Miller Delivers Floor Speech on ‘Deficit of Decency’ in America

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[The Mayor]

I am reading the speach at my Church this Sunday!

[stainlessbanner]

Excellent. Bookmarked.

[firewalk]

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[jboot]

The year that Zell runs for president will be the first time I vote Democrat. Whadda guy!

[MarcoPolo]

Oh my gracious Lord, bless this man. I used to despise him as "Zig Zag Zell" back when he was our Georgia governor. Now, he shows himself to be a man both decent and honorable. Maybe he changed.

Maybe I just didn't know him then.

[MissAmericanPie]

Beautiful, wonder if their legislation will pass.

[ladtx]

Excellent. Zell has nailed the source of problems in our country. I just finished reading "John Adams" by David McCullough which won the pulitzer prize. John Adams was a close friend of Benjamin Rush and he is quoted often in the book. I would highly recommend everyone to read it, it is the best, most entertaining and enlightening book I've ever read concerning the founding and early struggles of the U.S.

[cynicom]

Sitting in the same chamber is a man called Ted Kennedy.

[Piquaboy]

He is one good apple that is in a barrel of rotten ones.

[G.Mason]

Another Zel piece from January 5, 2004 you may find interesting.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[irishlass]

How refreshing! Thanks for the post. I am so relieved to know that even in the Senate, many have not "Bowed their knee to Baal." God have mercy on us.

[RightField]

I was fortunate to attend a lecture by Justice Antonin Scalia last Friday night. His topic was, "Free At Last. Free At Last. The U.S. Supreme Court Freed from the Text of the Constitution." Once judges started straying from the text, they were free to use their own judgement, with no constraints. America is nearly at the point now where we are saying to the courts, in essence, "rule us according to your judgment."

So, it's no surprise that Congress has difficulty confirming judges. The liberals and conservatives alike are keenly aware that the constitution is really not the anchor of our republic any longer . . . we're at the mercy of 5 people on the Supreme Court whom they hope--ultimately--will rule wisely. Confirming judges is no longer about their lawyerly skills and personal character. When Scalia was confirmed in 1986, the vote was 98 and 2 absent. How things have changed just since 1986!

[Paleo Conservative]

Too bad the other DemocRATS weren't miked up the way football players sometimes are when NFL Films features players in high profile games. I'll bet some of their responses to Miller's speech are unprintable.

[ladtx]

BUMP

[4CJ]

I disagree with Sen. Miller on some issues, certainly a few when he was Governor of our great state, but did vote for him when he ran for Senate re-election after the death of Pual Coverdale.

I started reading his book yesterday, I reccommend it - he's an honourable man. I've called his offices a dozen times requesting he swap parties, but he never will. He's not a traitor to his party, they rest are.

[concerned about politics]

“So, as the sand empties through my hourglass at warp speed – and with my time running out in this Senate and on this earth, I feel compelled to speak out. For I truly believe that at times like this, silence is not golden. It is yellow.”

Ohhh. Good speech.
Conservatives have been screaming the warnings, but people chose to be deaf, dumb, and blind! With the homosexual fiasco in California, they may finally see the light.
(The homophobes were right after all, weren't they?)

[cweese]

...yeah, i can imagine hillary's head doing 360's, frothing at the mouth, etc., ala linda blair while this was being read to the senate (provided hillary was present to hear this fantastic speech)...

[Darnright]

Wow. Our country will be all the more poor, when Senator Miller steps down.