"You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye"...Matthew 7:5
Zell Miller was on Imus this morning once again moralizing to the rest of us. He was talking about how the Democrats can't ignore the "moral fiber" of the Red states and can't mock Christianity and the morals of the Christians.
He referred to Maureen Dowd as "Maureen Loud" and satanized her by saying that he could see horns coming out of her red hair. Ironic, since he's rumored to have liked redheads in the past, and horns have never been a problem for Zell.
Rumors have swirled in Georgia for many years now about Zell's extra-curricular activities. For some reason, there's a zone of silence around him, and nobody will talk on the record. But in private, he's the butt of numerous jokes for his Zig-Zagging on moral values, especially when it comes to women.
Why is it that the biggest partiers end up in their grumpy old age as the ones who want to punish others with their newly discovered moral beliefs?
Isn't it too bad that Viagra doesn't have an anti-depressant in it to chill out the old geezers?
In the past, I've attended some of Zell's kick-ass birthday parties at the latest trendy cowboy bar, and I assure you there was never preaching and moralizing going on. I do know that political insiders in Georgia have been guffawing for months now about his new-found moral outrage in light of his colorful past.
I don't mind his "colorful past", but I do think it's hypocritical and disingenuous that he's now trying to moralize to the rest of us.
To quote:
"Be not too hasty to trust or to admire the teachers of morality: they discourse like angels, but they live like men"
... Samuel Johnson, Rasselas (1759), 18.
And read my Diary yesterday regarding an "Online Petition to Enact a Morality Oath for Public Officials"
http://www.dailykos.com/diary_edit/2004/11/8/174839/348
Zell's supporters need to get answers to some of those questions before he elevates himself to sainthood.
One thing I know is that if Zell is a pure man now, he's a recovering horndog.
He can challenge those of us who've known about him in the past to a duel, but that won't get us outta his face; especially if he's going to continue to be in our face.
Cross-Posted at: http://www.hotflashreport.com
9/9/04 - Zell Miller: Republican Road-Kill
http://hotflashreport.blogspot.com/2004/09/zell-miller-republican-road-kill.html
2/26/04 - Zig Zag Zell
http://hotflashreport.blogspot.com/2004_02_01_hotflashreport_archive.html