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Bush evokes Miller in campaign
Washington Times ^ | 9/04/04 | Bill Sammon

Posted on 09/04/2004 1:17:51 AM PDT by kattracks

WEST ALLIS, Wis. — President Bush, ignoring press derision of Zell Miller, yesterday began invoking him on the campaign trail, which brought raucous applause from voters who share the fiery Georgian's opposition to fellow Democratic Sen. John Kerry.
    "Zell Miller of Georgia, he's a discerning Democrat," Mr. Bush told a rally in Moosic, Pa., his first stop after accepting the party's nomination Thursday. The audience of 8,000 exploded in cheers.
    The reaction was even more dramatic at the president's next stop here, where the crowd of 20,000 made more noise than any other gathering the president has addressed during the campaign. One of those cheering the loudest was Brian Lunde, national co-chairman of Democrats for Bush.

"You know, Brian and Zell Miller, they're on to something," Mr. Bush said. "There's a lot of discerning Democrats who understand that four more years will make this country safer, stronger and better.
    "And this campaign welcomes all Democrats and independents," he added. "Our vision includes everybody. Our message is for every single citizen in this country."
    Mr. Miller electrified the convention on Wednesday by delivering an impassioned endorsement of Mr. Bush and an attack on Mr. Kerry that Democrats and the press called overly strident.
    "I pick up the New York Times this morning and read that it was 'bizarre,' " Mr. Miller marveled in an interview. "The media is way out of touch on this; they're out on the extreme left with John Kerry."


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1 posted on 09/04/2004 1:17:51 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks

I think Carl Rove has got some new numbers and it's showing that the biggest bump came from Zell Miller. That would explain the POTUS freely invoking his name now. This is great news!


2 posted on 09/04/2004 1:23:55 AM PDT by ableChair
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To: ableChair

McCain must be in a rage.


3 posted on 09/04/2004 1:25:06 AM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson

Isn't that his usual state?


4 posted on 09/04/2004 1:26:28 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: kattracks
Zell Miller spoke his mind and the frustration he has for the party that left him. Despite all the attacks, Zell Miller is determined to see George W. Bush win Georgia, as well as the other 49 States/
5 posted on 09/04/2004 1:27:54 AM PDT by MJY1288 (John Kerry Says he Would Conduct a More Thoughtful and Sensitive War on Terror)
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To: kattracks
Mr. Miller electrified the convention on Wednesday by delivering an impassioned endorsement of Mr. Bush and an attack on Mr. Kerry that Democrats and the press called overly strident.

I thought Zell Miller was wonderfully refrained. I bet he had more than few invectives that he restrained himself from using due to a sensitivity of the world politik.

We should ask Zell for the rated R version of his speech that ended up on the cutting room floor.

6 posted on 09/04/2004 1:28:29 AM PDT by coconutt2000
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To: nopardons
Yep...but this time McCain did a round with his talking head buddies explaining how there was going to be a backlash against the President for Miller's comments.

Of course McCain would probably consider an upward surge in numbers the wrong direction for his purposes.

7 posted on 09/04/2004 1:29:26 AM PDT by CWOJackson
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To: CWOJackson

Someone stole his strawberries again. :-)


8 posted on 09/04/2004 1:35:29 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: CWOJackson
McCain did a round with his talking head buddies explaining how there was going to be a backlash against the President for Miller's comments.

... as did a handful of Nervous Noras right here on these very boards; all gnashing their teeth and rending their garments over how "Zell Miller's speech is gonna backfire on us! BACKFIRE, I say -- !"

They were wrong, too. :)

9 posted on 09/04/2004 1:38:35 AM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (I feel more and more like a revolted Charlton Heston, witnessing ape society for the very first time)
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President Bush, ignoring press derision of Zell Miller, yesterday began invoking him on the campaign trail...

The press is Liberal.

The press doesn't like it.

It must be a good thing!

10 posted on 09/04/2004 1:40:34 AM PDT by Terp (Retired living in Philippines were the Mountains meet the Sea in the Land of Smiles)
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To: kattracks

I am totally astonished, although I shouldn't be, that the lame stream media keeps calling Senator Miller's speech an attack on J F'n K's patriotism. I listened to that speech, (IMHO one of the greatest speeches I have heard in a very long time) never once did he call Kerry unpatriotic. He simply put forth Kerry's voting record and told everyone what Kerry was about. I did not see him come off as an angry old man, but more as an angry Democrat, whose party has turned into a den of snakes, spewing a warning to others that if they don't do something now, they will lose their party to left wing extremists.


11 posted on 09/04/2004 1:40:43 AM PDT by DaiHuy (God Bless America and God Damn John Kerry)
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To: kattracks

We need an obligatory "Spitball Kerry" photo.


12 posted on 09/04/2004 1:44:12 AM PDT by John Lenin (How can you shoot women and children? Easy... you don't lead 'em so much(FMJ))
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To: coconutt2000

I read somewhere that Zell's speech was actually toned down from his original text...??


13 posted on 09/04/2004 1:44:39 AM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: coconutt2000

The RATS are threatening freepers, you can imagine what they did to Zell.


14 posted on 09/04/2004 1:45:12 AM PDT by John Lenin (How can you shoot women and children? Easy... you don't lead 'em so much(FMJ))
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To: kattracks

I'm glad Bush sent McVain a message to "SHOVE IT!" Talk about "backfiring" big time. BWAHAHAHAHA!!!


15 posted on 09/04/2004 1:47:18 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: ableChair
I think Carl Rove has got some new numbers and it's showing that the biggest bump came from Zell Miller. That would explain the POTUS freely invoking his name now.

I think you're on to something here. All the stuff about how horrible Zell's speech was was just Democrat spin to deflect.

16 posted on 09/04/2004 1:48:06 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (Michael Steele ... WOW!)
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To: kattracks

Judy WoodRUFF-RUFF and Wolf Bitzkrig will be screaming bloody murder.

I think the one comment that pissed of the liberal press the most was that the American Soldier was responsible for the free press, not them. LOL


17 posted on 09/04/2004 1:51:47 AM PDT by jerod
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To: MJY1288

It looks like your predictions are going to right on track!


18 posted on 09/04/2004 1:54:16 AM PDT by texasflower (How appropriate...... the pro-abortion party is the "D 'N' C")
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To: kattracks
I hate saying this but the facts are, we and also the leftys are a bit out of touch.

I thought Zell Miller would be great for the us, and right wing guys would love it, but that the middle, moderates, centerists, independents would hate it.

I was wrong, alot of people who were on the fence (and remember this is nyc, where everyone starts off left of center) are now die hards on not just Bush but the whole GOP. I can only imagine the rest of the country. Sometimes I'm glad to be wrong.

19 posted on 09/04/2004 2:05:09 AM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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To: jerod

Sometimes I think that they really don't get that it IS the American soldier that is responsible for it.

That was one reason Matthews was all jumpy, before old Zell slapped him around. He tried to question Zell on it and Zell made him admit it was true, about three times, lol.


20 posted on 09/04/2004 2:08:48 AM PDT by Tom_Busch (Vote Bush/Cheney in 2004)
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