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What's the deal with Zell Miller?
August 19, 2004 11:44 AM
The Republicans have named the keynote speaker for their convention in New York later this month. And they've decided a yellow-dog Democrat is the right guy to encapsulate the GOP message. Retiring Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga., sort of) will deliver the keynote Wednesday night. GOP chairman Ed Gillespie seems excited about it:
"In 1992, Senator Miller delivered the keynote address in the very same arena at the Democrats' convention. We're honored he'll be taking the stage at the Garden this year for President Bush."
Granted, Miller was speaking about a different George Bush in his 1992 address. But some of the content just screams out for a revival:
"I am a Democrat because we are the party of hope. For 12 dark years the Republicans have dealt in cynicism and skepticism. They've mastered the art of division and diversion, and they have robbed us of our hopeŠ"
"Americans cannot understand why the rich can buy the best health care in the world, but all the rest of us get is rising costs and cuts in coverage, or no health insurance at all. And George Bush doesn't get it?
"Americans cannot walk our streets in safety, because our "tough-on-crime" president has waged a phony war on drugs, posing for pictures while cutting police, prosecutors and prisons. And George Bush doesn't get it?
"Americans have seen plants closed down, jobs shipped overseas and our hopes fade away as our economic position collapses right before our very eyes. And George Bush does not get it!"
Twelve years later, Zell Miller is willing to argue against all those points he made so eloquently in 1992. Maybe he's the one who doesn't get it.
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This article has been made possible by the Foundation for National Progress, the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones, and gifts from generous readers like you.
© 2004 The Foundation for National Progress
August 19, 2004 11:44 AM
The Republicans have named the keynote speaker for their convention in New York later this month. And they've decided a yellow-dog Democrat is the right guy to encapsulate the GOP message. Retiring Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga., sort of) will deliver the keynote Wednesday night. GOP chairman Ed Gillespie seems excited about it:
"In 1992, Senator Miller delivered the keynote address in the very same arena at the Democrats' convention. We're honored he'll be taking the stage at the Garden this year for President Bush."
Granted, Miller was speaking about a different George Bush in his 1992 address. But some of the content just screams out for a revival:
"I am a Democrat because we are the party of hope. For 12 dark years the Republicans have dealt in cynicism and skepticism. They've mastered the art of division and diversion, and they have robbed us of our hopeŠ"
"Americans cannot understand why the rich can buy the best health care in the world, but all the rest of us get is rising costs and cuts in coverage, or no health insurance at all. And George Bush doesn't get it?
"Americans cannot walk our streets in safety, because our "tough-on-crime" president has waged a phony war on drugs, posing for pictures while cutting police, prosecutors and prisons. And George Bush doesn't get it?
"Americans have seen plants closed down, jobs shipped overseas and our hopes fade away as our economic position collapses right before our very eyes. And George Bush does not get it!"
Twelve years later, Zell Miller is willing to argue against all those points he made so eloquently in 1992. Maybe he's the one who doesn't get it.
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This article has been made possible by the Foundation for National Progress, the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones, and gifts from generous readers like you.
© 2004 The Foundation for National Progress
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