America's Most Discredited Senator (Zell Miller), In His Own Words


Sen. Zell Miller (D) of Georgia is giving the keynote address at tonight's
Republican National Convention. He says he is going to be part of a truth
squad. But a look at Miller's vast history of dishonesty and self-contradiction
shows he is a man whose words have absolutely no credibility whatsoever.

TAXES ? Openly Contradicting Himself

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: "Republicans sold us out with a generation of trickle-down
economics that blew the deficit sky-high, drove poverty through the roof, and
squeezed the middle class like a lemon at a county fair. They gave themselves
the goldmine, and they gave the rest of us the shaft." [Source: Zell Miller
speech, 2/25/96]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: Sen. Zell Miller voted for almost $2 trillion in tax
breaks, the majority of which go to wealthy Americans. Those tax cuts he voted
for created the largest deficit in American story, at the same time poverty
rose for two straight years for the first time in almost a decade. Miller said,
"I'm proud that I was a part of [the tax cuts] as a principal cosponsor."
[Source: Zell Miller's book, 2003]

SOCIAL SECURITY & DEFICITS ? Serving Up More Waffles than a Waffle House

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: In 2000, Miller said he "supports protecting Social
Security and paying down federal debt as higher priorities than tax cuts." He
also stated, "I think the best tax cut we could give to our children is to use
the budget surplus to pay down the national debt." [Sources: Florida
Times-Union, 11/5/2000; Macon Telegraph, 10/30/2000]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: Miller voted for the president's two major tax cuts, which
make up the largest contributing factor to the record-high deficits. He also
supports the White House's proposal to make those tax cuts permanent. According
to the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, at a time of
concern about Social Security's solvency, the plan Miller and the White House
have pushed will "cost more than three times as much over the next 75 years as
the entire 75-year Social Security shortfall."

Even when Miller had a chance to live up to his promises, he refused. When the
Senate pushed to cut President Bush's tax cuts in half and divert the resources
saved into paying down the debt and shoring up Social Security, Miller skipped
the vote. [Sources: CBPP, 3/17/03; Senate Vote #93, 3/25/03] HOMELAND SECURITY
? A Willingness to Be Dishonest About National Security

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: When Republicans attacked the patriotism of triple amputee
Vietnam War hero Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) because he voted against controversial
provisions of the Homeland Security bill, Zell Miller was outraged. He said,
"My friend Max deserves better than to be slandered like this." [Gainesville
Sun, 10/16/02]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: In 2004, Miller appeared on Fox News to disparage
Democrats for trying to shape the best Homeland Security bill possible. He said
Democrats "time and time again opposed resident Bush's Bill that wanted to set
up a Homeland Security Department" ? ignoring the fact that Democrats were the
first to propose such a department, and that the White House actually
originally opposed the idea. He also forgot to mention that all but eight
Democrats voted for the bill. [Source: Fox News, 1/15/04; Senate Vote #249,
11/19/02]

ELECTION 2004 ? Ignoring His Own Praise to Suck Up to the GOP

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: In a 2001 speech, Miller called Kerry "one of this
nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders
? and a good friend." He said, "John Kerry has fought against government waste
and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington?He fought for
balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to
do so. John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education,
boost the economy and protect the environment." [Source: Zell Miller speech,
2001]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: In an effort to ingratiate himself to the White House,
Miller in May 2004 gave a speech claiming, "With John Kerry on national
security, it's vacillate, retreat and turn over to the U.N. With John Kerry on
domestic policy, it's tax, spend and redistribute income." He called Kerry's
Senate voting record on national security "shameful," even though Kerry has
cast the exact same votes on intelligence funding as Miller. [Source: AP,
5/15/04; Senate Votes, 12/06/00; 12/13/01; 9/25/02; 11/21/03]

The Record He Doesn't Want You To See

A look at Zell Miller's past ? and present ? shows that beyond the folksiness
is a politician with a questionable civil rights record, and a history of using
his public office to pad his own wallet.

CIVIL RIGHTS ? An Embarrassing Record, Noted By Many

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN ZELL'S MOCKERY OF THE TERM 'LYNCHING': "Zell Miller
of Georgia came under fire from civil rights activists who demanded an apology
from the conservative Democrat after he equated his party's opposition to the
nomination of a conservative African-American judge to a lynching. 'Either
Senator Miller has conveniently forgotten a frightening period of American
history, or he is willfully demeaning all those African-Americans who were hung
from trees throughout the period of racial segregation in the South,' said Wade
Henderson, the director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights."
[CNN.com, 11/14/03]

RIDING THE COATTAILS OF A RACIST GOVERNOR: According to the Augusta, Georgia,
Chronicle, "Miller got started as executive secretary to Gov. Lester Maddox 30
years ago," became his chief of staff, and rode Maddox's name to his own
prominence. According to the Washington Post, Maddox was an open
segregationist, who "chased African Americans out of his restaurant with an ax
handle." According to the Georgia Humanities Council, after the death of
Atlanta native Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Maddox greatly overreacted with a
heavy-handed police presence, and he refused to order flags at state facilities
to be lowered to half-mast. As the leader of the state's delegation to the
1968Democratic convention in Chicago, Maddox fought against the civil rights
aims of the party." [Augusta Chronicle, Editorial, 9/13/98; Washington Post,
2/14/04; GeorgiaEncyclopedia.com - Georgia Humanities Council and the
University of Georgia Press]

ZELL LED PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS ACT: As a congressional candidate in
1964, Miller not only pledged to vote against the Civil Rights Act, he attacked
those who were pushing it. He said President Lyndon Johnson "is a southerner
who has sold his birthright for a mess of dark porridge." As Georgia history
professor James Cobb said, "Had he lived and run again, Kennedy would not have
benefited in Georgia from the opposition to the Civil Rights Act voiced by a
certain congressional candidate in 1964," Zell Miller. U.S. Rep. John Lewis
(D), who led the fight for civil rights, said of Miller's conduct, "It is
unbelievable. It is unreal. It is a shame and a disgrace. This is the same Zell
Miller who said 40 years ago that President Lyndon Johnson had sold his soul
when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964." [Source: Front Page Magazine,
11/28/03; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/9/03; Office of Congressman John
Lewis, 6/25/04]

BUSINESS ? Conflicts of Interest Galore

USING THE GOVERNORSHIP TO CASH IN WITH BIG TOBACCO: "Zell Miller moved to easy
street within months of leaving the Georgia governor's mansion, according to
documents filed in connection with his race to hold onto his newly appointed
U.S. Senate seat. His earnings increased nearly six-fold - to about $682,000 -
as he brought home paychecks from three colleges, numerous corporate boards and
tobacco products giant Philip Morris, for whom he worked as a consultant." [AP,
8/25/00]

GOP DEMANDS MILLER ANSWER CONFLICT OF INTEREST CHARGES: When Miller immediately
began raking in corporate cash after leaving the governor's office, "Chuck
Clay, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, said it sounds like Miller was
a lobbyist and called for him to explain further the exact nature of his
duties. 'I think it does raise questions when you have become a lobbyist.
Legitimate questions should be asked about the nature of those relationships.
What were you doing for your pay?' Clay said." [AP, 8/25/00]

POLITICS ? Betraying the People Who Elected Him

USUALLY SOFT-SPOKEN CARTER SAYS MILLER HAS MISLED HIS OWN STATE: "Former
President Jimmy Carter says the appointment of Georgia's Zell Miller to the
Senate was a mistake because his fellow ex-governor 'betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and others shared,' the former president
first said. 'I would rather not even comment about Zell Miller on the radio,'
then proceeded to call the appointment 'one of the worst mistakes'
then-Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes made in his four years in office." [Atlanta
Journal Constitution, 12/11/03]




W4FQF Polly

George Ashley wrote:

USUALLY SOFT-SPOKEN CARTER SAYS MILLER HAS MISLED HIS OWN STATE: "Former
President Jimmy Carter says the appointment of Georgia's Zell Miller to the
Senate was a mistake because his fellow ex-governor 'betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and others shared,' the former president
first said. 'I would rather not even comment about Zell Miller on the radio,'
then proceeded to call the appointment 'one of the worst mistakes'
then-Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes made in his four years in office." [Atlanta
Journal Constitution, 12/11/03]

Jimmy needs to stick to building houses. His Presidency was rather lackluster.

dxAce

"George Ashley" wrote in message
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America's Most Discredited Senator (Zell Miller), In His Own Words



Ah the Democratic attack machine springs into action.

You can always tell how much good the speech was by how fast and hard
the reaction is.

Of course Zell was the world's greatest truth teller when he keynoted
the -Democratic- convention. Funny how that works when you're dealing
with the loonies on the left.

GA,

Your forget the "I am John 'ff' Kerry and I authorized this pack of Lies."

~ RHF
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= = = (George Ashley) wrote in message
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America's Most Discredited Senator (Zell Miller), In His Own Words


Sen. Zell Miller (D) of Georgia is giving the keynote address at tonight's
Republican National Convention. He says he is going to be part of a truth
squad. But a look at Miller's vast history of dishonesty and self-contradiction
shows he is a man whose words have absolutely no credibility whatsoever.

TAXES ? Openly Contradicting Himself

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: "Republicans sold us out with a generation of trickle-down
economics that blew the deficit sky-high, drove poverty through the roof, and
squeezed the middle class like a lemon at a county fair. They gave themselves
the goldmine, and they gave the rest of us the shaft." [Source: Zell Miller
speech, 2/25/96]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: Sen. Zell Miller voted for almost $2 trillion in tax
breaks, the majority of which go to wealthy Americans. Those tax cuts he voted
for created the largest deficit in American story, at the same time poverty
rose for two straight years for the first time in almost a decade. Miller said,
"I'm proud that I was a part of [the tax cuts] as a principal cosponsor."
[Source: Zell Miller's book, 2003]

SOCIAL SECURITY & DEFICITS ? Serving Up More Waffles than a Waffle House

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: In 2000, Miller said he "supports protecting Social
Security and paying down federal debt as higher priorities than tax cuts." He
also stated, "I think the best tax cut we could give to our children is to use
the budget surplus to pay down the national debt." [Sources: Florida
Times-Union, 11/5/2000; Macon Telegraph, 10/30/2000]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: Miller voted for the president's two major tax cuts, which
make up the largest contributing factor to the record-high deficits. He also
supports the White House's proposal to make those tax cuts permanent. According
to the non-partisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, at a time of
concern about Social Security's solvency, the plan Miller and the White House
have pushed will "cost more than three times as much over the next 75 years as
the entire 75-year Social Security shortfall."

Even when Miller had a chance to live up to his promises, he refused. When the
Senate pushed to cut President Bush's tax cuts in half and divert the resources
saved into paying down the debt and shoring up Social Security, Miller skipped
the vote. [Sources: CBPP, 3/17/03; Senate Vote #93, 3/25/03] HOMELAND SECURITY
? A Willingness to Be Dishonest About National Security

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: When Republicans attacked the patriotism of triple amputee
Vietnam War hero Sen. Max Cleland (D-GA) because he voted against controversial
provisions of the Homeland Security bill, Zell Miller was outraged. He said,
"My friend Max deserves better than to be slandered like this." [Gainesville
Sun, 10/16/02]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: In 2004, Miller appeared on Fox News to disparage
Democrats for trying to shape the best Homeland Security bill possible. He said
Democrats "time and time again opposed resident Bush's Bill that wanted to set
up a Homeland Security Department" ? ignoring the fact that Democrats were the
first to propose such a department, and that the White House actually
originally opposed the idea. He also forgot to mention that all but eight
Democrats voted for the bill. [Source: Fox News, 1/15/04; Senate Vote #249,
11/19/02]

ELECTION 2004 ? Ignoring His Own Praise to Suck Up to the GOP

ZELL MILLER'S WORDS: In a 2001 speech, Miller called Kerry "one of this
nation's authentic heroes, one of this party's best-known and greatest leaders
? and a good friend." He said, "John Kerry has fought against government waste
and worked hard to bring some accountability to Washington?He fought for
balanced budgets before it was considered politically correct for Democrats to
do so. John has worked to strengthen our military, reform public education,
boost the economy and protect the environment." [Source: Zell Miller speech,
2001]

ZELL MILLER'S DEEDS: In an effort to ingratiate himself to the White House,
Miller in May 2004 gave a speech claiming, "With John Kerry on national
security, it's vacillate, retreat and turn over to the U.N. With John Kerry on
domestic policy, it's tax, spend and redistribute income." He called Kerry's
Senate voting record on national security "shameful," even though Kerry has
cast the exact same votes on intelligence funding as Miller. [Source: AP,
5/15/04; Senate Votes, 12/06/00; 12/13/01; 9/25/02; 11/21/03]

The Record He Doesn't Want You To See

A look at Zell Miller's past ? and present ? shows that beyond the folksiness
is a politician with a questionable civil rights record, and a history of using
his public office to pad his own wallet.

CIVIL RIGHTS ? An Embarrassing Record, Noted By Many

CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN ZELL'S MOCKERY OF THE TERM 'LYNCHING': "Zell Miller
of Georgia came under fire from civil rights activists who demanded an apology
from the conservative Democrat after he equated his party's opposition to the
nomination of a conservative African-American judge to a lynching. 'Either
Senator Miller has conveniently forgotten a frightening period of American
history, or he is willfully demeaning all those African-Americans who were hung
from trees throughout the period of racial segregation in the South,' said Wade
Henderson, the director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights."
[CNN.com, 11/14/03]

RIDING THE COATTAILS OF A RACIST GOVERNOR: According to the Augusta, Georgia,
Chronicle, "Miller got started as executive secretary to Gov. Lester Maddox 30
years ago," became his chief of staff, and rode Maddox's name to his own
prominence. According to the Washington Post, Maddox was an open
segregationist, who "chased African Americans out of his restaurant with an ax
handle." According to the Georgia Humanities Council, after the death of
Atlanta native Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., "Maddox greatly overreacted with a
heavy-handed police presence, and he refused to order flags at state facilities
to be lowered to half-mast. As the leader of the state's delegation to the
1968Democratic convention in Chicago, Maddox fought against the civil rights
aims of the party." [Augusta Chronicle, Editorial, 9/13/98; Washington Post,
2/14/04; GeorgiaEncyclopedia.com - Georgia Humanities Council and the
University of Georgia Press]

ZELL LED PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS ACT: As a congressional candidate in
1964, Miller not only pledged to vote against the Civil Rights Act, he attacked
those who were pushing it. He said President Lyndon Johnson "is a southerner
who has sold his birthright for a mess of dark porridge." As Georgia history
professor James Cobb said, "Had he lived and run again, Kennedy would not have
benefited in Georgia from the opposition to the Civil Rights Act voiced by a
certain congressional candidate in 1964," Zell Miller. U.S. Rep. John Lewis
(D), who led the fight for civil rights, said of Miller's conduct, "It is
unbelievable. It is unreal. It is a shame and a disgrace. This is the same Zell
Miller who said 40 years ago that President Lyndon Johnson had sold his soul
when he signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964." [Source: Front Page Magazine,
11/28/03; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/9/03; Office of Congressman John
Lewis, 6/25/04]

BUSINESS ? Conflicts of Interest Galore

USING THE GOVERNORSHIP TO CASH IN WITH BIG TOBACCO: "Zell Miller moved to easy
street within months of leaving the Georgia governor's mansion, according to
documents filed in connection with his race to hold onto his newly appointed
U.S. Senate seat. His earnings increased nearly six-fold - to about $682,000 -
as he brought home paychecks from three colleges, numerous corporate boards and
tobacco products giant Philip Morris, for whom he worked as a consultant." [AP,
8/25/00]

GOP DEMANDS MILLER ANSWER CONFLICT OF INTEREST CHARGES: When Miller immediately
began raking in corporate cash after leaving the governor's office, "Chuck
Clay, chairman of the Georgia Republican Party, said it sounds like Miller was
a lobbyist and called for him to explain further the exact nature of his
duties. 'I think it does raise questions when you have become a lobbyist.
Legitimate questions should be asked about the nature of those relationships.
What were you doing for your pay?' Clay said." [AP, 8/25/00]

POLITICS ? Betraying the People Who Elected Him

USUALLY SOFT-SPOKEN CARTER SAYS MILLER HAS MISLED HIS OWN STATE: "Former
President Jimmy Carter says the appointment of Georgia's Zell Miller to the
Senate was a mistake because his fellow ex-governor 'betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and others shared,' the former president
first said. 'I would rather not even comment about Zell Miller on the radio,'
then proceeded to call the appointment 'one of the worst mistakes'
then-Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes made in his four years in office." [Atlanta
Journal Constitution, 12/11/03]




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= = = dxAce wrote in message
= = = ...
George Ashley wrote:

USUALLY SOFT-SPOKEN CARTER SAYS MILLER HAS MISLED HIS OWN STATE: "Former
President Jimmy Carter says the appointment of Georgia's Zell Miller to the
Senate was a mistake because his fellow ex-governor 'betrayed all the basic
principles that I thought he and I and others shared,' the former president
first said. 'I would rather not even comment about Zell Miller on the radio,'
then proceeded to call the appointment 'one of the worst mistakes'
then-Democratic Gov. Roy Barnes made in his four years in office." [Atlanta
Journal Constitution, 12/11/03]

Jimmy needs to stick to building houses. His Presidency was rather lackluster.

dxAce

Dx Ace,

Jimmy Carter's latest claim to fame is that he certified the
'rigged' Re-Call Election of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela.

The three C's Carter, Castro and Chavez

ssi ~ RHF

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