Zell Miller campaigns for Chambliss, warns of ‘a far-left liberal agenda’ in Congress.
Zell Miller campaigns for Chambliss, warns of ‘a far-left liberal agenda’ in Congress.
In 2004, then-Democratic Sen. Zell Miller (GA) threw his support behind President Bush with an over-the-top speech attacking Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) at the Republican National Convention. Earlier this week, Miller continued his assault on liberalism while campaigning for Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA). “Saxby could well be the last man standing between a far-left liberal agenda sailing through the United States Senate,” said Miller. The National Republican Senatorial Committee released a web-only ad yesterday featuring Miller’s comments. Watch it:
Though Miller is now stoking fears of a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate, the Atlanta Constitution Journal notes that “as a senator, when Republicans controlled the chamber, Miller declared reliance on a 60-member cloture vote in the Senate, needed to shut off debate, to be undemocratic.”
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Good ol’ zell, watch him run and squirm.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pmBut remember – they can only get away with the sheer hypocrisy of their “double speak” because of they know their assets in the maintream media will dutifully “catapult the propaganda.”
We can find many examples of these types of lies each day and we should blog about them.
But at some point, we need to remember that when surrounded by alligators, it is time to remember that the real job is to drain the swanp.
Imsgine wirled peas – it can happen but it will take peaceful, organized action.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:34 pmIt all depends on whose ox is being gored. Rove crowed about a permeant majority and Miller cheered him on. Along comes Bush and proves that republicans can win elections it’s the governing part they have a problem with. Bush has ushered in the halcyon days of liberalism reborn. It will be a bit but soon liberalism won’t be a bad word in the near future
November 16th, 2008 at 12:40 pmZell’s probably why the senate dems are so flummoxed by Leiberman’s apostasy. They fear another “former dem” joining Zell on the dem-bashing platform, saying bad things about them. Because it’s a high-school popularity contest, after all.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:40 pmZell who…?
November 16th, 2008 at 12:41 pmThrow Zell some chitlins and fat-back and let him go off to his hole to brood.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:53 pmDry up and die already, you old coot.
¶ AIO
November 16th, 2008 at 1:01 pmWhy does Georgia, which has some pretty progressive cities, continue to elect such idiots as their representatives? Does anyone have any insight?
November 16th, 2008 at 1:03 pmZell Miller campaigns for Chambliss
– - Zell Miller, eh GOP? Whatsa matter, wasn’t Millard Fillmore available?
November 16th, 2008 at 1:20 pmbarfly Says:
Zell’s probably why the senate dems are so flummoxed by Leiberman’s apostasy. They fear another “former dem” joining Zell on the dem-bashing platform, saying bad things about them. Because it’s a high-school popularity contest, after all.
As repellent as Joe might be, the only positive thing I can say about him is that he’s not a complete batshit lunatic like Zell.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:26 pmAs repellent as Joe might be, the only positive thing I can say about him is that he’s not a complete batshit lunatic like Zell.
Not yet.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pmBring back Sam Nunn. Far from being progressive, he is at least an honourable man. And one who’s worked for the past two decades to eliminate the threat of nuclear warfare and foster a climate of peace and tolerance. Compare to Saxby “Arrest Every Muslim That Crosses The State Line” Chickenhawk Chambliss.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:29 pmCan anyone tell me what a “far-left liberal agenda” looks like?
November 16th, 2008 at 1:32 pmI don’t recall anyone proposing hemp underpants for all, or Tree-hugging Day, or replacing the Thanksgiving Turkey with Tofu or anything like that.
I think Chambliss is going to win this, simply because Georgians love their GOP. They agree with the GOP that working people should be punished by raising their taxes so they can be lowered on the rich, there should be no government money for education, infrastructure, etc.. The only thing the government should do is bomb countries indiscriminately, make sure gay people can’t get married, and “protect” unborn children (but once they’re born, no protection at all. That’s socialism!).
These are the values of Georgia.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:32 pmOnly event needed to conclude the script is for Joe Lieberman to show up for Chambliss.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pmFor all their bluster, Republicans really are scared of us liberals, aren’t they?
November 16th, 2008 at 1:40 pm5th Estate Says:
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Can anyone tell me what a “far-left liberal agenda” looks like?
My guess would be:
Ban guns. Not going to happen.
Nationalize oil. Not going to happen.
Ban nuclear power. Not going to happen.
Cats and dogs living together. Could happen.
To these yahoos anything to the left of far-right is far-left.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:41 pmFrom outside of the USA Democrats and Republicans are two factions of the same party. I still have hope for the Obama’s presidency though. But in term of democracy, Bolivia has a much more democratic and transparent election!
November 16th, 2008 at 1:47 pmOh, Zell… you’re incorrigible!
November 16th, 2008 at 2:01 pm5th Estate Says:
Can anyone tell me what a “far-left liberal agenda” looks like?
I don’t recall anyone proposing hemp underpants for all, or Tree-hugging Day, or replacing the Thanksgiving Turkey with Tofu or anything like that.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I draw the line at scratchy, ugly panties. :P
November 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm.
Dawn of the Dead!
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November 16th, 2008 at 2:15 pmAfter eight years of a Bush/Republican corporate fascist regime, with its endless lies, tortures, tyrannies, and treasons, I suppose that having an Administration that respects our Bill of Rights, our Constitution and the rule of International Law would seem “far left.” Far-farking out, I say.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:18 pmPerry logan,
November 16th, 2008 at 2:19 pmRepublicans are just scared…
… Scared of terrorist.
… Scared of privacy.
… Scared of teh gays.
… Scared of taxes.
… Scared of dissent.
… Scared of Liberals.
… Scared of responsibility.
Zell Miller is out of his cotton-pickin’ mind…!
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November 16th, 2008 at 2:25 pmScared of their own shadows…
November 16th, 2008 at 2:26 pmpax Says:
Why does Georgia, which has some pretty progressive cities, continue to elect such idiots as their representatives? Does anyone have any insight?
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Because if Pennsylvania is Philidelphia and Pittsburg with Alabama in the middle then Georgia is Atlanta and Savannah surrounded by Planet Wingnut
November 16th, 2008 at 2:30 pmThe faith perverted moral deviants and hated based racist reversionists that comprise today’s Republican Party are full of false promises and mendacious revisionist history. They haven’t delivered on ANYTHING during the Bush administration, and have in fact damaged our economy, our working class, our military readiness, our international influence and the future lives of all Americans far beyond every worst case scenario that Democrats could have imagined. The shear audacity of radical Republican extremists preaching that Democrats can’t govern sucessfully is the conquest of fantasy over fact and failure over performance. The Zell Millers of the world would have us believe that the Republican ideologies that have failed so disastrously over the last eight years are the cure for the cancer they caused. That isn’t just bad politics, it’s suicidal government. Not only do the nutjob Republicans think that putting lipstick on a pig will fool uniformed voters, they also believe that they can make them believe that pigs can fly.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:32 pmWith “Democrats” like Miller theres no need for Republicans
November 16th, 2008 at 2:33 pmI keep hoping it’s gonna be a generational thing.
so that when the last few thousand of these geriatric crackers succumb to their splenetic deficiencies, and face-plant on some dais somewhere, never to revive, we won’t have to concern ourselves further with their odious utterances…
Unfortunately, it seems that the more sclerotic they become, the LONGER they hang on: witness Ted Stevens, or Billy Graham, or Strom Thurmond.
I hope to live long enough to piss on all their graves…
November 16th, 2008 at 2:35 pmCats and dogs living together. Could happen.
happened quite comfortably in my last marital arrangement. the cats and the dogs throve together. unfortunately, the same could not be said for their mistress and me…
November 16th, 2008 at 2:37 pmZell Miller and Lieberman, both should just join the Republican party and see where that gets them.
Oh, wait, Miller already lost his seat and was basically shunned by the Republinuts he was carrying water for….
Good road for Lieberman to follow.
Dump Lieberman out of the Democratic Party.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:55 pmHow about this for a third-part ticket in 2012 — Lieberman-Miller or Miller-Lieberman?
They could run as the nominees for the Benedict Arnold party.
If Palin runs as well, the tabloids will have no shortage of material.
November 16th, 2008 at 2:56 pmZooey Says:
5th Estate Says:
Can anyone tell me what a “far-left liberal agenda” looks like?
I don’t recall anyone proposing hemp underpants for all, or Tree-hugging Day, or replacing the Thanksgiving Turkey with Tofu or anything like that.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
I draw the line at scratchy, ugly panties. :P
Scratchy undies…. *shudder*
November 16th, 2008 at 2:58 pmCould anyone make any sense out of what the Lush was slurring?
November 16th, 2008 at 3:05 pmThough Miller is now stoking fears of a filibuster-proof Democratic majority in the Senate, the Atlanta Constitution Journal notes that “as a senator, when Republicans controlled the chamber, Miller declared reliance on a 60-member cloture vote in the Senate, needed to shut off debate, to be undemocratic.”
Well then, Zell, tell Sen Tom Coburn that a single Senator holding up votes on popular legislation by placing “anonymous holds” on bills is “undemocratic”.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:07 pmMell Ziller is just another washed up purple dog Southern redneck, disguised for years as a Democrat.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:14 pmAll these ‘left wing far left liberal’ chicken litle’s should read Obama’s books. He’s a left centrist, with emphasis on the centrist.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:17 pmIt’s only in contrast to the neocon right wing mentality that he looks leftist.
#5th Estate Says:
Can anyone tell me what a “far-left liberal agenda” looks like?
A “far left liberal agenda” is one that benefits “we the people” instead of corporations. That’s all there is to it.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:18 pmLushInterior Says:
ralph…..you have got to come out of the barn to get your sea legs back, metaphorically speaking. Its should not be my job to track the Messiahs “ever” changing positions.
Perhaps you can enlighten us as to what positions our “messiah” (as you put it) has changed.
I really feel for you. It must hurt to have lost so badly and to see your beloved party disintegrating before your eyes. But, I have a suggestion…seek counseling now otherwise the next 8 years are going to be hell on you.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:20 pm“Zell Miller campaigns for Chambliss, warns of ‘a far-left liberal agenda’ in Congress.”
Well, well, well, Zelllieberman’s half brother resurfaces from the sewer pipe to spread the GOP koolaid love. And now he campaigns for Chambliss. That’s a given. When you lay down with GOP dogs, you wake up with fleas.
November 16th, 2008 at 3:22 pmIt amazes me to hear this argument after they allowed the repugs have the majority in all branches of government and every swing richard in the GOP marched in lock step to the dumbest man to ever darken the doors of the White House. Who the hell is Zell Miller anyway. There use to be a moron who supposedly was a democrat but spoke at the 2004 republican convention. He is a non-entity and a moron who was wrong then and he would be wrong now!
November 16th, 2008 at 3:30 pmLushious, claiming he voted for Obama???
November 16th, 2008 at 3:32 pmBAAHAHAHA!! Yeah! Right.
If you begin each sentence… “I’m afraid…” You may be a Republican!
November 16th, 2008 at 3:35 pmAtta boy Zell . . . you tiny little man.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:01 pmAfter the failed policies and the smear and fear of the past eight years, that beware of the big bad wolf will never work again….well maybe for the morons.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:02 pmLushInterior Says:
Do you even KNOW what a reasoned argument is? Is this ignorant drug addled idiocy the only think you are capable of? Do you think your stupidity and brainwashed ignorance is impressing anyone? You are an object of pity. The saddest part is that you have actually deluded yourself into thinking you are funny and clever. In fact you are embarassingly stupid, sad and pathetic. Get help. Stop embarassing yourself. Its just sad.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pmZell Miller and Saxby Chambliss are living proof that the KKK is republican.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:10 pmTo hell with Zellout Miller.
-GSD
November 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pmIt’s a pretty pathetic scene when the repugs need the likes of Zell Miller to plead their case to the populace.
November 16th, 2008 at 4:31 pmThe extremes of either party are doomed, as the nation is definitely more center. I think this election saw that even those who think they are center-right, lost to the center-left. I think Americans a increasingly fed up with the extreme social views of the religious right who have dominated Miller’s party, as well as the extremely conservative wing. People recognize that problems are not resolved by extreme views — because problems are more complicated, more complex than the rightwing sloganeers would have us believe.
So, Zell, you go right ahead and pander to the extremists like yourself — you may win the state of Georgia, but you and your ilk will not win America.
Shouldn’t the criminally insane be locked up, or at least be getting regular psychiatric care?
November 16th, 2008 at 4:53 pmgood lord are those people in that videoclip u-g-l-y. is that the best georgia and sexy saxby have to offer- obese, inbred looking mouthbreathers? thank god i’m from new england where there’s a cut off age for sleeping with your sister.
November 16th, 2008 at 5:39 pmBan the ACLU? Is that what someone in the audience yells at the 30 second mark of this video. I think some of these Republicans are afraid of a “radical Obama agenda” because they know that, if they had the chance, they would make all kinds of radical reforms. Ban the ACLU, though? Ban them? Is that the message now?
November 16th, 2008 at 5:50 pmMarie Says:
I think you are right. One of the worth things Raygun did to the country was convince Americans that complex problems had simple answers. Hopefully Americans have grown out of that particular delusions. The GOP meanwhile became addicted to ONLY talking in bumpersticker soundbites and actually tried to govern that way. Thank GOD the adults are back in power now
November 16th, 2008 at 6:03 pmSaxby Chambliss is a big fat idiot.
the south has risen! and they are idiots.
Neener, Neener, Neener!
November 16th, 2008 at 8:34 pmSo Lushious voted for McIIIrd, and claims that he voted for change? OK, whatever. But a hearty BWAHAHAHAHA! is still in order…
November 16th, 2008 at 11:13 pmI can’t fathom a better example of how clueless Republicans are then for Chamblis to think having Zell Miller endorse him will result in any Democrats thinking:
“Hey, a Democrat is endorsing Saxby! Maybe I should consider supporting him too?”
I haven’t seen a Republican THIS clueless since McCain thought the Lieberman endorsement would do the same thing.
November 17th, 2008 at 8:43 amThis is what happens when traitorous behavior goes unpunished. This guy should have been forcibly ejected from the Democratic Party long ago. Unfortunately, co-conspiratorial enabler “I’m not a fool but I play one on TV” Harry Reid has no chance of learning from history as he struggles to give Lieberman a pass without exploding the Democratic caucus.
That’s what the party needs: an explosion — a bare-knuckles knock-down drag out fight for the heart and soul of the party. Failure to exorcise the rot, from Reid and Pelosi on down, will effectively cede control to the chicken-snot faction who call them “leaders,” those who wipe their collective ass with the Constitution, who fail to prosecute a felonious Executive, endorse spying without warrant, give telcos immunity for illegal wiretapping, pat themselves on the back for yet another lopsided job-sucking trade deal with Peru, provide welfare for the CEO while kicking the workng poor in the teeth, and maintain the status quo in Iraq.
Does it sound like Obama is part of that crowd? He will be, unless we stand up now. The time is NOW to fight these bastards to the political death if necessary. Compromise my left foot. We put you there: you WILL represent us, or perish next election.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:21 amLushInterior Says:
ralph…..you have got to come out of the barn to get your sea legs back, metaphorically speaking. Its should not be my job to track the Messiahs “ever” changing positions.
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Out of a sense of mercy I will just let the incoherence in this post stink up the board without further comment as for tracking Obama. Good for you outing yourself as a hivemind moron incapable of independent thought and calling him by the name your Limborg screechmonkey master TOLD you to repeat endlessly. Bottom line you are so astonishingly stupid you couldnt track an oil leaking Semi up your driveway in three feet of newly fallen snow. My GOD your ignorance is a pox on this board. You are socially inferior to plague rats.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:27 am#8 – pax Says:
Why does Georgia, which has some pretty progressive cities, continue to elect such idiots as their representatives? Does anyone have any insight?
Saxby Chambliss must be worried about keeping the Senate seat he stole from Max Cleland in 2002. Here is what happened: Hint: unauditable voting machines [more at link]
November 17th, 2008 at 2:39 pmNot many people know this, but Zell Miller was the inspiration for the “Festus Jaundice” character in the book and film, Deliverance. You’ll remember Zell as the old coot with no teeth carrying a shotgun (he and his cousin “Goose” were out looking for women).
November 18th, 2008 at 12:26 am