Saturday, September 04, 2004

Zell Miller: The Face of Conservatism


The Face of Conservatism


What is it with the Millers? The Strange Case of Zell and Dennis Miller.
Republican Party found to be harboring Conservatives...
but the Democratic Party is not without then either.
In fact they have harbored Zell Miller and Gary Condit...
...two strong Conservatives, who are really more Conservative than they are Democrats, and admittedly so.


Zell Miller complains about "his party leaving HIM". Well, what would you expect when the feller acts like an adolescent hothead? What is a gentleman to do? Respect the man for acting like a boor and a madman? This sort of behavior might be fine, even de rigour, for Conservatives, but frankly it is too intolerant, too illiberal, for the mainstream of America, and it is certainly over the top for the gentle and kind Liberal.

But now that I have had time to think about the matter, I am glad that he exposed not only the content, but also the style of today's Conservative. It may well prove to be the very tipping point where people realize Liberal is not such a bad thing, and Conservative is not such a good thing.

After all...today, the real fringe, the real radicals, are on the Right, not the Left. The Left are really only just those with the backbone to stand up to the Right. In every other way, they are the center.

The Left is the defender of the center in more ways than one. The Left defends the common well; air, water, peace... the things we all cherish and, usually, share. The Right, however, is trying to privatize water, in fact they already are, and they have privatized not Peace, but War...and it won't be long before they privatize air. But some things should be geyond mere purchase by the highest bidder. It is this sharing of the common well that has been where politics end. But no longer. And it is time to become a little more traditional in this sense of protecting the well.

And the Center should not resent the Left for fighting to protect it. It is their children and grandchildren who will most benefit, or failing the help, suffer its loss.

It really is a time for a kinder, gentler America. At home AND abroad. Zell Miller ain't it. Pat Buchanan ain't it. Rush Limbaugh ain't it. O'Reilly certainly ain't it. And the Conservatives, of which these are all big stars, ain't it.

Republicans should think twice about harboring these hothead, intolerant, illiberal radicals. The Democrats, you can bet, will. Mean-spiritedness may play well in certain televangelized congregations in holdout haunts in the Deep South, but it cuts against the grain of common decency most everywhere else. The world certainly finds these intolerant cults to be atavistic and counter-productive.


Friday, September 03, 2004

"Most people only read the headline."

More than 85% of your readers will only read the headlines. Since this is true, it only makes sense to make your point...in the headline. Therefore, from now on, I am only going to write headlines.

Here are some of the next ones. Consider it a case of looking into the future. You may also feel free to use them for your own purposes.

- BushWorld: Corporate Fascism at Work
- Moderate Magnet: The Democratic Party - Big Tent for Moderates, Independents and Progressives
- Are Soldiers Not America?: America is NOT safer
- How Bush Stole Your Passport: World Removes Welcome Mat
- Voting to re-hire Bush? Are you really that cruel?

Bush Fatigue: Deflating the Bush Bubble

It doesn't pay to be smart or educated in today's America. It is the gullible and the stupid, who drink the koolaid and pass it around for others to be poisoned, who are pullulating in the cowshit.
But these braindead automatons are easily bored, and soon they will be bored with their lunkhead messiah in the Honkey House.

Judge a country by it's fruit. Our latest offering is the new George Wallace, Zell Miller.
Eat it if you like.

I shant be joining you.

Thursday, September 02, 2004

Millions of Floridians miss Bush Speech.

Is this a sign from God?



Fuggetabbadit!!!!!!!!

NOTES ON BUSH SPEECH

Bla bla bla...I know nice people.
Lies about Medicare and Medical benefits.
Lies about releasing energy with tax relief.
"Nothing will hold us back" is the tagline so far.
Hyperbole about terror not happening on his watch.
More compassionate conservative bullshit.
Lies about offering clear and steady leadership.
He looks like he is on drugs.
Lies about expanding liberty in an expanding circle.
Imperialism.
"We will extend the frontiers of freedom"...meaning look out world, we are coming to take over.

Workers...suck it up.

Threatens to take away social security, etc. Old Europe, as it were.
Licking business' ass.
Reduce regulation.
Make tax relief permanent.
Bla bla bla
Stealing Kerry's idea about empowerment zones.
Bla bla bla
Sticking it to lawyers.
Plagiarized Al Gore line about doctors and patients having say so instead of:
BUSH: Government
GORE: HMOs.

"Ownership Society."
[see: Cain means Ownership]

Empty promise to America's schools.

Local people in charge of their schools.

Screw the moderates.

I'm reminded of what David Ogilvy once said:
YOU CAN'T BORE SOMEONE INTO BUYING YOUR PRODUCT...

What else is on...


MAJOR DISRUPTION!!!!!

ABC MISSES IT!!!!

ANOTHER DISRUPTION!!

PBS seems more reliable in coverage.

Bla bla bla...lies about Kerry and coalition.

Get this boring man out of my white house!

Sorry, but this man really sucks.
What was his name?

God damn what a long speech...
Freedom indeed!

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COMMENTS

Zhoodah : i've never seen such UGLY women in my life

Lord, Here Comes The Flood...

...it'll be those who gave their island to survive.

Frances marches toward Zell Miller...

Listen to Ed Cone at noon today...

WUNC 91.5fm the state of things:

"News Round-up: Election day is exactly two months away. Much of the attention this week is on the Republican National Convention in NY, but here at home in North Carolina, races for Governor and Senator are heating up. Host Melinda Penkava talks about political issues and the news of the day with Paul O'Connor, columnist for the Winston-Salem Journal; Ed Cone, who writes the weblog EdCone.com and contributes an opinion column to the Greensboro News & Record; and Mike Munger, Chair of the Political Science Department at Duke University. "

Wednesday, September 01, 2004

Is Zell Miller Satan?

What a redneck hothead! What a lover of life-killing weapons! What a non-Democrat!
Is he going the inherit the wind now brewing in the ocean? Does Frances have Zell's name on it?

I see no bright future for this angry low-class hothead, this Benedict Arnold.

Deliverance was filmed in Zell country.
Squeeeal!

Cheney is speaking as I write. So far he has class. Zell was the epitome of the lack thereof.

I, for one, would gladly leave him.

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