I have spent the last 4 years as a student at the University of Georgia, and as a consequence I was bombarded by Georgia politics. I have seen Zell Miller's descent into lunacy first hand. I've had a visceral hatred of the man since 2002 when he first got on his pro-Bush bandwagon. However, it wasn't until his comments about Max Cleland at the end of his Hardball interview that I had the proof of just how much of a duplicitous fuck he is.
I had always suspected that he had intended to hang Max Cleland out to dry 2 years ago, given that he kept his mouth shut until about 10 days before the election, and even then he said very little. But tonight, we got the proof. He said the Homeland Security bill and the fight over unions was the proof that the Democrats didn't care about national security, and then he refused to defend Cleland. He practically admitted that Cleland deserved to lose 2 years ago, and by extension of his criticism of Kerry, joined the chorus of those that questioned Senator Cleland's patriotism. Given his statements tonight, it now seems abundantly clear that he never had much intention of helping Cleland in his re-election fight. He hung a hero like Max Cleland out to dry against a hate-monger like Saxby Chambliss. He professed friendship and admiration for Sen. Cleland, all the while praying for his downfall. This is about as duplicitous and dishonorable that a politician can get.
His only response to whether it was ok to show Cleland in an ad with Saddam Hussein was that "his loss didn't have anything to do with that." His refusal to conedemn those adds, 2 years after the fact just shows how low he has sunk. It also shows that he is in fact a loon, if he thinks the homeland security bill wasnt the ONE thing that allowed Chambliss to beat Cleland. It is clear that Zell Miller has lost all touch with reality and is more concerned with keeping himself in the spot light as long as possible before he fades into obscurity. President Carter was absolutely correct when he said, "Appointing Zell Miller to the Senate was the biggest mistake Roy Barnes ever made." For justice to prevail, this man must be given his comuppance, but the only way to do that is to make sure we send George Bush packing in November.
