Posted on 09/03/2004 7:31:59 AM PDT by kattracks
Democratic hysteria over Sen. Zell Miller's Wednesday night keynote address to the GOP convention continues to escalate, with Kerry defenders now trying to label him "a Klansman.""Zell Miller looks like a Klansman," media has-been Dick Cavett groused to radio host Don Imus on Friday. When Imus objected to the characterization, Cavett joked, "You didn't think I meant the Ku Klux Klan, did you?." He then added in the next breath, "You would cast him as that in a movie."
Cavett was apparently picking up a riff first road tested on Thursday by pro-Kerry Republican David Gergen, who complained that Miller was a "man of hate," just like his long ago boss, Georgia Gov. Lester Maddox.
Of course, neither Cavett nor Gergen has ever had anything to say about the Senate's only genuine ex-Klansman, Sen. Robert Byrd - apparently because he supports John Kerry.
Cavett, whose claim to sudden relevancy is based on the fact that he hosted a 1971 Vietnam debate between John Kerry and Swiftvet leader John O'Neill, could resist taking an ugly potshot at the man whose book, "Unfit for Command," has turned the presidential campaign on its ear.
Referring to the Swiftvet's appearance on his show, Cavett explained, "O'Neill had been groomed, entertained and fondled, for all I know, by Nixon and Haldeman."
Question for Rats: If Miller is racist now, was he also not one when he made the keynote speech in 1992?
For all of us from Nebraska: We're sorry. You can thank us for Jim Coburn, though.....
Cavett, sounds very French doesn't it/he?
Figures...
Semper Fi
And every (ex-?)Klansman in the Senate now is a Democrat.
Democrat Party-->>If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem(s).
Note how this is a typical slam against anyone from the South who non-Southerns (Coastals) want to trash, politically.
Someone should tell Dick the real known KKK guy still hanging around is Senator (D) Bobby Byrd.
He is the prototype is Cavett wants to look for one.
Hey, watch that! My husband is a canuck, or at least descended from them. And he's a good conservative Republican like moi! (smile)
Hey, watch that! My husband is a canuck, or at least descended from them. And he's a good conservative Republican like moi! (smile)
Then he should be enormously popular with Demoncrats. After all, they absolutely adore an ACTUAL Klansman who has a habit of saying "nigger" in his public statements. Hell, if they can put up with Robert "Grand Kleagle of the Ku Klux Klan" Byrd, what the blazes are they grousing about?
Yeah, I saw him on TV commenting about the swift boats and Kerrys "service". I thought he was just weird. He counld hardly stay on topic and was not making much sense. I think he must be nearing room temp.
Dick Cavett's still alive?
Yes, but please don't investigate the ties between the democrat party and support organizations like A.N.S.W.E.R. that fraternize with terrorist cells. We wouldn't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
Barely
Isn't Cavett's show where O'Neill and sKerry originately debated? If so, then he has done one good thing.
He did two good things. He also retired from TV.
No offense intended. I love Canadians and I've even seriously thought about retiring there. I just don't like outsiders trying to influence our politics - Peter Jennings, who is from Canada, is a perfect example.
There, that's more accurate...
A prime example of hate whitey politics.
I thought "Dick Cavett" was a urinary tract disorder.
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