Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "I'm Mad as Zell, and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore."
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I agree with your premise, but disagree on the scope of the effect.
Zell Miller's speech was what they call in the flying game, "The Golden BB" -- that tiny little projectile, insignificant in the the vast amount of anti-aircraft fire, that finds that particular spot that can do the most possible damage to its target! They can't call Zell a red-meat partisan Rep, because he is a Dem! The best they can do is, rather than defend against the specific allegations, make note of the fact that Zell worked for Lester Maddox once upon a time. (It's strange that was in long forgotten past when he was a Dem and "on the reservation"?)
I've talked to several folks today who saw the speech --- it was a direct hit in a very soft spot of the Kerry campaign!! Everyone who saw the speech said that they now see Kerry in a very different light.
Not a half-point, I think it's more like a point and a half!