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By GC

September 29, 2006 7:30 PM | Link to this

Who cares about this ingrate’s opinions? Please let him be!!!

By Producer

September 29, 2006 8:49 PM | Link to this

Miller is one of the most common sense politicians our state has ever seen. More power to him. I wish he were still in the senate!

By David Franklin

September 29, 2006 9:43 PM | Link to this

As a native of Birmingham, Alabama—“the Johannesburg of the South”—and as a white contemporary of Condoleeza Rice also of my hometown—I think there could be no better choice than her for either President or Vice-President of the United States. God forgive me for remaining a Democrat and staying under the same tent as Dixiecrats merely because of my untiring support of national Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson—one of the greatest Presidents of the United States considering all that he achieved for African-Americans, the aged, the infirmed, the impoverished etc. Condi saw these Dixiecrats or segregationists such as George Wallace in Alabama and Lester Maddox in Georgia for what they really were. Thank God she remained faithful to the GOP party of the man who liberated her ancestors from bondage—Abraham Lincoln. She certainly has my support for either position— preferably the top slot. As the very same age and friends of those little innocent girls who were murdered in worship one Sunday morning in Birmingham, Condi Rice saw the dark specter of Dixiecrats which I failed to see, as I was blinded as a white man by respect for LBJ and wrongfully remained in the so-called Democrat tent in Alabama and even after when I moved to Georgia in 1979. Again, I ask God’s forgiveness for staying in such a sinful segregationist camp—although I was never one myself— for so very long. But I am not a Republican as so many Dixiecrats have gravitated there. I am proudly independent.

By David Franklin

September 29, 2006 10:26 PM | Link to this

Wow—how fast news travels on this link especially for Friday night. I am not the former husband—attorney of Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin. I live in Young Harris, Georgia and am white. I am an independent— a former Democrat never ever Dixiecrat— who is as much opposed to George W. Bush’s Iraqi War as I was opposed to LBJ’s Vietnamese War. BUT—— just as I supported LBJ’s civil rights policy, medicare, medicaid, war on poverty etc.— they made up for his Godless mistake in Vietnam. Condi Rice being the first African-American President and first woman President would likewise outweigh her own major complicity in this Godless George W. Bush’s Iraqi War. PERIOD!

By me

September 30, 2006 4:38 AM | Link to this

are you all not tired of this pitiful, angry old may by now. and, actually, he’s not so much tired and bitter (tho he is that and VERY much so) as he is just simply a whoring opportunist.

he’s just ashamed that his a* is a little bit showing as he’s trying to sneak one last plump ham out of the nation’s newest (YET VERY FASTLY COMING OBSOLETE) smokehouse.

goodness, zell, you’d be better off going back to trying to legalize moonshine. that’d be an ok stage/$cash-maKa$ for you up there in them there mountains, sir.

you could even use some of the funds to learn to speak properly. certain accents far transcend beyond the simple excuse of just the way we came up. you need to learn. given all the opportunity and exposure you’ve been granted, we’d hate that you die still speaking that hoRRRRRid ignorance.

are you truly that incapable of seeing truth and learning beYond that tiny box that you were born into. you have been handed such amazing oppty. to be so much more and to break out of that stiff, hopeless, helpless mold.

ahhh, perhaps i’m the one being too tight. i am simply a sucker for truth. To hell with getting paid power.

yep, maybe i’m just expecting too much. after all, you were a marine. and, you;re likely just sore inside that you were never able to become more than you slut that you’ve always had to be to keep your name alive.

By yep

September 30, 2006 4:57 AM | Link to this

YEP! ZELL IS NOTHING MORE THAN A NAME/HEADLINE W*******.

poor poor pitiful mountain man that never learned that real life is out here.

p.s. not to forget how snuglled up he has become up there with nancy shaeffer, ms. scientologist.

come on, zell zell, there’s nobler routes toward your hopeless dreams of making Hollywood and the histroy books.

pss. HAH. imagine that. imagine how history will remember zell (that is if it doesnt completely forget him altogether).

it will think if him as the man that managed to at least overcome not having to make his modest living by running a secretive mtn. chop shop. and, that’s good. because if life had required that he do that, then he’d surely ended up hungry and homeless. he’s simply not a capable person outside of socialism. and what i mean by that is that, like George Bush, Jr., he’s never had a paid job that wasn’t socially funded. George’s $$ all came from his daddy. zell’s all came from Uncle Sam and Uncle Tom (Tom Murphy that is). He was military (Uncle Sam/FDR socialism), a teacher (state socialism), a state pol./elected official (state socialism) and then a federal pol./elected official (federal/FDR socialism. ONE COULD CERTIANLY MAKE A VERY CREDIBLE ARGUEMENT THAT HE LIVED HIS ENIRE LIFE ON GOV’T WELFARE!

By Houckster

September 30, 2006 5:25 AM | Link to this

When Zell Miller’s view of life changed, he didn’t do the right thing and change his party. What he did was stab those of us who trusted him in the back. The Democratic party didn’t change as he charged, it’s been the the party of the common man for years. It has been the party that has been sensitive to issues of social justice but somehow, that’s lost any meaning to him. The Democratic party hasn’t changed, Zell Miller has.

Personally, I think his views represent a chemical disorder of the brain, not an intelligent view.

I just think of him as Hanoi Zell now.

By Houckster

September 30, 2006 5:32 AM | Link to this

Forgetting Zell Miller ever existed would probably be the best thing any of us could ever do.

By Hunter...

September 30, 2006 6:31 AM | Link to this

Isnt it wonderful just how inclusive and embracing democrackkks can become when another point of view comes into the picture?…

How DID democrackkks get to be so p** off so fast?…after all they DID control the South for the last hundred years… Democrackkks are fractured across the country, and those who still favor them are anti American idiots.

By Toby Cash

September 30, 2006 7:07 AM | Link to this

Zell just tells it like it is and the truth is something the Democrats will have to live with or do their best to get back to the wishes of the people. The Democrats have a solution for every wrong committed but where were these solutions when they were in office?

By Mary

September 30, 2006 11:08 AM | Link to this

Zell Miller may be many things but he is not stupid. He seems to consistently pick winners. While winning may be more important to him than issues, I still hope he is correct in this prediction, although I’d replace Rice with Powell.

By David Franklin

September 30, 2006 3:48 PM | Link to this

If I were still a Democrat I would replace Obama with Sharpton—too bad the Kerry campaign cut Sharpton off with the most dynamic and sensible speech of the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

By Jarrod

September 30, 2006 6:10 PM | Link to this

Zell is a lot of things, but a Democrat isn’t one of them and I wish he would just go on over to the dark side and be done with it. We don’t want him or claim him. And for him to criticize any person that loses his temper after his crazy tirade on Hardball at Chris Matthews - what a hypocrit. We get that about him. No one really listens or cares what he predicts or thinks. Why Republicans would trust him either remains a mystery. He should have worked tirelessly to change things within the party he seems to criticize so easily that elected him and so many volunteers that worked for his campaigns and gave money to him and used to believe in him.

By David Franklin

September 30, 2006 9:22 PM | Link to this

I am SICK and TIRED of the phone calls—communicate directly with YOUR REAL name HERE than pestering me and my home and cellphone!!!!! NO—- there is nothing wrong with the water supply in Young Harris, Georgia!!!!! Leave me ALONE!

By Debbie

October 1, 2006 9:03 AM | Link to this

Zell might as well come home to the GOP. The left wingers like Michael Moore, Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean and George Soros control the Democratic Party. Want to see today’s Democratic party? Listen to Air America Radio.

People with conservative values like Zell have nothing in common with the Democratic Party of today. Look at what the Democratic powers that be did to Lieberman.

The Democrats should be posed to take over the House and Senate in 2006. They should have won the Whitehouse in 2004. They will not take over the House and Senate nor did they win the Whitehouse because they are out of touch with mainstream America in their views.

Local Democrats try to distance themselves from the National Democratic Party. The bottom line is they can not. When push comes to shove they have to tow the party line directed from the National level. They will allow some differences but not much. When local Democrats are elected, it helps empower Democrats on the National level. A vote for a Demcrat Congressman or Senator is a vote for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House and Harry Reid or Ted Kenndy as Majarity Leader of the Senate.

By Seriously

October 1, 2006 9:44 AM | Link to this

Zell should be ashamed of himself associating himself with the likes of Foley Republicans.

More scary than Pelosi? Teddy Stevens!

Please America help take the leadership away from the party of Delay, Abramoff, Foley, Ney, Cunningham, Santorum, Stevens, Reed, Zell, and Bush.

Save America, save the children! A vote for a Democrat is a vote for Family Values.

By David Franklin

October 1, 2006 10:21 AM | Link to this

As an independent—this sexual predator of minor males named Mark Foley is typical of the Republican’s claim for values—total hypocrisy. When the very distinguished Congressman Nathan Deal named my daughter page in Washington during high school—she soon called back to tell us that all of the pages had been alerted by the program to the Speaker of the House—Newt Gingrich’s mistress—code name—“The Duchess”—and this was when he was still on wife number two. The Duchess has since become wife number three. So much for Republican values and our youth!

By Mary

October 1, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

The problem with the new Republicans is that they are not conservatives. They are not even very good politicians. They excel in one area only - trashing opponents in order to get elected. Once elected, they enjoy the spoils and forget to govern.

By Mary

October 1, 2006 11:33 AM | Link to this

The new Republicans are not conservatives. They aren’t even good politicians. They excel in one area: trashing opponents in order to get elected. Once elected, they enjoy the spoils but forget to govern.

By David Franklin

October 1, 2006 1:10 PM | Link to this

There is not a dime’s worth of difference between the Democrat and Republican parties as both are suffused with political w******* and reprobates. The worst hypocrites however are those who put on the pretense that this is a “Christian nation”—oh, dear Jesus if that is true—which it isn’t—make us fall to our knees in repentance whether in Washington, DC, Birmingham, Alabama, Las Vegas, Nevada—or even my little town of Young Harris, Georgia.

By Julie Painter

October 1, 2006 5:39 PM | Link to this

Let me get this straight, our representatives have passed bills to spend enormous amounts of money of self serving “projects” while only giving our veteran a 2.2 % raise. THIS OUT LANDISH.

My own husband died in Vietnam I only receive $970.00 a month widows compensation. If I had to live on only that amount, I would be homeless.

We have our priorties on backwards. Why don’t we bring our soldiers home, give them a more than decent salary and let them protect our borders, look for terrorists in our country, etc. and save the BILLIONS being spent on a war we can not win?

By David Franklin

October 1, 2006 7:51 PM | Link to this

Dear Julie Painter,

You know you can trust the United States government—just ask an American Indian! Surely there is someone on K Street that will represent your interests—an unbelievable number of generous hearted lobbyists for every Congressman and Senator regardless of party in Washington, D.C.

By Tim

October 2, 2006 10:12 AM | Link to this

Well, I have a relevant question for former Senator Miller. At this point, who cares what he thinks about anything?

By David Franklin

October 2, 2006 10:39 AM | Link to this

I personally think all former Presidents, Senators, and Congressmen should be able to make as much money as possible speaking, writing, or lobbying as they can. They are so underpaid consdering most other American’s salaries—lokk at CEO’s. I do indeed hope disgraced Republican Florida Congressmen Mark Foley writes a book, enters the speaking circuit, and maybe even becomes a lobbyist for those who advocate pedophilia after he serves his time in prison—which to be honest, he will probably enjoy.

By Joe T

October 3, 2006 2:48 PM | Link to this

Vote democratic for family values???? How can same sex marriages and abortion on demand which the democratic party supports have any thing to do with family values? I don’t know what kind of family you came from or how you developed your family values, but you’r sure out of step with America. Are you related to Jimmy?

By David Franklin

October 4, 2006 10:34 PM | Link to this

Due to the brushing aside of advice given former National Security Advisor Condi Rice by CIA Chief George Tenet in the summer of 2001 revealed in classified documents and brought to surface by Bob Woodward in the recent book State of Denial—I will withdraw my support for Condi Rice for President of the United States based upon only two things in her favor with me—first she is black although as so many have said to me probably an Uncle Tom and second she is a woman. Being a black woman does not make up for her complicity in 9/11 with George W. Bush—the worst President this nation has ever had! She is also a miserable Secretary of State. Madeline please come back!

By DeWitt Burton

October 5, 2006 8:36 AM | Link to this

A previous blogger wrote … “How can same sex marriages and abortion on demand which the democratic party supports have any thing to do with family values”? There is no plank that supports abortion on demand. Where do you get your information? Sanctity of marriage? Over 48% of opposite sex marriages end in divorce http://www.divorcemag.com/statistics/statsUS.shtml — how sanctimonious! Here is one for you: Republicans unanimously support the killing of INNOCENT civilians in Iraq; a nation-who at the time of our invasion-had no ties to Al Qaida. Now the GOP supports the torture of prisoners. So why again were we trying to oust Saddam? For the torture and killing of innocent Iraqis? I have news for you when we endorse torture and amend OUR Constitution for a ” war on terror”, the war has already been lost.