Sen. Zell Miller: Democrats out of Touch

NewsMax.com ^ | Friday, Sept. 5, 2003 12:30 p.m. EDT | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[Jean S]

The Democratic Party hasn't got a clue about what Americans really want, writes retiring Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga.

In his new book, "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat," due out this fall, Miller, a hard-nosed ex-Marine, charges that the Democratic Party is no longer tapped into the concerns and hopes of Americans, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Miller, who regularly votes with the GOP majority in the Senate, says bluntly: "Once upon a time, the most successful Democratic leader of them all, FDR, looked south and said, 'I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill clad, ill nourished.' Today our national Democratic leaders look south and say, 'I see one-third of a nation and it can go to hell.' "

"Many party loyalists will not like what Sen. Miller writes," according to a press release from publishers Stroud & Hall. "Driven by conscience and common sense, Sen. Miller names the self-destructive direction of his party and stubbornly pulls the Democratic family toward reform."

Miller even questions whether the Democratic Party can field a successful presidential candidate in the future, his press relations firm reported.

The book will look at the campaigns of the last two Democratic presidents, Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, and outline those positions on abortion, welfare, gun control, the environment, education, immigration and national security that Miller thinks are more in line with how Americans feel.

Miller, who was appointed to the Senate in 2000 after the death of Republican Paul Coverdell, will retire at the end of 2004, when his term expires.

[Theodore R.]

Well, I won't quarrel with Miller. After all he was a supporter of the late Governor Lester Garfield Maddox, a "man of the people."

[Guillermo]

In a way, I'd like to see Zell staying in the Senate, to act as a thorn in the side of the Demon Party.

But, in the end, Zell caucuses with the Demon Party, thus giving Chuckie and Hillary! more power.

[linn37]

to late zell ,sorry

[GunnyHartman]

Why can't we turn this guy away from the dark side (demonratic party) to our side? They got Jumpin' Jim, we could have Swell Zell!

[RoseofTexas]

Mr. Miller, it's been a pleasure witnessing your honesty and heart for the American people on the senate floor! You, Sir, have been good to America! God bless!

[Moose4]

And the Democrats have figured this out. That's why they're fighting so hard on judgeships...backing down the spineless Pubbies in the Senate so they can pack the judiciary full of liberal judges, bypass the will of the people enacted in law, and rule by judicial fiat.

With that strategy, they don't have to be the majority party any more. They can keep a close minority and still stay in power, as long as they have an activist judicial branch that is willing to crap on the Constitution and make liberal "law" by proclamation. And until the Republicans in both houses of Congress grow some nuts, there's nothing in their way to stop them.

}:-)4

[CaptBlack]

So why did he remain a Democrat all this time??

While he seems like an admirable and good man, it's almost unbearably frustrating to hear the constant flow of complaints from his mouth about how rotten his party is, but then to note that he continues to give them an edge by staying with them.

[FoundersRWatching]

AMEN!!!!

[.cnI redruM]

Zell was one of the few in the Dem Party that still cared more about America than about liberal ideology. He saw a set of beliefs as a tool to advance his public service. Modern Democrats usually see public service as a tool to advance their ideology.

I assume they justify it by claiming that 9 times out of 10 their ideology corresponds nicely with The Commonweal. The probelm occurs on that 10th occassion when they can't stop themselves from selling out their constituents to their ideology.

[bmwcyle]

Dems watch too much TV.

[Ima Lurker]

He's not called Zig-Zag Zell for nothing you know. While he voted with the GOP most of the time, he wholeheartedly supported and campaigned for Max Cleland. The only way to reconcile this huge difference is to realize that he is a two faced opportunist.

[No Dems 2004]

He's one of the few Democrats who can see that his party is in dire trouble. But they'll likely just get into further trouble, because they're not even remotely interested in listening to Senator Miller or anybody else, because the Dems are just as blind as can be.

[GOP_1900AD]

Bluntly, the reason why there is no longer much of a Communist Party USA is because the Commies infiltrated the Democrap Party. Out of touch is putting it mildly.

[capitan_refugio]

Come over Zell. The door is open and the welcome mat is out.

[CommerceComet]

I've always thought that the best political thing that could happen to this country is the resurgence of the conservative wing of the Democrat party. Wouldn't be the best thing for the Republican Party, however.

[MontanaBeth]

Sounds like the same old Demo talk to me. He's just trying to cash in on the growth of the Republican party. Republican's will buy it cause it's a Democrat turning against and the demos will buy it to bash it.

[Alberta's Child]

What is it with all these senators and their fake-looking hair?

[GunnyHartman]

It could be Zell is trying his damnedest not to be confused with this guy;

[45Auto]

After his last re-election to the Senate, I wrote and asked him why he didn't vote to impeach Bill The Rat since he seemed to be a man of true conscience. He never replied.