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Longworth's Encounter With Brad Miller
YES! Weekly ^ | October 4, 2006 | Jim Longworth

Posted on 10/10/2006 11:18:11 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry

... And so I decided to pick up the phone, dial Brad's private cell number and try to make peace so that he and I, the media and the voters, could all move on to more important things.

My telephone encounter with him didn't go so well.

I placed the call on Sept. 28 at approximately 12:50 p.m. Brad was outside the House chambers readying for a roll-call vote. I began cordially.

JL: "Congressman, this is Jim Longworth… I want you to know that I have nothing against you personally, and there's no sense in this feud escalating."

My intent was to extend an olive branch and once again invite him to appear on my TV show. But I wasn't allowed to get that far. For most of the brief conversation (under three minutes), Miller angrily quoted from my column and repeatedly defended the actions of his staff.

The longer we stayed on the phone, the more defensive he became. I then tried to steer the conversation away from personalities and back to the problem that started the feud.

JL: "Isn't the bigger issue why your staff went back on a promise, and now you won't debate Vernon?"

Miller: "They say they never promised you that."

JL: "They're wrong and we differ on that issue."

Miller: "I take the word of my staff over yours."

JL: "Congressman, I take offense to that."

Miller: (Angrily) "Well I don't care what you take offense to!"

JL: "Brad, what are you so scared of?"

Miller: (Raising his voice) "I'm not scared of a damn thing! And I gotta go vote." (Hangs up.)


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 13thdistrict; ncgop; vernonrobinson
"I gotta go vote."

This sounds familiar, for some reason. Wonder why ol' Vern has Brad Miller in a cold sweat, all of a sudden? Was it something he said, lol?

1 posted on 10/10/2006 11:18:11 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

That was an excerpt, by the way. Read the full article at:

http://www.yesweekly.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=223&ArticleID=1739&TM=50923.84


2 posted on 10/10/2006 11:33:29 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
Longworth is right about Brad Miller, of course, but he's still a putz. In fact this is a picture of him writing a column on Brad Miller:


3 posted on 10/10/2006 3:45:08 PM PDT by cf_river_rat (Just another defender of the faith)
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Oh, I know about Jim Longworth's politics. I just thought the whole thing was peculiar, seeing as how "conventional wisdom" puts Vernon Robinson in the extreme longshot category. I'm just wondering what has Brad Miller so skittish of late. Polling starting to slip, or something else?


4 posted on 10/10/2006 3:53:55 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

It is amazing the Miller campaign hasn't been able to smack VR around this year. VR usually shoots himself in the foot.

I am a Robinson supporter outside his district.


5 posted on 10/11/2006 2:34:07 PM PDT by cf_river_rat (Just another defender of the faith)
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I honestly think that it's all this Foley crap, that has Miller rattled. Early on, it looked as if Vernon actually had shot himself in the foot (as you point out, he's known for that), by speculating in that direction.


6 posted on 10/11/2006 2:46:03 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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