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By scubber

February 2, 2007 12:48 PM | Link to this

Oh it must be replete with duelin’ pistols, so if Chris Matthews takes one step on the capitol lawn - It’s go time!

Have you ever seen Will Forte on SNL do Zell Miller?

That is how I want Zell’s figure to be forever rmembered in a bronze casting

By Kevin

February 2, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

It should be a motion statue (appears that he’s walking). The feet should be turned one way while his face is turned the other: a fitting tribute to Zig-Zag Zell. The mouth may be opened or closed, but thankfully it will be silent.

By jeff

February 2, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

One who wears a ‘turncoat”

By scubber

February 2, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

watch the madness HERE

Zell Miller v. Chris Matthews

By Richard

February 2, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this

a big lump of sh1t.

By Willie Baker

February 2, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this

Why in the world would anyone suggest we use tax dollars to fund a statue for Zell Miller? Georgia should instead use those funds for the short-fall with Medicaid or on transportation.

By Clint

February 2, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

something with his nose up the president’s butt

By ABS

February 2, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Oh, this is just way too good…I definitely agree with the posters who have suggested a turncoat…foaming at the mouth (and yes, I LOVE Will Forte’s impression on SNL…soooo true to his character), also the one who just suggested the nose up the president’s arse — the statue must definitely have a brown nose! Zell Miller….what a boob! Please don’t waste our tax money commemorating such an idiot!

By Dabi

February 2, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

A Zell Miller weather-vane style statue that rotates according to how the wind is blowing.

By MAC

February 2, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

A statue of Zell dodging Kerry’s spitballs.

For those that say the Zell statue is a waste of tax dollars, let me remind them of all the signs made for Cynthia McKinney Parkway.

By Robin

February 2, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

Who cares about Zell Miller? Throw a box over a horse head and let that be Zell.

By Edward

February 2, 2007 2:32 PM | Link to this

I think he deserves recongnition and hopefully a sensible Republican held dome can help make it happen but I have my doubts. Drive around the streets in Atlanta and other than Jimmy Carter Blvd. what do you see named after causasian people in Atlanta? Even if they did erect a statue someone on the mayors staff would eventually rename it the Andrew Young-MLK statue of Zell Miller. Atlanta is wrought with double standards in regards to this. Atlanta only recongnizes black people, period.

By catlady

February 2, 2007 2:41 PM | Link to this

I’d really like a statue with 2 faces.

By spiritraveller

February 2, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

A proper tribute should commemorate his contribution to education in Georgia.

Zell should be seen as “fertilizing” the roots of the soil for future generations.

A huge bronze casting in the shape of a turd would get the message across nicely.

By Todd

February 2, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

Well, above we have sarcastic scumbags who have no respect for Zell Miller. He was a great governor and the last of the traditional Dixiecrats. The only mistake he ever made was endorsing his Lt. Governor.

Amazing that we all want non-partisan politics, and Zell is a perfect example, but people still call him a turncoat. Sorry, but I don’t want a governor or a senator who rubs his nose of the parties rear like a cat or dog and asks: “What next, master?”

Zell stuck up for what he believed, and helped Georgia become what it is today.

As for what the memorial should be, I prefer realism. None of this “modern” trash art by the same people who made the “P** Christ” and the current MLK memorial going up in DC. I nice statue of his standing upright and maybe an educational symbol or a symbol of development for Georgia.

By edge770

February 2, 2007 3:26 PM | Link to this

Actually Zell with school text book, stepping on a stones like at the Young Harris House.. with cowboy boots, and Marine lapel.

By eli mack

February 2, 2007 3:34 PM | Link to this

Why are we WASTING money on a statue for a congressman…I don’t remember them doing one for Andrew Young, just name a street after him and call it a day…gheesh, my tax dollars at “WORK”…

By GVH

February 2, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

Perhaps Zell’s statue should be “hollow” in the center as he’s certainly shown his hollow side, have 2 faces, both foaming at the mouth and holding a sign in his hand stating, “I’m still a Democrat” with a strike through Democrat, superimposed with “Republican”. And I like the earlier idea of him doing all of this while sitting on Dub’s lap.

By Todd

February 2, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

Yeah, intelligence at work here … GVH critiquing Zell with hollow. “Oh, he is ‘hollow’ in the middle …” Best you could come up with? Sorry, the word is shallow. Hope we don’t have a commie lib teacher here.

By Irish65

February 2, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

Puleeeeze! I won’t inject my politics into this silly fray, but its way too early to anoint Zell or anyone that hasn’t been deceased for at least 20 years.

By Chris

February 2, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

One of Benedict Arnold should suffice…Zell is too ugly for a statue of his own!

By Beezel

February 2, 2007 4:25 PM | Link to this

You know like Gene Talmadge is pointing with a glove in his hand and a hand on a hip? Personally, I’d like to see Zell with each hand pointing in a different direction. One out and up and another close and pointing down… both generally forward of centerline, with his face, looking back…

The true representation of Zig-Zag Zell.

By @#*%

February 2, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this

How about nekkid with him bent over touching his toes and his big shinny butt pointed way up in the air as if say, “If you don’t like what I did … then kiss it!” or maybe he’s saying “go ahead Bill, I feel your pain!” That’s the neat thing about it, it has so many different meanings to everyone on so many different levels, the ultimate Zig-Zag Zell … broad appeal to the masses!

By F STEELE

February 2, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

MR. MILLER STATUE SHOULD REMIND US OF A PERSON THAT IS A TRAITOR. HE REALLY DUMPED ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR OR SUPPORT ANY ISSUES THAT HE IS INVOLVED. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A STATUE OF HIM BROWN NOSING PRESIDENT BUSH

By F STEELE

February 2, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

LET’S LEAVE CYNTHIA MCKINNEY OUT OF THIS. MR MILLER DOGGED HER OUT ABOUT THE 911 ORDEAL. SHE TOLD THE TRUTH AND ZIG ZAG WAS NOT MAN ENOUGH TO APOLIGIZE ROR TELLING THE TRUTH. I REALLY REGRET THAT HE WAS SOMEONE I VOTED FOR.ITS GOOD THAT YOU ARE OUT OF POLITICS, YOU’LL NEVER RECEIVE ANOTHER VOTE FROM ME. HOW ABOUT A WOLF IN SHEEPS’S CLOTHING, WITH ZELL’S FACE.

By m

February 2, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

most of you guys are CRACKING ME UP! SO CLEVER, some of these responses!

i really don’t care what the damn thing looks like, in fact, i hope there’s some movement that will halt the erection of the pointless thing!

By DD

February 2, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

Statue of the word GREED.

By UlsterDavid

February 2, 2007 5:34 PM | Link to this

He was called Zig Zag Zell well before he supported President Bush and the WOT. Many Georgia Democrats voted for Bush for the same reasons Zell did. Had he NOT supported Bush, Democrats would now be calling for a massive memorial to Zell right now.

He was an honorable man, governor and senator and he deserves an honorable statue for his efforts in moving Georgia forward. Set politics aside.

By kk

February 2, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

Make it a windsock so it can go with the prevailing wind!

By Jeff

February 2, 2007 6:30 PM | Link to this

It should zig and zag (think Picasso.)

By Randy

February 2, 2007 7:47 PM | Link to this

Any person who puts his FAITH before his political party, deserves a big huge statue. God Bless Zell!

By AuH20 Repub

February 2, 2007 10:23 PM | Link to this

I’d like a montage:

Cynthia McKinney, Perdue, Zell Miller, Lester Maddox, GW Bush, and Charles Walker. Throw in a Talmadge. Arms on each other’s shoulders. We’ll call it a tribute to hypocrisy, taxes, and screwin over the common man and makin the common man like it.

The base of the statute can be the faces of the people of Georgia. With the hypocritical politicians steppin all over em.

By TM Smith

February 2, 2007 11:07 PM | Link to this

Republicans didn’t like Zell when he endorsed Clinton.

Democratics didn’t like Zell when he endorsed Bush.

Can’t we all just get along and agree that WE DON’T LIKE ZELL!

By SpED teacher

February 3, 2007 1:57 AM | Link to this

If every student and Educator who benefited from Zell’s Education bills sends $1, there will be plenty of money for a nice statue.

Where shall I send my $2? My daughter went to college on HOPE lottery money; graduated too.

By rod "da caker" bright

February 3, 2007 6:42 AM | Link to this

he needs to put his head in 10 pounds of dog_feces

By Steve

February 3, 2007 6:51 AM | Link to this

How about a statue of Benedict Arnold while your at it?

By Becky

February 3, 2007 7:09 AM | Link to this

Regarding Zell’s turn to the other side: it’s not what he did; it’s the way that he did it. People are certainly free to thoughtfully change their minds about anything. It would just help a bunch if they didn’t act like a wild-eyed, spewing nutjob when they did it. That kind of thing really diminishes one’s credibility.

That said, it is befitting that the statue look like the Tasmanian Devil from Bugs Bunny cartoons!

By buck

February 3, 2007 8:05 AM | Link to this

Nude, yeah, definitely nude.

By One Voice

February 3, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this

How about a portolet?

By Richard T Hill Jr

February 3, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

How about a large (5’x5’) pile of crap on top of a raised map of the state of Georgia on top of a 1’ pillar of Georgia granite so everyone can see just how full of it he is.

By Lou Argus

February 3, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this

However you depict Zig Zag Zell, be sure to have him shown with 2 faces,since his entire political life was 2 faced.

By STEVEN WRIGHT

February 3, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

he should be portrayed with his left hand in my back pocket, and with his right hand giving my money to his fat cat friends. Oh, and with a lottery ticket in his front pocket and a big fat wallet in his back pocket. And I suppose he would have a big fat grin on his face and a sly twinkle in his eye. And maybe a state patrol car in the background with it’s radar out, waiting to rob another citizen. Oh, Oh, Oh, and all of the above on a road that is never wide enough for the traffic which uses it. The road would lead to a subdivision of McMansions.

By MrLiberty

February 3, 2007 12:25 PM | Link to this

Well, its needs to have at least two faces, and needs to be stabbing the stabbing the state of georgia in the back with one hand and burning the bill of rights with the other.

By jesse

February 3, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

How about a jackass with a coat turned inside out??????

By R.I.P.

February 3, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

Statues and parkway namings (yes, I’m talking about you, McKinneys) should be considered until someone is dead. Zell already has a road in N. Georgia named after him.

I think a giant scratch off lottery ticket with various symbols revealed would be a great statue.

By KZ_Guy

February 3, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

Since this is a Republican initiative it must have huge letters: Democrat Gov, Democract LT Gov, Democrat Senator and of course he must be facing the capitol so his back will be to the public.

By John D

February 3, 2007 5:15 PM | Link to this

Wait until he’s dead.

By I'm for Zell

February 3, 2007 5:56 PM | Link to this

Change the name of the airport to Hartsfield-Jackson-Miller. Why not, we are on a roll here.

By Play that funky music whiteboy

February 3, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

I think it should be of Zell kneeling at the feet of Tom Murphy - the Georgian we all should be thanking for every prosperity we enjoyed as a state for the last 40 years. Zell Miller was a hot headed windbag hillbilly from Young Harris who’s greatest asset was his ability to truly believe in NOTHING except what he felt the majority at the time wanted.

Maybe it should be an interactive statue, Zell can be whatever you want him to be, just push a button - Dixiecrat, Democrat, Moderate Democrat, Right wing whacko, hack author, you choose.

By G

February 3, 2007 6:59 PM | Link to this

I’d describe it but you wouldn’t want to hear where his head would be.

By howsoonweforget

February 3, 2007 7:55 PM | Link to this

Do any of zell a* kissers remember that the boob only garnered 51% of the vote when he was re-elected gov??? How popular is that?????

By LJ

February 3, 2007 8:17 PM | Link to this

A statue of Zell with a condom pulled over his head.

By Rome, GA

February 3, 2007 9:02 PM | Link to this

The sculpter should put Zell’s spine on the ground next to him.

By mony

February 3, 2007 10:32 PM | Link to this

Zell Miller was/is a true Georgia hero!

By Smyrna

February 3, 2007 10:51 PM | Link to this

How about a big jacka**?

By Greghard

February 4, 2007 4:16 AM | Link to this

Zell used a Cowboy Boot as his first personal symbol. Have him standing in two buckets of sht, one repping Democrats, the other for the GOP, wearing knee-high Cowboy boots, with thousand-dollar bills spilling out of the top of each boot, and a big sht-eating grin on his contorted face. All meant truly as a compliment!

By lovelyliz

February 4, 2007 7:25 AM | Link to this

How about a statue of Zell Miller Democrat from Georgia and when you turn the statue around, instead of the back of his head, you see his Republican face?

Two faced

By Michael

February 4, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

A huge urinal with his face in the bowl.

By Michael

February 4, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

And the urinal can dispense lottery tickets on one side, and on the other parolees and probationers can check in. Since his venom inspired laws have managed to incarcerate half the state since his reign we can put these statue/urinals all over the state. See you in Hell, Zell.

By Susan

February 4, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

A giant flip-flop.

By richmond Adams

February 4, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

Why not have “Senator” Miller stand both George Bush and Benedict Arnold? Everyone gets represented that way—

By Scott

February 4, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

You people are amazing! The Democrat party is a mere shadow of what it was 25 years ago. It has become the party of the bizarre; nothing is too strange to fall under their tent of “inclusiveness”. Zell Miller had the backbone to stand up and speak out based on his principles. I don’t give a rip about the statue; in fact, I think we should wait until people are dead to erect monuments like that. But the comments that you people are making show your total ignorance of the American body politic and YOUR unswerving devotion to one party and one party only. So who is it that has their nose stuck somewhere?

By Eric

February 4, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this

My problem with zell is that he’s gone off the deep end, Scott. He’s been a total idiot the last several years. I think he’s senile. Maybe his statue should depict him stepping off a cliff.

By ZELL GAL

February 4, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

Anyone submitting the 84th comment is already lost in the shuffle.

I think the statue should be taller than any other statue on the grounds…he should be leading a very large dog on a leash. The dog has a good-sized bloody patch of Democrat hiney in its teeth.

Be sure his prominent cowboy boots are kicking all those Democrat footballs of excrement out of sight…as he opens the doors of HOPE for Georgia’s children.

By KDS

February 4, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

How about a big penis with the face of Zel. He’s such a d*ck. God this country and state waste so much money on frivalous crap. Use the money where it’s really needed - education, medical expenses, social security, getting out of a war, etc

By showered after voting

February 4, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Just so long as whatever it is is life-size. A statue of the little man in high-heel boots wouldn’t take up much space that way.

On another note, wasn’t there a commission a few years back that recommended no more statues on the Capitol grounds?

By nona

February 4, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this

If the statue is predetermined to be constructed with taxpayer money, be sure Zell wears shower shoes, also known as FLIP-FLOPS

By AFTER THOUGHT

February 4, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

INSIDER GUYS:

It’s a good thing your blog explained the “statue resolution,” because the “Rodin” headline would have gone way-over the “dumb-Dem’s” heads.

By Richard Cook

February 4, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

The Zell Miller statue should be giving the finger to the United States.

By stev

February 4, 2007 5:27 PM | Link to this

Whether you agree with his opinions or not - as someone who has been a public servant for many years working to do what he thought was right for the people of georgia - dont you think a lasting tribute might be better thought of than wasting more tax payers dollars building and erecting a statute showing what a great human being I am? How bout using those tax dollars to actually help the tax payers in some way (dont care how, think of something, dont just p** it away on a statute) Just a thought - dont want to see another statute of anyone - just quit taking my money away to build statutes to anyone. Give it back.

By Michael

February 4, 2007 5:33 PM | Link to this

This blog should have been closed after Kevin said, “The mouth may be opened or closed, but thankfully it will be silent.” ‘nuff said.

Those of us on either side if the aisle can surely agree with that.

By CHDtbdm

February 4, 2007 7:45 PM | Link to this

A design for a statue such as this should be quite simple: a horse’s a*.

By skydiva1

February 4, 2007 9:27 PM | Link to this

it should be a big flip flop wearing benedict arnold

By Jim Birch

February 4, 2007 10:41 PM | Link to this

You gotta be kidding right? Erect one right next to Benedict Arnold, no, how about Judas? Don’t waste the money..

By Carroll

February 4, 2007 11:11 PM | Link to this

If one is erected,it should be paid for by the automobile dealer’s association. After all, they benefitted the most from the hope schlorship when all the middle class parents bought little junior a shiny new beamer with the tuition money they saved.

By hirsutedawg

February 5, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

What we really need is a statue of all the Georgia voters that egg sucking dog duped out of votes giving him the finger.

By OneWhoKnowsZell

February 5, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this

Has anyone noticed how Zell has a finger missing? Does the world know he shot it off trying stay home and not return to the US Marine corp? His Mom and other local folks tried to get him a hardship discharge. Zell has been the most sucessful at rewriteing his personal history!-All of this info comes from an old man who drove the bus for Young harrris College.