Zell riles Democrats: Bush endorsement infuriates party faithful

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 11/02/03 | Tom Baxter

[SwinneySwitch]

"That's an old story. I just don't have any comment," said James Carville..."

LOL How can this be an old story, James? BTW, you look much better with the wastebasket over your head! Would you please wear it after the election next Tuesday?

[narby]

One of the first Democrats the Party left behind was.... Ronald Reagan.

[nothingnew]

I forgot the leftist college professors.

That's ok Doug, I forgive you. Your first reply covered it very well...and I do appreciate the addendum.

FMCDH

[Zeppo]

"I don't want to be the candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks," Gephardt said in a statement. "I will win the Democratic nomination because I will be the candidate for guys with American flags in their pickup trucks."

Hmmm... I wonder whether or not he will be the candidate for guys with Mexican flags in their pickup trucks? It would be interesting to pin him down on that one...

[teldon30]

That pretty much covers it!

[Atchafalaya]

I think that has been common knowledge for some time!

[Atchafalaya]

In the name if diversity (which Clark claims is one of America's most hallowed ideals????) I would think he would be.

[I still care]

I checked the Conservative Union Record on Zell - he has a voting record of 56, which in my eyes makes him a true moderate (unlike Chuckie Schumer, who said he was a moderate with a vote rating of 6.)(This is a scale of 1-100)

By the way, Arlen Spector is in the 40s, which I guess makes him moderate too, but on the liberal side.

[MissAmericanPie]

"Every honor I've had has been through the Democrats, and I'm not going to knife them in the back," he said."

Honor? ROFLOL, honor among thieves. Zell must be an old school democrat, the kind my grand parents voted for, he is as sick of liberals as anyone else it seems.

"Miller's criticisms are a special problem for Southern Democrats because he has played such a key role in defining the modern party across the region, from his early support of Bill Clinton to his widely imitated lottery for education."

Yeah, I'm sure they all enjoyed hiding behind his coat tail as a politician with an honorable, old fashioned, history, giving the nod to destructive modern liberal agendas to voters who trust him. Seems he's taken his coat off.

"In reality, the region has become "incredibly competitive," with power frequently shifting back and forth between the parties, said John Anzalone, a Democratic pollster based in Montgomery. Alabama, he noted, has swapped the governorship between the parties three times in recent elections."

This is true, the South has a throw the bums out approach to voting out which ever party has disappointed them.

"Georgia House Speaker Terry Coleman said he agreed national Democrats had in some respects "gone too far."

Yeah, so far that he doesn't dare detail in what manner they have gone to far. Treason, curlishness, theft, moral equivalency, the destruction of the nation, and that's just for starters.

"It just seems like the left wing of the Democratic Party seems to garner all the attention, and they've not left a lot of room for national moderates and national conservatives," Coleman said."

Yes, a parade of drunks, murderers, currs, fruits, nuts, and clowns, usually does garner alot of attention.

"I'm an unreconstructed, unrepentant, proud Southern Democrat. And my views have not changed. They've evolved like everyone else's," said former Rep. Buddy Darden, a member of the state Democratic Executive Committee

Nothing more unsightly than an evolving, revolving, democrat talking out of both sides of his mouth.

[ZULU]

"Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut, his young daughter in his arms, was approached as he left the Senate floor. Asked for his thoughts, he simply said "no" and rushed onto an elevator."

I believe Dodd started his career as a Limousine Liberal Rockefeller Republican, became and independent, and is now a Democrat. I suspect his co-traitor buddy Jeffords will do the same thing.

[xrp]

Nature abhors a vacuum and a new party with conservatism at its core will arise. The Democratic Party is dead. It has no new ideas and no new idea makers, just a bunch of race-baiters and class-warfare artists. The Republican Party IS tracking left and its bleeding conservatives as it does so. But the question is...what party will fill the conservative gap?

[Buck W.]

First time today I've encountered the word "desquamate" on the 'net. What a magnificent image of the democrat party!

[GladesGuru]

Dear Geppy,

Lots of luck explaining yourself to the owner of that pickup.

[tkathy]

JFK would be a MODERATE Republican. For either party to win the next elections, they need to capture the moderate, independent voter.

[auzerais]

It's amazing that just last month, Dems like Gephart were at NASCAR races and supposedly going after the "NASCAR Dad" vote.

I guess they can pretty much kiss that vote good-bye and forget that idea now.

[StormEye]

""Every honor I've had has been through the Democrats, and
I'm not going to knife them in the back," he said."

But the DemonRAT Party would knife you in the back
in a heartbeat. That's the character of the creeps
(the Clintons, Kennedys, McAwful, Pelosi, Chicoms) that are
running the party. And what is "honorable" about being a Democrat these days?

[dwd1]

As I said on the other post, Clinton and the party leadership mortgaged the future in 94 and 96 and almost destroyed the conservative element of the party... Not the legacy he wanted.....

[jmcclain19]

there is no such thing anymore as a moderate "independent" voter.

In all kinds of polls, those classifed as "independets" regularly toe one party line or another more frequently than those actually in the party. It just depends on who turns out the vote better.

[BackSlidenDemocrat]

Can anyone blame Zell with the latest riff between the Democratic candidates over Deans racist, redneck, remark about southerners who drive around in pickups with confederate flags on the back window. I think a good lesson in history is about to happen here that shows what a sham has been going on when they teach about the Civil War in our public schools. Very few Americans associate it with the true issue at hand at the time and that was STATES RIGHTS.

[dixiechick2000]

"Zell Miller is what southern men used to be...an interesting Democrat. Bless 'is heart!"

I totally agree. There was a time, I will admit, that I voted for 'em.

I live in Oregon now. Never again...