Miller wears the crown of King Sneer

AJC ^ | 11/6/03 | Jay Bookman

[smith288]

Am I retarded or did this person say Democrats pushed for civil rights??

[Ingtar]

I was about to ask the same thing. The Democrats, like Al Gore Sr, pushed for Civil Rights?

[Huck]

John McCain is a maverick. Jumpin Jeffords is an independent spirit. But Zell has a personality disorder.

[VRWCmember]

"... Nor does he mention that during that critical eight-year period, Democratic leaders pushed through civil-rights bills that broke the back of officially sanctioned racism, created the New South that Miller brags about, and in the process alienated at least two generations of white Southerners."

And it's good that he doesn't mention those things because he would have to lie to do so. The Civil-rights legislation of the 60's was pushed thru by the GOP over the opposition from democrats in the south.

[thoughtomator]

It was only a matter of time before Terry McAuliffe's character assassination club got Zell on their agenda.

[VRWCmember]

Is Bookman a liar or is he just ignorant?

[don'tbedenied]

Man these people are so blind. Miller points out the obvious, then they lose Ky.and Miss. and they still attack Miller and Southern whites (bunch of racists don't ya know). This is getting weird.

[StatesEnemy]

Well JFK did anyway... but then again he also had a huge tax cut, and was Reaganish when it came to the 'Commies'.

[Guillermo]

LBJ did, yes.

The Standard Bearer (AUH2O) for the GOP didn't, and was opposed to it (for the right reasons I might add).

The fact that a greater percentage of Republicans voted for civil-rights is overshadowed by the above facts.

[ladyinred]

Am I retarded or did this person say Democrats pushed for civil rights??

No retardation here, that is what he said. Another lie that has been repeated enough that it is now the "truth". This guy seems to have that problem with the truth, which is why he is trying so hard to discredit Miller. The truth is something "progressives" hide at all costs, and I do mean ALL costs.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Part of the explanation lies in race. Miller lacks the honesty to admit that fact

... and this, mind you, from a staunch supporter of the party of the doddering and senile "Sheets" Byrd.

Irony, Be Not Proud. :)

[PogySailor]

I've been waiting to see the hit pieces on Zell. I guess this is the first of many to come.

[MamaLucci]

Gee, Jay sounds a bit defensive.....you'd almost think he was taking Miller's criticism personally.

[TUX]

Rat Apologist....Doing what rats do best, smearing anyone who will lift the skirts of the rat party.

This southerner has only to look at the Dim leadership of McAuful,Little Tommy Dashole,Peelousy, and the soon to be standard bearer Deano to know and understand why the South and thinking Democrats simply left.

As the recient elections show the southern color of choice is not pink.

[xzins]

He doesn't mention that racist George Wallace carried five of those states, including Georgia

Wonder why this guy doesn't mention that Wallace was a democrat....and a great friend of Sen. Robert Byrd?

[Wright is right!]

"Is Bookman a liar or is he just ignorant?"

Probably a bit of both. He's no doubt too young to have been around when the Civil Rights struggle was going on, or at least not cognizant, so he's been fed the Kool-Aid by his lib bretheren for so long he believes it. He's so cozy in his circle of friends that all believe the exact same things as he does that he's probably never even questioned some of what he THINKS he believes.

As for the headline, I thought it was about DENNIS Miller.

Michael

[steve8714]

Not just the south...I believe MO senators voted against it too.

[StriperSniper]

Democrats try to sell their populist policies

Democrats try to sell their populist liberal socialist communist Stalinist populist policies

Another redefinition by the Dims. They just won't call themselves what they are.

[Question_Assumptions]

Some Democrats are finally beginning to rethink that approach. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean recently said he wants to be "the candidate for guys with Confederate flags and their pickup trucks. We can't beat George Bush unless we appeal to a broad cross section of Democrats." He's right: For too long, national leaders in the Democratic Party have indeed written off much of the white South in the mistaken belief that racial issues made their votes unattainable.

And for his trouble, Dean has gotten smacked around like a hockey puck during an NHL playoff game by Al Sharpton and others. While I do think the Republicans deserve some criticism for their racial attitudes during the late 1960s and 1970s (while it is true that many southern Democrats voted against civil rights, it is also true that many of those very same Democrats became Republicans during this period), it is the Democrats who have a racist problem right now. People like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson in the mix will insure that racial issues keep making white Southern votes even more unattainable in the future.