The Conscience of Zell Miller

Oregon Magazine ^ | November 1, 2003 | Peggy Whitcomb

[WaterDragon]

The polls keep telling politicians that most voters, Democratic and Republican, support President Bush in the war against terrorism, they want their taxes lowered, they want some restraints on abortion, they want judges who follow the Constitution instead of making up new laws, and they don't want their children's education hijacked by power-crazy labor unions.

In his latest book, "A National Party No More", Zell Miller insists that while Republicans have also been guilty of ignoring voters on these issues, Democratic Party leaders in Washington are now bought and paid for by special interest groups which oppose the American majority on almost every agenda.

He describes the U.S.Senate Democrats' weekly caucus meetings where marching orders from 'The Groups' are passed on to the Senators, sometimes called in during the meetings, no debate allowed, just vote as ordered and the money will flow. The Democrats demand one hundred percent adherence to the party line, with no diversity of opinion allowed.

Which is why he stopped attending the weekly luncheon caucuses.

Zell says he was taught "Take what you want. Take it and pay for it...(Snip)

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

A focus for Senator Miller is his beloved South, which he says the Democratic Party leadership views as a "foreign country." In fact, it sounds as though they consider not only the South but most of the rest of the nation as backward, oblivious natives who are easily lured by periodic offerings of cynical attention and empty promises of an easy life -- and who don't notice that their pockets are being picked clean.

Zell Miller ROCKS. :)

[Capitalist Eric]

He tells the story of a long-ago North Carolina governor who the Whigs hoped could revive their party. The governor told them "The party is dead and buried and the tombstone placed over it and I don't care to spend the rest of my days mourning at its grave." That is the fate Zell sees ahead for the Democratic Party because it has cut itself off from its Thomas Jefferson roots and veered hard Left -- an ideology rooted in the French, not the American Revolution.

From his lips to Gods' ears...

Be well.

[WaterDragon]

Zell has publicly announced that he will vote for President Bush in 2004. A man of principle.

[blackie]

I heard Zell Miller say that he was goin going to vote for GWB.

[blackie]

Oops ~ excuse the typo. :)

[Digger]

Democratic Party leaders in Washington are now bought and paid for by special interest groups which oppose the American majority on almost every agenda

Zell,Zell,Zell, how can you limit this to just the Democrates. The "Two-Party Cartel" has equal representation. Otherwise, with the majority in Congress being (R) why are budgets larger, borders unsecured, etc? The people are 80% in deference with the above & we get no response. Hopefully one day the sheeple will gewt fed up with this status-quo & start voting outside of this cartel. (If you do as you always have you will get what you always got)

[anniegetyourgun]

It's great news - despite the folks who wish he'd join the "I" party. (That's "I" for insignificant.)

[Darksheare]

*chuckle*
God Bless him.

[zbigreddogz]

He's also said he'd campaign for Bush too, if Bush wanted him to.

I might vote D occasionally if more of them were like Zell. Anyhow, I got the book right when it came out. Read it, good book.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks WaterDragon!

[SAMWolf]

Thakns Waterdragon. Zell is one of the few Democrats I can actually respect even though I don't agree on some issues with him.

[MeekOneGOP]

[RobbyS]

an ideology rooted in the French, not the American Revolution. Boy, does he have it right!

[JesseHousman]

Zell Miller ROCKS. :)

Zell's 2002 ACU rating was 47. It looks like Zell rocks to the left.

[Killborn]

Amen.

Thx for the pings. The Oregon Magazine never fails to disappoint. :)

[WaterDragon]

How do you mean that, "never fails to disappoint"? Do the articles really disappoint you?

[Killborn]

I'm trying to say that the articles are really great. What I really want to say is "I'm never disappointed by these articles."

Sorry for the misunderstanding.