This is Miller, Thriller Night, and No One's Gonna Save You From the Beast About to Strike
September 2, 2004 12:20 PM
In Zell Miller's frothing anti-Kerry rant Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, he described Kerry as an indecisive "ball of mush," leading to the obvious questions from commentators about Miller's past support of Kerry. In an oft-cited speech at a 2001 party dinner - still posted on Miller's website -- he described Kerry thusly:
"My job tonight is an easy one: to present to you one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders - and a good friend.
"He was once a lieutenant governor - but he didn't stay in that office 16 years, like someone else I know. It just took two years before the people of Massachusetts moved him into the United States Senate in 1984.
"In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington.
"Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so.
"John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment. Business Week magazine named him one of the top pro-technology legislators and made him a member of its "Digital Dozen."
So Miller's view of Kerry's long Senate record went from Kerry as an "authentic hero" working "to strengthen our military" to Miller's assertion that "listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security." It certainly seems like the latest in Miller's careerlong pattern of flip-flopping on issues and selling out friends for political expediency.
Not since Pat Buchanan in 1992 has a convention speech been so vile and polarizing as Miller's slander of Democrats as somehow anti-American. If it has the same effect, Miller's old friends will have the last laugh and his new ones will have no reason to like him anymore.
- Jeff Fleischer
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This article has been made possible by the Foundation for National Progress, the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones
September 2, 2004 12:20 PM
In Zell Miller's frothing anti-Kerry rant Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, he described Kerry as an indecisive "ball of mush," leading to the obvious questions from commentators about Miller's past support of Kerry. In an oft-cited speech at a 2001 party dinner - still posted on Miller's website -- he described Kerry thusly:
"My job tonight is an easy one: to present to you one of this nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders - and a good friend.
"He was once a lieutenant governor - but he didn't stay in that office 16 years, like someone else I know. It just took two years before the people of Massachusetts moved him into the United States Senate in 1984.
"In his 16 years in the Senate, John Kerry has fought against government waste and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington.
"Early in his Senate career in 1986, John signed on to the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Deficit Reduction Bill, and he fought for balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to do so.
"John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education, boost the economy and protect the environment. Business Week magazine named him one of the top pro-technology legislators and made him a member of its "Digital Dozen."
So Miller's view of Kerry's long Senate record went from Kerry as an "authentic hero" working "to strengthen our military" to Miller's assertion that "listing all the weapon systems that Senator Kerry tried his best to shut down sounds like an auctioneer selling off our national security." It certainly seems like the latest in Miller's careerlong pattern of flip-flopping on issues and selling out friends for political expediency.
Not since Pat Buchanan in 1992 has a convention speech been so vile and polarizing as Miller's slander of Democrats as somehow anti-American. If it has the same effect, Miller's old friends will have the last laugh and his new ones will have no reason to like him anymore.
- Jeff Fleischer
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This article has been made possible by the Foundation for National Progress, the Investigative Fund of Mother Jones
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