Zell Miller Endorses Bush: The Democratic senator from Georgia comes out swinging for the president
I'm not about to require that Democrats march in lock-step in the way that Republicans require of their members, but a Democrat endorsing George W. Bush makes about as much sense as Andrea Yates being nominated for Mother of the Year.
SENATOR ZELL MILLER OF GEORGIA, the nation's most prominent conservative Democrat, said today he will endorse President Bush for re-election in 2004 and campaign for him if Bush wishes him to. Miller said Bush is "the right man at the right time" to govern the country.
The next five years "will determine the kind of world my children and grandchildren will live in," Miller said in an interview. And he wouldn't "trust" any of the nine Democratic presidential candidates with governing during "that crucial period," he said. "This Democrat will vote for President Bush in 2004."....
Since he came to the Senate in 2000, Miller has become increasingly critical of Senate Democrats and the national Democratic party. He recently published a new book, "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," in which he criticizes the party for being too liberal, too elitist, and subservient to liberal interest groups. In the book, Miller singles out Democratic presidential frontrunner Howard Dean, whom he knew as governor of Vermont, for being shallow.
Shallow? Hey, Confucius say, "He who live in gas tank should not light matches...." No one will ever accuse Zell Miller of being intellectually adept. Besides, if he is such an enthusiastic support of George W. Bush, isn't Miller in the wrong damn party??
