He was a co-sponsor of the president's tax cuts in 2001 and 2003. The two got to know each other in the 1990s when both were governors.
The senator's endorsement is important for several reasons. With Miller on board, Bush will have a head start on forming a Democrats for Bush group in 2004. Such a group would woo crossover votes from conservative or otherwise disgruntled Democrats next year. In 2000, an effort by the Bush campaign to form a Democrats for Bush organization fizzled.
Since he came to the Senate in 2000, Miller has become increasingly critical of Senate Democrats and the national Democratic party. He recently published a new book, "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," in which he criticizes the party for being too liberal, too elitist, and subservient to liberal interest groups. In the book, Miller singles out Democratic presidential frontrunner Howard Dean, whom he knew as governor of Vermont, for being shallow.
1. He's retiring, so this move doesn't "cost" him anything.
2. He's just written a book, and he knows exactly which party has more people who are intelligent and literate enough to read it.
BUMP!
Bump that!
LOL! You said it!
How clueless can you be?
More intellectual rhapsodies from your typical LW fruitloop (censored of course)
Democat (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:14 PM Response to Original message 32. He needs to be asked to leave the party
phillybri (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 03:50 PM Response to Original message 1. What a fu*king shocker.... As*hole...I can't wait until this jackass retires...
GainesT1958 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 03:56 PM Response to Reply #4 12. Quick! Someone from Georgia call Max Cleland... And BEG him to save your state next year! Zell has to be one of the BIGGEST jerks OF ALL TIME... and now he can add "Quisling" to his resume. Just goes to show how much he REALLY "thinks about his grandchildren"...HA!
Miller is right, thenext five years will determine the future And Zell desiresan Imperial Oligarchy as rife with lies and falsehood as the Old Soviet Union, where only one side is ever told and all news is Infotainment and the Inferiors of the Empire are rightfully ruled by the Superiors whom the Bushevik God (Satan) has ordained. And no one thinks or reads a book that isn't Bushevik party Approved. Some future... Thanks, Zell, you fu*king quisling. History shall record your bootlicking Treason in kneeling before Emperor Bunnypants*. One wonders is Zell a dupe, or is he on the Bushevik Pay Corps?
bif (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 03:57 PM Response to Original message 14. Zell, you needle-dicked bug fuc*er! Cut off his funds now!
PROGRESSIVE1 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:19 PM Original message Heck with the south! If we want to win we must..... take the message to the heartland!!! To win next year we must win these areas: Northeast, Westcoast, Midwest, Hawaii, DC, Louisiana, Arkansas, and West Virginia!!! This will net us 290 Electoral Votes and a BIG White House in DC!!! (Note)Louisiana and Arkansas are moderate southern states that can be won over with a candidate such as Clark, Edwards, or Kerry! He is hurting us more than he is helping us. Make him leave!
Skinner ADMIN (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:10 PM Response to Original message 27. That backstabbing piece of sh*t. Fu*k 'im.
jiacinto (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:14 PM Response to Original message 30. Fu*k him That's it. I have had it with him. He should leave the party now.
in_cog_ni_to (953 posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:15 PM Response to Original message 34. OMG! Zell Miller is not a Democrat. That is obvious by the way he votes on issues and THIS! What a F**KING a**hole! I hope he loses his seat when he's up for reelection. He'll probably run as a repuke though...at least he should.
w13rd0 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:19 PM Response to Original message 36. The nine democratic candidates... ...should bury their differences for a moment to appear at a joint news conference to announce that THEY are most certainly Democrats, but that Zell is most certainly not.
Frodo (808 posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:29 PM Response to Original message 41. Well, the chance of winning GA in '04 just went to zero. And probably that senate seat as well. He said he wouldn't endorse a senate candidate, but you know Zell will be with shrub when he visits GA and he's GOING to spend time in GA. Ang you know Burr will be right up there on the stage with him.
HypnoToad (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 05:00 PM Response to Original message 48. What world? Bush will destroy it either with his warmongering or his ineptitude. Zell is a dipsh*t too. The kind of world I want children and grandchildren to live in is far more desirable than the one he must be thinking of. Fu*k him. And not in the good way.
dirk (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 05:35 PM Response to Original message 59. Jesus friggin Kerist! Miller should be kicked out of the party. How the hell does a Democratic Senator endorse the opposition party's candidate without even knowing who *his own party's* candidate is going to be ??
OKNancy (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 05:38 PM Response to Original message 60. I just can't figure out what happened to him I vividly remember Zell giving a rop-roaring Republican bashing speech at the Democratic convention several years ago. He had everyone whooping and howling. Was it a slow transformation or did he get scared by 9-11...or bought off?
I saw that too. The Bush haters must be furious.
benfranklin1776 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:38 PM Response to Reply #9 23. I'll third that. Benedict Arnold, Judas piece of refuse. So Zell baby when do you get your seat on Carlyle? Hope you got full value for your raisin shriveled soul.
Jack The Tab (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:18 PM Response to Original message 6. I knew this guy was a DINO, but fer christsakes....an endorsement?? That is soooooooooo out of line and ..I'm completely flabergasted. I'm beyond words...
BullGooseLoony (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:19 PM Response to Original message 8. That motherfu*ker needs to get CURBED. And I DON'T mean just tossing him out on his ass.
bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:20 PM Response to Original message 10. F@&king A#@^&*!!! Edited on Wed Oct-29-03 04:20 PM by bluestateguy Don't let this go unanswered. The DNC should formally ask him to change parties. Tom Daschle should strip him of committee assignments. NO Democrat should ever again have anything to do with that opportunistic, sychophantic AS*H*LE!!!
HawkeyeX (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:23 PM Response to Reply #10 12. Start calling and e-mailing Daschle NOW Edited on Wed Oct-29-03 04:42 PM by HawkeyeX and get Miller off the Democratic Caucus, strip ALL of his committee assignment and start recruiting HEAVILY to Snowe and Chafee to make the switch now. Miller can go (I) for all I care, or even a (R) next to his fat, ugly name. Miller can go for a year without any committee assignments. Georgian Dems should be calling for his head and recalling his SORRY ass.
Vadem (312 posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:56 PM Response to Reply #20 29. I called right after you, apparently... The receptionist said they had just received a call reporting the Weekly Standard article. I also relayed my anger at Benedict Miller and demanded that Daschle strip him of all committee assignments and kick his ass out of the Democratic Party! She said she would pass my message on to Senator Daschle. I also called Miller's office and asked the staff person why he was even in the Democratic Party, that Senator Daschle should relieve him of all duties and kick him over to the Repuke side where he belongs!
benfranklin1776 (1000+ posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:48 PM Response to Reply #13 26. "Democrats for Bush" Eh? Edited on Wed Oct-29-03 04:55 PM by benfranklin1776 That is akin to "Chickens for Colonel Sanders." I say come back at em hard. If that is the game they are going to play then I say actively recruit disaffected Republicans like Lincoln Chaffee to switch parties and also form a "Republicans for common sense and sanity group" that endorses the Democratic nominee.
Zhade (993 posts) Wed Oct-29-03 04:49 PM Response to Original message 27. My letter to Zell. Not suitable for small children. TRAITOR. You endorsed a lying, AWOL, ex-cokehead commander-in-thief - a man who stole his way into power and has lied the United States into two wars, eradicating our freedoms systematically while looting the Treasury for illegal invasions and occupations. You have sold your soul to a group of raving ideologues gleefully leading this country to its very destruction. You don't get it, do you? You are nothing to them, and you will be used and then discarded once your usefullness has expired. You betray our Founding Fathers by siding with an enemy of America and a traitor against the Constitution.
maxrandb (188 posts) Wed Oct-29-03 05:10 PM Response to Original message 37. GOOD FOR ZELL What the hell was he doing in the Democratic Party anyway? He's stands for Democratic ideals and policies about as much as "former Democrat" Strom Thurmond did. It's all about survival for this f&*k*r! He looked at the tea leave in his Freeper state and went with the flow. Kick him out of the party. Don't let the frickin door hit you in the A$$ di*kwad.
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