Friday, April 9, 2004
Zell Miller Deconstructed
In the course of my rantings over Zell Miller, I can tend to get somewhat carried away and overly critical. The case against Zell Miller is one that inspires that kind of fervor. If I come off as a shrieking freak, it's not intentional.
All that being said, Downstown has found a very effective and well thought-out description of what a strange journey Senator Miller has taken in "seeing the right".
One of Gadflyer's stronger points concerns the comparison of Zell Miller and John McCain as "mavericks" within their respective parties:
Miller is posing as a straight-talking, McCain-style maverick. But he's an aggressive Republican partisan who keeps the "D" in parentheses next to his name because he knows that the media lavish attention on no one more than party heretics.
If it's an anti-choice, anti-gun control, pro-ANWR drilling, pro-Federal Marriage Amendment party that Zell Miller wishes to be a part of, then there's one that suits him perfectly. And responsible progressives ought not to worry about Zell Miller switching parties; they ought to insist on it.
A good read...
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