I give you a warning DON'T BE A BIT AFRAID OF ZELL, STARTING NOW.

[LoZoccolo]

This guy's acting loony! Laugh! Laugh at the people taking him seriously! We need to!

[Scorpious_Maximus]

1. Zell is one scary guy!

:puke:

[LoZoccolo]

2. You mean "looney". He's worse than Pat Buchanan.

Don't be the least bit intimidated. That's what they want. They are terrorists.

[soothsayer]

3. Replay his speech with a crying baby sound effect in back of it, and it's

perfect!

wah wah wah

What a douche.

[checks-n-balances]

34. LOL!!! Your suggestion made this Georgian's day

I'm ashamed to even think we elected him governor.

He IS a whining baby in an old man's body. His angry face is like a caricature of old & bitter - not a pretty sight! (And no offense meant toward the many decent older people everywhere.)

[fujiyama]

38. He looks an awful lot

like the crypt keeper.

[soothsayer]

40. and no offense to babies, either! n/t

[Sparky McGruff]

42. I'm on the night shift, caring for the baby...

Once she's fed, burped, and goes potty, she stops crying.

He's just a loon, and for no apparent reason.

[DianeG5385]

4. I am PISSED!!!!! He's no Dem

DNC issued stmt that he sounds "Like an angry RABID ELEPHANT!"

[LoZoccolo]

6. Don't even be pissed. He's looney, remember that. Laugh.

[Cha]

22. Ohhhh! I like that!

And they talked about our convention and that we sounded angry(was it?)..Course that was just the whoremedia that said those rw talking points for them.

[Texas_Dem]

5. Wow...

Maybe he quit taking his meds and has lost it totally.

[LoZoccolo]

7. There you go!

:yourock:

[napi21]

13. Terry said he's NOT a Dem, and only trying to sell his book!

I heard Dobbs (I think) interview Terry McCaulif tonight. Terry said Zell is NOT a Dem, and he's only trying to sell his book. I have been trying to figure out why Zell would do this about face, and couldn't find what's in it for him. Terry made sense. He will go down in history, though he may not be happy with what's written. I question if he'll sell any books either.

[PA Democrat]

29. Someone else on DU suggested that he is kissing Republican butt

so he can line up a nice cushy lobbyist job.

But then again, maybe he's just NUTS!

[Texas_Dem]

31. gotta

go with the latter.

[napi21]

33. I dunno about the lobbiest. I really think he wants to retire.

Maybe a cushy dorectorship somewhere so he'd only have to attend a meeting once a quarter and still get paid.

[SayitAintSo]

8. You are right .... This guy is a nut job... a Lester Maddox

Refugee....

[checks-n-balances]

35. Is that a coincidence or did you know that he actually did work for Maddox

in his earlier days? I may have missed that being mentioned on DU tonight, since I just got online a few minutes ago...

[LoZoccolo]

9. Talking point: he's 20x more hyper than Dean. n/t

[berry]

15. Good point.

He also sounds like he has a huge chip on his shoulder. He sounds so bitter I can't help thinking this is somehow personal. His hatred is so visceral, it really is borderline- (if not wholly) crazy.

[LoZoccolo]

16. He's 20x Dean and Cheney just said HE'S GLAD TO HAVE HIM! n/t

[unfrigginreal]

19. Good one

we sent the only Wild-eyed liberal to the GOP.

[MrBenchley]

10. But he's so nasty....

What could be MORE appealing than a bitter angry old white guy?

How about a bitter angry old white guy stabbing people in the back who have helped him over the years?

How about a bitter angry old white guy stabbing people in the back who have helped him over the years in front of an ugly mob of other bitter angry white people?

Man oh man....you almost expect this speech to end with "Let's get a rope and string him up!"

[elperromagico]

11. And he's a liar. Kerry has NEVER said that we would only go to war

with UN approval. He has said we will only go to war if we HAVE TO.

I thought that Zell Miller was a confused, bitter old man before this. Now I realize that he's a confused, bitter old liar. He's no man.

[bushwakker]

12. This could have been an effective ploy for them

if Miller wasn't such a raving crank. a moderate, well-reasoned approach would have been much more effective,

[David Dunham]

14. I am still at the office. Is his speech effective with swing voters?

[LoZoccolo]

20. Ha ha ha ha no.

He's hyper as shit, no sane person would vote for this raving crank handle!

[bushwakker]

26. if there are swing voters who frequent free republic

it was all nasty red meat. i gotta hunch the media verdict will not be so kind to this charlatan. a keynote speech should be about your candidate and your party - not why you hate the other party. miller is just not credible. two years ago he was praising kerry.

[napi21]

18. What was the audience reaction to him? I can't watch!!!

Anybody who was watching, please tell me if there was lots of clapping and enthusiasm for him? Somehow I suspect the only reason they want him there is to make the Dems look bad, and get a little revenge for the Dems having Ron Reagan Jr. at ours.

[LoZoccolo]

21. Oh they were clapping but DANGIT DON'T BE AFRAID.

It's silly, it's funny, it's like oh-man-what-the-fuck-is-up-with-him. Don't be afraid, they are terrorists, that's what they want.

[bushwakker]

28. they loved it

but they also loved pat buchanan's 1992 mein kampf address in houston. the rest of the country didn't.

[LoZoccolo]

17. Also, THE PEOPLE CHEERING SOUND LIKE THEY'RE CHEERING A DICTATOR! n/t

[LoZoccolo]

23. It looked like a NAZI RALLY.

Before you think it's disrespectful to history to say that, remember, we learn history to prevent it from happening again.

[LoZoccolo]

24. And being a Republican means you are MORE SUCCEPTIBLE TO DICTATORS. n/t

[noise626]

25. I was kinda thinking the same thing :)

...how dangerously close we are to that ol One Armed Salute....

pax
ant

Uh, can I just vote for Kerry Now Please?

[Gin]

27. under each seat is a copy of his book ....that was part

of the deal..the RNC bought them....gotta sell them someway..who would trust him after this? I wouldn't if I was a thug.

[fujiyama]

39. It did look like a Nazi rally

and I have been very averse to call republicans Nazis, but the few minutes I heard of the chants during Cheney's speech made me wonder what langugage it really was in - and what country I live in.

[Joanne98]

30. Tell him goodbye at........

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/mail/compose/?opt-out=0&target=NS&state=GA&qstate=GA&id=35871&mailid.1=6131371&client_id.1=congressorg&mailid.2=6115441&client_id.2=congressorg&mailid.3=6035276&client_id.3=congressorg&mailid.4=6016411&client_id.4=congressorg&mailid.5=5036171&client_id.5=congressorg&mailid.6=2811731&client_id.6=congressorg&select_message=7&mailid.7=custom&client_id.7=congressorg

[Booster]

32. He knows this is his swan song and he's playing it for

all it's worth. He apparently has a book out and some on TV have speculated that's why he's doing this; to sell his book just like he sold his soul.

[Sparkly]

36. Seems like the GOP is exploiting a senile old man

He doesn't seem well.

[fujiyama]

37. I just read the exchange

he had on CNN and Matthews...God I wish I had caught them on TV but I made it a point not to watch cable news this week.

I love the bit about him goin to heaven and tellin his momma and daddy that he remained a democrat.

I'm laughing hysterically. He's a real nut job.

[VOX]

41. ZigZag is officially sideshow material!

He's that much of a freak.

:kick:

[iwantmycountryback]

43. I'm not afraid

Thought his speech was absolutely hilarious. Think of the material he provided for tomorrow nights Daily Show!

[gatorboy]

44. I still don't see why everyone is taking him so seriously.

The guy isn't running for re-election so he has nothing to lose for switching sides so hard. It would be one thing if he was running as a Democrat again this season but he's not and certainly wouldn't have shown up if he was. He's a loon.

[Eternal_Vigilance]

45. He's fuckin LOST HIS MIND

That speech was just blatant and personal attacks against Kerry. All those supposed weapon systems Kerry voted against were part of one huge military budget resolution that even Cheney and Rumsfeld opposed! Its just a cheap trick to sling mud on Kerry to make him look like a feeble, impotent old man like Zell himself.

The Republicans have no issues to run on so they resort to these disgustingly cheap personal attacks. What has our country come to? Hopefully the American people can see through the lies and the smears and elect John Kerry and John Edwards who TRULY have a positive vision of America's great future.